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CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Velcro Industries N.V. ("VINV"), holding company of the Velcro companies and the industry leader in hook and loop fasteners, today announced that Cohere Limited ("Cohere") has notified former holders of VINV shares of Cohere's deposit of funds with the Central Bank of the Netherlands Antilles to pay for all remaining VINV shares not previously tendered to Cohere (the "Deposit"). VINV received a copy of Cohere's letter dated June 23,...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Loftware, Inc., a 20+ year leader in flexible and scalable label output management solutions, announced today that Velcro USA Inc., a long-term user of Loftware's comprehensive suite of barcode labeling and printing innovations, is taking delivery of the Company's latest product offering, Loftware WebAccess(TM), a printing lifecycle management application solution, designed for gaining direct and central control over a company's entire global...

Bootcamp training is only one of its kind in Western U.S. HAWTHORNE, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The aerospace fastener manufacturing industry is a global market that generates $6.5 billion in global sales. Nearly half of the global market for the production and distribution of aerospace fasteners exists in Southern California. But, in spite of rising unemployment rates in the state, the industry still faces significant challenges in keeping up with the demand and finding skilled...

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TriMas Corporation (NYSE: TRS) - a diversified manufacturer of engineered and applied products - today announced that its Monogram Aerospace Fasteners(R) business unit has developed the capability to produce seven types of titanium screws used by large, commercial airframe manufacturers. With over 70 years of aerospace engineering experience, Monogram delivers innovative, high-quality aerospace fasteners and products to its...

CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Velcro Industries N.V. ("VINV") (Nasdaq: VELC), holding company of the Velcro companies and the industry leader in hook and loop fasteners, today announced that it has been advised that Cohere Limited ("Cohere") has accepted and paid for 501,536 shares of VINV common stock tendered to Cohere by other shareholders between May 4 and June 1, 2009 under the procedure established by Cohere in connection with the default judgment...

CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Velcro Industries N.V. ("VINV") (Nasdaq: VELC), holding company of the Velcro companies and the industry leader in hook and loop fasteners, today announced that on April 6, 2009, the Court of first instance of the Netherlands Antilles sitting in Curacao (the "Court") rendered a default judgment (the "Default Judgment") in the proceeding by Cohere Limited to acquire all outstanding VINV common shares not held by Cohere Limited...

BEIJING, April 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, discusses the fastener industry's development situation. Fasteners are basic pieces of general-purpose hardware and are manufactured using steel, non-ferrous metals (http://www.himfr.com/buy-non_ferrous_metals/ ), stainless steel, titanium or other engineering materials. Steel, especially, has excellent ductility and strength, is a rich...

Police officials in New York say they'll test the use of Velcro handcuffs on out-of-control children in 22 schools in the city borough of Queens. New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has approved the Velcro cuffs as a softer alternative to steel handcuffs, the New York Daily News reported Saturday. School safety officers are expected to receive the alternative cuffs next week and then get two weeks of training on how to use them and when, said Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne....

CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Velcro Industries N.V. ("VINV") (Nasdaq: VELC), holding company of the Velcro companies and the industry leader in hook and loop fasteners, today announced the completion of its cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of its common stock. The tender offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. VINV has been advised by Computershare Investor Services Inc., the depositary for the...