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to Steal the Fastener Show in Las Vegas

Limit-breaking Hexfast & Timberfast Screws by Nai-Wen Chang, Fastener World

s an adventurer with a keen perception of market, BiMirth has been pouring investments and resources into the improvement of corporate strengths. It will announce at International Fastener Expo 2019 the rollout of hardwood screws, U.S.- standard Hexfast and Timberfast screws as well as the latest selfdrilling screw series. For the European market, the all-new QuickDrill V series is launched, and it is in the process of getting ETA. Each product line comes with higher performance and endurance.

New Bi-Mirth Construction Fasteners The market for prefabricated buildings in the U.S. and the EU inspired sales manager, Tom Shih, to develop a series of products for these buildings. Many American and European prefabricated construction companies are rolling out buildings because they are cheaper than customized buildings, and the building materials are more environmentally friendly. One of the topics about prefabricated house is hardwood LVL timber. There is a demand for these hardwood LVL beam in these prefabricated houses. Bi-Mirth developed a new hardwood LVL screw with lower drilling torque and less prone to cracking. The new screw is called BM HD, and it will be launched in the Fastener Fair Las Vegas.

Targeting the American market, Bi-Mirth has rolled out the American-standard and patented HexFast Screws and TimberFast Screws. Both the screws have a special thread design that offers lower drilling torque and strong pullout. These screws are ICC-approved which guarantee that they are code compliant. Bi-Mirth will be adding new ranges to HexFast and TimberFast in the ICC soon.

As to the self-drilling series, Bi-Mirth introduced self-drilling screws numbered 6, 8 and 10 this year with faster drilling time, better corrosion resistance (1000～6000 SST hours, under ASTM B116 & 16～60 cycles, under DIN 50016), and less risk of

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hydrogen embrittlement (can withstand temperature down to -30 degree C [-22 degree F]). These self-drilling screws can go through steel plates as thick as 20 mm (0.8 in.).

Newly-Designed QuickDrill Series Besides the American-standard screws above, Bi-Mirth is constantly making brea kth roughs in European Standard screws. It wasn’t long after the rollout of QuickDrill III that Bi-Mirth immediately introduced the refined version of the edition. The latest refined QuickDrill V offers smoother driving, lower drilling torque, and minor impact on timber. The patented “crystal thread” will increase the size of the minor diameter to create spaces for wood particles to move while not affecting the pullout and lowers the drilling torque.

Go Big or Go Home. Be on the Top of the World! Bi-Mirth spends an annual investment of USD 2~3 million on equipment purchased from the U.S. and Europe. Its plant is equipped with six fully automatic screw forming machines from Germany. The company spends another USD 100,000 ~ 150,000 every year on independent research and development to keep its quality, technique, and manufacturing capability level with the American and European competitors. This corporate belief has made Bi-Mirth irreplaceable in the global wood screw market. Bi-Mirth has its own inspection lab which offers various inspection items for customers’ specific demand.

This year Bi-Mirth purchased two high speed heading forming machines from South Korea to boost manufacturing capacity. “Using advanced equipment allows us to save labor costs. We used to have a guy looking after three machines, but now we just need one for each person with the same high output. Better equipment brings higher capacity and most importantly, it continues to bring better quality. This year, a new SIDASA Coating Line is up and running in the electroplating line for the black sealer in order to effectively reduce recess fill and increase the output capacity.

Bi-Mirth’s Contact: Bi-Mirth Sales Department General E-mail: sales@bimirth.com.tw

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A 174 A-PLUS SCREWS INC. Chipboard Screws, Customized Special Screws / Bolts...

301 CHANG BING ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Hook Bolts, Holders / Hooks / Rings, Dowel Screws...

彰濱

淳康

199 CHANG YI BOLT CO., LTD. 6 Cuts/ 8 Cuts Self Drilling Screws, A2 Cap Screws...

長益

200 A-STAINLESS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. Chipboard Screws, Concrete Screws, Deck Screws...

聯欣

159 CHANGING SUN METAL CO., LTD. Blind Nuts / Rivet Nuts, Blind Rivet Studs, Rivets...

長晉盛

268 ABC FASTENERS CO., LTD. Drop-in Anchors, Expansion Anchors, Wire Anchors...

324 CHAO JING PRECISE MACHINES CO., LTD. 朝璟 Cold Forging Bolt Formers, Thread Rolling Machines...

167 ACCURATE INC. (Japan) Tangless® Insert, CoilThread Inserts, Slim Head Screws... 151 AEH FASTEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. Clevis Pins, Dowel Pins, Hollow Rivets...

鉞昌

66 AIMREACH ENTERPRISES CO., LTD. 盛融 Stainless Steel, Flanged Head Bolts, Hexagon Head Bolts... 53 ALEX SCREW INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 禾億 Button Head Cap Screws, Button Head Socket Cap Screws... 114 ALISHAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD. Fastener Tools, Bolts, Screws, Nuts, Stamping Parts... 299 ALLMATE FASTENER CO., LTD. Socket Cap Screws, Socket Set Screws, Pins...

329 CHENG FANG YUAN MACHINERY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 正方元 Arraying Feeders, Filling Feeders, Nut Tapping Machines 305 CHENG HENG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 成亨 Stainless Steel Cable Ties, Hose Clamps, Band Buckles...

晟崴

148 CHIAO CHANG PNEUMATIC TOOL CORP. 喬章 Hydraulic Riveters, Rivnut Tools, Nibblers, Engraving Pens...

寬長

328 AN CHIAO MOLDS CO., LTD. Dies, Punch Dies, Carbide Quill, Punches, Pins...

安喬

350 ANCHOR FASTENERS INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Drop-in Anchors, Expansion Anchors, Wire Anchors...

安拓

92 ARUN CO., LTD. 鉅耕 Bi-metal Screws, Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws... 217 ASCCO INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 今大唯 Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, Wood Screws, Tapping Screws... 179 ASTROTECH STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED (India) Chipped Head Paper Collated Strips, Wire Weld Coils... 浤爵

321 CHIEN TSAI MACHINERY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Thread Rolling Machines

鍵財

226 CHIH FU MECHANICS CO., LTD. Special Screws, Open Die Products...

智富

81 CHIN LIH HSING PRECISION ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 金利興 Automotive Nuts, Brass Inserts, Bushes, Bushings... 141 CHINA PNEUMATIC CORPORATION Blind Rivet Assembly Machines, Torque Wrenches...

中國氣動

310 CHING CHAN OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Eddy Current Sorting Machines, Fastener Makers...

精湛

50 CHONG CHENG FASTENER CORP. Cap Nuts, Coupling Nuts, Conical Washer Nuts...

326 CHUN KAI MACHINERY CO., LTD. 駿凱 Straightening Machines, Straightness Measuring Instruments... 98 CHUN YU WORKS & CO., LTD. Wheel Bolts, Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws...

必鋮

170 BESTAI ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 天裕峰 Precision and Reliable Fasteners from Turning, Cold Forging...

30 BI-MIRTH CORP. 吉瞬 Carbon Steel Screws, Chipboard Screws, Concrete Screws... 8 BOLTUN CORPORATION Automotive Screws, Bushes, Conical Washer Nuts...

恒耀工業

222 BÜLTE GMBH (Germany) Plastic Bolts, Plastic/Rubber Materials, Precision Plastic Parts...

春日

195 COPA FLANGE FASTENERS CORP. Hex Nuts, Hex Flange Nuts, Combi Nuts, Weld Nuts...

國鵬

89 CPC FASTENERS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. Stainless Steel, Bi-metal Self-drilling Screws...

冠誠

64 DA YANG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Special Automotive Nuts, Special Weld Nuts...

大楊

118 DAR YU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, Screw Nails...

322 CHAN CHANGE MACHINERY CO., LTD. Screw Head Making Machines...

長薔

達宇

155 DELTEKS INDUSTRIES INC. 見承 Wheel Bolts, Bushes, Thread Forming Screws, All Kinds of Screws... cover DIING SEN FASTENERS INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. page

Chipboard Screws, Corrosion Resistant Screws...

127 CASHI COMPONENTS CORP. 俐業 Electric Screws, SEMs Screws, Standoff Parts, Machined Parts...

春雨

312 CHUN ZU MACHINERY INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Cold Headers, Header Toolings, Heading Machines...

凱壹

319 BIING FENG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 秉鋒 Blind Nut Formers, Multi-station Cold Forming Machines...

宗鉦

169 CHU WU INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 雷堤 Combined Screws, Customized Special Screws/Bolts...

126 BESTWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP. Eye Bolts, Flanged Head Bolts, Hanger Bolts...

將運

177 CHIAN YUNG CORPORATION SEMS Screws

153 AMPLE LONG INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Hollow Rivets, Drive Rivets, Semi-tubular Rivets...

253 BCR INC. Automotive Screws, Piston Pins, Weld Bolts (Studs)...

喬盟

奧立康

84 AMBROVIT S.P.A (Italy) Chipboard Screws, Combined Screws, Machine Screws...

106 AUTOLINK INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. Automotive Screws, Machine Bolts, Flange Nuts...

249 CHARGEMAIN SPRING IND CO., LTD. Precision Springs, Torque Springs...

鼎

65 DIN LING CORP. 登琳 Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, Furniture Screws... 52 DRAGON IRON FACTORY CO., LTD. Bi-metal Self-drilling Screws, Sheet Metal Screws...

龍昌

58 CHAN HSIUNG FACTORY CO., LTD. 全雄 Wheel Bolts, Twelve Point Head Screws, Weld Screws...

116 DRA-GOON FASTENERS INC. 丞曜 Chipboard Screws, Phillips Head Screws, TEK Screws...

203 CHAN LIANG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 銓良 Bi-Metal Screws, Collated Screws, Stainless Cap Screws...

86 DUNFA INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 敦發 Bushes, Spacers, Automotive Parts, Tubes, Turning Parts...

INDEX E 23 E CHAIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 毅程 Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, Machine Screws...

243 HOMEEASE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Glue Guns & Accessories

宏鎰欣彰

105 EASON TECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Spring Pins, Cage Nuts, Clip Nuts, Retaining Rings...

鈺森

144 HSIN CHANG HARDWARE INDUSTRIAL CORP. Anchor Bolts, Anchors, Plastic Fasteners...

188 EASYLINK INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Automotive Nuts, Thread Forming Screws...

易連

145 HSIN HO MFG. CO., LTD. 興和 Drive Pins, Gas Nails, Anchors, Powder Actuated Tools... 93 HSIN HUNG MACHINERY CORP. Cap Nuts, Flange Nuts, Hexagon Nuts, Dome Nuts...

327 E-UNION FASTENER CO., LTD. 奕盟 Conveyors, Thread Rolling Machines, Heading Machines...

欣翃

56 HSIN JUI HARDWARE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 欣瑞 Bushes, Construction Bolts, Special Cold / Hot Forming Parts...

F 96 FAITHFUL ENG. PRODS. CO., LTD. Anchors, Box Nails, Door/Window Accessories...

誠毅

100 FALCON FASTENER CO., LTD. Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws / Bolts...

鉮達

2 FANG SHENG SCREW CO., LTD. Shoulder Bolts, Button Head Socket Cap Screws..

芳生

193 HWAGUO INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS CO., LTD. 華國 Springs, Special Washers, Multi-die Forming Fasteners...

億萬年

137 HWALLY PRODUCTS CO., LTD. Drop-in Anchors, Chipboard Screws, Anchors...

樺麟

占賀

239 HWEI NEN CO., LTD. Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws / Bolts...

輝能

88 FAREAST METAL INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. Dowel Pins, Flanged Head Bolts, Flange Screws... 138 FASTENER JAMHER TAIWAN INC. Automotive Nuts, Blind Nuts / Rivet Nuts, Bushings...

60 FASTNET CORP. 俊鉞 Dowel Pins, Flange Nuts, Weld Nuts, 4 Pronged T Nuts... 122 FILROX INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Blind Nuts / Rivet Nuts, Tee or T Nuts, Blind Rivets...

惠錄

185 HSIN YU SCREW ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Acme Screws, Hexagon Head Cap Screws... 63 HU PAO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. Automotive Nuts, Flange Nuts, Hexagon Nuts...

如保

320 HYODONG MACHINE CO., LTD. (Korea) Bolt Former, Bolt Parts Former, Nut Former, Nut Parts Former...

J 10 J.C. GRAND CORPORATION All Kinds of Screws, Chipboard Screws...

113 FONG PREAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 豐鵬 Automotive Screws, Bi-metal Screws, Brass & Bronze Screws... 215 FONG WUNS CO., LTD. Flange Nuts, Stainless Steel Nuts, Special Parts...

新雨

俊良

61 JAU YEOU INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 朝友 Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, High Low Thread Screws...

鋒汶

政毓

44 FORTUNE BRIGHT INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Cap Nuts, Dome Nuts, Nylon Cap Insert Lock Nuts...

鋒沐

344 JENG YUH CO., LTD. Plastic Injection Products, Plastic Mold R&D...

186 FOUNTAIN FASTENER CO., LTD. Flange Weld Nuts, Round Weld Nuts, Special Nuts...

原詮

348 JERN YAO ENTERPRISES CO., LTD. 正曜 Multi-station Cold Forming, Parts Forming Machines...

76 FU HUI SCREW INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws / Bolts...

福輝

39 JET FAST COMPANY LIMITED 捷禾 Blind Nuts / Rivet Nuts, Aircraft & Aerospace Washers...

238 FU KAI FASTENER ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 福凱 Precision Electronic Screws, Special Screws, Weld Screws... 102 FUSHANG CO., LTD. 甫商 Carbon Steel Screws, Chipboard Screws, Concrete Screws...

202 JIEN KUEN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 健坤 Hexagon Nuts, Nylon Cap Insert Lock Nuts, Square Nuts... 184 JIN SHIN CHYUAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws / Bolts...

金欣全

164 JIN SHING STAINLESS IND. CO., LTD. 竣鑫 Self-tapping Screws, Machine Screws, Chipboard Screws...

273 GELA & COMPANY Expansion Anchors, Eye Bolts, Hanger Bolts...

蕙寶

218 JING FONG INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 璟鋒 Hex Nylon Insert Lock Nuts, Wing Nuts with Nylon Insert...

318 GIAN-YEH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Rivet Dies, Self-drilling Screw Dies, Screw Tip Dies...

健業

178 JIN-YINGS ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 晉營 Special Custom Fasteners, Auto/Motorcycle Fasteners...

230 GINFA WORLD CO., LTD. 濟音發 Chipboard Screws, Countersunk Screws, Drywall Screws... 221 GOFAST CO., LTD. Open Die Parts, Stamping Parts, Assembly Parts...

喬邁

119 HAO CHENG PLASTIC CO., LTD. Plastic Box Maker for Fasteners

皓正

80 JOINER FASTENER ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 喬亞 Bi-metal Screws, Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws... 117 JOKER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Hollow Wall Anchors, Concrete Screws, Jack Nuts...

久可

K 帝潮 244 K. TICHO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. Bi-metal Self-drilling Screws, Timber Screws, Collated Screws...

279 HAUR FUNG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 豪舫 External Tooth Washers, Long Carriage Bolts, Roofing Bolts...

149 KALB INDUSTRIES INC. 淞本 Special Designed Parts, Precision Screws, Micro Screws...

172 HEADER PLAN CO. INC. Chipboard Screws, Collated Screws, Deck Screws...

267 KAO WAN BOLT INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Hex Head Cap Screws, Carriage Bolts, Hex Lag Bolts... 147 KARAT INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION Rivet Tools & Rivet Nut Tools

高旺

213 KATSUHANA FASTENERS CORP. Collated Screws, Drywall Screws, Roofing Screws...

濱井

152 HO HONG SCREWS CO., LTD. 合鋒 Alloy Steel Screws, Button Head Cap Screws, Chipboard Screws... 146 HOME SOON ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Screwdriver Bits, Custom Bits, Bit Holders...

宏舜

寶資

317 KING ANN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 金諳 Machinery for Bolts, Nuts, Hand Tools, Special Parts... 201 KING CENTURY GROUP CO., LTD. 慶宇 Drop-in Anchors, Self-drilling Anchors, Sleeve Anchors... 224 KUNTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP. 鉅堃 All Kinds of Screws, Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws... 國鎮

231 KUO CHEN MOLD CO., LTD. Self-Drilling Dies

75 KWANTEX RESEARCH INC. 寬仕 Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, Furniture Screws...

L 124 L & W FASTENERS COMPANY Construction Fasteners, Flat Washers, Heavy Nuts...

金大鼎

245 LANDWIDE CO., LTD. Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, Wood Screws...

嶙旺

247 LIAN CHUAN SHING INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 連全興 Weld Nuts, Special Parts, Special Washers, Flat Washers...

57 LONG THREAD FASTENERS CORP. Bi-metal Self-drilling Screws, Chipboard Screws...

長隆順

M 鑫瑞 97 MAC PRECISION HARDWARE CO. Turning Parts, Precision Metal Parts, Cold Forged Nuts...

21 MASTER UNITED CORP. 永傑 Chipboard Screws, Drywall Screws, Furniture Screws... 334 MAUDLE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 茂異 Button Head Socket Cap Screws, Flange Washer Head Screws... 182 MAXTOOL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 系格 Plastic Screws, Drop-in Anchors, Expansion Anchors... 277 MEJOR FASTENER SUPPLY INC. Precision Electronic Screws, OEM/ODM... 18 MIN HWEI ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Button Head Socket Cap Screws, Chipboard Screws...

承品明徽

314 MING TANG MACHINERY CO., LTD. (WEN YANG) Screw Head Making Machines...

玟暘頂吉興

343 LIAN SHYANG INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. Nut Formers, Nut Tapping Machines

連翔

110 MODERN ALLOY PLATING CO., LTD. Zinc Plating, Lubricants

131 LIH TA FASTENERS CO., LTD. Special Parts, Trilobular Screws, Torx® & Torx-Plus®...

力大

229 MOLS CORPORATION 冠鑫 Home Appliance Screws, Customized Screws, Thread Forming Screws...

233 LINK-PRO TECH CO., LTD. Customized Screws/Nuts, Pressing & Deep Drawing...

超傑

133 MOUNTFASCO INC. 崎鈺 All Kinds of Screws, Alloy Steel Screws, Automotive Screws...

352 LINKWELL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 順承 All Kinds of Screws, Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws... 22 LOCKSURE INC. Custom Washers, Flat Washers, Automotive Screws...

161 MULTIFORM FASTENERS CO., LTD. 金美多 Rotation Screws, Hyper Driller Screws, Jetting Screws...

今湛

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INDEX N 142 NCG TOOLS INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Tools for Fastening Anchors, Blind Nuts / Rivet Nuts...

昶彰

129 ND ELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD. 穩得 Inert / Reactive Thread Locking, Masking & Lubricating... 108 ND INDUSTRIES, INC. 穩得 ND Pre-Applied Processes, Advanced Sealing Technologies... 338 NEWFAST CO., LTD. 峻拓 Machine Screws, Multi-die Forming Fasteners, OEM/ODM... 197 NOVA. FASTENER CO., LTD. 鑫星 Hexagon Nuts, Square Nuts, Wood Screws, Chipboard Screws...

P 拔利 171 PAR EXCELLENCE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Rivets, Pins, Washers to C-commodities...

94 PENGTEH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 彭特 SEMs Screws, Special Screws, Binder Screws, PT Screws... 257 PEY HOME INC. Nylon Locking Nuts, Flange Nuts, Hex Nuts, Bolts...

沛泓

140 SHEN CHOU FASTENERS INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Button Head Cap Screws, Chipboard Screws... 42 SHIH HSANG YWA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Flange Nuts, Flange Nylon Nuts With Washers... 251 SHI-HO SCREW INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Specialist in Micro Screws

新倡發旭和

168 SHIN CHUN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 昕群 Automotive Screws, Chipboard Screws, Customized Screws... 225 SHIN JAAN WORKS CO., LTD. 新展 Flanged Head Bolts, Long Carriage Bolts, Round Head Bolts... 183 SHUENN CHANG FA ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Long Screws, Concrete Screws, Machine Screws...

舜倡發

115 SHUN DEN IRON WORKS CO., LTD. Fastener Tools, Bolts, Screws, Nuts, Stamped Parts...

順典

190 SHYANG SHENG PRECISE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 翔笙 Precision Molds, Tooling, Mechanical Parts, Electrical Components... 112 SIN HONG HARDWARE PTE. LTD. (Singapore) Hexagon Nuts, Hexagon Head Bolts, Blind Rivets...

181 PPG INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC. TAIWAN BRANCH 必丕志 Chromium-free Coating, ED Coating... 241 PRO POWER CO., LTD. Screws, Bolts...

神洲

鉑川

新豐

46 SPEC PRODUCTS CORP. Lincensee Fasteners, Turned/Machined Parts...

友鋮

14 SPECIAL RIVETS CORP. Blind Nuts / Rivet Nuts, Blind Rivets, Air Riveters...

恆昭實固

101 PRO-VISA (LIN) INT'L CORP. 佾鼎 Self-drilling Screws, Stainless Steel Screws, Furniture Screws...

261 SUCOOT CO., LTD. Formwork Screws

123 PS FASTENERS PTE LTD. 汎昇 Washers, Socket Set Screws, U Bolts, Alloy Steel Screws...

134 SUN CHEN FASTENERS INC. 展鴻鑫 Cup Washers, Flanged Head Bolts, T-head or T-slot Bolts...

Q 205 Q-NUTS INDUSTRIAL CORP. Flange Nuts, Weld Nuts, Special Nuts, Spacers...

友俊

109 QST INTERNATIONAL CORP. 恒耀國際 Hexagon Head Bolts, Square Head Bolts, Weld Bolts (Studs)...

R 62 RAY FU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Chipboard Screws, Deck Screws, Drywall Screws...

瑞滬

237 REDWOOD INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 鴻牧 Cutting Tools, Drive Pins & Washer Assembly Machines... 12 REXLEN CORP. 連宜 Clinch Nuts, Clinch Studs, CNC Parts, Stamped Parts... 26 RODEX FASTENERS CORP. Chipboard Screws, Hexagon Head Cap Screws...

華祺

132 SUPER DPD CO., LTD. 三御 All Kinds of Screws, Bi-metal Screws, Carbon Steel Screws... 240 SUPER NUT INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 傑螺 Blind / Rivet Nuts, Security Fasteners, Barrel Nuts, Machine Parts...

T 121 TAIKYU CO., LTD. 台京 Chipboard Screws, Chromium-free Coating, Collated Screws... 211 TAIWAN LEE RUBBER CO., LTD. Bonded Washers, E.P.D.M. Vulcanized, Pipe Flashing...

台力

191 TAIWAN NYLON WASHER CO., LTD. 東佑典 Rubber Washers, Silicone Washers, Plasterboard Nails... 204 TAIWAN PRECISION FASTENER COMPANY LIMITED Drywall Screws, Wood Construction Screws, Roofing Screws... 90 TAIWAN SELF-LOCKING FASTENERS IND. CO., LTD. 台灣耐落 Nylok®, Precote®, Nycote®, Nyplas®, Loctite®...

259 S&T FASTENING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 順通 Carbon Steel Screws, Bi-metal Screws, Stainless Steel Screws...

165 TANG AN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Customized Automotive Parts and Special Fasteners

鏜安

263 SAIMA CORPORATION (Japan) Hexagon Head Cap Screws, Socket Head Cap Screws...

275 TENZ INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Wood Screws

登馳

6 SAN SHING FASTECH CORP. Automotive Nuts, Automotive Parts, Carbide Dies... 139 SCREWTECH INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Machined Parts, Thumb Screws, Micro Screws...

三星

20 THREAD INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Chipboard Screws, Flange Nuts, Heavy Nuts...

銳禾

54 TONG HEER FASTENERS (THAILAND) CO., LTD. Hex Bolts, Stud Bolts, Socket Cap Screws, Hex Nuts...

345 SEN CHANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 昇錩 Customized Special Screws / Bolts, Socket Head Cap Screws... 332 SHANGHAI FAST-FIX RIVET CORP. Blind Rivets, High Shear Rivets, Closed End Rivets...

飛可斯

316 SHEEN TZAR CO., LTD. Self-Drilling Screw Machines & Dies

新讚

206 SHEH FUNG SCREWS CO., LTD. 世豐 Chipboard Screws, Countersunk Screws, Wood Screws... 208 SHEH KAI PRECISION CO., LTD. Bi-metal Concrete Screw Anchors, Bi-metal Screws...

世鎧

英德

54 TONG HEER FASTENERS CO., SDN. BHD. Stainless Steel Metric Screws, Stainless Steel Screws... 255 TONG HO SHING INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. Hex Washer Head Screws, Indent Hex Head Screws...

桐和興

16 TONG HWEI ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. A2 Cap Screws, Button Head Socket Cap Screws...

東徽

54 TONG MING ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Stainless Steel Fasteners, Wire Rods...

東明

163 TSAE FARN SCREWS HARDWARE CO., LTD. 2 Cap Screws, Aircraft Nails, All Kinds of Screws...

采凡

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104 YUH CHYANG HARDWARE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 鈺強 Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws / Bolts...

136 TSUNAMI LTD. 宣大 Carbide Dies, Cutting Dies, First Punch Dies, Header Toolings...

125 YUNG KING INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 榮金 Dowel Pins, Roll Pins, Self-locking Pins, Cotter Pins, Split Pins...

135 TSENG WIN Ceiling Anchors, Cut Anchors, Drop-in Anchors...

210 TYCOONS GROUP ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 聚亨 Chipboard Screws, Collated Screws, Deck Screws, Drywall Screws... 325 TZE PING PRECISION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 智品 Open Die Machines, Cold Headers, Cold Forming Machines...

U 189 UNISTRONG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 六曜 Retaining Nuts, Sleeve Nuts, Weld Nuts, Automotive Screws... 49 UNITECH PRODUCTS CORP. 永鋮 Alloy Steel Screws, Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws...

Z 235 ZONBIX ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 琮比 Blind Nuts / Rivet Nuts, Blind Rivets, Clevis Pins, Eye Bolts... 265 ZYH YIN ENT. CO., LTD. 至盈 Euro Screws, Dowel Pins, Allen Keys, Confirmat Screws...

Machines & Equipment

機械暨週邊設備區

V 45 VERTEX PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CORP. 緯紘 6 Cuts/ 8 Cuts Self Drilling Screws, Barrel Nuts, Cap Screws...

W 130 WATTSON FASTENER GROUP INC. 華盛 Clevis Bolts, 6 Cuts/ 8 Cuts Self Drilling Screws... 307 WAYWORLD FASTECH CORPORATION 穎新 Bolts, Screws, Studs, Nuts, Pins, Rivets & Automotive Parts... 24 WE POWER INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 威力寶 Chipboard Screws, Concrete Screws, Drywall Screws... 340 WILLIAM SPECIALTY INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 威廉特 Chipboard Screws, Concrete Screws, Drywall Screws... 336 WINGTONE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 運通 Cold Forging Expert 120 WINLINK FASTENERS CO., LTD. T Head Bolts, Flange Screws, Daisy Bolts... 28 WYSER INTERNATIONAL CORP. Cage Nuts, Cap Nuts, Clinch Nuts, Acme Screws...

岡山東穎緯聯

Y 342 YESWIN MACHINERY CO., LTD. Bolt Formers, Multi-station Cold Forming Machines...

友信

40 YI CHUN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 誼峻 Cap Screws, Socket Set Screws, Cage Nuts, Automotive Parts... 150 YI HUNG WASHER CO., LTD. Rubber Washers, Plastic Screws, Custom Washers...

益弘

82 YING MING INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Automotive & Motorcycle Special Screws / Bolts...

穎明

301 YOU CHANG LIN CO., LTD. Furniture Hardware and Related Fasteners...

優昌霖

128 YOUR CHOICE FASTENERS & TOOLS CO., LTD. A2 Cap Screws, Bits & Bit Sets, Chipboard Screws...

太子

346 YOW CHERN CO., LTD. 侑城 Flanged Head Bolts, Chipboard Screws, Floorboard Screws... 227 YOW TAY COLLATED SCREW INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 佑泰 No-chain Auto Screw-driving Machine 223 YUANG HSIAN METAL INDUSTRIAL CORP. Copper Alloy Wire, Brass Wire, Nickel Silver Wire..

319 322 324 329 321 310 326 312 327 320 348 317 343 314 316 325 342

Biing Feng Enterprise Co., Ltd. Chan Change Machinery Co., Ltd. Chao Jing Precise Machines Co., Ltd. Cheng Fang Yuan Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd. Chien Tsai Machinery Enterprise Co., Ltd. Ching Chan Optical Technology Co., Ltd. Chun Kai Machinery Co., Ltd. Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. E-union Fastener Co., Ltd. Hyodong Machine Co., Ltd. (Korea) Jern Yao Enterprises Co., Ltd. King Ann Industrial Co., Ltd. Lian Shyang Industries Co., Ltd. Ming Tang Machinery Co., Ltd. (Wen Yang ) Sheen Tzar Co., Ltd. Tze Ping Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. Yeswin Machinery Co., Ltd.

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328 318 231 136

An Chiao Molds Co., Ltd. Gian-yeh Industrial Co., Ltd. Kuo Chen Mold Co., Ltd. Tsunami Ltd.

272 281 283 331

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Strut GBMT Suppo Steel

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2735 20' AITMAC, Inc.

2421

2431

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20'

General Inspection, LLC

L.B. Swift

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2760

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3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6"

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2747

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2471

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20'

2306

Shavi v USA

2314

New Best

2207

2318

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30'

Dunkley

Advanced Poly-

2320

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2330

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Powell Skako Portag Syste Vibrat e

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2223

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2231

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2134 20'

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20'

2240

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2037

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2039

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Sivaco Wire FS

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Perfec Cond Nation Centr Loomi t Lock at al al s

MW Industries

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Key SECOFS Bellev /Warw

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20' 20'

20'

PCB Load

2021

2131

2252

2256 20'

Astral Air

Cubic

2145

2153

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Allways

Mectron

2144

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2053

2260

2057

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Weste 3M rn Electr

Hercu les

Peak

2045

HCL Faste

2159

Midw est

2156 20'

2258

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2161

2158

2160

E-Z Lok

Natio nal

2059

2061

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2162

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Evco Tools

2164 20'

2063

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FHC FS

Mag Instru

2069

1937

20'

2042 20'

Socket

1941

50'

INxSQL Software

20'

Kistler FS

2044 20'

1940

H. W. Eckha

1942

CoiLo k

Tamp er-

1841

1843

Magni Group,

Unico rp

Small Brico ey Indust

2052

2056

2058

20'

Brush Man,

Bolt Bun

Edward W

1945

Amal ga

Lindstrom 1831

1821

2040

1953

20'

1957

20'

WTC IT Services

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1959

1961

2071

1956

1853

1855

1857

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1960 1861

CEIA USA

BME Inc.

2064

2068

Metal Reso

Adam s

1965

Bar Cavali Johan Fasco Acme Stock er Smit mp Indust

1845

All SANLIFS Electr N NY

Midall Hange Diing oy r Bolt Sen/H

Alloy &

1952 20'

Ideal Faste

20'

1819

Tuttle HeicoManuf Lock

20'

20' 20'

Acument Global

1918

Brikk sen

2036

AIM MatenFS Testin aer

1935

30'

Halder , Inc.

NOF Metal Coatings North America, Inc

1815

1931

Electr onic

2034

20'

APM Hexse

Accurate

1962

1968 20'

2070

1969

1971

1970

Enoc FCH Winze h Sourci r

Sunright

1863

1869

1871

1873

3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6"

1875

3'-6"

EXITS

20'

1811

JM Tor Par,

1923

Ray Precision Threadrollin g, LLC

B&G Manufacturing

1917

20' FS

20'

1807

2022

EXITS

3'-6" 3'-6"

2020 30'

3'-6"

20' Natio CSM Fastener nal

Marer SRL

2016

1911

20' Cold Heading Company

3'-6"

20'

1907

Curtis Metal Finishing

20'

Beneri SPA

3'-6"

1543

Soule, Norma Rock Blake Group Town

1756 20'

20' 1652 Pivot Point

1553

1659

1661

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20' Index

1768

1658

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1569

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3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6" 3'-6"

1676 Atlas Testin

1573

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Murra y

1221

20'

Continental-

1231

1443

1440

Fuller Techn Metric ical

1337

Auto Bolt

1341

1338

1340

Afixx Alliance

1343

1342

Birmin Abbot RIE Pentr gham t Coatin ate

Chrisl ynn

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1243

1237

1239

1241

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AUTOCRAFT

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1459

1461

Schn Binder Premi orr Metal er

1456 20'

1353

20'

1458

Conti United nental Perfor

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1359

1460 TruCut

1365

20'

Darling Bolt

Eaton Steel

1344

1352 20'

LOUNGE 20'

Loss

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1572

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Shiv Om

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Atotech USA,

1452 Beta Steel

20'

Rotal oc

1560

Fit Perige ATF Faste e Aeros

1345

Isosta tic

1558

Fairview USA

20'

Crossroad

1446

NordLock,

1556

20'

1445

1442

Groov Presti T.W. Bryno Graha -Pin / ge Intern lf m

1336

20' T&T E-Carb Tool & Enter

1552

LoneStar Fasteners

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Metal FS Coati

1334 20'

Buckeye

1223

1439

Yello w

1436

North East

20' American Ring Mfg.

20'

1217

20' TRAMEC Hill

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1330

G.W.Y ., Inc

20'

20' Bryce

20' Metric &

1322

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1320

1331

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Umeta of

1316

1323

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1540

Screw Coron s et

20'

Superior

Star Stainless Screw Co.

Lyn- Safety Holo- Cardin Tron, Socke Krom al

1536

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20'

1321

1317

1435

20'

20' Fast-Cor

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20' I. G. Advan Virgin Eurolink FSS, Marst tage ia

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1374

1376

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1122

1124

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SWD Inc

Seym our of

1264

1268

1271

1273

1270

1272

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2836 Budstech Co., Ltd.

shirley.yang@budstech.com www.budstech.com Main Products: Fasteners, Turning & Milling, Sheet Metal Stamping, Tubing, Casting & Sub-Assembly.

2910

2814 2705

2816

desirabl@ms38.hinet.net www.desirable.com.tw DESIRABLE Was Established In 1995. We Have Devoted To Produce Various Kinds Of Screws For More Than 20 Years. Product Range: Self Drilling Screws, Sandwich Panel Screws, Deck Screws...

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2811 Dicha Sombrilla Co., Ltd. 2810 2908

service@topseat.com.tw www.dicha.com.tw Our Main Proudcts Are All Kinds Of Wall Anchors, Such As Hammer Drive Anchor, Toggle Bolt, Lag Shield Anchor, Machine Screw Anhcor And Custom-Made Products Are Also Available.

2717 Dragon Iron Factory Co., Ltd.

2811

dragonco@ms9.hinet.net www.dragoniron.com.tw Self Drilling Screw, Self Tapping Screw, Roofing Screw, Construction Screw.

2565

FHC FS

Media/Association Row

1136

1260

6' 6'-8"

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1137

1242

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1135

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1133

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1236

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1121

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MKT Faste

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Rivet FS &

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1119

20' Spring Bolt

Epicor NBS Speci Softw Corpo alty

20' BTM

1222

1218

2836

2819 A-Stainless International Co., Ltd.

2737

2864

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1577

JayCee

A. Lyons

1534

1431

30' R&D Fasteners

1420 20'

1308

20'

G.L. Huyett

1423

1419

20' 1416 Sems & FS

30' Infasco / Ifastgroupe

1302

20' Parker Fasteners

20' Nylok LLC

King Steel FS

1307

6' 6'

1415

1411

30' Kanebridge Corp

FE FS

20' Alfa Tools

1518

20'

1407

3'-6"

20' Doerken Corporation USA

20'

EXITS

20' Batching Systems Inc.

3'-6" 3'-6"

2751

2561

3'-6" 3'-6"

2860

2737 Bi-Mirth Corp.

3'-6"

2856

2809

2921 Desirable Enterprise Co., Ltd.

1677

AVK Indust FS

1672

NewT Bristol Gemt op Machi ex

1773

1772 20'

Unytite Inc.

1663

Lelan JFD W. J. d Indust Rober

1656 20'

1771

G&G Safety

1762

Richa All Lockn rd Valley ut

1657

Vulcan Steel FS

20'

20' 20' Midland

Dan-Loc

1545

1760

1870

R & R Phoen Engin ix

1769

1653

1644

1758

1868 1765

MSI Products

1642

Ameri Capita can l Steel

20'

1640 1541

Sands Peerle Chica trom ss go

20'

20' 20'

Ken Forging Inc

20' 20'

Beacon Fasteners &

FHC

1761

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Imperi Willie al Wash

1537

1645

1860

EXITS

Gage Bilt,

1636

Drillco Fall FS Cuttin River

1535

20' Cable Tie Express / American Elite

1759

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LongLok

1634

20' Solution Industries

1858

Kerr Interfa HillsdFS Lakes st ale

1757

1531

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Prospect

Copper State Bolt and Nut

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20' International

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Bradle y

20' AFI Dynac Metal Greenslade & Indust ast Fabric

FE FS

1745

FHC

1742 1643

20'

Decker

1622 30'

Distribution One, Inc.

Bay Stand

1631

20'

XL Screw Corporation

1616 1517

Brighton-Best International, Inc.

1623

20' Boker' s, Inc. Kreher Steel Co., LLC

1842 20'

Advance

60'

Computer Insights, Inc.

30'

FE FS

1511

1840 1741

20'

1737

1507

LokMor

MW ElemeFS Indust nt

1735

Elgin Fastener Group

3'-6"

20' GF&D

1834

1731

American

1619

1615

20' Rotor Clip Company

20'

ENTRANCE

1720 20'

20' Sherex

1723

2211

Arcon ic

1721

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1611

1822 20'

Arconic

2207

1607

20' Intercorp

1816 1717

Rohm ann

20' Durham Manufacturi ng

NEW BEST

ENTRANCE

2306

30' Nucor Fastener FS

1711

1707

B&D Cold Headed Products

FE FS

20'

3'-6"

Goebel Fasteners

3'-6"

2854

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2168

2852

2805 Bestai 2661 Enterprise 2663 2665Co., Ltd.

EXITS

3'-6" 3'-6"

Fastar , Inc.

Micro

2015

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2855 2857 2861 2863 2865 www.a-plusscrewsinc.com.tw

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2816 De Hui Screw Industry Co., Ltd.

Stainless Steel Screw, Self Drilling Screw, Deck Screw, Security Screw, Type-U Screw, Hi-Low Thread Screw, PT Thread Screw, Special2560 Screws. 2562 2564

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dayang1@ms39.hinet.net www.specialnuts.com.tw DA YANG Is Dedicated To The Production Of Various Types Of Specialized Automotive Fasteners Including Special Weld Nuts, Bushing, T-Nuts And Parts According Customer's Drawing... daryu@ms25.hinet.net www.dar-yu.com.tw DAR YU Is One Of The Most Innovative And Supportive Suppliers For Leading Chained Stores In Europe, US And Japan...

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2561 2563 2565 annesheng@a-plusscrewsinc.com.tw

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2831 Dar Yu Enterprise Co., Ltd.

2956 2962 2964 2810 A-Plus2960 Screws Inc.

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2661 2663 2665 alpro.metals@msa.hinet.net www.alpro-metals.com 2955 2957 2961 2963 2965 Since 1994 AL-PRO Has Been Dedicated To Excellence And Service, And Is A Highly Competitive And Comprehensive Provider Of Fasteners In The Global Marketplace... 2660

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2841 Al-Pro Metals Co., Ltd.

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2814 Da Yang Enterprise Co., Ltd.

sales@aimreachfasteners.com

2743

JENG JI LI GOFAST HSIN YU YUH DENG

DESIRABLE GINFA REXLEN

2835

2854 Aimreach 2856 2860 2862 2864 Co., Ltd. 2735 Enterprises

2852

chite@chite.com.tw www.chite.com.tw Manufacturer & Exporter Of Fasteners Product Range : Screws/Bolts/Nuts/Washers In Carbon Steel & Stainless Steel, Special Parts For Automotive Industry.

2954 2956 2960 2962 2964 2920 Aeh Fasten Industries Co., Ltd.

sales@aeh.com.tw 2853 2855 2857 2861 2863 2865 www.aeh.com.tw Rivets, Eyelets, Semi-Tubular Rivets, Binding Posts, Special Rivets, Special Screws, T-Head Bolts, Sex Bolts.

chireifasteners@gmail.com www.chirek.com.tw Chirek Fastener Corporation Was Established In 1991. We Have Over 25 Years Of Experience In International And Domestic Sales Of Construction Fasteners...

2822 Chite Enterprises Co., Ltd.

2952

2850

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2737

abs.metal@msa.hinet.net www.abs-metal.com.tw 2953 2955 2957 2961 2963 2965 ABS METAL Industry Corp. Is An ISO-9001-2015 Cert. Company Supplying Qualified Fasteners Comforming To Different Standards - SAE, ASTM, ISO And DIN...

2760

EXITS

To register, visit https://www.fastenershows.com/ attendees/register-to-attend/. For more information on IFE, visit www.fastenershows.com.

2947

BUDSTECH

2822

2818

EXITS

Attendees are encouraged to register early to take advantage of early-bird pricing at only $50. Pricing will increase to $75 after June 30, and the on-site fee will be $85.

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2843

New for IFE 2019 is “Preview Hours” on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Opening from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., attendees and U.S. suppliers will have the opportunity to meet with manufacturers in Machinery and Tooling and international exhibitors in SourceGlobal in Exhibit Hall E. The Exhibit Hall D will open at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and resume normal show hours on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2943

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IFE 2019 plans to again host a robust conference schedule with highlights on technology, leadership and business management, and tariffs. The Fastener Training Institute is expected to return with the Fastener Technology Workshop, presented by Bengt Blendulf, EduPro US, Inc., on questions typically from engineers and technicians, including product standards and materials, heat treatment, quality issues and more.

2905

SEN YOW CHANG TAY

EXITS

This year, India has been selected as IFE’s Global Spotlight Country. Debuted in 2018, participating exhibitors of the selected country have the opportunity to display their products within the Global Spotlight-designated area on the show floor.

Darryl Rowinski, president, Business Credit Management Association, will come back to lead the Controllers, Accounting, Credit & Accounts Receivable Managers Meeting, a roundtable discussion with primarily financial managers on maximizing cash flow, providing effective financial services, and other critical business topics.

TAIWAN ABS FASTENERS

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Every year, IFE brings together 5,000 attendees and 850 exhibiting companies from the entire supply chain, including manufacturers, master distributors, distributors, and OEMs. VIP attendees at IFE are consistently included in Industrial Distribution’s Big 50 List and exhibitors are among the top international and domestic manufacturers, material suppliers, tooling and machinery providers and ancillary services.

foreign@fastener-world.com.tw www.fastener-world.com.tw

2835 ABS Metal Industry Corp.

EFC Internation

Registration is now open at www. fastenershows.com for the International Fastener Expo (IFE) 2019, the largest and most established business-to-business tradeshow of every type of fastener, machinery and tooling, and industrial-related products in North America. IFE 2019 will take place on Sept. 17-19 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Bayside D & E, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2019

Taiwanese Exhibitors

2731 Chirek Fastener Corp.

2908 Chin Lih Hsing Precision Enterprise Co., Ltd.

clh@clh.com.tw www.clh.com.tw Products: Brass Inserts, Clinching Parts And CNC Parts. Material: Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel, Aluminum; 200 Auto Lathes & 30 CNC Machines; IATF 16949

2809 Evereon Industries, Inc.

2705 Fontec Screws Co., Ltd.

2910 Feng Yi Titanium Fasteners

2945 Fu Kai Fastener Enterprise Co., Ltd.

hoseclamp@evereon.com.tw www.evereon.com.tw Since 1993, EVEREON INDUSTRIES, INC. (YDS Hose Clamp) Was Founded; We Devote Ourselves To Providing Various Hose Clamps With Installation Easily... fengyi.ti@msa.hinet.net www.fengyi-ti.com FENG YI TITANIUM FASTENERS is a professional supplier of titanium forged fasteners in Taiwan since 2005. We use precision forging technology to develop pure titanium and titanium alloy screws with great mass production capability...

ck-lin@fontec.com.tw www.fontec.com.tw Special Rivets, Special Screws, Automated Fasteners, Special To Drawing Fasteners, Non-Ferrous Fasteners (Brass, Aluminum, Copper), Stainless Steel Fasteners, Cold Forged Fasteners And Parts fukai.ht@msa.hinet.net www.fastener-world.com.tw/en/supplier/fukai Welding Studs, Micro Screws, Tapping Screws, Trilobular Screws, SEMS Screws, PEM Series, Carriage Bolts, Washers, Nuts, Security Screws, Prywall Screws, Wood Screws.

Taiwanese Exhibitors in IFE'19 - Las Vegas

“Registration Now Open for International Fastener Expo 2019”

2904 FASTENER WORLD INC.

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2937 Ji Li Deng Fasteners Co., Ltd. 2923 Ginfa World Co., Ltd.

gifa@ms15.hinet.net www.ginfa.com.tw Self-Drilling Screw with Different Head and Thread & Different Coating.

2933 2923

Taiwanese Exhibitors in IFE'19 - Las Vegas

2931 Gofast Co., Ltd.

fastener@gofast.com.tw www.gofast.com.tw As A Premier Externally Threaded Fastener Manufacturer Since 1986, Ser ving The Customers With IATF16949 Certification, Gofast Team Is Able To Provide You With Proactive Ser vices, In-Process Production Control, Technical Solution Support And Automotive Required Documentations...

2934 H.K.C. Rich Enterprise Co., Limited

2834 Kao Wan Bolt Industrial Co., Ltd. 2931 2823

2934 2947

2808

home.soon@msa.hinet.net www.homesoon.com.tw Driver Bits, Bit Holders, Nut Setters, Sockets, L-Keys 36 Years Of Know-How. A Professional Taiwan Manufacturer And Also A Reliable Supplier Of Hand Tools...

2815 2935

2823 Homn Reen Enterprise Co., Ltd.

homnreen@mail.homnreen.com.tw www.homnreen.com Self Drilling Screw, Trilobular Thread Screw, Furniture Screw,Bi-Metal Screw, Collated Screw.

2918 Master United Corp.

info@muc.com.tw www.masterun.com.cn MASTER UNITED CORP. Is A Leading Manufacturer And An Exporter In The Fasteners Field For More Than 30 Years. We Produce Top Quality Screws, Fasteners, Hardware And Other Related Products...

2933 Hsin Yu Screw Enterprise Co., Ltd.

2943

jeng.yuh@msa.hinet.net www.jengyuh.com.tw Professional manufacturer of plastic container for fasteners ; Designing and tooling the best customized boxes for customers.

2807

2911

2834

2207

2711 2715

2940

mols@molscorp.com www.molscorp.com Customized Screw: Wood Screw, Roofing Screw, Thread Forming Screw, OEM Orders, Home Appliance Screw. Size: #4-5/16, Length: 1/4”-3”

2207 New Best Wire Industrial Co., Ltd. 2940 Jet Fast Company Limited

jetfast@ms34.hinet.net www.jetfast.com.tw Jet Fast Co. Ltd. Was Founded In 1979 In Southern Taiwan And Is Specialized In Making Metal Rivet Nut, Rubber Nut-Insert & Nylon Nut-Insert...

newbest@newbest.com.tw www.newbest.com.tw Fastener Sourcing For Automotive Parts, Electric Appliance Fasteners, Construction Fasteners And Hand Tools In Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel & Alloy Steel. Electro-Polishing Extra Clean Pipes.

2837

2820

info02@shanyin.com.tw www.shanyin.com.tw Taiwan Shan Yin, Established In 1984,Is A Leading Manufacturer And Exporter In Fastener Products. We Have Manufacturing Facilities In Taiwan And Malaysia...

2817

2922

2930

2725 2914

2821

2715 oFCo Industrial Corp.

ofco@ofco.com.tw www.ofco.com.tw Taiwan Hex And Socket Products Manufacturer, An Expert With 32 Years Of Experience Which Only Provides High Quality Metric/Inch Goods

2820 Pingood Enterprise Co., Ltd.

sales@pingood.com.tw www.pingood.com.tw Since 1982 Specialized In Mechanical Plastic Injection Molded Mini Parts. 1. More Than 15,000 SKUs Standard Ready Parts 2. Specialized In Custom Parts As Well...

2922 Soon Port International Co., Ltd.

info@soonport.com www.soonport.com Soon Por t International Co., Ltd. Is A Screw / Nail Manufacturer And Raw Material Wholesaler In Taiwan. We Offer High Quality Fasteners, And Also High Performance Anti-Corrosion Coating Screws...

2725 Special Rivets Corp.

srcrivet@ms12.hinet.net www.src.com.tw Blind Rivets, Blind Nuts, Hand Riveters, Air Riveters.

2842 Tzong Ji Metals Co., Ltd.

2719

tzji@ms15.hinet.net www.tzji.com.tw Retaining Rings (Internal And External), Inverted Retaining Rings, E-Rings, Crescent Rings, Spring Pins, Speed Nuts, Push Nuts, Cage Nuts, U-Nuts, Cur ve Washers, Toothed Lock Washers, Wave Washers, Disc Spring Washers, Snap-Pins, Custom-Made Stamping Parts, Tooling Design.

2941

2842 2917

sean.chang@unitechproducts.com.tw www.fastener-world.com.tw/en/supplier/unitech Unitech Is Your Best Choice For Automotive And Industrial Fasteners. We Are An IATF 16949 Certified Manufacturer And Specialized In The Supply Of Blueprint Special Fasteners. We Are A MAThread Licensee And Our Product Category Ranges From Weld Bolts, Double End Studs, Clinch Studs To Special Multi-Stationed Parts, And Nuts.

2925

2840

2719 Wattson Fastener Group Inc.

wattsonbell@gmail.com www.wattson.com.tw Self-Drilling Screws, Self-Tapping Screws, Construction Screws, Drywall Screws, Thread Cutting Screws, Decking Screws, Standard And Specialized Screws.

2915

2837 Sintec Co., Ltd.

2830

2919

2919 Tsun Chen Industrial Corp.

2723 Unitech Products Corp.

2818 Sheh Fung Screws Co., Ltd.

sales@sintecmetal.com www.sintecmetal.com Our Patented Concrete Bolt Has High-Low Parallel Threads To Enhance Speed Of Installation And High Pull Out Value. The Chamfered Tip Leads The Bolt Drive Into The PreDrilled Hole Straightly...

2936

sales@tsun-chen.com www.tsun-chen.com 1.Conical/Flat Washer Nut Assembly 2.Clamp Washer Terminal Screw Assembly 3.Special Fastener Assembly And Combination

2915 Sen Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.

shehfung@shehfung.com www.shehfung.com Wood Screws, Drywall Screws, Chipboard Screws, SelfDrilling Screws,Roofing Screws, Tapping Screws, Furniture Screws, Euro Screws,Masonry Screws, Composite Screws.

sales@taiwan-precision-fastener.com www.taiwan-precision-fastener.com Self-Tapping Screw, Chipboard Screw, Mill Point Self-Drilling Screw, Wood Screw, Deck Screw, Self-Drilling Screw, Machine Screw, Per Drawing.

2936 Taiwan Shan Yin International Co., Ltd.

export@ray-fu.com www.ray-fu.com RAY FU, Founded In 2000, Is A Professional Exporter Of All Kinds Of Fasteners In Taiwan. Ray Fu Is Recognized For Integrated Production Capability At Its Steel Wire Factory, Which Is Equipped With A Wire Rod Warehouse, Spheroidizing Annealing Furnace, Pickling Sur face Equipment, Wire Drawing Machines, And Screw Makers...

sc337@ms6.hinet.net www.senchang.com SS Machine Screw, SS Socket Head Cap Screw, SS Self Drillling Screw, SS Thread Rolling Screw, SS Thread Forming Screw, SS Thread Cutting Screw.

2909

2909 Taiwan Precision Fastener Co., Ltd.

2743

2914 Ray Fu Enterprise Co., Ltd.

2925 Rexlen Corp.

2721 TAIWAN FASTENER TRADING ASSoCIATIoN tfta_org@yahoo.com.tw / www.tftatw.org

marketing@rexlen.com.tw www.rexlen.com.tw 1.Automotive and Appliances Fasteners 2.CNC & Machined Parts 3.Stampings & Castings 4.Custom Components

2911 MoLS Corporation

2815 J.C. Grand Corporation

2935 Jeng Yuh Co., Ltd.

provisa@provisa.com.tw www.fastener-world.com.tw/en/supplier/pro-visa Self-Drilling Screws, Deck Screws, Concrete Screws, Thread Cutting Screws, Self-Tapping Screws, Dr ywall Screws, Stainless Steel Screws, Chipboard Screws, Wood Screws...

2830 Mao Chuan Industrial Co., Ltd.

maochuan@maochuan.com.tw www.maochuan.com.tw Mao Chuan Has Been Specializing In Manufacturing Customized Stamping Metal Parts, Such As Automotive Precision Parts, Construction And Electronic Accessories, E.G.Clips, U Nuts, Cage Nut And Welding Nuts...

2818

2817 Pro-Visa (Lin) Int'l Corp.

2930 L & W Fasteners Company

king-lin@lwfasteners.com.tw www.lwfasteners.com.tw Stainless Steel & Alloy Socket Screws , Shoulder Screws & Set Screws With Various Points.All Metal Locknuts, Welding Nuts, Wheel Nuts, 2 PCS Wheel Nuts, Outter Inner Cap Nuts.Steel & Stainless Steel, Brass Nylon Insert Locknuts...

sales.visacom@msa.hinet.net Special Steel And Stainless Bolt, Nut, Stamping Part And Assembly.

pinyeh.s1990@msa.hinet.net www.primest.com.tw 30 Years Precision CNC Experience. Turning, Milling, Machining. Customization Of Special Fasteners, Precise Metal Parts, Industrial Components.

sales@karattool.com www.karattool.com KARAT AR-230 Industrial Super Heavy-Duty Air-Hydraulic Rivet Tool features Ergonomic Forged Aluminum Alloy Hydraulic Oil Cylinder And Super Traction Force 5,180 Lbf (23,000 N) For Setting Maximum 1/4˝(6.4 Mm) Structural Rivets...

master@headerplan.com.tw www.headerplan.com.tw Stainless Steel Screws, Chipboard Screws, Deck Screws,Self Tapping Screws, Machine Screws, Wood Screws,Special Screws Per Samples/Drawing.

sales@jcgrand.com www.jcgrand.com S/Tapping Screw, S/Drilling Screw, Electronic Screw, Drywall Screw, Chipboard Screw, Coating Type Screw, Special Screw, Nut, Bolt, Special Parts.

kf3157277@yahoo.com.tw www.kaowan.com.tw Product Series: Hex Head Cap Screws(Hex Bolt)/ Hex Socket Cap Screws/ Carriage Bolts, Hex Lag Bolts/ High Strength Bolts/ Big Size Bolts/ Eye Bolts/ Foundation Bolts/ Stud Bolts/ Thread Rods/ Welding Studs/ Hex Nuts...

2723

2707 Professional Fasteners Development Co., Ltd.

2743 PrimEst Co., Ltd.

2711 Karat Industrial Corporation

2808 Header Plan Co. Inc.

hyus@ms11.hinet.net www.u-teck.com.tw Hose Clamp Screws, Special Screws, Stainless Steel Screws, Machine Screws, Clevis Pins, U Bolts, Thumb Screws, Thread Rolling Dies, Anti-Oil Machines, Loaders.

2918

jessica.wang@jinshing.com.tw www.jinshing.com.tw Wire For Screws In Stainless Steel, Screw/Bolt/Nut/Washer In Stainless Steel & Carbon Steel

2947 Hanmaster Corporation

2943 Home Soon Enterprise Co., Ltd.

2707

2937

2807 Jin Shing Stainless Ind. Co., Ltd.

richard@hkc-rich.com www.hkc-rich.com Bi-Metal Self Drilling Screws, Hex Bolts, Nuts, Automotive Parts, Lathe & Milling Machine Screws, CNC, OEM, Stamping, Automotive Screws, Pheumatic Hand Tools. sales@hanma.com.tw www.hanma.com.tw Air Lock-Bolt Tool, Air Drills, Air Tools, Air Riveters, Air Rivet-Nut Tools.

sales@jldfasteners.com.tw www.jldfasteners.com.tw Ji Li Deng Fasteners Can Offer And Process Orders For Vast Selections Of Products On Competitive Prices Such As Cold Forming/ Multiple Stations Parts, Weld Studs, OEM Parts, Customized Parts, Stamping, Plastic Products, CNC, Etc. The End Users Are For Example Whirlpool, Electrolux, Fords, Volkswagen...

2905

2821 Taikyu Co., Ltd.

sales@taikyu.com.tw www.taikyu.com.tw Taikyu Runs A Diversified Factory, And Adopts One-CoordinateProcess Strategy To Produce Screws And Fasteners Which Are Used In Construction And Machinery, Including Nails, SelfDrilling, Tapping, Concrete, Machine Screws And Bolts...

2941 YICIscrew Co., Ltd.

sales@youcheng-fasteners.com.tw www.yiciscrew.com.tw T-Bolts, Special Fasteners

2917 Yow Tay Collated Screw Industrial Co., Ltd.

youtai.sts@gmail.com www.yowtay.com No-Chain Auto Screw-Driving Machine

2845 Yuh Chyang Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.

yc.cnc@msa.hinet.net www.yuhchyang.com IATF 16949 Certified Supplier Yuh Chyang Is The Leading Manufacturer Of Special Precision Machined Parts In Taiwan. We Offer A Wide Variety Of Customized Parts Used In Automotive, Gas And Water, Medical Device, Fastener, Electronics, Agricultural And General Industries. We Export Over 90% Of Products To European Countries And North America.

2905 Taiwan ABS Fasteners Co., Ltd.

marcl@absfasteners.com www.absfasteners.com Self Drilling Screw, Drywall Screw, Construction Screw, Chipboard Screw, PVC Screw, Concrete Screw, Decking Screw, Long Size Screw, Stainless Steel Screw. Priciple: Top Quality With Moderate Price.

2845

2709 TAIWAN INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS INSTITUTE tifi.tw@msa.hinet.net / www.fasteners.org.tw

2840 Zi Ea Factory Co., Ltd.

joychen@zi-ea.com (for overseas customers) www.ziea.com.tw Carriage Bolts, Track Bolts, Roofing Bolts, Countersunk Flat Head Cap Screws, Class 8.8 Hex Bolts, Class 10.9 Hex Bolts, Round Head Ribbed Neck Bolts, Flange Bolts, Fitting Up Bolts, Coil Thread Bolts, Cup Square Head Bolts, Class 8.8 Multi-Plate Bolts, Custom-Made Fasteners, Roofing Screws, Chipboard Screws, Wood Screws And Special Fasteners Per Customer's Drawings.

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TFTA Directors & Supervisors Assembly in 2019 and Awarding Ceremony for TFTA Founders

by Dean Tseng, Fastener World

Taiwan Fastener Trading Association (TFTA) held a directors and supervisors assembly at Queena Plaza Hotel in Tainan City of Taiwan on June 14th. The assembly was coupled with a special ceremony where the incumbent chairman handed over an award to each respected former founder of the Association. The event was vibrant with many participating members sharing their words. After the discussion with members, the Association announced the activities and events scheduled for the second half of 2019. First and foremost, The yearend TFTA Member Assembly this year will be held on December 6th. Next, regarding overseas promotion and exposure, the Association will take the initiative to exhibit at International Fastener Expo during September 18 and 19 to promote for its vast members. Still next is that the Association will hold a President Cup golf outing in September at Chang Hwa Golf Club. Lastly, the central and northern chapters of the Association will hold their factory tours and training sessions from August to September open for all passionate members.

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2019 Bolt Fastening Session Organizer: Asia Technical Services (ATS) Co-organizer: Fastener World Inc. Lecturer: Mr. Christoph Otto by Gang Hao Chang, Vice Editor-in-Chief of Fastener World

The well-known length and torque calibration laboratory in Taiwan as well as sales agent of SCHATZ (KISTLER Remscheid)/microGLEIT/ Dörken/SCHLAGER/n-gineric/IAC – Asia Technical Services, collaborated with the globally known fasteners & hardware industry marketing and promotion platform – Fastener World Magazine to organize the 2019 Bolt Fastening Session respectively held at Taipung Suites on June 3rd and the HQ of Chinese Society for Quality (Taipei) on June 4th.

During the session, Mr. Christoph Otto, who’s got more than 30 years of experience in practices of fastener engineering and who after retirement once helped German leading car manufacturers train their bolt assembly technicians, was invited to lecture on MBN 10544 Testing of Torque/Clamp Force Behavior, Testing of Adhesive Coating DIN 26727, and Troubles During and After Tightening. In addition to the enthusiastic attendance to the session in Taipei, the number of attendees in Tainan was also more than expected. Nearly 200 attendees in total were present at the two sessions, fully demonstrating the ambition of domestic companies to try their best to comply with requirements of car manufacturers in order to win overseas orders. Representatives of local branches of German and Italian leading distributor or manufacturer also attended the session in Tainan. Interpreted by General Manager Celia Lee, Manager Michael Wu and Technical Executive Dennis Huang, the 3-hour long session made all attendees learn more about the practices of bolt fastening and have them realized in their manufacturing.

Mr. Christoph Otto

ATS GM Celia Lee

Fastener World President William Liao

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Having been acquainted with ATS General Manager Celia Lee for 3 decades, Fastener World Magazine President William Liao said in his opening speech, “The testing service and capabilities of ATS have been widely recognized by the industry for so long, and inviting Mr. Otto, who is one of the few experts in Europe with experience in practices of bolt fastening this time was a very good opportunity for Taiwanese industries . I hope that this session could bring more benefits to Taiwan fastener industry.” Manager Michael Wu said, “By giving the session, I hope all attendees know what are exactly required by their customers and what they actually mean behind the words. Taiwan is a small country with many valuable industries. As a result, we have to be brave enough to see and embrace the whole world.”

General Manager Celia Lee also added, “Taiwan fastener industry is facing lots of issues ahead, but oftentimes lacks opportunities to regularly get in touch with car manufacturers, so the 2-day session is meant to remind fasteners and coating companies of taking every customer’s request seriously, as it is their responsibility, just like we take our inspection service as our responsibility, which is extremely important! Finally, should any company has a demand for certain equipment, hopefully you will contact ATS to make your and our companies grow and make progress together.”

Asia Technical Services (ATS) Profile Established in 1976, Asia Technical Services (ATS) is an independent third-party inspection company, providing inspection and calibration service and representing SCHATZ/microGLEIT/Dörken/SCHLAGER/n-gineric/ IAC in Taiwan. Its length calibration laboratory and torque calibration laboratory were respectively approved by TAF(CNLA) in 1995 and 1999. These two laboratories were combined into a TAF 0123 certified laboratory in 2009. Its length calibration laboratory was the first certified laboratory in Taiwan for thread ring gauges. It also coestablished with German SCHATZ the torque calibration laboratory. German SCHATZ has been officially renamed KISTLER Remscheid. With the advantages of the Group’s resources, ATS hopes to provide customers with more complete and full-range service.

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Survey of Top 2,000 Taiwan Manufacturing Enterprises in 2018

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Company Name Ta Chen International, Inc. Tycoons Group Enterprise Co., Ltd. QST International Corp. Chun Yu Works & Co., Ltd. Tycoons Worldwide Group (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd. Tong Group San Shing Fastech Corp. Boltun Corporation Tong Hwei Enterprise Co., Ltd. Jinn Her Enterprise Co., Ltd. Jau Yeou Industry Co., Ltd. Rodex Fasteners Corp. National Aerospace Fasteners Corporation Sumeeko Ind. Co., Ltd. Intai Technology Corp. Min Hwei Enterprise Co., Ltd. Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. Fwu Kuang Enterprises Co., Ltd. Sheh Fung Screws Co., Ltd. OFCO Industrial Corp. Thread Industrial Co., Ltd. Sheh Kai Precision Co., Ltd. Jern Yao Enterprises Co., Ltd.

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837.11 111.17 108.40 98.40

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47.64 5.13 18.79 12.57 36.87 28.79 38.23 27.68 14.99 4.42

1.53 2.92 N.A. 1.27 0.33 0.94 0.54 N.A. 1.65 1.09

7.75 15.31 7.58 2.22 6.71 4.38 15.15 10.24

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Profit After Tax Profit Margin (%) Revenue(NT$ 0.1 bn) Revenue Growth (%) Net (NT$ 0.1 bn)

Note: Companies above are suppliers of fasteners, precision parts or fastener manufacturing machinery. Wire And Metallic Materials # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Ranking of Top 2,000 Taiwan Manufacturing Enterprises Company Name 2018 2017 2016 China Steel Corporation 12 12 13 ↓25 Walsin Lihua Corporation 24 25 ↑43 Dragon Steel Corporation 46 52 ↑115 Feng Hsin Steel Co., Ltd. 142 159 ↑384 404 439 New Best Wire Industrial Co., Ltd. ↑534 Quintain Steel Co., Ltd. 561 539 ↑578 591 594 Kuang Tai Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. ↑813 Camellia Metal Co., Ltd. 842 922 ↓844 840 939 Yuang Hsian Metal Industrial Corp. ↑880 Interactive Corporation 885 932

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Profit After Tax Profit Margin (%) Revenue(NT$ 0.1 bn) Revenue Growth (%) Net (NT$ 0.1 bn)

4006.65 1909.15 987.72 308.66 76.74 49.91 44.43 27.42 25.89 24.26

Note: The companies above are suppliers of wire coil and wire rod for fastener manufacturing.

15.46 13.78 16.37 24.75 12.00 13.61 8.34 12.01 5.63 5.99

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Organized by Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute (TIFI) and SteelWorld, the Taiwan Fastener Industrial Transformation & Upgrade Session took place June 14th (Fri.) at the Int’l Conference Hall of Taiwan’s CSC headquarters building, which successfully attracted the attendance of more than a hundred professionals from Taiwan fastener industry. The session was joined by experts and representatives from institutes or companies offering industrial cloud service, pre-applied processes, or manufacturing machines, an official from the Economic Development Bureau (Kaohsiung) and MIRDC industry analyst, who gave their respective speeches on the analysis of the current development of Taiwan and the global fastener industry and challenges and proposed their corresponding strategies suggested for the reference of the audience.

Upgrade from the “Industry” Perspective- Cloud Integration to Enhance the Industrial Clustering Effect As the Cloud digital platform combines the advantages of technical knowledge, marketing & business matchmaking and the supply chain and is formed with the concept of industrial synergy and resource sharing, each company is able to generate its own largest marketing benefit and increase its brand awareness in the shortest time. On the other hand, such a platform also enables global buyers to get real-time suppliers info without being limited by geography and time. The marketing benefits generated through similar types of platforms have been also widely recognized by the fastener industry in recent years. As is known, there are lots of similar platforms for the industry

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and Fastener World’s online B2B matchmaking system (http://www.fastener-world. com.tw/new/buyandsell.php) is also one of them. The application of these platforms has been also recognized and widely used by several U.S./European/Asian major buyers. It is believed that with the continuous development in the following few years and the influx of information from various sources, the Cloud application will be more ergonomic and the business matchmaking service will be more accurate.

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Experts Gather Under One Roof to Explore Technology, Industry and Development Strategy by Gang Hao Chang, Vice Editor-in-Chief of Fastener World

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Upgrade from the “Technology” Perspective- Fastener Pre-applied Processes + Highly Precision & Standardized Manufacturing Machines According to ND Industries General Manager Norman Hsieh, fastener pre-applied processes are mainly used to achieve anti-loosening, sealing, anti-leakage, less vibration, lubrication and surface protection, and are widely adopted in automotive, motorbikes, 3C, aerospace, wind power and many other high value added fastening and assembly industries, making pre-applied processes an indispensable role in industrial transformation. Taking the opportunity, he hoped to make all participating companies to get a clearer picture of material selection, processing methods and testing standards. He also hoped that his company would develop more economical, environment-friendly and safer materials and processing technology, making them a force to boost the industrial upgrade of Taiwanese fastener companies.

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U.S. National Machinery Regional Manager for China and Southeast Asia Ken Chan took his company for example and shared the experience of how National Machinery made the most of Technology & Innovation in the past 100 years to develop so many cold forming machines which later helped the industry accelerate their manufacturing and improve quality. He also pointed out that some regions and markets lack of sufficient labor force and technology must rely more upon the assistance of high precision and standardized machines. In addition, he also noted that different machines have to be used for different manufacturing modes. As a result, production can be greatly increased and pressure from costs can be reduced before new challenges knock on the door.

Upgrade from the “Government” Perspective- Governmental Strategy to Guide Industries to Develop Domestic and Overseas Markets According to EDB (Kaohsiung) official Hsing-I Chen, enhancing the competitive edge of metal products and relevant industrial value chain will be beneficial to the increase in the production value of the downstream. She mentioned that the current industrial development goals, strategy and methods of the Central Government in Taiwan are based on three major pillars. The first pillar is the development of high value added products (i.e., the development of crucial materials and technology); the second pillar is the development of high value added markets (i.e., the assistance in product integration & development, testing and certification); the third pillar is entering the global supply chain (i.e., establishing the image as a global development and logistics center for high value added fasteners). All is for helping Taiwan achieve its goal of selling products by piece rather than by ton. Moreover, the Government also provides several ways (e.g., investment subsidies, R&D rewards, corporate loans and land sales/leasing) to help enterprises achieve higher product value and industrial upgrade.

Status Quo of the Global Fastener Industry and the Best Way for Taiwan Fastener Industry to Transform MIRDC industry analyst Kristy Chi categorizes global fastener manufacturing countries into 3 types. The first type is “Countries with Advanced Manufacturing Technology (their production preference: advanced fasteners, examples: USA, Germany, Japan, France)”; the second type is “Countries Undergoing Transformation and Upgrade (these countries have R&D capabilities and Taiwan and Korea are both examples)”; the last type is “Countries Focusing on Mass Production of Standard Parts (China, India and Mexico are examples).” She pointed out that in the past decade the export value, export volume and export unit price of Taiwan continued to reach new highs. The largest fastener demand around the world comes mostly from automotive and machinery industries, while the demand from construction, machinery and aerospace industries also shows continuous growth. These industries are all potential directions for Taiwanese fastener enterprises seeking high added value. However, seeking transformation and upgrade sometimes will face many problems, so making the most of IT technology in establishing a smart factory should be definitely included in the to-do-list of Taiwanese enterprises. When the smart factory is ready for operation, the full-range optimization of the managerial process will be the necessary element to improve manufacturing efficiency.

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Inserts, Springs & Fasteners Manufacturer Aimed at Customers’ Total Cost Reduction Accurate Inc. (Japan) by Dean Tseng, Fastener World

Back in 1985, there were a majority of products massproduced in Japan. That was the same year Accurate Inc. was founded, but this company took a different approach by setting its primary focus on manufacturing small-batch products and standard springs delivered in short lead times. Today the company, known as a leading and renowned Japanese maker of inserts, industrial fasteners and springs, trades on an annual revenue basis of JPY1.313 billion (as of March 2019) both domestically and globally.

New Product: Tangless Inserts As an addition to the Tangless® Inserts series, Accurate has just announced in May the rollout of 2.5D and 3D (nominal length) version of the series available in sizes from M3-0.5 to M6-1.0 among others. Accurate’s tangless insert comes with 4 advantages. For starters, as the title of the product implies, it is free of “tang” (in other words: “tail”), meaning that there is no longer any need to manually break and remove the tang after insert installation. Secondly, it is free from the problem of “pitch skip” (where the insert’s threads skip a thread pitch on the thread portion of the fastened object during installation), and there is no need to visual check the skip. Thirdly, for rapid insertion, it can be used with a specialized electric driver whose mandrel presses the inner side of the insert during installation, thereby preventing pitch skip. Lastly, its removal is as simple as it can be without damaging the workpiece. In recap, compared to conventional methods which would take up to 50 seconds to complete insert installation, the whole installation process with Tangless® Inserts only takes a whopping 8 seconds and would only go from pre-drilling and then straight to insert installation, and that’s all, without tang removal and pickup and pitch skip inspection.

Your Savior for Cost Reduction Mr. Katsuaki Takahashi, Managing Director of Accurate Inc., said in an exclusive interview with Fastener World that Tangless® Inserts are a total cost reduction solution for customers and are used as a reinforcement for female threads made of soft materials like aluminum or resin. They are the savior to reducing your operating time and ultimately your total cost. Besides the Inserts, the company supplies insert nuts (bulk-processed and cost-saving), Ultra-springs (2500 types in stock and immediately available on demand), and slimhead screws among other products.

Global Sales Development Via Marketing Strengths Accurate Inc. now has its eyes locked on not just the domestic but also overseas customers. “Our mindset is to always stand in the shoes of our customers and give them ‘ACCURATE’ and precise responses. We think it is crucial to globally promote our outstanding products and make them known by the world. All of our product series are available to the world users.” “This Year,” the Managing Director continued, “We will exhibit at Mechatronics Technology Japan (MECT 2019) in October and we open our business to anyone interested in our Tangless Inserts, springs and fastener products!”

Accurate Inc.’s contact: Tokyo C.C.

E-mail: customer@accurate.jp

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Indian News Opportunities in International Trade In a recently held ‘Annual Management Conclave 2019’ in Ludhiana by the Department of Business Management of Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE), veterans of the Indian manufacturing industry gathered together to reflect on the challenges and the opportunities for Indian businesses in the international trade. Sudhanshu Pandey, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, GOI, was the chief guest for the event. SC Ralhan, Managing Director, Sri Tools Pvt Ltd and Kamna Raj Aggarwalla, Managing Director, GDPA Fasteners, shared the dais. Speaking on the occasion, Pandey said, “We are passing through a challenging but an opportune time. Indian exports were around `330 billion last year. Out of this, `210 billion were from the service sector and were considered to be the highest of all times.” Aggarwalla stressed upon the importance of capitalizing the in-built strength rather than following the Western concept of innovations. Ralhan spoke on the challenges India faces from the rules and regulations in exports as against other nations. He said that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was India’s biggest hindrance at the global level.

LPS Bossard Launches Assembly Technology Expert The Swiss-based Bossard Group is a leading international supplier of product solutions and services in industrial fastener and assembly technology. With a global network of companies in 77 locations and 2,500 employees, it has joined hands with LPS in India and the joint venture is known as LPS Bossard India Pvt Ltd. The company has now launched an Assembly Technology Expert in Gurugram which comes into play when a company develops a new product. According to LPS Bossard, its Assembly Technology Expert Services deliver the smartest solutions for all possible fastening challenges. It uses three-stage methodology that helps reduce production time and significantly cut costs. Rajesh Jain, Managing Director, LPS Bossard, said, “Our Assembly Technology Expert Services bundle over 185 years of experience in fastening technology with a holistic view of process costs for fastening elements and assembly procedures. By reducing complexity in the relevant areas, we put companies in a position to be more agile, thus ensuring their ability to compete.”

provided by Abhijat Sanghvi, President of Fasteners Association of India

Government Plans Panel for Steel Availability According to an official, the government is planning for a committee under the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to look into the availability of steel at competitive prices for engineering goods exporters. “The committee will submit its report to steel and commerce ministries within two months. It will suggest measures which will be a win-win situation for both steel producers and engineering exporters,” the official added. Engineering goods exporters deem domestic rates to be higher and demand that steel be available at global prices. However, steel producers state that the price of steel gets pushed up due to high freight charges and cost of production in the country. The committee, along with the senior officials of steel and commerce ministries and exporters, will also have members from the engineering sector.

Sundram Fasteners Opens Subsidiary for Aero-Def Sundram Fasteners Ltd. has now set up a fully-owned subsidiary firm to foray into the aerospace and defense space. The TVS Group, in a press release, confirmed that the subsidiary unit Sunfast TVS Ltd. will focus on emerging opportunities in aerospace and defense sectors. According to the release, the company has bagged orders for manufacturing forged, cast and machined parts for all terrain and land systems vehicles used in the defense sector. A top executive of the company said that in addition to tapping terrain and land systems, the company will also look to bag deals for the manufacture of armored vehicles and trucks. The official also pointed out that the subsidiary firm will supplant Sundram Fasteners business in space vehicles and helicopter components. He further said that the union government’s new Defense Procurement Policy gave a window of opportunity for manufacturing firms to explore this. Union minister for Finance Arun Jaitley in the 2018 budget had announced the setting up of two defense industrial production corridors to boost domestic manufacturing. Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh were shortlisted. While the Uttar Pradesh Defense Industrial Corridor was launched at Aligarh in August 2018 at an investment of 3,732 crore, the defense corridor in Tamil Nadu was inaugurated by Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in January 2019 at an announced investment of 3,038 crore.

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John Wolz, Editor of FIN (globalfastenernews.com) Mike McNulty, FTI VP & Editor (www.fastenertech.com) Compiled by Fastener World Inc.

Ohio-based Stelfast president Don Haggerty said that his company is also raising prices. “As we start to incur the additional cost on incoming product we will be adjusting our selling price,” Haggerty stated. “These price increases will be rolled out over the next couple of months.”

U.S. Fastener Importers Raise Prices to Counter Tariffs U.S. fastener importers are raising prices in response to a tariff hike on fasteners from China. U.S. President Donald Trump hiked 10% tariffs on $200 billion of fasteners and other select goods manufactured in China to 25% on May 10. Brighton-Best International president Jun Xu said that his company has taken a “hybrid” approach to address tariffs. “We’ve had to increase our prices to compensate for the added cost of tariffs, and we’ve been looking to diversify our countries of origin,” Xu said.

Xu said Brighton-Best was surprised by the May 10 tariff hike. “All indications have been that the negotiations were going well,” Xu stated. “At this point however, we believe the tariffs are a long-term issue as both China and the USA have entrenched themselves further into their corners.” In addition to price increases, both importers said they’re looking at sourcing fasteners from countries other than China to offset the tariffs. Stelfast has reviewed pricing from China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Croatia, India and Mexico, Haggerty said. In addition, both importers are looking to source fasteners from other countries. “We have begun moving production of several products to countries other than China to minimize the impact,” Haggerty said. Haggerty noted that resourcing fasteners comes with an increased cost on virtually all products. Fastener tariff hikes aren’t the only issue importers are trying to solve, according to Haggerty. “Our next challenge is the nut product,” Haggerty said. “This has not been included in any of the tariffs in the past year. “However, there is now a proposed list 4 that was released. The tariff code for nuts is included on this listing.”

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So how long before fasteners taxed at the 25% rate arrive in the U.S.? “For the affected products, basically anything that enters after June 1st will be affected,” Xu stated. “Considering it takes 90-120 days to produce and 1 month of shipping time, basically our on order PO’s from Feb 2019 onwards are affected.” Xu said he does not expect a quick resolution to the U.S. tariffs. “The USA wants structural change in China’s economy and introduce new laws / enforcements around intellectual property protection among other issues,” Xu said. “China has made it clear it will not enforce any structural changes to its laws to placate the USA. “China is probably playing to wait out the Trump administration. So we do not believe this will go away anytime soon.”

U.S. Fastener Tariff Roundup U.S. President Donald Trump hiked 10% tariffs on $200 billion of fasteners and other select goods manufactured in China to 25% on May 10. The higher Section 301 tariffs only apply to products leaving China as of May 10, not those already in transit, according to the New York Times. “President Trump’s threat to impose more tariffs on China stemmed from his concerns that the United States was about to be on the losing end of a historic trade deal,” the Times reports. China quickly retaliated with tariff hikes on U.S. goods. While many U.S. business groups agree that China has an unfair advantage on trade, they think “the economic pain of tariffs makes them a poor negotiating tool,” according to the Times. Economists question Trump’s understanding of the tariff process. On May 6, Trump declared on Twitter that “China has been paying Tariffs to the USA” and

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that those “payments are partially responsible for our great economic results.” “The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China,” Trump added. But that’s not how tariffs work. China doesn’t pay the U.S. when a tariff is in place. Importers of the products pay the tariffs in the form of customs duties and either absorb the extra cost or pass it on to consumers. Meanwhile, the U.S. lifted steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico. The move will lift the 25% steel and 10% aluminum tariffs the U.S. placed on its North American neighbors almost a year ago. In a joint statement, Canada said it will lift retaliatory duties on U.S. products as part of the deal, Bloomberg reports. Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Jesus Seade said the deal would open the way for Mexican lawmakers to approve the new North American trade deal. “As part of the agreement, the U.S. will be able to re-impose the tariffs on metals imports if not enough is done to prevent any surge of metals imports beyond historical levels,” Bloomberg reports. “The nations have also agreed to ramp up efforts to trace where the metals have come from originally, to stop the diversion of shipments from other nations to dodge tariffs.” The tariffs were justified after the Commerce Department reported that steel and aluminum imports “threaten to impair the national security,” as defined by Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The months after the tariffs were imposed were often chaotic for U.S. fastener manufacturers and other companies attempting to win exclusions from the duties.

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Mowins: More Counterfeit Fasteners Being Marketed

Touhy: Robots Simplify Access To Information

Counterfeit fasteners are on the rise again, Mike Mowins told a 2019 Fastener Fair USA conference. Fastener problems led to the U.S. Fastener Quality Act, which after more than a decade of legislation and amendments was implemented on December 6, 1999. Mowins spoke as president of Global Licensing for Phillips Screw Company. He has subsequently retired (see FIN DATE). Government agencies such as the Department of Defense and Department of Energy are “looking hard again at the fastener industry due to questions about counterfeit fasteners,” Mowins said. The FQA led to registered head marks with the U.S. PTO, which gave “some level of assurance” on fasteners greater than one quarter inch. Mowins said. Mowins noted there are FQA exemptions – including parts of assemblies, orders for spares in quantitates of 75 or less, ISO / QS9000 registered and aircraft which have their own standards.

Changing Marketplace T he la rger role of VMI, t he stock-to-dock pricing per piece rather than quality and the global supply chain are changes since the U.S. FQA. The B2B online marketplace didn’t exist at the time of FQA , Mowins noted. Fasteners “once came from a source you knew,” he observed. Today China “recycles” electronic parts and resells them as “new supplies”which confuses the sourcing and lacks traceability. Mowins cited the Coast Guard issuing a safety alert after finding counterfeit fasteners in 2017. An investigation of a ferry propulsion failure led to evidence of falsely-identified fasteners being used as part of the drive train system. Several installed bolt heads separated from their shanks, resulting in disconnection from transmission and water leaking into the engine room. Mowins also cited the SAE G-21 counterfeit materials committee as a factor in trying to assure fastener quality. • “If you deal with the DoD and DOE, requirements are coming, which will “flow down” in the supply chain. • “Know your supply chain” to reduce risk of counterfeits, Mowins advised. • “If the price is too good, it probably is,” he said. • “Train your people,” Mowins emphasized as part of your staff understanding quality and supply. • Trademarks provide an extra level of quality assurance. Trademarks ID the source. Mowins said one of the best defenses against i m p o r t e d c o u n t e r f eit f a st e n e r s i s t h e U. S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s regulation of registered trademarks at the U.S. borders. Customs Enforcement seizes and often destroys counterfeit bolts it finds, Mowins said.

“Robots are coming,” John Touhy of Fa nu c A me r ica d e cla r e d i n a Fastener Fair USA presentation entitled “Automate or Evaporate.” Since 2012, robots have been i ncreasi ng 20% to 30% annually, Touhy said. “Fear mongers” have been claiming robots “eliminate jobs,” Touhy acknowledged. But those are “dirty, dangerous jobs.” Touhy countered that robots “create careers” and robots “turned Chrysler around.” Fanuc is a group of global companies providing automation products and se r vic es, i n clud i ng r obot ics a n d computer numerical control wireless systems. • Robots offer a “predictive future,” such as giving 663 issues to avoid with a machine. Robots can “calculate failures three or four months out,” Touhy said. “We got an alert to check the grease, resulting in no lost production time.”

• Could you produce more work if you had more skilled employees? Touhy asked. “How much work do you get done when a machine operator is on break or absent?” Robots can have zero down time and just one robot can operate multiple machines, Touhy pointed out. • Robots are “consistently repeatable and reliable” as long as maintained, Touhy said. • R o b o t s “ s i m p l i f y a c c e s s t o information.” • South Korea, Japan and Germany lead in use of robots. Italy, Sweden and Denmark are next – ahead of the U.S. which is #7 and Taiwan #10. Touhy finished his list of advantages of robots by observing that “robots never talk back.”

Aerospace Fastener Stocks Outperform Industrials The FIN Review of Fastener Stocks covers the fastener portion of 19 public companies. In the most recent quarter, aerospace fastener stocks replaced industrials as the dominant performer. Highlights include: Arconic reported Engineered Products and Solutions (EP&S) revenue, primarily aerospace fasteners, increased 5% to $1.5 billion in the opening quarter of 2019. Organic revenue grew 7%, driven by aero engine and defense growth. Segment operating margin was 16.8%, up 210 basis points year over year. Bossard Group reports 2019 first quarter sales grew 5.4% to CHF 232.2 million (US$230.1 million) despite “markedly more challenging business conditions,” Fastener + Fixing Magazine reports. European sales increased 5.1% to CHF 138.9 million (+7.3% in local currency). U.S. sales dropped 4.9% to CHF 58.1 million due to subdued sales development with several major customers. Sales in Asia rose 16.6% to CHF 35.2 million (+17.7% in local currency). Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. reported fastener segment revenues fell 15.1% to $7.6 million in the first quarter of 2019. Q1 sales to U.S. automotive customers declined 21.5% to $1.06 million. Production costs rose due to higher material costs related to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum instituted in 2018.

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Fastenal reported sales of its fastener products grew 11.8% on a daily basis to $455.6 million in the first quarter of 2019, representing 34.8% of overall sales. Daily sales of fastener products increased to 13.5% in March, compared to a 12.4% rate of growth in March 2018. Q1 sales of non-fastener products rose 12.7% on a daily basis to $853.7 million in Q1, representing 65.2% of sales. Grainger reported sales, including fasteners, increased 3% to $2.8 billion in the opening quarter of 2019, driven by a 3 percentage point increase in volume and a 1.5 percentage point increase from price. Operating earnings rose 8% to $363 million, with a margin of 13%. Gross profit margin was 39.1 percent versus 39.5 percent in the 2018 first quarter. Q1 net earnings gained 9% to $253 million. ITW reported revenue at its Automotive OEM segment, including fasteners, dropped 10.5% in the opening quarter of 2019. Segment operating income declined 23% to $167 million. During the same period, Construction Products revenue, including fasteners, dipped 6.3% to $401 million, with segment operating income down 8.4% to $87 million. Stanley Black & Decker reported Engineered Fastening organic revenues during the first quarter of 2019 fell 4% “as automotive light vehicle production declines and lower system shipments more than offset continued fastener penetration gains.” Sales at the company’s Industrial segment, including fasteners, increased 10% to $555 million, despite a 3% decline in volume. Segment profit dropped 12% to $71 million. TriMas reported first quarter sales at its Aerospace segment, which includes the Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Allfast Fastening Systems and Mac Fasteners brands, increased 1.4% to $38.3 million due to steady demand levels for fasteners. Segment operating profit rose 25% to $5.7 million.

G.L. Huyett Opens New Tech Center G.L. Huyett, headquartered in Minneapolis, KS, USA, opened a Technology Center in Sidney, NB, USA, to support the company’s belief in the future of B2B commerce in the industrial space as well as the increasing relevance of e-commerce. The new Technology Center is headed by Sarah Sinnett, VP of Technology and Marketing. She also sits on G.L. Huyett’s Executive Committee. And to lead the continued development of its e-commerce site, G.L. Huyett has also hired Alan Beard to the newly created role of E-Commerce Manager. The company has also hired Charles “Chuck” Hoffman as Special Projects Administrator to initiate a data analytics function.

SPIROL Completes Major Expansion at Connecticut World Headquarters SPIROL employees, company executives, board members, state representatives, and other honored guests gathered to celebrate the completion of the major expansion to SPIROL’s world headquarters and largest global manufacturing facility located in Danielson, CT, USA. The expansion that began in early 2016 includes significant additional manufacturing space, new state of the art warehouses for raw material and finished goods, a new quality lab and office space, new flooring, updated lighting and significant investments in new production technology. Overall this effort expanded the manufacturing area by approximately 40%. Jeff Koehl, CEO and grandson of founder Herman Koehl, took to the podium to address all in attendance and express pride in the accomplishments of a small company that started 71 years ago with the invention of the Coiled Spring Pin. Today, SPIROL has grown to be an internationally recognized leading brand in the fastening, joining, and assembly industry with locations on 4 continents and 13 countries. In total, there are 13 manufacturing, sales and full service distribution facilities across North America, South America, Europe and Asia giving SPIROL a unique vertical position in today’s dynamic market place.

Semblex Introduces Fastener for Light Metal Alloys The newly introduced FastFlow™ FDS® from Semblex Corp., Elmhurst IL, USA, has solved the cycle time challenge. The multi-helix thread design has reduced the thread forming and tightening stages by over 65%. When this is coupled with an aggressive programming strategy and the FastStart™ finding feature on the head, cycle times of 0.4 to 0.6 seconds can be achieved. FDS is a registered trademark of EJOT Verbindungstechnik GmbH.

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Kevin Menke Honored with Top Annual Award from ASTM International Fastener Committee Fastenal Hits Industrial Vending Milstone: 100,000+ Active Devices With the recent installation of three additional devices at the Pierce Manufacturing facility in Appleton, WI, USA, Fastenal’s industrial vending program hit a major milestone: 100,000-plus active devices driving results at customer sites worldwide. Fastenal’s 100,000 active devices can be measured in a variety of ways: by height of about 120 miles if stacked, by geography they’re currently installed at over 20,000 customer sites spanning 25 countries, by the number of roughly 17,000 vended transactions per hour) and by total vended sales of US$927 million in 2018 with a pace to surpass US$1 billion this year – a revenue milestone that took 37 years for Fastenal to achieve.

Motor City Industrial Acquires Quality Fastener and Supply Co. Motor City Industrial, LLC, Hazel Park, MI, USA, has announced the acquisition of Quality Fastener and Supply Co., Oxford, MI, USA. This represents the third acquisition by Motor City Industrial and further expands product and service offerings available to customers from diversified sectors and geographies. Quality Fastener and Supply Co. is a distributor of industrial consumables and ancillary. Founded in 1982, Quality Fastener offers supply chain solutions for over 15,000 SKUs, serving a mix of blue-chip customers and local businesses through vendor managed inventory programs and maintaining an inventory of mission-critical components for just-in-time delivery. “We are excited to have the Quality Fastener team join Motor City Industrial and look forward to our future together” Joe Stephens, CEO of Motor City Industrial added, “Jim Hiatt and John Shepard have built a tremendous company and we are thankful they have trusted us to continue this legacy.” Motor City Industrial is a value-added distributor of fasteners and related consumable industrial products.

ASTM International’s committee on fasteners (F16) presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Kevin Menke, director of engineering, Fastenal, in Winona, Minnesota, USA. The prestigious award, is ASTM’s highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards. The committee honored Menke for meritorious and dedicated service to the committee and in recognition of his strong commitment to ASTM International standards development, his respected technical expertise, exemplary professionalism, and tireless efforts towards consensus building. An ASTM International member since 2005.

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Bufab Reports 15% Growth in Q1 2019 Bufab Group started off 2019 with a strong first quarter result for the overall Group, reporting continued healthy growth and increased profit. The International segment delivered but Sweden turned i n a poorer per for ma nce. Net Group sales increased 15% to SEK 1.091 billion (€88.96 million), driven by acquisitions, increased market sha re a nd st able dema nd. O rga n ic g r ow t h wa s 6%. Operating profit (EBITA) rose to SEK 119 million (2018 Q1: SEK 106 million) and the operating margin was 10.9 percent (2018 Q1: 11.2%). B u f a b’s l a r g e s t o p e r a t i n g s e g m e n t , International, enjoyed a particularly strong per for ma nce. It conti nued to ta ke ma rket sha re, capturing new contracts with ma ny customers. Segment organic was 8%. Growth was particularly strong in central Europe, the UK, northern Europe and southern Europe, but somewhat wea ker i n east er n Eu rope. President and CEO Jorgen Rosengren noted: “Price increases secured a stable gross margin. Through an effective cost control and increased efficiency, it was possible to translate this into an operating margin that was the segment’s best ever. Accordingly, operating profit rose by a full 20%.” The quarterly result from Sweden, in contrast, was “poorer than last year”, attributed to a significant weakening of gross margin. Price increases implemented in 2018 and early 2019 were insufficient in light of the continued weakening of the Swedish krona. For the second consecutive quarter, organic growth was “limited”. Despite effective cost control, operating profit and operating margin were therefore considerably lower than in 2018. Rosengren emphasised: “This development is entirely unsatisfactory” and committed to further price increases for end customers, combined with purchasing savings, aimed at restoring gross margin during the year. Despit e t he Swe dish resu lt, Roseng ren expressed satisfaction with the Group’s earnings for the quarter. “Our newly acquired companies are contributing to increased sales and profits, while also significa ntly strengthening our customer offering. It is part of our strategy to make additional value-adding acquisitions also in the future.” The CEO concluded: “We are satisfied with the start to the year. The macroeconomic uncertainty has not diminished, but we are optimistic about the remainder of 2019.”

Bulten Sales Set Back by Automotive Headwinds Bulten Group reported first quarter 2019 net sales at SEK 810 million, down 5.1% on a strong first quarter in 2018. Adjusted operating earnings (EBIT) fell to SEK 59 million (2018 Q1: SEK 67 million). Adjusted operating margin was 7.3%, down from 7.8% of the same quarter in 2018. Earnings after tax stood at SEK 44 million (2018 Q1: SEK 48 million). Bulten also reported a 5.9% decrease in its order book value to SEK 733 million (€59.77 million). New President and CEO Anders Nyström noted that lower global sales of new cars in the second half 2018 had continued into 2019, with the most marked slowdown in China. He attributed the slowdown in Europe’s car industry to “consumer concerns about the effects of a possible hard BREXIT, as well as new environmental regulations, rather than a general economic downturn. The fact that the market for economically sensitive heavy vehicles remained strong substantiates this view.” Nyström emphasised that investments being made to increase capacity and productivity would increase longer term earning potential. The new heat treatment line in Hallstahammar went into production at the end of March, promising efficiency enhancements during the second quarter. He noted that increased capital had been tied for six months due to the relocation of operations in China, which was proceeding as planned; preparedness for BREXIT; the ramping up of new projects and a slowdown in demand. “Activities are ongoing to normalise and improve control at inventory levels” he said. Referring to operating earnings Nyström explained that raw material costs that had increased dramatically in 2018 had now stabilised, although at a high level. Bulten has signed a Full Service Provider contract for delivery of fasteners to a new vehicle program, worth approximately €13 million a year at full production in 2021, starting in late 2019.

NORMA Group Increases Sales €1.1 Billion NOR MA Group has increased its group sales by 6.6% compared to the previous year to €1.08 billion in fiscal year 2018 (2017: €1.01 billion). Organic sales growth was strong at 7.7 percent. This growth was mainly driven by the strong recovery of the US commercial vehicles and agricultural machinery markets, a resurgent US water business and high demand for quality joining solutions in China in the first half of 2018. The acquisitions of Fengfan, Kimplas and Statek contributed an additional €16.5 million to its sales growth in 2018. Negative currency effects reduced growth by 2.8% on the other hand. At €124.4 million, net operating cash flow, including the effects of the acquisitions of Statek and Kimplas, and increased capital expenditure from operating activities, was €8.5 million lower in fiscal year 2018 than the year before (2017: €132.9 million). Due to the volatile environment on the raw materials markets, inventories of finished goods and work in progress which were built up. “We grew strongly in organic terms in fiscal year 2018,” said Bernd Kleinhens, CEO of NORMA Group. “In 2019, we will continue to focus our business model on the future markets of electromobility and water management. In addition, our rightsizing program will enable us to further harmonise our organisation and processes worldwide so we can continue our profitable growth.”

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Bossard Reports Growth Despite More Challenging Conditions Bossard Group reports that 2019 first quarter sales grew 5.4% to CHF 232.2 million (€203.4 million), despite "markedly more challenging business conditions" and a comparatively high baseline. The Group says its first quarter’s overall solid performance was all the more remarkable because it was achieved in a weakening economic environment as well as the comparative baseline from the previous year being very high. Activities in Europe and Asia contributed substantially to the Group's positive sales development, while business in America stagnated. European sales increased 5.1% to CHF 138.9 million (+7.3% in local currency), boosting market share in spite of lack-lustre economic conditions. After enjoying dynamic business development in America 2017 and 2018, Bossard says it was unable to realise further sales growth at the start of 2019. American sales were CHF 58.1 million, down 4.9% in local currency. Bossard identifies two reasons for the decline. For the beginning of this year Bossard experienced subdued sales development with several major customers, which could not be compensated by “encouraging growth in new business”. In Asia, Bossard benefited from preliminary work and capacity expansion in previous years, with first quarter 2019 sales growth of 16.6% to CHF 35.2 million (+17.7% in local currency). The main contributing regions were China and India. Bossard is targeting full year sales of CHF 900 to CHF 920 million, with first quarter sales on track. However, the Group says the weakening economic momentum, evident from falling Purchasing Managers’ Indices published recently, makes achieving the goal more challenging.

The Bossard Group has taken a 30% share in Ecoparts AG in Hinwil, Switzerland, continuing expansion of its expertise in additive manufacturing. Ecoparts has many years of experience in 3D printing services for the metal segment of this innovative technology and is the leading Swiss company in this sector. Bossard’s stake in the company is of strategic importance, intended to secure a leading position in the future market of additive manufacturing. The investment broadens the Group’s expertise and enables it to help customers in the early planning phase of new projects. Ecoparts is a pioneer in additive manufacturing. Since 2006, the company has offered services in the generative design of metal components, as well as custom and series parts, such as prototypes, toolmaking, lightweight components, hybrid construction and additive manufacturing engineering. As the largest and leading additive manufacturing service provider in Switzerland the company has a wealth of experience in this future market, including in the technologies and materials used. Bossard has acquired a 30% stake from the two founders, who until now jointly controlled a 50% share of the capital. As a development partner and contract manufacturer, Bossard gains even greater expertise in additive manufacturing through its investment in Ecoparts. In 2018, Bossard acquired 49% of 3d-prototyp GmbH, an expert in the additive manufacturing of complex plastic parts and models. Bossard also announced partnerships with three renowned manufacturers of 3D printers after having handled representation and sales of their products for the Swiss market. This bolsters Bossard’s proven expertise in supporting customers from the design phase all the way to the production of complex metal and plastic parts. In addition, Bossard is an innovative partner when it comes to selecting the most suitable 3D printers and associated manufacturing technologies. Bossard believes 3D printing will shape the future of a number of manufacturing areas, such as the production of prototypes, complex tools, and lightweight industrial components – all products that do not lend themselves to mass production. New materials are increasingly being used in additive manufacturing.

Würth Builds Innovation Centre Adolf Würth GmbH & Co KG, parent company of the globally operating Würth Group, is building a research and development centre in Künzelsau, Germany – with the groundbreaking ceremony celebrated at the end of March 2019. The investment volume amounts to the tune of €70 million and will include the state-of-the-art laboratories and workshops which will be built on an area of around 15,000m2. A climate chamber, the latest 3D printers and seismic test rigs for anchor technology will also offer a wide range of options to strengthen and advance internal research in the long run. Approximately 250 people will be working in the innovation centre. This will include employees from the research and development department of Adolf Würth GmbH & Co KG, from the Group companies active in the manufacturing sector, as well as external researchers. The cooperation with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT and the universities of Innsbruck and Stuttgart will create a cluster of knowledge and know-how. “These university cooperations allow us to take a scientific approach, thus opening up entirely new opportunities.

We want to develop even more from a trading company to a manufacturer,” says Thomas Klenk, managing director for product, purchasing and export at Adolf Würth GmbH & Co KG. “We aim to significantly shorten our innovation cycles in order to bring our new and further developments to the market even faster and to be able to offer our customers solutions with genuine added value.” The innovation centre helps Würth to be more attractive as an employer and counteract the shortage of skilled workers. “A challenge that we also face here in rural areas,” says Norbert Heckmann, chairman of the management of Adolf Würth GmbH & Co KG. “The innovation centre significantly increases the appeal of Würth as an innovative and outwardlooking company for technicians and engineers.”

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Alexander Ostashov, editor of “Fasteners, Adhesives, Tools and...” Magazine Maria Valiakhmetova, editor of <Metiz> Magazine Compiled by Fastener World

BSW is Now Without CEO Anatoly Savenok has left the post of CEO of Belarus Steel Works. Sources said, “He left the post of CEO by agreement of the parties”. On the eve of the resignation Anatoly Savenok has sent e-mails to the colleagues and customers with thanks for collaboration. “Together we realized ambitious projects, solved the most difficult problems, rejoiced to mutual victories. We exchanged knowledge and studied each other. And I am grateful for this opportunity” — Savenok has written. However, according to him, “Life moves forward, offers new prospects”. Anatoly Savenok has worked at the Zhlobinsky plant of nearly 30 years. Since October 14, 2009 he was the CEO of BSW. Savenok was the first Belarusian who became CEO of the enterprise. Before that, these positions were held by Russians and Ukrainians. During 2010−2018 there was the biggest modernization program in BSW’s history. The end of the program coincided with the period of the enormous falling of the prices in the world market of steel caused by mass overproduction in China. The balanced production and increasing production with bigger added value have allowed the enterprise to survive in hard times.

The Ministry of Economy of Tatarstan Sponsored the Modernization of the Plant “Tekhnotron-Metiz”

SOUDAL has Invested € 20 Million in Plant Construction SOUDAL, the Belgian manufacturer of mounting foam and sealants, invested € 20 million in the construction of a plant in Bogorodsk. The first SOUDAL plant in Russia will be open in 2020 at the territory of the Bogorodsk industrial park. “The total area of the new factory will be 40 thousand square meters”, -said the press service of the Ministry of Investment and Innovation of the Moscow region. The planned production capacity of lines for the manufacture of foam will be 50 million gas cylinders per year. In addition at the plant there will be organized its own laboratory on quality control as well as a department for developing and testing new product formulas. In the future, the company plans to expand its production by launching a line of sealants and adhesives. At full capacity, the plant will provide jobs for about 350 people.

The plant “Tekhnotron-Metiz” received a subsidy of 4.5 million rubles from the Ministry of Economy of Tatarstan. The money was allocated to modernize the production capacity of the plant. “Residents and companies of the industrial sites and parks of Tatarstan also can count on similar support”, - the press service of the Ministry of Economy of the Tatarstan Republic informs. “The main objective of the implementation of this program is to stimulate the modernization of production and expansion of the technical and technological capacities of small and medium businesses. In this case, we take all the interest on loans for the purchase of equipment or the construction of infrastructure on ourselves, thereby helping entrepreneurs to develop their potential in a shorter time” - said Farid Abdulganiev, the Minister of Economy of Tatarstan.

Technical Committee 375 for Standardization of “Metal Products Made from Ferrous Metals and Alloys” is Reorganized By the order of Rosstandart No. 655 of March 27, 2019, a new Technical Committee 375 for standardization “Metal Products from Ferrous Metals and Alloys” was created. At the same time, according to the order, the Technical Committees “Methods of control of metal products”, “Hardware”, “Fasteners” are liquidated. The lists of standards related to the competence of the liquidated committees are assigned to the newly created Technical Committee.

The Technical Committee includes the following subcommittees: • PK1 “Terminology, classification, designations” • PK2 “Rolled products from alloyed and unalloyed steels” • PK3 “Rolled products from high alloy steels and alloys. Rolled products from electrical steel” • PK4 “Reinforcing rolled products for reinforced concrete structures”

• PK5 “Powder materials” • PK6 “Methods of control of metal products” • PK7 “Hardware and fasteners

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by Sergio Milatias, Editor Revista do Parafuso (The Fastener Brazil Magazine) milatias@revistadoparafuso.com.br www.revistadoparafuso.com

Brazilian GDP Falls in Q1, but the Automotive Sector Keeps Growing The auto domestic production rose 5.3% in comparison to the same period in 2018.

Jomarca: 50 Years The Brazilian company is one of the largest fastener manufacturers in Southern Hemisphere In 1969, the same year that American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the moon the first time, a young fastener sales agent began his career as an industrial businessman. So, João Marques Castelhano, a Portuguese immigrant, founded the Jomarca Industrial de Parafusos, at that time just a modest company producing some few kinds of fasteners. Since then, Jomarca has been expanding, having currently more than 700 employees, capable of producing more than 3.1 thousand tons per month, and created subsidiaries consolidated as Jomarca Group. The Jomarca President - João, as everybody ever calls him - is a person attentive to all company activities, whether they are administrative, commercial, or him being on the factory floor. In additional, currently, the Vice-President, Ricardo Marques Castelhano, the João's son, is leading the company for a new era. Under Ricardo administration modern concepts has been introduced along with great expansion in the market. Located in São Paulo state, Guarulhos City, less than 5 km away from the largest South America airport, the Jomarca industrial plant and headquarters, is the center of production and main warehouse of a wide product line of bolts, screws, nuts, washers, pins, rivets, threaded bars and other fasteners, items present in the industrial sectors of furniture, electrical and electronic materials, auto parts, shoes, toys, civil construction and others. In addition, the company has a unit producing hinges, as well as the Jomarca kits. The group subsidiaries engage d i n t he supply of k its for furniture industry, extensive activity to various segments such as kits for TV stand installations and many others from the north to the south of the whole of Brazil and in Mercosur.

Vale S.A. is the second-largest mining company in the world and leader in iron ore production, with operations in over 30 countries. Some economic analyses attribute the disaster involving the Company last November as the main cause for a 0.2% fall in GDP - Gross Domestic Product, in Brazil, compared with Q4 2018. However, compared with Q1 2018, the result is a positive 0.5%, with 0.9% in the last 12 months. However, the scenario still shows sectors in a better situation, such as the automotive industry that produced more than 1.241 million units between January and May 2019, against the 1.178 million from the same period in 2018, up 5.3%. From the total above, in the first five months around 45.5 thousand trucks (up 10.9% from 41.0 thousand produced in 2018). However, the agricultural and road machinery fell, producing just 20.7 thousand (-4.2%) against 21.6 thousand in 2018. About “two wheelers”, between January and April (we still haven´t got data about May) the motorcycle production accumulated to 368,055 units (5.76%), against the 348,009 during the same period last year. Sources: www.anfavea.com.br / www.abraciclo.com.br / www.snic.org.br

Peugeot Faces a Recall Due to Inadequate Torque At the end of May 2019, the unit of Peugeot in Brazil began a recall involving 1,078 units of the Expert versions, produced between 2017 and 2018 due to inadequate torque application. Poorly fastened, there may be displacement of the wheels, causing risk of loss of control of the vehicle. The maintenance involves inspection and reinforcement or replacement of the assembly, whose process can last for 1 hour.

Recall: Porsche Has Problems with Rivets According to the site Garagem360.com.br, the models Porsche 718 Boxster, 718 Cayman and 911 were called for maintenance involving rivets used in the trunk. There is a defect in the connection between the longitudinal part and the crossbar of the luggage compartment, which in the event of a frontal collision, failure can compromise the fuel system, cause leaks and lead to serious accidents. The recall involves the models from 2012-2019, manufactured between February 23, 2016 and February 14, 2019. The repair consists of installing blind rivets, a service that takes about 15 minutes.

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Analysis of UK’s and Ireland’s Fastener Trade Statistics and Their Importance in the Global Fastener Industry

by Sharareh Shahidi Hamedani

Introduction The United Kingdom has a global reputation as a good place to do business. A new business starts up every 75 seconds, and there is home to five of the top 10 fastest-growing businesses in Europe. British people looking to grow or relocate a business come to Britain confident in their high corporate standards. The OECD ranks UK as one of the best places to start and grow a business; They have the most competitive tax rates and they are welcoming to global talent and disruptive start-ups. Their challenge is to improve how they spread the best practice of their most productive businesses. They are one of the world’s great financial centres, yet growing businesses sometimes face difficulty in accessing finance.

The Fastener Industry Fasteners Imported to UK The following table shows that UK’s fastener import is about 110 million USD/ month, which means it is about 1.4 billion USD annually. In the fastener business, it is not a huge amount.

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Their managers are, on average, less proficient than many competitors, and they should make better connections between high-performing businesses and their supply chains. UK Industrial Strategy aims to make Britain the best place to start and grow a business, and a global draw for innovators. They will drive productivity in businesses of all sizes by increasing collaboration, building skills and ensuring everyone has the opportunity of good work and highpaying jobs. They will ensure the financial sector is better connected to the rest of the economy, driving impactful investments. UK industry is focused on the financial sector, and so it is predictable that in the industrial sector it has acted weakly. For example, the world’s exported fastener business is almost 42 billion USD and UK’s share is about 920 million USD (2.2% of the world’s share) and in the imported fastener business the world’s size is about 45 billion USD and UK’s share is about 1.4 billion USD (3.3% of the world’s share).

August 2018

(Unit: 1,000USD)

The main exporters to UK are: • Germany with a 17% market share in UK. • USA with a 14.2% market share in UK. • Taiwan with a 13.3% market share in UK.

• China with a 10.9% market share in UK. These 4 countries take more than 55% of the total market share in UK.

Fasteners Exported from UK The following table shows that UK’s fastener export is about 75 million USD/month, which means it is about 950 million USD annually. The same is observed in the imported fasteners, and it is not a huge amount.

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The main importers from UK are: • USA has bought about 14.3% of UK’s exported fasteners. • Germany has bought about 13.7% of UK’s exported fasteners. These 2 countries have bought 28% of UK’s exported fasteners.

Fasteners Imported to Ireland The Irish economy is small and its main service industries are pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware & software, food products, beverages & brewing, medical devices, and computers, which altogether contribute to 29% of Ireland’s GDP. It is predictable that its fastener market is very small. However, statistics show that its import market scale is close to the UK market. Its import value is about 1 billion USD in a year.

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May 2018

(Unit: 1,000 USD) June July 2018 2018

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The following graph reveals that in the past 12 months the lowest import value belonged to June 2018 with 63.747 million USD and the highest value belonged to April 2018 with 116.213 million USD. Since September 2018, the imported value trend had been positive, but the total trend of Ireland’s imported fasteners was negative from April 2018 to March 2019.

The main exporters to Ireland are: • UK with a 32.5% market share in Ireland. • USA with an 18.7% market share in Ireland. • Taiwan with a 12.3% market share in Ireland. • China with a 12.2% market share in Ireland. These 4 countries take more than 75% of the total market share in Ireland.

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Fasteners Exported from Ireland

The following table shows that Ireland’s fastener export is about 70 million USD/month, which means it is about 800 million USD annually. The same is observed in the imported fasteners, it is not a huge amount.

World Import April 2018 From Ireland

65,183 October 2018

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September 2018

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February 2019

March 2019

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The following graph shows that the trend of Ireland’s exported fasteners is negative. In the past 12 months (beginning from March 2018), the highest value of exported fasteners belonged to July 2018 with 91.104 million USD and the lowest value of exported fasteners happened in June 2018 with the value being 38.071 million USD.

(Unit: 1,000USD)

The main importers from Ireland are: • Germany has bought about 31.6% of the total exported fasteners from Ireland. • UK has bought about 15.7% of the total exported fasteners from Ireland. These 2 countries have bought 49% of the total exported fasteners from Ireland.

Last Words 1. UK and Ireland have bought about 5-6% of the world’s total exported fasteners, which means both countries are notable markets for fastener exporters. 2. UK is the main partner for Irish fastener industry, so it will be a key point for fastener exporters. Entering the Irish market through UK is an easier way, as exporters can gain their presence in both markets with one action. 3. The ratio of “imported fasteners to exported fasteners” is 0.8 for Ireland and 0.73 for UK, which means both markets rely heavily on imports, and therefore they can be a destination for exporters.

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Analysis of Fastener Trade in Vietnam in 2018

sectors ranked the highest in Southeast Asia region, with an average of 5.7 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. The government of Vietnam has a plan to increase the country’s GDP to at least USD18,000 by 2035. With disposable income levels in major urban areas four to five times the national average, significant opportunities in the consumer and services sectors are emerging fast.

by Shervin Shahidi Hamedani

Vietnam has made steady progress in improving its business environment. This country has signed several tariff-free trade agreements with other countries in order to facilitate seamless trade relation with the global market. Japan, for instance, provides a large market for exports, with tariff-free trade therefore benefiting the manufacturing sector in particular. In regards with the international trade sector, foreign investors are exempt from import duties on goods imported for their own use which cannot be procured locally, including: machinery, vehicles, components and spare parts for machinery and equipment, raw materials, inputs for manufacturing, and construction materials that cannot be produced domestically.

Introduction Vietnam’s move to a market economy from a centrally planned economy has transformed Vietnam into a lower-middle income country, as reported by the World bank. This country is now one of the most dynamic and fastest growing emerging markets globally. Last year, a continued astonishing growth in manufacturing production, driven by export demand for electronics as well as robust FDI inflows, largely powered up concrete growth. The growth is expected to continue this year, backed by healthy private consumption with strong credit growth and increasing incomes in private sectors. The growth of industrial sector also continues to increase at a fast pace, supported by strong foreign investment injecting into this country. Constant solid economic growth, ongoing reform, and a large population of 93 million, half of which being young generation under the age of thirty, all have joined together to make a dynamic and quickly evolving commercial environment in Vietnam. Sales of equipment, technologies and consulting as well as management services associated with growth in Vietnam’s industrial and export sectors and implementation of major infrastructure projects continued to be a major source of commercial activity and interest for foreign investors. In terms of infrastructure, based on the reports published by the Asian Development Bank in April 2017, Vietnam’s infrastructure investment in both public and private

Overall in 2018, the manufacturing subsector was one of the best performers as a key economic growth driver. Momentum in the industrial sector has likely been carried through in the first half of 2019, as seen by companies’ positive business confidence. In addition to an increasingly open trade and investment policy environment, there has been a significant shift in the government’s focus towards policies aimed at maintaining price stability, and ongoing efforts to further address macroeconomic imbalances and fiscal deficits.

Trade Statistics Vietnam recorded the total trade revenue of USD482.23 billion in 2018, an increase of 12.6% against 2017, including USD244.72 billion worth of export revenue, up 13.8%, and USD237.51 billion worth of import revenue, up 11.5%. Based on a report published by the General Department of Vietnam Customs, among 10 biggest trading partners of Vietnam in 2018, 8 of them are in Asia and only two are outside Asia, which are the United States and Germany. The total value of trade between Vietnam and these 10 major markets reached a total turnover of USD 346.579 billion, in 2018, accounting for more than 72% of the total import-export turnover of this country. Among the 10 largest trading partners, Vietnam achieved trade deficits from 6 markets. In particular, the Vietnamese market suffered a huge trade deficit with South Korea, which is up to USD 29.293 billion. This explains that how Vietnam’s trade is dependent and tied with all those 10 countries and specifically with those 8 Asian markets.

By looking at numbers, it can be derived that, the trade relation between Vietnam and China is very strong as it recorded the largest figure compared with other countries. In 2018, the import and export value between these two countries reached about USD106.7 billion and accounted for more than 22% of the total trade value of this country. The trade values between Vietnam and other major trade partners are illustrated in the following table: Trade Partner

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South Korea

USD65.7 billion

13.7%

USD60.3 billion

12.6%

Japan

USD37.8 billion

7.9%

Thailand

USD17.3 billion

3.6%

Taiwan

USD16.4 billion

3.4%

Malaysia

USD10.7 billion

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Industry Focus Other than Korea, Vietnam suffered a trade deficit in 2018, and other countries are China with a nearly USD24 billion trade deficit, Taiwan with USD10.077 billion, Thailand with USD6.529 billion, Malaysia with USD3.402 billion and Japan with USD161 million. On the other hand, the US is the largest export market for Vietnam with a turnover of USD34.772 billion, followed by Hong Kong with USD6.416 billion, Germany with USD 3.048 billion, and India with USD2.395 billion in 2018.

Fastener Trade Balance Like many other Asia Pacific countries, the industrial fasteners market in Vietnam is undergoing a transition from manufacturing standard metal products to producing higher quality and specialty fasteners in order to meet rising demand for application-specific products. However, fluctuating raw material prices, intense market competition, and subsequent price war are expected to hamper profit margins for industry players. In 2018, the total value of fasteners (HS Code: 7318) imported by Vietnam reached about USD375 million with the positive trade balance of USD147 million. The main exports came from China with about USD177 million with about 47% of the total Vietnamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imports value. Other major importers and the value of imports for fasteners are exhibited in the chart in the next page. In ter ms of the fastener expor ts, in 2018, Vietnamese manufacturers shipped about USD522 million fasteners (HS Code: 7318) to the global markets, mainly to the European countries and the US. Germany is the major destination of Vietnamese fasteners followed by Netherlands and the UK. The chart in the next page explains the exports destinations and the values of exports from Vietnam in 2018. The major export market shares are illustrated in the following pie chart, led by Germany, as the key export destination for the Vietnamese fastener manufacturers. Finally, in terms of the quantity of exports, Germany is still the top importer but there are some changes in others as stated in the following chart.

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Industry Update... China to Impose Additional Tariffs Against Goods Imported from USA The U.S. Government announced on May 9th that it has determined to impose a 25% additional tariff against US$ 200 billion worth of goods imported from China effective May 10th (the original tariff was 10%). China then responded that such an act from the U.S. resulted in the increasing tension between both countries and was against the original consensus reached between China and USA to solve trade disputes via negotiations. China also added that such an act will not do any good to both sides and is not what the international community generally expects. Accordingly, The Tariffs Regulations Committee of PRCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s State Council has determined to impose the additional tariffs against certain goods imported from the U.S. effective June 1st, 2019.

Below are products relevant to fasteners and tools involved in the list: Items subject to the 25% additional tariff: 73181200 Other Wood Screws, 82042000 Interchangeable socket wrenches. Items subject to the 20% additional tariff: 73181400 Self-tapping Screws, 73181590 Other Screws and Bolts, 73182100 Spring Washers and Other Self-Locking Washers, 73182300 Rivets, 82041100 Hand Operated Spanners and Wrenches.

Australia Reports Strong GDP for 27 Consecutive Years. Taiwan Fastener Export to Australia is Expected to Grow Taiwan has reported the increased average price and volume in the fastener export to Australia for the 2nd consecutive year. In the first 2 months of 2019, Taiwan exported 3,720 tons of fasteners to Australia, up 3.53% from the same period last year, while the average price was 3.41 USD/KG, up 3.35% from the same period last year. In 2018, Taiwan exported 23,573 tons of fasteners to Australia, up 18.32% from the figure recorded in 2017, making Australia a country that shows the 3rd highest increase in fastener import from Taiwan. Although the economy of Australia has been slowing down recently, the Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move to push infrastructure is still expected to boost the fastener demand on the market.

Items subject to the 10% additional tariff: 73181100 Coach Screws of Iron or Steel, 73181300 Screw Hooks and Screw Rings of Iron or Steel, 73181510 Screws and Bolts Having Tensile Strength Equal or More Than 800 MPa With or Without Nuts or Washers, 73181600 Nuts, 73181900 Threaded Articles of Iron or Steel, n.e.s., 73182200 Other Washers, 73182400 Pins and Cotter Pins, 73182900 Other Non-Threaded Articles, 82041200 Adjustable Hand-Operated Spanners and Wrenches, 82051000 Hand-Operated Drilling, Threading or Tapping Hand Tools, 82055100 Household Hand Tools, NonMechanical, With Working Parts of Base Metal, n.e.s., 82055900 Other Hand Tools, 82059000 Hand Tool Sets.

U.S. ISM Index Drops in Feb. 2019 and the Slowdown of Manufacturing May Influence the Fastener Industry U.S. Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has recently announced the PMI for February 2019, which dropped to 54.2, the lowest record since November 2016. In addition, according to the report of U.S. Department of Commerce, the ratio of U.S. housing starts in February 2019 was down nearly 9%, a significant drop from the same period last year. The sales of new vehicles in February 2019 also dropped by 2.8% from the same period last year and hit an 18-month low. Due to the rather weak economic parameters and declining market demand, it is projected that the future order intake of the fastener industry may not be that optimistic.

Brazil Reports 12.2% Growth in New Vehicles Sales in First 4 Months of 2019 According to the report of Brazilian Fenabrave, in the first 4 months of 2019, 1,244,151 units of new vehicles were sold in Brazil, up 12.2% from 1,108,897 units recorded in the corresponding period last year. The new vehicles sales in April 2019 reached 3,324 units, up 11.1% from the figure recorded in March 2019 (up 9.08% if compared to April 2018). Fenabrave thinks that such a development is related to the gradual increase in the Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS) and the recovery of the automotive market.

Bolts Shortage in Japan Benefits the Korean Fastener Maker KPF Despite a few Osaka fastener manufacturers reaching a monthly capacity of 10,000 tons of bolts, 83% of Japanese construction companies are still in a shortage of highstrength bolts which is rendering capital city development difficult. The beneficiary, KPF, starts to increase bolt export to Japan to supplement local bolt demands and expects to improve KPF's profits of the current year. The trading stock price of KPF, a South Korean publicly traded fastener company, rose 5.46% on May 13, 2019. The increase in export to Japan also bolsters the domestic bolt price of South Korea, and therefore, KPF enjoys both advantages in export and price.

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Japan's Fastener Production Value Sets Historical Record In a general assembly held on May 16, The Fasteners Institute of Japan reported Japan's fastener production value of 2018 at a historical record of JPY 916.1 billion, up 2.6% from the previous period. The volume of production grew 2.4% to 3.285 million tons. This means Japan's fastener production and production value grew simultaneously last year and that the production value broke the past records.

Taiwan Fastener Export to China Drops by 30% in Jan.-Feb. 2019, but Export to Russia Shows the Highest Increase (30%) In the first two months of 2019, the fastener export from Taiwan to China dropped by 30% compared to the same period last year and the fastener export from Taiwan to France also dropped by more than 20%. However, the fastener export from Taiwan to Russia was up by 34% (the most significant increase compared to others), followed by the export to Mexico (up more than 20%) and Denmark (up more than 10%). In the first 2 months, Taiwan exported 2,649 tons of fasteners to China, 3,776 tons to France, 3,570 tons to Russia, 5,407 tons to Mexico, and 1,041 tons to Denmark. Russia, Mexico and Denmark were the top 3 countries that showed the most significant increase in their fastener import from Taiwan.

Taiwan Fastener Export Volume Grows 0.37% to 0.131 Million Tons in April 2019 According to the database of Bureau of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan). Taiwan fastener export volume reached 0.131 million tons in April 2019 and the cumulative volume from January 2019 through April 2019 reached 0.5353 million tons (with the total value of USD 1.538 billion). Its average export price in April 2019 was 2.91 USD/ KG, up 1.75% from the year of 2018. Many fastener manufacturers forecast that the trade war between USA and China will be facing more challenges and in the short term itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a very difficult time for Chinese companies exporting fasteners to USA, so it may be the best timing for Taiwanese fastener companies to enhance their order intake.

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Doug Ruggles Elected NFDA President for 2019-2020 Doug Ruggles of Martin Fastening Solutions (Florence, Alabama) has been elected as the 2019-2020 president of the National Fastener Distributors Association. Adam Derry of Field (Machesney Park, Illinois) will serve as vice president, Kelly Charles of Sems & Specials (Rockford, Illinois) as associate chair, and Kelly Cole of Hayes Bolt & Supply (San Diego, California) will remain on the Board as immediate past president. Three new Board members have been elected to serve on the NFDA Board: Don Haggerty of Lindstrom/Stelfast (Edison, New Jersey), Craig Penland of Eurolink FSS (Greer, South Carolina), and Jodie Thinnes of Copper State Bolt & Nut (Phoenix, Arizona). Continuing on the NFDA Board are Keven Simmer of Wurth DMB Supply (Des Moines, Iowa), Scott Somers of Mid-States Bolt & Screw Company (Flint, Michigan), and Bryan Wheeler of Star Stainless Screw (Wood Dale, Illinois). The new Board was introduced at the NFDA 2019 Annual Meeting, held June 10-11, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The annual meeting also included programs on data analytics by Brian Friedle of MITS, supply chain transparency by Heather Stewart of Wurth Industry North America, industrial marketing by Matt Johnson of Spinstak Growth Agency, and an economic update presented by Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics. Tribute was paid during the NFDA annual meeting to retiring Board members Rich Megliola of Vertex Distribution (Saint Charles, Illinois), Kevin Miller of Bamal Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina), Dan Zehnder of Trinity Logistics Corporation (Waukehsa, Wisconsin), and Jun Xu of Brighton-Best International (Santa Fe Springs, California). Upcoming NFDA events include: • Executive Summit November 3-5, 2019 Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort, Naples, Florida • Joint Conference and Tabletop Show with the Pacific-West Fastener Association March 4-7, 2020 Westin Hotel, Long Beach, California • Executive Sales Planning Sessions ® June 23-24, 2020 Embassy Suites Downtown, Minneapolis, Minnesota For more information about NFDA and its activities, visit www.nfda-fastener.org or contact Vickie Lester, vlester@nfda-fastener.org , telephone 562-799-5519.

Taiwan CSC Announces Q3 2019 Price Adjustments for Steel Products Product

Avg. Price Adjustment (NTD/Ton)

Steel Plate

-529

Wire Rod

-1,066

Hot Rolled

-1,000

Cold Rolled

-941

Galvanized Steel Rolls

-600

Electromagnetic Steel Rolls

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Hot-dip Galvanized Steel Rolls

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Companies Development... German Automotive Fastener Supplier Kamax to Set up a New Factory in Slovakia G er m a n automot ive fastener supplier – Kamax is going to invest up to 6 million euros in setting up a new factory in Bardejov located in the northeast of Slovakia. This new factory of Kamax is scheduled to be completed by April 2020 and is expected to create 150 job opportunities. Kamax has submitted its application to the Slovakian Government for investment incentive, which is being verified right now. Kamax has set up its Bardejov factory since 2007 and the factory specializes in manufacturing tools for fastener production.

The LISI Group Generated Sales of 445.0 Million Euros in the First Quarter of 2019, up +6.1% Compared to 2018 LISI AEROSPACE: +7.2% (Q1 2018: -15.1%) - Strengthening of the “Fasteners” market in Europe - Consolidation confirmed in non-commercial aviation segments in the United States: a more moderate increase in activity with Boeing (before adjustments to the 737 production rates) - Sustained ramp-up of new engine programs in the “Structural Components” segment - Significant exchange rate effect related to the strengthening of the dollar, which represents +4.0% of Q1 sales LISI AUTOMOTIVE: +1.4% (Q1 2018: +19.4%) - European and global markets decline in line with Q4 2018 - Integration of the US company Hi-Vol in accordance with the plan - Disposal of Beteo (Germany) since December 31, 2018 LISI MEDICAL: +21.2% (Q1 2018: -20.3%)

MSC Industrial Supply Co. Names Edward Martin Senior Vice President of Sales & Customer Success MSC Industrial Supply Co., a premier distributor of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) products and services to industrial customers throughout North America, announced that Edward Martin has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Success.

- Sales increase driven by the minimally invasive surgery sector - Significant exchange rate effect related to the strengthening of the dollar, which represents +3.8% of Q1 sales Assuming stability in most of its end markets the Group aims in 2019 to return to positive organic growth and to exceed its financial performance of 2018 thanks to the management measures already taken and to generate a largely positive Free Cash Flow.

Martin, 49, joins MSC following an impressive 27-year tenure with General Electric where he served as Chief Commercial Officer and led large Sales organizations for several of the company’s industrial-related businesses. He most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer for GE’s Power’s Industrial Solutions business with responsibility for worldwide sales, marketing, pricing and commercial operations. Martin received a bachelor’s degree in managerial economics and mathematics from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. “We are pleased to welcome Eddie Martin, an exceptional, experienced sales executive, to MSC’s leadership team,” said Erik Gershwind, president and chief executive officer. “Eddie has demonstrated a strong record of success in capturing market share while improving profitability, and his experience in establishing an execution culture is particularly important as we look to drive greater results from the recent transformation of our sales organization.”

PSM 88th Anniversary Celebration April 25th, 2019 was PSM Group’s 88th anniversary. The branches, cooperative partners, and suppliers from 14 countries and regions around the world including the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Japan, Korea, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and China have participated in the grand meeting. The meeting began with a welcome speech by Mr. Johan Bygge, Chairman of the Board of PSM Group. The general managers of UK, USA, Taiwan, Singapore companies reported the development situation and development plan of their enterprises. PSM Group’s joint ventures and cooperation partners from Italy, Japan, Australia and Korea also introduced their respective market developments. Finally, Mr. Macro Suzuki, the president of the Group, analyzed the current situation of the Group and made a strategic plan for the future of the Group. Mr. Suzuki said, “on the occasion of celebrating the 88th anniversary of the PSM, I am proud and grateful to look back on this meaningful and memorable journey in the past. In China and many Asian countries, "8" is a lucky number. PSM has such double luck since we have all of you (employees, customers and suppliers).” Subsequently, all the guests, led by Mr. Marco Suzuki, visited the first, second and third phases of the PSM Group's factories in Wuxi, and reviewed the 88-year evolution process of PSM Group. The guests expressed their heartfelt congratulations on the 88th anniversary celebration of PSM Group. They also expressed their confidence and hope for the future of PSM Group and looked forward to creating a new future together. “Evolving, Embarking, Emerging”, the 88th anniversary is another milestone in the development of PSM Group. It is also a summary of the past and the opening of a new journey. All the employees in PSM will continue to remain true to the original aspiration, forge ahead, mobilize global resources and actively provide customers with high quality, excellent service, and localized comprehensive fastener-system solutions.

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PennEngineering® Wins Continental (HBS CHINA) 2018 Supplier of the Year Award PennEngineering, a global leader in the fastening industry, announced that the company’s PennAuto division in China has been recognized as a 2018 Supplier of the Year Award by Continental Brake Systems China. The company was recognized at Continental’s Annual Supplier Conference held in Xiaoshan, ZheJiang Province, on March 15th 2019. Continental is one of the world’s leading automotive tier one suppliers. “PennEngineering is proud to be a global premium supplier for Continental-Schaeffler, and it’s an honor for our PennAuto division to be recognized by Continental as a topclass supplier. We value their partnership and look forward to continuing our high level of quality and service for this global industry leader,” said Qiang Sun, President, PennEngineering Asia. PennAuto has been a key strategic partner with the Chassis and Safety Systems division of Continental China since 2009, supplying a wide range of fasteners and precision components globally. They have won various awards each year since 2013 for quality and technical performance.

ABC Supply Co. Inc. Promotes Bryan Olson to Managing Director of MuleHide Products Co. Inc. Bryan Olson has been promoted to managing director of Mule-Hide Products Co. Inc., a subsidiary corporation of ABC Supply Co. Inc. In this position, Olson will build on the momentum that former President Jonathan Shepard and his team created before Shepard’s promotion to vice president of ABC Supply’s Southwest Region. Prior to his promotion, Olson was the director of merchandising and exterior systems for L&W Supply. Olson joined L&W Supply when the company acquired NexGen Building Supply in May 2018. During his time as general manager of NexGen Building Supply, sales tripled, and the company gained significant market share throughout the Midwest. Olson has also held executive leadership positions in the stone and tile industry after graduating from the University of Kansas. As managing director of Mule-Hide Products, Olson will be responsible for the complete business performance of the company, which offers low-slope roofing products, including membranes, adhesives, sealants and coatings.

Würth Announces Partnership with The Fastener Training Institute

DecoKlad and XMAPP Receive ISO 9001:2015 Certification MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions is proud to announce that it passed the ISO 9001:2015 audit for its Quality Performance Systems (QPS) DecoK lad a nd X M A PP. Both systems achieved the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2015 certification by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA). ISO’s flagship quality management systems standard, ISO 9001:2015, is granted when businesses demonstrate consistent quality of products and services which meet customer a nd reg u lator y requ i rement s. Wit h t he latest certification, all of the QPS-programs ZinKlad, DecoKlad and XMAPP are now fully certified. MacDermid Enthone’s Quality Performance Systems validate and monitor applicator processes worldwide to ensure they meet pre-defined standards and agreed technical requirements. The certification was awarded based on existing data for DecoKlad and X M A PP for a 3 -yea r p er iod a f ter bot h programs demonstrated its well-established management processes and compliance with regulations. “Our continuing commitment to convey the utmost quality and consistency on a global level for our approved applicators and in due course for the automotive manufacturers, was affirmed by the ISO certification for DecoKlad and XMAPP”, explains Lammert de Boer, Global Director – ZinKlad, DecoKlad & XMAPP. “We would like to thank our applicators, OEMs and colleagues in helping us to achieve this unrivaled status within our industry.”

Würth Industry North America is pleased to announce its exclusive partnership with The Fastener Training Institute as the 2019 "Sustaining Sponsor" of FTI. This new level of sponsorship will help FTI fund both existing programs and develop the new content needed to grow. The generous support of Würth will be acknowledged throughout the year at FTI classes, webinars and industry events. "We are excited to partner with FTI to ensure we provide the next generation of engineers and technicians with the knowledge they need to support their companies' growth and innovation", said Dan Hill, Chief Executive Officer for Würth Industry North America. "Würth prides itself on a long history of engineering expertise and appreciates FTI providing high quality fastener training for the industry."

Japanese Nissei in a Collaborative Rolling Machine Sales Partnership with EVIRT Italia to Co-develop Japan and EU Markets Nissei and EVIRT Italia, both rolling machine makers, co-established a brand named "Nissei /EVIRT"to co-develop Japan and EU markets. They will first purchase main products from each other to get to know their respective technologies. The main product of Nissei is a series of CNC 2-die rolling machines with up to 30 tons of rolling force, while EVIRT's main product is a lineup of large 2-die rolling machines with up to 120 tons of rolling force. As for 3-die rolling machines, Nissei provides vertical type machines, while EVIRT provides horizontal CNC machines. From now on, they will look for an appropriate way to sell products together.

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Japanese Thread Tapper Maker OSG is Going for Manufacturing 4.0 T he publ ic l i st e d t h r e a d t ap p e r maker OSG has started construction of the "Neo Factory" to revolutionize its domestic manufacturing system. It is simultaneously developing the "OSG 4.0 Project" to ultimately achieve high quality, low price and quick delivery of both small-batch special products and mass-produced products, seeking to build a manufacturing system that further improves customer satisfaction. By 2024, OSG aims to achieve 60% unmanned operation rate within 72 hours, 85% plant utilization rate, 10% cost reduction and digitalization. OSG expects to invest JPY 22 billion by 2019 and expand its plants in Taiwan and Mexico. It expects to invest JPY 50 billion globally in equipment within the next 4 years.

Safety Recall for Select 2019 Ranger Trucks for Transmission Shift Cable Bracket Fastener Ford is issuing a safety recall for select 2019 Ranger vehicles. On some affected vehicles, the two fasteners that secure the transmission shift cable bracket to the transmission housing may not have been torqued to specification. Over time, an improperly torqued fastener could allow the transmission shift cable bracket to become loose and the transmission to be in a gear state different from the gearshift position selected by the driver. This condition could allow the driver to remove the ignition key (if equipped) with no instrument panel warning message or chime indicating that the transmission is not in park. This could allow unintended vehicle movement or roll away if the parking brake is not applied, increasing the risk of a crash or injury. Ford is not aware of any accidents or injuries related to this condition. This action affects approximately 2,500 vehicles in the United States and federalized territories and approximately 260 in Canada. Affected vehicles include 2019 Ranger vehicles built at Michigan Assembly Plant, March 5-13, 2019. Dealers will properly torque the two fasteners and verify the proper operation of the transmission selector assembly according to established workshop manual procedure. Prior to the recall repair, the parking brake should be applied whenever the vehicle is parked. The Ford reference number for this recall is 19S15.

Japanese Yamashina Signs a Product License Contract with German EJOT The Japanese public industrial fastener maker Yamashina signed a license contract with the German renowned fastener maker EJOT for a new technology called "EVO PT®" thread-forming screws. Yamashina will manufacture and sell this new product within Japan.

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The following is the technical characteristics of EVO PT®: 1. Optimized locating point 2. Depth-independent installation torque 3. Support CAE-based designs 4. Excellent process safety 5. Can be standardized

TIFI Chairman Tsai: Japan Confirmed Withdrawal from The Five Regions Fastener Association Conference The Five Regions Fastener Association Conference previously with 5 members (Taiwan, Japan, S. Korea, China and Hong Kong) has been held for the 20th consecutive year and Taiwan has been appointed to host the next conference scheduled to take place at the Grand Hi-Lai Hotel Kaohsiung on November 14-15, 2019. However, after the recent withdrawal announcement of Japan from the conference, the conference is very likely to be suspended forever or take place in a different name. TIFI (Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute) Chairman said in a recent interview, “The helms of many Japanese enterprises have been gradually taken by the second generation and they prefer technique exchange to general social activities, which they consider not quite beneficial in the perspective of technical development. Consequently, in February 2019 the representatives of Japan expressed their decision to withdraw from the conference.” In addition to mailing a formal letter to inform the host country – Taiwan of its decision to withdraw from the conference, the Chairman of the Fastener Institute of Japan (FIJ) and his executive team also came to visit TIFI Chairman Mr. Tu-Chin Tsai and the management. According to FIJ, they do cherish the solid friendship established with all the Taiwanese friends over the past 3 decades. However, the cost of participating in the conference every year is really high, so they would like to maintain such friendship with Taiwan perhaps in other more feasible

exchange activities. S. Korea is also considering withdrawing from the conference and recommend that the conference be held every two years. The 2-day Five Regions Fastener Association Conference welcomes more than 200 participants every year and TIFI Chairman Tu-Chin Tsai is continuing his coordination with existing members from S. Korea, China and Hong Kong to discuss the possibility of reducing the scale of the event for the continuation of such a meaningful event across the regions.

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Bufab Acquires HT BENDIX A/S Bufab has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares in HT BENDIX A/S, with annual sales of approximately SEK 500 million (DKK 345 million) and an operating margin of approximately 10%. HT BENDIX A/S was founded in 1975 and is a leading C parts Supply Chain Partner in the Nordics, with a strong expertise in furniture & fittings industries. Its head office and main operations are in Herning, in Jutland, Denmark, but the company generates sales throughout the Scandinavia, Baltics, Germany, England, France and Poland. HT BENDIX A/S has about 80 employees and generates annual sales of approximately DKK 345 million with good profitability. The acquisition is financed within Bufab's existing credit facilities. The purchase price, on an "enterprise value" basis, amounts to approximately SEK 350 million upon closing of the transaction. An additional purchase price preliminarily estimated at SEK 70 million will be paid out in instalments in 2020-2022, conditional on stable and improving financial development. The acquisition will close and take effect immediately, but is conditional on the customary authority approvals, and will be reported within Bufab's segment Sweden. It is expected to contribute to Bufab's earnings per share starting from the third quarter of 2019.

Element Materials LLC Joins SouthernCarlson Inc. SouthernCarlson Inc., one of the nation’s leading fastener, tool and packaging distributors, announces the acquisition of California-based Element Materials LLC. The acquisition was finalized on April 30, 2019. This latest acquisition strengthens SouthernCarlson’s footprint in California, adding service capabilities and local distribution presence in the Fresno market. Mike Braham, president of Element Materials, stated, “Joining the SouthernCarlson family will be great for our associates and customers. The support and backing of a national company that is expanding through California will enable us to grow our business even faster and provide more products and services to our customers.” Kenneth Sweder, SouthernCarlson’s chairman and chief executive officer, commented, “California is an important market for us. We continue to open new locations across Northern California, with a focus on Rancho Cordova, Salinas, San Leandro and Tracy. The addition of Element Materials expands our capabilities into central California. I’m pleased to welcome Mike Braham and the great team at Element Materials to SouthernCarlson as we build our business.”

KYOCERA to Acquire SouthernCarlson, Inc., a U.S.-based Distributor of Fasteners, Tools and Packaging Kyocera Corporation announced that it has concluded an agreement to acquire 100% ownership of SouthernCarlson, Inc. (CEO: Kenneth D. Sweder), a U.S. distributor of tools, fasteners, packaging and facility supplies, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Under the agreement, SouthernCarlson will operate as a U.S.-based subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation. SouthernCarlson serves a broad array of end markets from over 150 branches across North America. It is a leading distributor of the most recognized and highest-quality brands of construction fasteners, tools, packaging, facility supplies and tool repair services.

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ecommended Taiwanese Companies

▌Non-ferrous

and Aluminum Fastener Suppliers ▌Inspection Equipment Supplier

aking fasteners be of higher added value requires not just impeccable quality, but also the use of novel materials. In order to achieve this goal non-ferrous materials provide a fabulous means. Non-ferrous fasteners are applied in the aerospace, shipbuilding, motorbikes production, medical and military industries where they exert superior performance and prove their value. The impeccable quality is no doubt backed by the purchase of inspection equipment. Speaking of non-ferrous fastener materials, the first thing to come up in mind is aluminum, followed by copper, titanium, zirconium, zinc and tin. On special occasions, magnesium, nickel, silver, gold, platinum, and lead could come into play. The other materials are not so much suited for serving as materials for fasteners. Some of their properties are incompatible, and some of their prices are too high. As for non-metallic materials, there are porcelain, plastic, rubber among others with their usage as fastener materials. In this feature, we invite President Tang of Fu Hui Screw who not only manufactures special automotive fasteners, but also copper and aluminum fasteners used by the energy industry. With 53 years of experience in special parts production, Fu Hui Screw takes a unique approach in designing aluminum and copper fasteners by taking material characteristics and user convenience into consideration, thereby coming up with its one and only customized non-ferrous fasteners. In terms of non-metals, plastic, rubber, and nylon are the most widely applied fastener materials. Unlike the characteristics of metals, non-metal fasteners are not electroconductive, but feature elasticity to absorb vibration. The rubber rivet nuts produced by Jet Fast features a unique design that can prevent users from tightening past limit of the torque load and breaking fasteners. Jet Fast came up with the PFA series by perfectly taking advantage of rubber characteristics. The most fundamental and critical factor for increasing the added value of fastener is “quality”. Such fasteners are often used in industries with zero tolerance for errors because a tiny bit of thread damage could cause a detrimental outcome. Many international companies have started to ask manufacturers to have their own inspection equipment in order to make sure the products are perfect with good product yield before shipment. The Taiwanese inspection equipment made by ZXY Technology solves the problem of recess fill on chainwheels, and comes with a design called VISION intuitive operating interface that makes complex equipment simpler and easier to handle.

Excelentes fabricantes de Unidades de sujetadores de aluminio no ferrosos Taiwan Unidades de equipos de inspección ▌ ▌

Por Fastener World

n cuanto a los sujetadores de alto valor, además de que se exige la calidad impecable, también se debe buscar innovación en material, así los sujetadores no ferrosos proporcionan una excelente dirección pa ra este propósito. Los sujetadores no fer rosos se utilizan en industrias aeroespaciales, ma rinas, de motocicletas, médicas y militares, en que los sujetadores no ferrosos ya han demostrado un rendimiento y valor superiores. Por ot ra pa r te, cómo mejora r la calidad al siguiente nivel, agrega r equipos de inspección es definitivamente el mejor impulso.

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Sobre los materiales de sujetadores no ferrosos, se deben mencionar primero el aluminio, seguido del cobre, titanio, ci r con io, zi n c y est a ño. Ad em á s, en ca sos esp e cia les, es posible usa r mag nesio, n íq uel, plat a, oro, plati no y plomo. O t ras ju nt as met á licas no son ade cuad as como materiales de sujetadores, porque algunas no coinciden sus propiedades , y algu nas son demasiadas ca ras. También hay otros materiales no metálicos tales como la cerámica, el plástico, y el caucho, etc., ya que tienen sus usos únicos para ser los materiales de sujetadores. E n e st a e d ició n , va m os a p r e s e n t a rle s a l Sr. Ta n g, p r e si d e n t e d e F U H U I , u n f a b r i c a n t e d e s u je t a d o r e s e sp e ci a le s p a r a ve h í c u lo s. A p a r t e d e los su je t a d o r e s especiales para vehículos, también produce los sujetadores de cobre y aluminio para la industria energética. Con 53 años de experiencia en la fabricación de piezas especiales, se puede decir que Fuhui es ingenioso en diseñar estos sujetadores de aluminio y cobre. Considera no sólo las características del material, sino también la conveniencia del usua r io, const r uyendo sus productos exclusiva mente personalizados de sujetadores no ferrosos. E l plá st ic o, el ca u cho y el nylon son los m a t e r ia les de sujetador más utilizados en el ca mpo no metálico. A diferencia del metal, los sujetadores no metálicos tienen

propiedades no conductoras, y pueden absorber la vibración debido a su buena elasticidad. Las tapas de goma producidas por JET FAST tienen el diseño único que permite al usuario no exceder la carga torsional cuando se bloquea, para evitar que se rompa cuando el sujetador está bloqueado. Así sus productos de serie PFA son diseñados perfectamente según las características de goma. Uno de los factores básicos más impor tantes pa ra el desarrollo de sujetadores hacia alto valor es la "calidad". Los productos de sujetadores de alto valor se utiliza n principalmente en indust rias que no per miten er rores, pues es posible causa r g raves conse cuencias por u na pequeña rosca dañada. Muchos fabricantes internacionales han comenzado a exigir que los manufactureros posean su propio equipo de inspección, para garantizar que los productos estén en perfectas condiciones antes de salir de la fábrica y para controlar estrictamente el rendimiento de fábrica. En cua nto a los fabrica ntes de equipos de i nspección de Taiwa n, los equipos de clasif icación de ZXY TECHNOLOGY han resuelto el problema de fácil a t a sco d el d isco d ent a do, y su d iseñó V ISION d e la interfaz operativa intuitiva hace que la operación de la compleja máquina sea más conveniente.

▌Non-ferrous and Aluminum Fastener Suppliers ▌ Jet Fast Company

The Center of Attention at IFE’19 PFA Series: Rubber Nut-Insert x Iron Sleeve

by Nai-Wen Chang, Fastener World The PFA rubber nut-insert series developed by JET FAST has an iron sleeve mounted on the top of the rubber nut-insert. During fastening, the bottom of the sleeve presses against the internal nut, thereby preventing overtightening. The rubber nut-insert mounted with a sleeve can be driven with a screw for a riveting purpose, and there is no need to additionally mount a fastened plate or washer, making the installation an easy task. Rubber and nylon nut-inserts can apply to soft boards such as those made of plastic, wood, fiber glass, and glass. The installation is free from the use of special tools and the nut-inserts are reusable, something that average metal rivet nuts cannot accomplish. The rubber nut-inserts are a one-piece construction formed with neoprene/ EPDM rubber and special-purpose copper or stainless steel nuts. With good flexibility, the rubber nutinserts can be used on thin plates or used for deephole assembly, and can effectively block air or liquids from infiltrating into the seams of assembled parts, absorb impact and noise and reduce vibration, and even decrease the chance of loosening as a result

of vibration. Moreover, they can insulate from currents and static electricity. Jet Fast has had indirect collaborations with European carmakers for many years. It is IATF16949 certified and has strict requirements on products. Its original main products, the rubber nut-inserts, are preferred by carmakers because they can reduce vibration and, when used on a car, can decrease the chance of screw loosening as a result of vibration. For carmakers with stringent requirements on product inspection, Jet Fast can supply what they need and satisfy them in the shortest time possible. Jet Fast is st r ict a nd meticulous about qua lit y cont rol for the manufacturing process. Batch numbers are set and i n sp e ct ion r e p or t s a r e m a d e st a r t i ng f r om t he m a t e r ia l feeding process. The production sta r ts wit h a n initial die

Fine Drawn Spring

Carbon Spring

Cam Pin/Spring

Conductive Spring

Power Spring

Probe Spring

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inspection. As the production goes on, configurations of manufacturing machines and product visual appearance are checked regularly at each stage and tapping threads are checked randomly. Finally, each batch number is put into a random check for the final products. In addition, Jet Fast has 8 sets of full optical inspection equipment and plans to continually update the equipment, thereby satisfying clients with special demand for low defection and providing full inspection as well as packaging. Jet Fast’s contact: Debbie Wang

E-Mail: debbie@jetfast.tw

▌Unidades de sujetadores de aluminio no ferrosos ▌ Jet Fast

Enfoque de artículos no sujetadores de hierro en la Expo Las Vegas Serie PFA: tapas de goma x

manguitos de hierro

Por Naiwen Zhang, Fastener World JET FAST lanzó su propia serie PFA, que se equipan con ma nguitos de hier ro en las pa r tes superiores de las tapas de goma. Cuando están bloqueadas en cierta medida, las partes inferiores de los manguitos resistirán las tuercas internas, evitando así el problema de bloqueo excesivo. Las t apas de goma con los ma nguitos se pueden bloquea r di recta mente con tornillos para lograr el remachado. Es fácil de instalar sin la necesidad de añadir una placa de bloqueo o una arandela. Las tapas de goma y nailon se pueden aplicar en superficies de tableros blandos, tales como láminas de plástico, tableros de madera, tableros de fibra de vidrio, láminas de vidrio, etc. No se requieren her ra mientas de montaje especiales y se pueden reutilizar durante la instalación, los que no es posible hacer con las tapas de metal en general. Los cuerpos de

las tapas de goma son productos moldeados integralmente con neopreno o caucho EPDM y tuercas especiales de cobre o acero inoxidable. Debido a la elasticidad buena, se pueden usar en la placa delgada o en el conjunto de orificio profundo, que pueden bloquear efectivamente la penetración de aire o líquido en la costura de la junta, absorber el impacto y el ruido y reducir la vibración, lo que reducen la probabilidad de aflojamiento a causa de la vibración. Por otra parte, los materiales de goma también pueden aislar la corriente y la electricidad estática. JET FAST ha cooperado con los fabricantes de automóviles e u r o p e o s p o r m u c h o s a ñ o s. H a p a s a d o el c e r t i f i c a d o IATF16949, y requiere la calidad del producto rigurosamente. L a s t a pa s d e gom a , q u e son los p r i n cipa les p r o duct os desarrollados por la compañía, tienen la función de reducir la vibración. Cuando se usan en el automóvil, pueden reducir la probabilidad de que los tornillos se af lojen debido a la vibración, y así son ampliamente amadas por los fabricantes de automóviles. En cuanto a los estrictos requisitos de prueba de productos de los fabricantes de automóviles, JET FAST puede proporcionarlos a sus clientes en el menor tiempo posible. En el proceso, JET FAST exige estrictamente el control de calidad, estableciendo el número de lote y el infor me de inspección desde el inicio del proceso. Al comienzo del proceso, se realizará la primera inspección del modelo. En cada etapa del proceso, es necesario verificar periódicamente las condiciones de configuración de la máquina de producción, asícomo el aspecto del producto y la prueba de muestreo de tornillos de rosca. Al final, cada número de lote de producción se muestrea rá para la inspección final del producto terminado. Además, JET FAST tiene actualmente 8 juegos de equipos de inspección óptica, y planea actualizar el equipo uno tras otro, que puede satisfacer los clientes con requisitos especiales sobre la tasa de defectos, lleva ndo a cabo la i nspe cción complet a y el emba laje d i r e cto.

Contacto: Srta. Debbie Wang E-Mail: debbie@jetfast.tw

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Fu Hui Screw Spends NTD Millions

Adopting ARAMIS 3D Test Equipment

Copper-alloy/Aluminum Fasteners Favored by American Energy Industry

by Nai-Wen Chang, Fastener World Certified to both IATF 16949 and ISO 9001, Fu Hui Screw has international-level quality and more than half a century of experience in customizing fasteners. The company highly regards quality and on-time delivery. It not only specializes in special automotive parts but also fasteners for the energy industry. It has developed many products favored by the American market. Many of its copper and aluminum fasteners are applied to American energy plants. The copper fasteners have good electric conductivity and are coated with a layer of tin for corrosion prevention to have better corrosion resistance. For request for f lexible a nd customized production, it provides products in brass, silicon bronze, copper, etc. For the energy industry, Fu Hui Screw developed an aluminum fastener called “Double-Hexagon-Layer Safety Screw”. With

this safety screw, the torque value can be set in accordance with the clients’ demand. Once the specified torque is reached, the first hexagon layer would automatically break to stop the operator’s installation when the optimal performance of the fastener is reached, without worrying about over-tightening and rupture. 90% of the company’s products are special parts, “because we have a thorough knowledge of dies, material properties, and production methods.” “It is because we have sufficient experience that our clients can rest assured letting us produce special parts for them.” President Fu Jen Tang personally handles all from creating and revising drawings to designing dies. The craftsmanship he has honed for the past 50 years has made him a competent veteran for dealing with any special demand for customization. Experienced in customized production, Fu Hui Screw has as many as 11 intricate and accurate procedures from order intake to mass production. It keeps smooth communication with clients and is an excellent performer in quality and lead time management. That is what keeps this company standing for so many years. With 53 years of experience, the company spent NTD 3 million adopting a GOM ATOS Core 3D scanning machine the year before last to handle the requests from European carmakers. The machine is used to measure surface profile and other form and position tolerances for the purpose of quality improvement. At the moment there are very few local companies having this inspection equipment, and therefore Mr. Tang’s care for clients and his requirement on quality is very much self-evident. Fu Hui Screw’s contact: Yasha Ho E-Mail: fht@ms39.hinet.net

FU HUI

invirtió tres millones de dólares en importar el escáner alemán ARAMIS 3D Sus sujetadores de la aleación de

cobre y del material de aluminio

son preferidos por las plantas de la industria energética de EE. UU.

Por Naiwen Zhang, Fastener World Con doble certificación de IATF 16949 / ISO 9001, F U H U I pose e est á nd a r es de ca lid a d cer ti f ica dos internacionalmente y rica experiencia por más de medio siglo en la personalización de sujetadores. Se enfoca en la alta calidad y la entrega puntual. Además de piezas especiales para vehículos, FU HUI también se especializa en sujetadores utilizados por la industria energética, y ha desarrollado independientemente muchos productos q ue son popu la r es en el merca do est a dou n iden se. Los sujetadores de cobre y los de aluminio de FU HUI son ampliamente utilizados en las plantas energéticas de EE. UU. Los sujetadores de cobre tienen una buena conductividad eléctrica, a fin de prevenir la oxidación, se aplica una capa de estaño para lograr una mejor resistencia a la corrosión. Además, los materiales de latón, bronce

de bismuto-zinc y cobre rojo son también disponibles, para combinar con los requisitos de personalización elásticos. En cuanto a los sujetadores para la industria energética, F U H U I h a d esa r r ol la d o u n “ t o r n i l lo d e s eg u r id a d hexagonal de doble capa hecho de aluminio”. El par de torsión se puede ajustar de acuerdo con los requisitos del cliente. Una vez que se alcanza el número especificado de libras, la primera capa de tornillo hexagonal se romperá

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automáticamente. Al instalar el sujetador, se detendrá automáticamente cuando se alcanza el rendimiento óptimo, así el instalador no necesita preocupa rse por romper el sujetador debido a demasiada torsión. El 90% de los productos en la fábrica de FU HUI son piezas especiales. "A causa de la comprensión exhaustiva de los moldes, las propiedades de materiales y los métodos de producción, asícomo con la experiencia suficiente, los clientes pueden entregarnos piezas especiales para producir sin preocupaciones". El Presidente, Sr. Michael Tang, atiende todo por sí mismo de la modificación del dibujo al diseño de moldes, y su artesanía que se ha perfeccionado en los últimos 50 años lo ha hecho sentir bien con

respecto a las necesidades especiales de los clientes. FU HUI, con su rica experiencia en la personalización especial, tiene hasta 11 procesos detallados y precisos, desde el pedido hecho hasta la producción masiva, manteniendo una comunicación fluida con los clientes, y aún alcanzando la superioridad más allá de la imaginación al controlar la calidad y la entrega. Esta es la razón por la que FU HUI permanece en su lugar por tantos años. FU HUI Tornillo, con 53 años de experiencia, en respuesta a los requisitos de los fabricantes de automóviles eu ropeos en el a ño a nterior, invirtió especialmente 3 millones de dólares para importar el escáner 3D alemán GOM ATOS Core para medir la tolerancia geométrica tale como el perfil de una línea, a fín de mejorar la calidad. Actualmente muy pocos fabricantes en este campo tienen tal equipo de inspección, y no hace falta decir que el Sr. Tang atribuye gran importancia a los clientes y exige mucho sobre la calidad.

Contacto: Srta. Olivia Tang E-Mail: sales@fuhui.com.tw

▌Inspection Equipment Supplier ▌ ZXY Technology LTD

“VISION X” with Intuitive User Interface Complex Sorting Machine Made Simple Just Like Using a Smart Phone by Nai-Wen Chang, Fastener World ZXY Technology provides sorting machines originated from user-oriented designs, and specializes in the development and manufacture of customized optical sorting machines. “VISION X”, the company’s latest invention of this year, incorporates intuitive design on the user interface. Joe Lin, president of ZXY Technology, said “The new operating sequence of VISION X enables the user to complete the desired inspection configurations with ease. We have made a complex sorting machine just as simple and convenient as using an iPhone!” The CEO continued that VISION X uses a large number of graphics and icons to replace the texts on the interface, making the operation more intuitive and faster for even a newbie to quickly remember the functions and services associated with the buttons. ZXY can customize machines as per clients’ provided demand on sample inspection, and perform actual inspection on required items. The new user interface has not only accurate computing algorithm, but also significantly improved operating smoothness.

The setup, function adjustment and replacement of consumable supplies for VISION X are all based on ergonomic designs, and the design focus also incorporates cleaning and maintenance. The proper design of electric cable storage and a tidy work platform allow clients to perform simple maintenance with ease, extend machine life and reduce corporate cost expenditures.

Currently, the SCI Steel Belt Series Optical Screw Sorting Machine is suited for inspecting screws, rivet nuts, and products which can be hung on steel belts or special belts. The new steel belts can solve the problem of recess fill on the traditional metal disk. Besides, the machine can work in conjunction with 360-degree customized bending inspection on damaged threads as well as with the latest computing software to finish inspection at a high speed of 500pcs/min. The internal part of the machine is specifically made of aerospace-grade aluminum alloy which significantly increases the life and visual appearance of the machine, while reducing expenses on material costs and bringing actual benefits to the company. Another series, the NGI Glass Dial Series Optical Inspection Sorting Machine can

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reach the highest inspection sorting speed of 1000 pcs/min. Utilizing light transmittance, the machine has cameras set on the bottom and a 360-degree inspection function to check multiple aspects of defects, NGI series is suitable for double-side inspection and oil-free products. ZXY Technology's contact: Ms. Vicky Chang

E-Mail: vicky.zxy.tech@gmail.com

▌Unidades de equipos de inspección ▌ ZXY Technology

VISION X de interfaz de operación intuitiva Equipo de clasificación compuesto pero fácil de usar como un teléfono móvil El equipo de clasif icación de Z XY T ECH NOLOGY diseñado orientado al usuario, que se especializa en I+D y la producción de la máquina de clasif icación óptica personalizada, su interfaz operativa VISION X recientemente desarrollada utiliza el diseño intuitivo, "¡La nueva secuencia operativa de VISION X permite a los operadores completar fácilmente la configuración de inspección deseada, y el equipo de clasificación compuesto es tan fácil y conveniente de usar como el iPhone! ”El Sr. Zhaobang Lin, presidente de la junta, dijo que usar una gran cantidad de iconos en lugar de interfaces de texto es más intuitivo y rápido de usar, incluso los usuarios principantes también pueden memorizar rápidamente las funciones y servicios correspondientes a los botones. Z X Y T E CH NOL OGY pue de r ea li za r r eq u isitos personalizados para las necesidades de prueba de muestras of recidas por los clientes y proceder mediciones reales de acuerdo con los elementos de inspección requeridos. La nueva versión de la interfaz de operación no solo cuenta con técnicas de cálculo precisas, sino que también mejora en gran medida la suavidad de la operación. La configuración de la máquina, el ajuste de las funciones y la sustitución de los consumibles se consideran ergonómicamente. La limpieza y el mantenimiento también se incluyen en una de las prioridades de diseño. La plataforma de trabajo limpia y el almacenamiento de alambre perfecto permiten a los clientes

por Naiwen Chang , Fastener World

lograr fácilmente el mantenimiento simple y extender la vida de la máquina , para que se reduzca el costo de la empresa. La actual máquina de clasificación de inspección óptica de tornillo de la serie SCI de acero se puede aplicar en tornillos, tapas de tiro y productos adecuados para colgar en el cinturón de acero / cinturón especial. Reemplaza el disco tradicional de dientes gruesos con el nuevo cinturón de acero / cinturón especial para resolver el problema de atasco del disco dentado. Además, también puede combinar con la prueba de flexión y roscas dañadas de 360 °, y con el último software informático puede completar la prueba a una alta velocidad de 500pzs / min o más. El material de la máquina interior se selecciona especialmente de la aleación de aluminio aeroespacial, que mejora en gran medida la vida y la textura de la máquina y, al mismo tiempo, reduce el costo de las piezas, lo que aporta a la empresa los beneficios más sustanciales. La otra máquina de clasificación de inspección óptica de la serie NGI de discos de vidrio puede inspeccionar hasta 1000 pzs / min. A base de las características de transmisión de luz del vidrio, se puede equiparse con una lente en la parte inferior y una inspección personalizada de 360 grados. Es adecuada para la inspección de productos a doble cara y sin grasa. Contacto: Srta. Vicky Chang E-Mail: vicky.zxy.tech@gmail.com

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Exhibitions Review Subcon 2019 Opens in

“Detroit of the East- Thailand” by Nai-Wen Chang, Fastener World

Subcon Thailand took place at BITEC in Bangkok. According to Fastener World’s correspondent onsite, many visitors coming to Fastener World stand were looking for fastening products and automotive components. These visitors asking for Fastener World’s latest publications were mostly from local Thailand, USA, Germany, Japan, China, India, etc. Subcon Thailand 2019 was co-located with Intermach and mta Asia. Several Taiwanese companies had their stands in the three thematic areas. The Taiwanese exhibitors included Tzong Ji Metals, Budstech, Special Rivets Corp, etc., which were present to demonstrate their excellent technique. According to the organizer’s statistics, around 400 high-quality manufacturers from 17 countries came to exhibit and many potential buyers were from automotive, aerospace, medical and robotics segments to visit the show this year. The statistics also revealed that more than 50% of the visitors coming to the show over the past years were buyers or business owners, and they were mostly from automotive (26%), mechanical processing (19%) and construction (17%) industries. Thailand is the second largest economy in ASEAN and the automotive industry in the country is very well-developed. The Thai Government is also now actively pushing the introduction of Industry 4.0 into its manufacturing and is planning some relevant economic policies as well to boost the domestic demand, which is expected to further boost the demand of peripheral industries, too.

Consolidating N. American Market, Fastener World Exhibited at International Fastener

Manufacturing Exposition 2019 by Nai Wen Chang, Fastener World

International Fastener Manufacturing Exposition (IFME) 2019 took place May 14 to 16 at Georgia World Congress Center and was co-located with Interwire Trade Exposition this year. IFME is the only industry show with a dedicated and exclusive focus on the manufacture of the full-range of fasteners and precisioned formed parts and is a manufacturing show for manufacturers featuring materials, production machinery, tooling, components, inspection and packaging systems, software, accessories, manufacturing support services...and much more. According to the statistics of the organizer, there were more than 400 exhibitors at both thematic areas (IFME + Interwire) and around 16 seminars were held during the event and visitors were from at least 50 countries. According to Fastener World’s correspondent on-site, most of exhibitors were wire and mechanical parts suppliers. Fastener World disseminated on our stand the latest publications (including Fastener World Magazine, China Fastener World Magazine, Hardware & Fastener Components Magazine, Emerging Fastener Markets Magazine), which offer the most complete suppliers info and industrial news to visiting buyers and keep them updated with global

fastener industrial trends at all times. For buyers interested in Taiwanese fastener manufacturers, our publications are no doubt the most useful and must-have sourcing directory. Fastener World was also one of the most focused stands for visiting buyers during the 3-day event. According to our correspondent, perhaps due to the uncertainties brought by the trade war between China and USA, the number of visitors was not as many as it was in the last edition. However, IFME was still a platform that several fastener and equipment manufacturers converged from different countries (e.g., Carlo Salvi, Sakamura, Wafios, IFMSA and Wrentham Tools) to exhibit their latest fastener technology, materials, manufacturing m a c h i n e r y, t o o l s , testing & inspection facilities, etc. The next edition is scheduled to take place again in 2021.

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Fastener Fair USA 2019 Global Fastener Industries Demonstrate New Innovations by Gang Hao Chang, Vice Editor-in-Chief of Fastener World

After the successful event held at Huntington Convention Center (Cleveland, OH) that drew much attention of American buyers in 2018, Fastener Fair USA 2019 was held on May 22-23 at the Cobo Center in Detroit and attracted many different semi-finished/finished products & related equipment purchasers, distributors, retailors to seek collaboration opportunities. In addition to the latest new products and very competitive service provided by exhibitors this year, the organizer also arranged more than 15 technical and processing sessions, allowing more industrial interaction and market intelligence exchange. Fastener World Inc. was also present to act as a bridge closely connecting the fastener industry in the East and the West. With a new eye-catching stand construction this year, Fastener Wo r l d wa s v i si t e d by lo t s of local ma nufactu rers, suppliers, distributors and end-users interested in buying semi-finished/finished fasteners, machines, tooling, wire & materials. Our newly released publications (incl. Fastener World Magazine, China Fastener World Magazine, and Hardware & Fastener Components Magazine…etc) displayed onsite were also considered by several buyers to be the best way to having their demand fully satisfied. Some buyers also stated that the online B2B System of Fastener World at www.fastener-world.com.tw did help them find out suppliers throughout the world that best fit their real demand.

According to the observation of Fastener World cor respondent, t hough t here exist challenges a nd uncertainties in American / European /Asian markets, many exhibitors from local America and other European or Asian countries still booked their stands this year, in order to enhance their exposure on the market with fierce competition and outpace other competitors to win the entry ticket to the “Winners’ Club”. The next edition of Fastener Fair USA, according to the organizer, will move to Charlotte Convention Center (Charlotte, NC) in May 2020, with an aim at creating more diverse collaboration approaches and business opportunities for the fastener industry.

IFS China 2019,

a Successful Ending on June 13 International Fastener Show China (IFS China) was brought to a successful close in Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on June 13th this year. With an exhibition area of 42,000 square meters, there were breakthroughs in scale and level for International Fastener Show China 2019 whose exhibition area was increased by 24% compared with that in 2018. IFS China gathered 725 renowned enterprises, attracting 36,080 visitors (including 4,212 overseas visitors from 53 countries and regions) in 2019. A great number of purchasers, dealers, traders, end users, manufacturers and other industrial peers sought new opportunities. Well-known fastener enterprises appeared collectively and presented competitive technologies and products during the show. Equipment, wire, mold and consumables suppliers were located in Hall 2, while fasteners, standard fasteners and non-standard fasteners exhibitors were located in Hall 1. IFS China 2019 boasted an active participation of overseas mainstream equipment manufacturers from South Korea, Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United State and Taiwan, etc. The show built a bridge for Chinese and global fastener industry to communicate, cooperate and enhance exchanges and understanding, creating opportunities for fastener companies from home and abroad. Mr. Olaf Daebler, Global Director of Industrial Supply, Research & Technology of Deutsche Messe AG said,” International Fastener Show China 2019 has seen a significant increase in both the exhibition area and the number of the exhibitors, reflecting a very high level of internationalization and great international influence”. The next edition of IFS will again take place June 22-24 in 2020 in Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center with 42,000 square meters and 800 exhibitors.

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The show organizer arranged 12 seminars and a VIP meeting program for exhibitors. An exhibitor welcome gala was also held in the evening of the first day with live bands amping up the atmosphere for exhibitors. This annual show is held alternately in Mexico City and Guadalajara. Follow the latest show updates on our official website for the next open dates in 2020 and location of this show!

Fastener Fair Mexico 2019- the Mexican Fastener

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Event Attended by American, European and Taiwanese Companies

by Dean Tseng, Fastener World

The 5th edition of Fastener Fair Mexico opened at World Trade Center Mexico City during June 19 to 20. The show had 104 local and overseas exhibitors from Mexico, the U.S., Taiwan, China, etc. The visitors to this show scattered evenly across the venue. They included the local Mexicans, the American business persons with local operations in Mexico, and the Guatemalan industry professionals. The visitors were mainly local Mexican importers and distributors, followed by manufacturers. Most of them were looking for industrial fasteners. Taiwanese exhibitors included Chirek, Jern Yao, Uni-Protech, Ko Ying, Shyang Sheng, Home Soon, Easylink, Chien Tsai, Yeswin, Ony Co., and King Yuan Dar, some of which arranged a visit to local Mexican clients after the show. The American and European exhibitors were major companies including Fastenal, Brighton-Best, Atotech, Accument, Bralo, Conventya, MacDermid, and Nylok. Chinese exhibitors included Hisener and Hunan Liangang Fasteners. While handing out magazines there, Fastener World utilized its own developed buyers/sellers exchange platform to find suited targets of purchase for the show visitors.

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Korea Metal Week 2019

by Dean Tseng, Fastener World

Korea Metal Week 2019 was held at KINTEX during June 19 to 21. The Fastener & Wire Zone covered the following categories: - Bolt / Nut Products & Equipment - Automobile Parts / Fastening Products & Subsidiary Materials - Wire Production & Manufacturing Additionally, the show was concurrently held with Press & Forging, Tools, Automobile & Machine Parts, Tube & Pipe, 3D Technology, Foundry & Die Casting, Fundamental Manufacturing Industr y, Aluminum, Metal Surface Treatment & Painting, Laser & Welding, Pump Technology, Composite, Control, Measurement and Automation. This time, experts from Nord-Lock (South Korea) were invited to the show for a seminar speech on the cause of bolt loosening. The show had the attendance of 350 exhibitors, most of which were local companies including Hyodong Machinery. The group of overseas exhibitors included Dörken. Fastener World’s correspondent at the show observed that India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) put up an India Pavilion there consisting of Indian industrial companies. Fastener World as an exhibitor was there as well promoting competitive Ta iwa nese fa st en e r compa n ies t o the Korean market and buildi ng up a br idge between the Taiwanese and Korean markets. The a n nual Korea n Metal Week is going to open its door again from June 17 to 20 in 2020.

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The Fastener Exhibition and Conference, Birmingham 09/11-12 NEC Booth No. I199 The Fastener Exhibition and Conference is expected to welcome 3,000 key buyers & decision makers from leading manufacturers, international wholesalers, OEM’s and local stockists from the Fastener & Fixing Industry. The exhibition provides fastener companies with a dedicated platform to showcase their innovations, exchange expertise and develop business partnerships. It also acts as a trading forum and networking environment, offering valuable insights into future technologies and market trends. The main focus of the show will be responding to the trends of the fastener industry; how the changing innovation within the manufacturing industry directly affects the fastener and fixing industry, and how those who respond to those needs most efficiently will grow their businesses very quickly. The education at the event will consist of a series of seminars, panel debates, demo’s and master classes, focusing on trends, debates, solutions, the future of the industry designed to give manufacturing business leaders the knowledge that they need to make the right decisions for their businesses going forward.

Fastener Trade Shows in the 2nd Half of 2019

decisions, buying-selling and investments will take place. The event features a wide range of latest product range in the related segments from Indian and international manufacturers & suppliers. The HAND TOOLS AND FASTENER EXPO 2019 has exclusive pavilions for manufacturers from China and Taiwan.

The well-established event will be the confluence of the international & national Hand Tools, Power Tools & Fastener manufacturers, and key personnel from the industries in special focus, Distributors/Retailers, Exporters, Industrial Suppliers etc. It is here the future oriented information exchange, discussions,

new business contacts in Poland and beyond and meet our current partners. We appreciate the lengths the organizers went to in order to ensure visitor comfort at the event. We hope that the amazing atmosphere of this year's edition will help make the trade show grow in the future. See you next year!“ Adam Dobrzewinski, CEO at ABAKOSTEEL s.c. Join us for the 3rd FASTENER POLAND Trade Show on 8th-9th October 2019 at the EXPO Krakow, Poland!

Fastener Poland

Booth No. D42 10/08-09 EXPO Krakow International Exhibition and Convention Centre Exhibitors and visitors to Fastener Poland will have an opportunity for the third time to present their offer, target potential business partners, initiate cross-border contacts and long-lasting cooperations, exchange experiences. 190 exhibitors took part in the previous edition, up to 64% of the exhibitors were companies from foreign countries, including China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Spain, South Korea, India, Germany, Taiwan, Turkey, the UK, USA and Italy. Visitor

Hand Tools & Fastener Expo 09/20-22 Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India The Indian subcontinent’s largest and only sourcing point for quality Hand Tools, Power Tools & Fasteners will showcase quality, special and high-end Hand Tools, Power Tools, Fasteners and Specialty Tools etc. used in the industries such as Automobile & Auto Service, Heavy engineering, Construction & Infrastructure, Woodworking & Furniture, Gardening & Horticulture, Aviation etc.

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statistics were also quite impressive: 4,000 visitors, 26% of whom were from foreign countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, France, Israel, Russia, Ukraine. Visitors represented such industries as metal processing, automotive, joinery, construction, furniture and others. The exhibitors also appreciated the good organization and atmosphere that accompanied the event. “The second edition of FASTENER POLAND ® showed that the fastener industry continues to grow. For our company, it was an opportunity to forge

Fastener Trade Show Suzhou 10/23-25 Suzhou International Expo Center As one of the most specialized fastener exhibitions in the world and a widely expected fastener event, the 19th Fastener Trade Show is dedicated to connecting the upstream and downstream of fastener manufacturing industry. Focusing on end users and building a global fastener trade platform are the highlights of the show. Suzhou, one of the central cities in Yangtze River Delta, is the most developed and modern cities in Jiangsu Province. In addition, Suzhou enjoys a very convenient transportation with only 80 km away from Shanghai, and less than 200 km away from Jiaxing, Wuxi, Ningbo, Hangzhou and many other fastener manufacturing bases. Therefore, the Suzhou show can not only help visitors easily connect with most of the fastener manufacturers in China, but also provide them with a good chance to visit the fastener factories. In recent years, the Suzhou show has expanded into two halls, respectively the Fastener Hall and the Equipment Hall, with a total exhibition space of 12,000 sqm. The 19th Fastener Trade Show Suzhou will continue strong momentum with expected more than 400 fastener and supporting manufacturers worldwide. Therefore, the show will offer a great opportunity for professional buyers to do one-stop purchasing of fastener products, production equipment and auxiliary products, as well as raw materials. According to the statistics of previous Suzhou shows, visitors came from 40 countries and regions around the world. It is expected that the 19th Fastener Trade Show Suzhou will attract over 12,000 local and overseas buyers.

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Product This strategy includes: new product development, product life cycle, brand, packaging, service, operation, distribution, etc, which are the basis of Price, Promotion and Place.

Place Also called approach strategy, which is a sales approach for achieving the goal of product distribution.

Promotion This is a planned marketing activity for promoting info of an organization or products to target markets, which is focused on communication with consumers.

Price Also called pricing strategy, which is a tool to find out the target price, pricing method of a product and the way to make price adjustment.

Profitability This means demand management, which is to select customers who best fit your operating capabilities and develop VMI service that can simultaneously reduce costs of both sides and increase sales.

Traditional Marketing Strategies + Profitability

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About the author

Jonathan L.S. Brynes got his DBA from Harvard University and is a senior lecturer at MIT and President of Jonathan L.S. Brynes Consulting Firm. He once provided more than 50 large companies and groups with effective profiting suggestions and is also the most popular expert in profit in the newsletter of HBS Working Knowledge. Tens of millions of readers have gained the correct concept of profit through his book and have thus gained tremendous benefits and returns.

Book Review:

Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink

Without focusing on sales, how can we achieve double by Nai-Wen Chang, Fastener World profit? Increasing Profit is More Important than Increasing Sales! Many ideas referred to in this book are also applicable to fastener companies facing difficulties in making profit. The core idea herein is: instead of increasing sales, analyzing how to increase profit may be more important, i.e., making money. The author took many incorrect business myths possibly existing on several traditional business owners’ minds as examples, such as “Revenue is a good thing while cost is not. Wrong!”, “Whatever our customers need, we give them all. Wrong!”, “Every customer should get the same and the best service. Wrong!” He referred to 10 incorrect business myths that may lead to stagnant corporate growth. To traditional fastener companies, they may feel weird about the author’s saying that “it’s totally wrong to offer all customers the same best service.” As a result, the author proposed a matrix that divides customers into four categories and each category shows different lead time to ensure the well and more accurate control over inventory and sales, along with process and customer service improvements to allow increased profit.

Maximizing Profit with 3 Factors and 5 “P”s Dr. Brynes proposed 3 effective factors for profit management: Profit Mapping, Profit Levers and Profit Management Process. By utilizing these 3 factors can the profit of a company be maximized. Moreover, Dr. Brynes also proposed a new idea to fastener companies which they may take into consideration for future development, that is, other than product innovation, fastener companies must also begin to manage their “innovative customer relationship” which is part of the customer management and supply chain management. He also pointed out in his book that many manufacturers seeking business transformation have been devoted themselves to moving toward this direction and noted that in addition to “Product”, “Place”, “Promotion” and “Price”, “Profitability” is also another parameter that should be taken into account. In addition to continuously developing new products to increase the added value, fastener companies should also focus on their soft power in operation. Many fastener companies started their business as a small familyowned workshop. When they grow bigger, their business pattern must be also changed and each of the internal divisions and data must be also reviewed. The analyses on more than 50 large companies Dr. Brynes has conducted over the past two decades show that “Nearly 40% of the companies’ business did not earn profit or even lost money. These companies relied only on the remaining 20%-30% of their business that are really profitable.” If fastener companies which have grown to a certain large scale could not find out the 40% business that makes them lose money in time, then it would be very difficult for them to get out of the current bottleneck in operation. The current focus of the dedicated fastener companies is always on the R&D, but operation, marketing and improvement of the internal corporate system must be also focused for some time, especially when the company is preparing for more expansion. According to Dr. Brynes, no matter how big or small the company is (a multinational corporation or a company with only 5 employees), they can all refer to suggestions in the book and try to locate the “Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink.”

Profit mapping Analyze customers, products and order profit, instead of spending a few years establishing the basic cost system. How accurate should it be and where the latent profit is.

Profit levers Find out the critical profit lever for managing customers, products and operation and make “bad” customers become “good” customers for you.

Profit management process Put the opportunity to improve profit a top priority and find out the most efficient and effective solution.

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Wood! - You believe it by Peter Standring

Figure 1 Artists impression of the W350 Sumitomo Forestry Tower.

Last summer during a few pleasant lunchtime walks along a canal from my workplace into town, I watched with the curiosity of a bystander as a five story building was erected on the opposite bank and between a main road. The footprint for the new building seemed like a long and very thin wedge with a footprint hardly justifying the work involved. As construction continued I was even more surprised to see that it was entirely made from wood and as such, shot upward in what seemed to be an inordinately short time. This somewhat mundane observation was dumped in my memory no doubt to be forgotten had it not been for an article I read on April Fools Day (1st April). The article stated that Sumitomo Forestry were intending to build a 350 metre, 70 storey skyscraper in Tokyo where 90% of the material used would be wood, the rest steel. Titled W350, the Tower is planned to open 2041 as a celebration of the Company’s 350th anniversary of its foundation. Wood has ‘anisotropic’ properties which means it is strong Naturally, this happening to be the day when tricks and pranks are in the direction of its grains (in tension and compression) but played, I checked the web and found the announcement by Sumitomo weak across them (hence it can be split). Ply wood consists Forestry had originally been made in February. This was no April Fool’s of thin strips of wood bonded together. The grains of each joke - as can be seen in Figure 1. Moreover, looking further into the strip are placed at right angles thus creating a ‘composite’ modern use of wood for buildings it transpires there is indeed a rapidly structure where the properties are the same in the plane of growing movement amongst architects seeking to be environmentally the product. Depending on the number of bonded strips, the friendly. In doing so, they are breaking into the one hundred year plus finished ply is either flexible (with thin products) or stiff domination of steel and concrete used for construction. One compelling when many strips are bonded to make it thick. The glue used reason for this is that every cubic metre of wood to bring the strips together determine the suitability of the used in a building stores one tonne of CO2. ply for different applications namely: interior, exterior or So, what might the implications of large scale marine. construction in wood have for the fastener industry? In modern building construction, three types of ‘ply’ structures are used and most importantly, can be made from unwanted wood. This means that trees which are at the edges of a plantation and deemed unsuitable for the primary applications can be commercially viable.

Building in Wood Very surprisingly, until March 2019, the tallest multi storey wooden building in the world at 67 metres was the 963 year old Sakyamuni Pagoda of Forgong Temple in China. This year, the Mjosa Tower in the Norwegian town of Brumunddal topped it by 13 metres. Of more importance however, in the last decade, 48 new buildings constructed from wood have been proposed, are being built or have been completed all between 26 to 305 metres in height. We may consider this to be a small and insignificant matter of concern only those who have a strong environmental point of view. But it is very interesting to note that the first steel and concrete buildings constructed around the turn of the 20th Century were new and many so called ‘informed’ experts of the day, fully expected they would collapse. Of course problems were encountered but the benefits steel and concrete construction brought ensured their long term success.

• Glulam is a Glued Laminated timber which has been manufactured for over 50 years and is used for straight beams and columns. • LVL is Laminated Veneer Lumber which has the same strength properties as concrete. • CLT is Cross Laminated Timber which when bonded using fire resistant glue is claimed to be as strong as structural steel. Enclosing the ply in a weather tight envelope makes it impervious to rot. Currently, panels up to 6 metres square and 0.5 metres thick are used as walls, floors or for roofs. These have been demonstrated to survive intense heat better than steel or concrete. Besides their environmental credentials, it is highly significant that prefabricated wooden buildings can take half the time to construct compared with those using cast-in-situ concrete. They also have only 25% of the mass and reduce the carbon footprint by 60-75%. It is perhaps worth noting how quickly ‘stock turns’ take place in the modern technological age. Two You Tube videos serve to illustrate this point. One showing the growth/spread of the human population through the ages (You Tube – Growth of human population by the American Museum of Natural History), the other plotting the performance of the world’s top 15 branded companies between 2000 and 2018 (You Tube – Top 15 best global brands ranking 2000 – 2018). Watching these is informative and gives a fundamental focus on how quickly the world is changing.

By its 2041 target date official opening, the Sumitomo Forestry W350 Tower could simply be one amongst a great many equal timber built skyscrapers spreading like wooden forests in cities around the world?

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Fasteners for Wooden Buildings As stated in a previous article, the intellectual concept of using a third item to fasten together two other dissimilar things must have been the most significant leap forward ever made by humans (A Fascination with Fasteners – Published in Fastener World Issue 173, Nov/Dec 2018 pp 288 – 291). Move on to the problem of attaching wood together to produce a tall building and as yet there isn’t an easy solution. At great heights, nails and screws are not appropriate to be used as fasteners because the buildings are so light they risk being blown over. The constructional methodology used in residential structures is not too problematic because the smaller internal unit elements provide a honey comb of adjoining rooms which can be used to achieve structural stiffness. The design of open plan commercial space requires heavy duty anchoring which effectively means placing tie rods through the entire building to secure the top to the ground.

a). cantilever with a prop

b). simply supported beam with one or many props

Figure 2 Examples of beams where redundancies (prop) is employed.

The dougongs are undoubtedly ‘flexible’ fasteners, secured only by the mass of the roof holding them in place. Yet scientific studies carried out on quarter scale replicas have shown that such structures can remain intact even after being subjected to an induced earthquake of 10 on the Richter Scale. However, such studies only serve to explain what has been common knowledge for centuries. So, could the use of wood for high rise buildings largely replace steel and concrete for construction? As yet, only the dougong methodology is proven technology for holding high wooden buildings together. Therefore, the question must be asked, what implications does this have for the fastener industry?

It is fascinating to learn that the Sakyamuni Pagoda previously mentioned uses no nails or screws in its construction and has incidentally survived many serious earthquakes in its almost 1000 years of existence along with the usual ravages of time. It, like so many ancient Chinese, Japanese and Korean wooden buildings uses ‘Dougongs’ (wood blocks ‘dou’ and short beams ‘gong’) in its construction. As shown in Figure 2, in engineering beam theory, a ‘redundancy’ refers to an additional support (a prop) placed under a beam to reduce the bending moment. In ancient structures and buildings made from stone which is weak in tension, corbelling (the placing of one flat stone slightly further out into space from the one which it rests on) provided a common method to form roofs. Also, in antiquity, the use of columns to support roofs was widely used in formal structures but these seriously limited the free room inside. It was the total lack of columns inside the Pantheon Building in Rome which was truly sensational and which even after ~2000 years still makes it at 43 metres the largest unsupported dome in the world. Some 1500 years before the Sakyamuni Pagoda was constructed, artisan craftsmen in China developed the concept of a dougong. As shown in Figure 3, the block (dou), carved to accommodate the short beam (gong), was placed (free standing) on top of a column. The short beam was then placed centrally in the block extending axially in line with the intended roof beam and equally on both sides of the column as a simple double cantilever support. The symmetrical loading on either side of the column ensures equilibrium and therefore is secure. Over time and presumably with the confidence of previous success, dou’s were added to the ends of the gong and a longer gong put in place above it thus extended the cantilever. With increasing knowledge, skill and confidence, this practice of ‘flexible’ support led to the richly decorated multi dougongs found at the many Imperial and religious buildings across China, Japan and Korea.

a). single dougong

b). double dougong

Figure 3 Simplified dougong construction showing redundancies. (It should be noted that using complex carpentry for sophisticated seatings, multiple dougongs were constructed at various angles to each other in the horizontal plane and not simply in the x direction as shown in Figure 3 above).

What may Tomorrow Bring? As pointed out in a previous Fastener World article, the construction industry represents 50% of the world use of steel (As you LIKE it – Published in Fastener World Issue 175, Mar/Apr 2019 pp 248 -252). So, if we assume that by 2050, 50% of the world construction will be made from prefabricated wood, then what changes might this herald for fastener producers? Clearly, modern wooden buildings will not be built using dougongs but they might be made using similar techniques in a different form. For example, if future building regulations insist the weather proofing envelope of ply materials must at no costs be penetrated to ensure their longevity, then supportive rather than securing methods may need to be invented? Clearly, at present, fasteners and fixings must be employed in all the previously mentioned 48 new wooden builds. But, as with the initial development of steel and concrete structures, problems will be identified and solutions required to be found. As we all know, change is everywhere continuous and each second, minute, hour, day etc.. brings new opportunities. For those engaged in the fastener industry, today, wooden building construction may be where steel and concrete construction was over 100 years ago. Perhaps now would be a good time to get in at the ground floor? Oh and this is definitely not an April Fool’s joke!

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Company Focus

First Red Dot Award for a Screw!

TENZ® Wins the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019 for the Innovative Low Energy Thread provided by TENZ International Limited The ju r y of t he Red Dot Awa rd was amazed. There was a screw in front of them! The innovative thread design convinced the jury and led to the first screw winning the Red Dot Award: Product Design. This has never happened in the screw industry.

Sales started in Switzerland in 2017, followed in 2018 by Italy and Germany. In 2019, the world’s largest DIY chain, based in the US, decided to equip its own wood screw with TENZ® technology, which is now available in 2,200 DIY stores across the US.

There are people who have a different view of the world. Gerhard Hubmann, the CEO of TENZ ®, is one of them. He has been working on screws of all kinds for many years. His drive to reinvent the screw came from his expertise in all aspects of this everyday product. Two key improvements were particularly important to him: to reduce the use of force in the application and to minimize the energy expenditure

TENZ® Low-Energy Screw – Good for the Environment

From the Idea to the Low Energy Screw to the Sale in the USA At t he b egi n n i ng of 2011, G e r h a r d Hubmann came up with his idea for a new th read design, which he followed f rom prototype construction through tests with several universities to production readiness. Innovative TENZ ® Stairs along the thread significantly reduce friction and thus screwing resistance. The advantages of the patented TENZ® Stairs Thread Technology are: - up to 50% reduced screwing resistance - Install up to twice as many screws with one battery charge - up to 10 times longer service life of application devices

T he motivation behi nd T ENZ ® was to sha r pen people’s perception of t he supposedly unimportant everyday utensils. Using the example of the screw, the goal is to show that all of us in the community can manage to achieve significant and global savings in energy consumption through the smallest changes in the swarm.

The Recognition of the Design Quality with the Red Dot Award 2019 The next highlight in the company’s history followed in March of this year – the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019, which the renowned jury grants only to products that have an outstanding design. Submitting the screw itself to this globally respected design awa rd was a gamble. Because no one expected such a product in this competition, and it must exist alongside big names such as McLaren, Apple or LG and many other impressive inventions. The jury of 40 international experts evaluated all submissions according to the criteria of innovativeness, functionality, formal quality, longevity and ergonomics - and selected t he T E N Z ® wood screw f rom a rou nd 5,500 participants to award them with the following reason: With its innovative design, the TENZ ® Low-Energy Screw is ecofriendly and future-oriented. It reflects the consistent implementation of the need for a resource-saving wood screw. “I would like to congratulate the laureates sincerely on their wonderful success. The fact that their products were able to satisfy the strict criteria of the jury bears testimony to their award-winning design quality. The laureates are thus setting key trends in the design industry and are showing where future directions may lead,” said Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of Red Dot, in reference to the winners.

Outstanding Presentation TENZ® received several design awards (for example another Red Dot Award in 2018) for its ‘peek box’ packaging design for the low-energy woodscrew, which presents the screw in a completely new way. Previous Awards for TENZ®: - German Packaging Award 2017 - Austrian Economy Ministry’s State Prize 2017 – Engineer Consulting - Intern. Wirtschaftsfilmtage (Business Film Days) / Category Informationsfilme (Informational Films): “Prix Victoria” in Gold 2018 - Red Dot Award: Packaging Design 2018 - German Design Award 2019 - Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019 About TENZ®: TENZ® is a growing, innovative company headquartered in Graz, Austria. In 2016, it established its branch office in Taiwan. Internationally, we develop technology without compromise. Our core competence lies in the connection technology. Energy-saving and gentle on materials, users and tools, we make screw technology thrive into the 21st century with the TENZ® - Low Energy-Screw.

For more information visit www.tenz.com.tw Or contact us: TENZ INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Tel: +886 2 2716 0101

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INNOVATION ALLEY Buttonfix Develops the No Compromise Panel Fastener For the most demanding applications such as fire-sensitive environments, Buttonfix has designed an all-metal version of its awardwinning panel fixings. The Type 1 Metal ButtonFix retains all the benefits of the polymer versions – quick and easy installation, accessibility of services, and amazing strength – but is manufactured in materials that are for use with fire-retardant panels.

German Goebel Fasteners Releases New GO-300 Cordless Lithium-Ion Battery Tool for Threaded Inserts

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Producers of fire-retardant panels have been quick to see the advantages of this new product. With a stainless-steel spring to grip the Button within the Fix, Type 1 Metal Button-Fix is also ideal for marine applications where vibration may be an issue. The reassuring ‘click’ as the Button-fix locks home has been tested over 10,000 times, to ensure reliable performance no matter how many times the panel is removed. Available from May this year, Type 1 Metal Button-Fix meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Standards: Annex 2.1 for non-combustible materials, making it ideal for all types of interior panelling on yachts and ships.

German Böllhoff Releases New WELTAC Resistance Element Welding W ELTAC ® resista nce element welding enables the joining of lightweight materials with steel of all qualities. For the joining of materials in car lightweight design, especially aluminium and steel, Böllhoff has added another technology to its product portfolio: the resistance element welding. Resistance element welding is a further development of resistance spot welding. At WELTAC®, a rivet-like resistance element ensures, that materials which are not thermally compatible, or only to a limited extent, are joined. The resistance spot welding systems, existing at the customers’ premises, can still be used for modern body construction architectures.

Swiss “invisMX” Invisible Magnetic Screws Screws are a common component. Fastening screws onto an object will inevitably leave the screw head on the connecting part of the surfaces and undermine visual appearance. In light of this, a Swiss company invented an invisible magnetic screw which leaves no screw marks when used to fasten objects. This screw is named invisMX magnetic invisible screw, and it has a strong bearing capability at a maximum of 400 kilograms. The screw was invented by Lamello AG Joining Technology from Switzerland. It can stay hidden and fasten the internal part of objects.

The new GO-300 addition to the GOEBEL cordless tool family offers modern features that provide advantageous benefits to the operator in all job-site applications. It is ergonomically designed for speed, efficiency, and versatility when setting threaded inserts. The cordless battery system allows the user to take the tool to any job-site and have free range of motion. Performance is what the company strived to provide with this tool therefore it added a pulling force adjustment which the user can set to L = low and H = high. The multi functional switch panel indicates the battery level as well as gives the user the option to adjust the stroke range easily depending on the size and grip range of the threaded insert. The tool set comes complete with battery, charger, interchangeable mandrel & anvils, wrench and operating manual; all stored together in a rugged carrying-case. The easy to identify colored mandrels allows the user to quickly reach for the correct threaded mandrel needed for the application.

It is somewhat similar to the mortise and tenon in Chinese building structures but simpler and more convenient. All that is needed is to punch a small hole on the wood, install the screw into the hole on one end of the wood, and drive in the nut on the other end, utilizing connection of two pieces of wood and a magnetic tool to fasten the screw and nut. This is all done by utilizing unique magnetic attraction repulsion. The removal of the screw is very convenient, and all that takes it is to use related magnetic tools which will remove the screw within seconds. The screw can make wood connection very firm and has a strong grip with the torsion force reaching 160 kilograms. It is currently applied to the process of furniture production.

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60-Volt Cordless Nutrunner Optimizes High-Torque Fastening Application STANLEY Assembly Technologies, a brand of STANLEY Engineered Fastening, is extending its B-Series cordless tool line to include the B44L anglelever cordless nutrunner. Thanks to its 60-volt DEWALT® FLEXVOLT™ battery, the B44L is the most powerful cordless nutrunner available to the assembly market. For added convenience, the B44L can store data for up to 500 fastening cycles and two trace sequences. It also has a built-in controller with wireless capability. This allows seamless integration with the plant’s existing communications system.

The B44L is available in four models with speed ratings from 243 to 573 rpm and maximum torque ranges of 55 to 120 Nm. The ½" drive is also offered in square, doubleended and flush socket configurations.

MiTek Releases Its New ProSeries™ “WSTS Truss/Stud Screw” MiTek USA announced that it has released a new ProSeries™ fastener. The new ProSeries™ “WSTS Truss/Stud Screw” provides uplift resistance and lateral load resistance for the following connections: Truss-to-top-plate; rafter-to-top-plate; top-plate-to-stud; stud-to-bottom-plate. The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw is tested in accordance with ICC-ES AC233 and AC13, and meets 2015 and 2018 IRC and IBC code requirements. The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw offers a “reverse thread angle” on opposite ends of the screw for greater resistance to withdrawal. The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw is fully threaded along its length for installation flexibility. The head of the screw is designed to countersink when driven, so the screw is taken out of the way of finishing materials like drywall and trim. A Type-17 screw point engages the wood quickly for easier starting and driving of the screw. The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw package includes an installation angle tool that makes proper installations easier. The installation angle tool is also removable so the bit can be used with or without the device. The screw comes in two lengths: 4½ inch length for stud-to-bottom plate connections, and 6 inch length for connections through the double top plate.

New Simpson Strong-Tie® SDWS Timber SS Screw Provides Durability and Efficiency Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced the official launch of the Strong-Drive SDWS Timber SS Type 316 stainless-steel structural screw, a premium solution for construction and repair of coastal piers, boardwalks, docks and other projects that require structural fastening in extreme saltwater environments. The SDWS Timber SS prototype was specified and successfully field-tested as the primary pier-board fastener for the $8.7 million modernization of the Pismo Beach Pier. At 1,200 feet long, the Pismo Pier is the 18th longest in California and had several sections that had not been replaced since the pier was constructed in 1928.

To ensure that the Pismo Pier project could meet budget and scheduling requirements while providing the structural durability to last many more decades, Morro Bay, CA–based Shoreline Engineering turned to Simpson Strong-Tie for fasteners that were corrosion resistant and easy to install. Available in 3", 4", 5", 6", 8", 10" and 12" lengths, the SDWS Timber SS features a patented SawTooth™ point to eliminate the predrilling and counterboring required by lag screws while providing greater load ratings than spikes without nail-pops and their associated tripping hazards. T he SDWS Timber SS 316 stai n less-steel st r uct u ral screw complements the Strong-Drive® family of fasteners and is anticipated to provide a broad range of fastener solutions for coastal pier, boardwalk and ledger applications where a flat, flush washer head is advantageous.

Chicago Pneumatic Releases New CP7748 Impact Wrench Chicago Pneumatic has introduced a new powerful ½” impact wrench for vehicle service specialists. Built upon the heritage of the successful previous model, the CP7748 has been designed to offer operators unparalleled levels of power, comfort and durability and is suitable for workshop or roadside assistance tasks such as tire changing. Weighing in at just 4.4 lbs (2 kg) and delivering 960 ft. lbs (1,300 Nm) of power in reverse, the CP7748 impact wrench provides a high power-toweight ratio. At the heart of the design is an innovative forward/reverse and power control set up based on a ring system, which is more ergonomic than controls on the back of the tool. Users can either change direction by pushing buttons easily with one hand, or simply by turning the ring from anywhere around the tool. The CP7748 also offers two different settings in the forward position (40 per cent of maximum power and full power) and a full power

setting in reverse. This ring system facilitates the use of the CP7748 in tight places without having to remove the tool to change direction. The CP7748 can comfortably be used in confined spaces since it is compact. The tool measures only 6.89 inches (175 mm) in length. Chicago Pneumatic has designed the new impact wrench with durability in mind. Feat u ring a ha rd ch romium aluminum cylinder that surrounds the motor and twin hammer mechanism, the CP7748 wrench delivers optimum performance in the toughest operating environment. The CP7748 is also available in 2” anvil.

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Japanese LOBTEX Rolls out Non-slipping Hexagonal Wrench Package Suited for Inclined Wrench Insertion LOBTEX launched sales of BWM9S ball-end hexagonal wrenches that prevent slipping when they are inserted at an inclined angle. Ballend hexagonal wrenches conveniently allow users to insert at an angle into the hexagonal bolt hole, but in a high-torque application they would easily slip off from the hole. Therefore, LOBTEX increased the area of contact with the bolt hole and came up with a wrench shape that prevents slipping.

Features: (1) Special shape design: Preventing slipping for perpendicular, or 20-degree inclined wrench insertion. (2) Best suited for fastening bolts in a tight or innermost area. (3) The red holder of the wrenches is foldable, allowing convenient fetching and storage.

Japanese Kamiyama Tekkosho Develops a Test Device Analyzing Self-drilling Screw Performance Kamiyama Tekkosho developed the self-drilling screw fastening test device called "SCR-19S" with an aim to reduce the required time of fastening selfdrilling screws by 50%. The company is currently using the device for trial tests and it expects to develop a new type of self-drilling screws by 2020. The common way to test self-drilling screws is to improve the drilling tip and then measure the time required for the self-drilling screw to fasten onto test materials. The way that the new device takes is to use sensors to measure the number of rotation of the screw as well as the force applied to the screw's axial and perpendicular direction, and then use the new acquired data to improve drill tip design. Kamiyama Tekkosho's "Uni-point" construction self-drilling screws drills into iron plates without the need for pre-drilling holes. The new screw design is expected to further improve Uni-point.

Japanese LINEX Releases TRIBO 3-in-1 Bolt

Tribo Bolt combines multiple patented designs into an original branded product integrating a special head shape, special materials and special threads. It achieves three major functions: lightweighting, high strength and anti-loosening. The head height is 60%-70% of a hexagonal bolt, the head diameter is 80%, and the total volume is 50% of a hexagonal bolt. • • • • •

Zero driving angle. Great torque transmission. Increases socket durability. Makes the socket lighter, thinner, shorter and smaller. Special outer shape requiring specified tools. Anti-theft. Miniaturized grain structure. Reduced material impurity. Enhanced delayed fracture resistance. High strength. • MotionTite asymmetrical thread design increasing fatigue strength by 1.2 times. Resisting impact and vibration.

Nitto Seiko Rolls out “MISTOL®F” for Inspecting and Sorting Parts of Ultra-small Objects Nitto Seiko launched sales of "MISTOL®F" on June 3 which can inspect the appearance and size of ultrasmall screws with diameters from 0.6mm to 3mm. The device can perform an inspection of appearance (damage, color, etc.), size, and mixed materials at a speed of 100 to 500 pieces per minute and can be applied by the automotive parts and household appliances industries. It can check the upper and lower side of an object simultaneously without worrying about clogged objects.

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Japan Lobtex Announces New The Japanese well-known hand tool manufacturer, Lobtex Co., Ltd. has Angled Tip Long-Nose Pliersă&#x20AC;&#x20AC; recently developed its new J-CRAFT series angled tip long-nose pliers. Thanks to the direction and angle (30Â°) of the tip, this tool can easily grip target objects even in cramped spaces where conventional pliers cannot be laterally opened.

Japanese Tohnichi Developed Mistake-proofing Torque Wrench Preventing Repeated Fastening The CSPFHW series wireless torque wrench can detect if the user forgets he or she has tightened a fastener and is trying to re-tighten it. This product comes with no torque sensor but instead comes with the unique ability to check for repeated tightening. Repeated tightening on an already tightened bolt or nut would be regarded by the wrench as a repetition and the red NG lamp would turn on. This wireless wrench operates in conjunction with a signal receptor, configuration box, and multi-port box. 7-digit English and numeric characters and a 3-digit ID can be set for the wrench to trace its usage data. The battery can sustain through over 150 thousand times of use. In the case of fastening 3600 pieces of fastener per day, the battery can be used for over two months. The wrench head can be exchanged for a ratchet head and other head types for compatibility with various fastening operations.

Japanese Tokyo Electron Device Rolls out New Small Parts Counting Machine The counting device from Tokyo Electron Device can precisely count the number of small and lightweight parts, and can be used for counting, stock management and subdivision of screws, washers and electronic parts. It can recognize the type and number of parts, preventing human errors such as miscounting and mixing with wrong parts. The company sells it to parts manufacturers and logistics centers. The device consists of a workbench to which the parts are placed, a counting camera, and a monitor display to show the counting result. The user has to select from the monitor the parts to be counted, and then place the parts onto the workbench for counting. Placing different parts will make the monitor report an error marked in red, thereby preventing the user from taking the wrong parts. By using this device, parts manufacturers and logistics centers can reduce operating time, facilitate standardized operation and make it easier to record operations.

Fastener World no.177/2019 • There are many ways that fastener manufacturers can make quality deficient parts. If one attempted to classify the source of all these different failure modes and quality issues, they likely would emerge with three or four general categories. One of these general categories and perhaps the single greatest contributor to end product quality issues is the quality of the raw material from which every fastener starts. This article will explore some of the most common quality issues related to raw material and seek to simply describe how each specific issue has an impact on final part quality. To successfully explore the most common quality issues in raw materials one must first have a very basic understanding of the raw material utilized by fastener manufacturers and how it is produced. Of course, the actual purchase and specification of raw material is very much a personal company choice that is determined by years of experience in honing individual manufacturing processes as well as supplying appropriate feed stock to a wide variety of machines and equipment. Obviously, this means that some fasteners may be made from very different raw material feed stock types such as coiled wire, coiled rod, cut-to-length bars, or individual blanks. For the purpose of this article, however, we will narrow the manufacturing process down to just cold heading, thereby, focusing exclusively on raw material wire and rod that is in coiled form. If a curious friend were to ask you how your company makes fasteners, you might simply reply by “cold heading”. Although that term is understood by you and your industry colleagues, it would make little sense to your non-initiated friend. Therefore, you might get a follow-up question to describe what that means. How would you do this in a simple fashion that your friend is sure to understand? Perhaps you might describe the process something like this, “ We take raw material (usually steel), feed it into one of our machines, smash it with a tremendous amount of force in an effort to redistribute the metal into a desired shape, and collect the newly formed part to finish the process with other subsequent operations.” Although you may choose slightly different words, I am relatively positive that the process described would be similar to the example I have shared here. And if we analyze this simple description for what it communicates, what does it say about the raw material? Essentially it says that we must have raw

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material that we can depend on to consistently redistribute itself into complex shapes when exposed to tremendous forces without bursting, cracking, or fracturing. In other words, we require raw material that must consistently perform under extreme conditions. Not all raw material can supply this desired performance, and, thus, fastener manufacturers must rely on a premium quality material, which we normally refer to as Cold Heading Quality or CHQ wire and rod. Where does this material come from? The simple answer is from a steel mill that is capable of producing such level of performance quality material. In North America, there are only about eight to ten steel mills that are capable of this task. Regardless of what part of the world or what supplier the CHQ material comes from, the production process is pretty similar; material is melted, cast, hot drawn, and finished. The process begins by melting or creating a batch of material from some form of feedstock. For steel, CHQ quality materials are usually melted in an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF), although other steel making processes can be employed. The steel making portion of the cycle is an iterative process of several steps. The furnace is charged with “iron units”, which generally are a mix of scrap steel and some form of more refined iron. This “charge” is melted down and basic refinement begins. The resulting product of this stage of the process is an intermediate of the final desired product. In concept, imagine we were making fudge swirl ice cream. We first start with making vanilla ice cream and then add all the special ingredients to get the fudge swirl variety we want. By analogy, the product of the EAF is like the vanilla ice cream, it is definitely a steel product but not yet the exact variety we want. Therefore, after the steel is melted and refinement begins in the EAF, it is transferred into a large crucible called the Ladle. In this stage all the finishing touches are added and the steel becomes the finished variety we seek. Most often this stage includes a vacuum degassing process where the Ladle is placed into a chamber and a vacuum pulled. This removes unwanted gases and other impurities. It is important to be aware that not all steel makers utilize this vacuum degassing step. Surely, however, those mills that incorporate this process are producing a higher quality steel so that knowledge of your suppliers process is important in knowing what you have to work with.

Troubleshooting Common Quality Issues in Wire Raw Material by Laurence Claus

Following the ladle refinement, the finished steel is transferred into the caster where continuous strands of steel emerge, are cut, and become what is known as a billet. Billets vary from steel mill to steel mill in shape and size, however, one billet is the input into the hot rolling mill and results in the output of one long continuous coil. The hot rolling process involves heating the material up above its critical temperature. It then proceeds to go through break down stands which progressively reshape and reduce the size of the billet to the finished hot rolled rod size. The end result is a continuous coil of what is known as “Green Rod”. At this stage, one might look at the coiled material and conclude that it was ready to be used to make fasteners. In fact, it would be hard to fault someone in arriving at this conclusion because a coil of Green Rod looks remarkably similar to a coil of finished wire. However, drawing this conclusion would be incorrect. The “Green Rod” has some significant deficiencies. At this stage, the surface may have a great deal of scale or other surface detritus adhering to it, which would be extremely detrimental to tooling. The microstructure is inconsistent throughout the length of the coil, so that performance may vary greatly from one end to the other. Finally, at this stage, although the material looks round and consistent in size, in reality, it possesses significant variability in both dimension and roundness.

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Since most manufacturers cannot successfully manufacture parts under these conditions, a final finishing process step must be employed. There are many options here, so we will simply categorize this as the finishing step where “Green Rod” is transformed into finished wire. This often employs cleaning the surface, coating the surface, annealing to achieve a consistent microstructure, and drawing to improve the dimensional and roundness characteristics. The outcome of the above process is finished CHQ wire. Unfortunately, there are places in this process where hiccups occur, resulting in quality issues. Now that we have a general understanding of the process to manufacture coiled CHQ wire, let us explore the places where things can go wrong. Figure 3: Wire Lap in Cross Section

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In my experience anytime a manufacturer has part problems which they believe are due to the raw material, it is blamed on a seam. This is unfortunate because although seams are likely the most common of raw material problems, they are not the only problem and, in fact, there are other discrepancies that appear similar in nature or result in similar problems on finished parts. What, therefore, is a seam? A seam is an artifact of the casting and rolling process. When the billet ends up with a small surface defect, maybe a small void or depression, that is not removed prior to rolling, it will not close up in the rolling process but rather stretch out. The depth and length will depend mostly on the size of the imperfection from which the seam originated and the final diameter of the rod. If this is not quite clear, imagine taking the tip of a pen or other blunt nose tool and pressing a small hole in the surface of a block of taffy. If you then grabbed this block with both hands and began to pull on it, what happens to the circular hole that you poked in it? You would see that the hole would simply begin to elongate as you stretched the taffy. If you stretched it long enough and far enough that circular hole would no longer be recognizable as a hole or even a circular depression, but rather a long continuous line. If you cut through the taffy across that line you would find that the taffy was not fused together for some distance into the stretched block and would appear like a crack. This is exactly what happens when an imperfection in the surface of a billet is broken down into much smaller diameter rod.

Laps in wire and rod usually appear on the exterior similar to a seam. Occasionally, a lap will appear differently than a seam in that it will be very irregular along the surface or show up as two parallel lines. The definitive way of determining a lap from a seam, however, is to view it in cross section (See Figure 3). Whereas a seam will always be pointing towards the center, a lap can point in any direction. Laps are created during the hot rolling process. When the rollers that reduce the diameter are just slightly out of alignment, they can roll over a small flap of material. As this is rolled through subsequent rolling stands this flap is folded over and pressed into the surface. Unlike a seam, because laps are generally the result of a tool misalignment, the discrepancy is found over long sections or even the entire coil.

Seams are particularly insidious because they can occur anywhere in the coil and often for only short lengths. This means that they are difficult, if not impossible, to discern or to remove from the coil prior to using it. Rolling mill operators have done much to improve their processes over the years, but this is one of those problems that even the best supplier cannot completely guarantee a coil is free of. Figure 1 shows a seam on the surface of a section of wire. A seam will always be running lengthwise with the axis or spiraling around (in the case of some non-ferrous materials where process steps involve twisting the rod during processing). Figure 2 shows a wire sample in cross section. One of the ways that one knows it is a seam is that the crevice (seam) will always point towards the center.

Figure 1: Wire Seam

Figure 2: Wire Seam in Cross Section

Figure 4: Scratch in Cross Section

Scratches: Scratches are the result of mechanical damage during the rolling or drawing process. If any kind of debris or surface imperfection is found on the rolling or drawing tools, it can have the result of scratching the surface. Again, a scratch may appear like a seam or lap. However, when viewed in cross section there will be no open crevice like one finds with a seam or lap. Figure 4 illustrates a scratch in cross section. It is obvious that the material is compressed but not an “open wound” in the area of the scratch.

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Consequences of Seams, Laps, and Scratches:

Figure 5: Cracked Head from Wire Seam

In many cases seams, laps, and scratches have no obvious detrimental impact on finished parts. However, all three discrepancies are vulnerable to the excessive forces exerted during forming and can result in a finished part crack or burst. Most often, these discrepancies sufficiently weaken a part that is undergoing significant forming and result in cracked heads or flanges. Figure 5 shows a cracked head that is the result of a seam.

Inclusions: When someone refers to steel (or other metal) as being “dirty”, they are making a statement about inclusions. Inclusions are chemical compounds and non-metals that are entrapped or present in the steel (or other metal). Although there are instances where certain non-metallic compounds may be advantageous, as a general rule the presence of inclusions is detrimental. Even very small amounts of certain inclusions can have a dramatic impact on the performance of the steel (or other metal). Inclusions are generally classified into two groups; exogenous inclusions and indigenous inclusions. Indigenous inclusions are generally small in size and form from chemical reactions with residual or tramp elements within the metal. Exogenous inclusions come from outside sources and are entrapped during the melting or casting process. They tend to be remnants of the slag layer or mold refractories. Exogenous inclusions can vary dramatically in size and large exogenous inclusions near the surface present a real danger as stress risers or failure initiation sites.

Insufficient Coating: One of the absolute necessities of the cold forming process is adequate and effective lubrication at the interface of the raw material and the tools forming the part. If this lubrication breaks down the frictional forces are very high and parts will begin to stick or “weld” themselves to the working surface of the tooling. The effect is that the first parts to experience this will emerge from the tooling showing signs of damage or incomplete forming and very soon the tool will be subject to breakdown and complete failure. As noted earlier in the process description, Green Rod emerges from the rolling mill with a rough and often scale encrusted surface. It is critical in the processing of the raw material that this scale and surface detritus be removed. This is usually accomplished by cleaning the coiled rod in hydrochloric or sulfuric acid, although mechanical means of removal can also be utilized. Once clean, however, it must be coated to protect it from any subsequent surface deterioration and to provide the necessary lubrication for forming. There are many coating options and they vary from metal to metal. For example, coatings that work well for steel may not be sufficient for stainless steel, so that normal stainless steel coatings are different than those purchased for carbon and alloy steels. Generally speaking, most manufacturers find a couple of coating variations that they like and have been successful with over the years and stick to these. Whatever they use, however, it is important that they get it right, since insufficient proportions and coverage of coatings will very quickly lead to quality problems and tooling failure.

Improper Microstructure: The microstructure refers to what is going on inside the metal. There are a complicated array of factors that all must align to provide the optimal performance of the raw material. For this reason, the steel and hot rolling mills employ experts and many safeguards to assure that the final microstructure is correct. Of particular concern will be grain size, spheroidization (from the annealing process of steel) and the amount and size of inclusions. Although these are not the only factors of importance, they are a couple of the more prominent factors that will determine how successful the wire will be in the cold forming process.

Conclusion: Although most manufacturers likely take the raw material they use for granted, it is a very important and critical component in getting the end product right. In other words, when the raw material exhibits a problem it will surely manifest itself into a bigger problem on finished parts later on. Therefore, manufacturers should have an intimate knowledge of all of their raw material suppliers- the processes they use to manufacturer the raw material, their quality record, and their capabilities. They should actively seek ways to work with their suppliers to provide continual improvement to their raw material and, in doing so, improve their own quality performance.

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These seem like simple terms that many of us should know; however there are just as many users who may either confuse the terms, or more importantly, fail to understand the implications of improper usage and the many variables which affect the results that are expected. Both actions of torque and tension are measures of force; one is used to accomplish the other. Units of force are measured as an amount of applied energy times a unit of distance. Tension is the result of the application of torque and torsion. When torque is applied to a fastener, we are rotating the nut onto the threads of a bolt. Therefore, torque is a twisting force causing rotation about an axis: the bolt. This force is measured in Newton-meters (N-m) or pound-feet (lb.-ft.). As the nut contacts the joint surface and begins to compress the joint, the nut encounters resistance. Now the torque becomes measurable as the amount of exerted force required to continue to rotate the nut against the joint at a distance of 1 meter or 1 foot. As the nut has additional torque applied to it, the shank of the bolt may now experience a certain amount of twisting caused from the contact pressure between the thread flanks of the nut and the bolt. This contact pressure is related to friction. The torsion is a force that is now measurable as Newtons-per-meter squared (Pa, which is a Pascal) or as pounds-per-square inch (psi). However, we don’t really measure torsion, we measure its resultant force: clamp load. As soon as the nut stops rotating, the torsional forces immediately dissipate and we have pure tension on the bolt. Because the nut can still advance on the threads of the bolt, the entire bolt does not experience as much torsion as does turning the bolt head, just the portion around the nut. However, when tightening the head of the bolt, the torsional forces create twist from the top of the bolt head to the nut or bottom threads of a tapped hole. This is the reason why it requires more torque to tighten from the head of the bolt than the nut; about 10 – 15% more. Then the bolt relaxes back to ‘normal’.

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Besides the outward appearance of having the bolt head or nut crush themselves against the joint surfaces to gain clamping force, the mechanical purpose of applying torque is to cause the bolt to become physically stretched so that the elastic mechanical properties of the bolt will cause an equal and opposite reaction of wanting to return to its original length. This is what creates clamp load. However, just because you applied torque and torsion to the bolt to cause tension, does not mean you have the desired clamp load. When any type of work is performed there is friction. Friction must first be overcome before any measurable amount of work is accomplished. Friction is the resistance we feel as we rotate the wrench during tightening. Regardless of the type of tool we use, torque wrench or box wrench, we physically feel the joint becoming tighter as the frictional resistance increases and builds to a point where further rotation becomes limited to impossible. Therefore, there are two sources of friction; the interface between the joint and washer face of the bolt head or between the bearing surface of the nut and joint or washer and the friction between the flanks of the mating threads, as they are being ground together while attempting to apply enough strain on the fastener to produce clamp load. All of this may seem like it would produce 100% friction but it also produces a certain amount of required work. Laboratory tests have shown that we consume 50% of our wrench effort, friction, at the rotating surface of either the bolt head or nut, while there is 40% friction created between the thread flanks. This means that 90% of our wrenching effort is consumed by friction before any further work is done to place the bolt into elastic tension to create clamping force. This distribution seems to be fairly straight forward, so what causes discrepancies in our results when fasteners are assembled?

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Work is accomplished when friction is overcome. For example, take a box sitting on the ground. In order to move it a certain distance, the friction of gravitational weight must first be overcome to start the box to move. So, how does this friction affect the clamp load of a joint? Significantly. Next, assume the box was on a smooth surface and now the same box is placed on a much rougher surface. The weight of the box remains the same but the surface between the box and the ground has become much rougher, which increases the friction between the two surfaces. It now requires an additional amount of work to overcome the increased friction to move the box the same distance. Conversely, if only the same amount of work energy was applied to the box as before, the box would not move as far. When a torque value is commonly calculated for a fastener, there is a 25% safety factor added below the Proof Load to avoid stretching the fastener into yield. However, the applied work energy that friction leaves us with is still only 10%. Applying this relationship between torque, tension, friction and clamping force, we can express this in terms of the following graph:

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Graph 1 Graph depicting forces of proof load and clamp force for cap screws

This graph should illustrate how important torque and friction control are to the relationship of clamp force. Because so much of our tightening energy was consumed to friction and only 10% remains to actually stretch the bolt, it becomes apparent how fragile this relationship is if the external friction changes even slightly. Here, it can be clearly seen what happens to the clamp load with just a 2% increase in friction. With this increase, the applied torque is now at 92% friction, leaving only 8% to stretch the bolt. Since the bolt is not stretched as much, only 8% instead of 10%, the bolt does not produce the amount of clamping force that was expected. The joint now becomes susceptible to loosening and possible metal fatigue failure. There are many ways that friction may be increased; the surface condition of the joint materials, rust, warpage, the condition of the thread flanks on the mating parts, burrs, metal shavings, embedment, etc.

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Recall the example with the box on the ground? What if you now added wheels to that box? The friction is greatly reduced and it now requires much less work to move the box. However, if the same amount of energy is used as when there was a high amount of surface friction, the box will move much farther. This can cause serious problems if not expected. The dotted line to the right of the solid line represents a decrease in friction. If the friction is now decreased by 10%, this means that 20% of the torque energy is applied to stretching the bolt. Too much of a reduction of friction can become dangerously close to the safety factor and yield point of the bolt. As illustrated, a small variance in friction can create a much larger variance in the resulting clamping force. It is extremely important to avoid variables and keep consistent in assembly techniques.

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It is extremely important to realize: torque is a function of friction. The torque wrench is actually measuring friction. Your arm feels friction.

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Failure of Fastening Screws and Their Preventive Methods

-A new method for improvement of the fatigue strength of bolt (the last half), 7th reportEmeritus Prof. of Saga University Shin-ichi Nishida

Introduction In the 6th report (the first half) and the 7th one (the last half), the author has referred to a new method for improvement of the fatigue strength of bolt. First of all, the factors related to the fatigue strength of bolt have been quantitatively evaluated by performing fatigue tests accounting on thread profile, root radius, mechanical properties of bolt and of nut, and pre-stressing. In addition, the author will introduce a new method for improvement of the fatigue strength of bolts in this report. The main results described above are summarized in Table 7.1(1)-(4).

Table 7.1. Summarized Fatigue Test Results for Bolts

A New Method for Improvement of the Fatigue Strength of Bolts 2.1 Remarkably High Fatigue Strength of the CD Bolt As introduced in the 5th report, the fatigue limit of conventional bolt is rather low at 5~6 kgf/mm2 (about 50~60MPa) for its representative value. Now, the author would like to present the remarkably high fatigue strength of the CD bolt. The CD bolt is the trade name of a bolt manufactured by the Nippon Steel Bolten Co. Ltd. The name of CD stands for Critical Design for “Fracture” including “Fatigue”, which means the ultimate profile of a thread at the present time. This design is most effective not only for fatigue properties but also for delayed fracture (HE, hydrogen embrittlement) and stress corrosion crack (SCC) because of the stress relaxation effect by “CD shaping”. The delayed fracture and the stress corrosion crack are in other words called “environmental brittle fracture”. The shaping method based on the CD bolt is called CD shaping. As know-how is involved in the use of the method, the manufacturer should be consulted by the engineer related. As described before, the fatigue strength of normal bolts is far lower than that of a specimen with a single notch which is made of the same material. This is because the load is transmitted in the bolt through the contact between external threads and internal ones. The low fatigue strength is attributable to the following four factors, which have been clarified for the first time by the author:

Fastener World no.177/2019 • (1) Uneven load sharing among the threads (2) Tensile stress concentration at the thread root (3) Bending stress concentration at the thread root, and (4) Localized loading. The factors, except for factor (2), are not encountered with conventional notched specimens. Accordingly, the other three factors are the dynamic phenomena which are characteristic of fastening screws. So far, only two methods have been proposed for the four factors as described in 5th report. One is the method for ensuring equal load sharing among the threads. The other is the method in which the internal force coefficient is decreased depending on the part to be fastened as the bolts are normally used in a tightened condition (see Fig. 5.10, in 5th report). However, the former method is effective for only one of the four factors, while the latter method is only effective when the bolt is used by applying a tightening force. Moreover, the above methods become ineffective if the bolt becomes loose or if an external force which is large enough to cause plastic deformation of the bolt is applied.

2.2 Shape of the CD Bolt The method introduced below is newly developed for improving the fatigue strength of bolts itself. The typical shape of the bolt (hereinafter referred to as the CD bolt) is shown in Fig.7.1. Shown here is the CD bolt with a nominal diameter body. Needless to say, the idea of the CD bolt is not only applicable to the bolt with a pitch diameter body but also to the bolt with a reduced shank. CD shaping

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A typical example of CD shaping is described below. In the case of coarse threads of normal size, the CD shaped portion has an adequate gradient (e.g. 6/100) and becomes a complete thread. In addition, the incomplete thread is almost completely removed by CD shaping and this portion is connected to the body by a gentle arc (R≧10mm). The optimum end section of the nut is such that about 70～80% of the CD-shaped part of the bolt goes into the nut. If the distance between the end section of the nut and the incomplete thread is too long because of a long thread, the length of the part from which the thread is removed should be increased. The fatigue strength at the end section of the nut and the incomplete thread can be considerably improved by this method. Moreover, the fatigue strength of the under-head fillet should be improved. For this improvement, the radius R under the head should be increased (R≧5mm), or work hardening will be adoptable for the above purpose. That is, compressive residual stress could be applied to

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the rounded part under the head by cold working (shot peening or punching).

2.3 General Features of the CD Bolt and Precautions in Its Use The CD bolt has been developed from the dynamic standpoint to improve the fatigue characteristic of bolts. The CD bolt incorporates all the measures necessary for the improvement of the fatigue strength of bolts. Accordingly, there is remarkable difference in effect of the fatigue properties between the CD bolt and the conventional ones. The fatigue characteristic of the CD bolt is excellent, as described below: (1) The load is shared uniformly. (2) As the height of the threads of bolt in engagement with the nut is reduced, the tensile stress concentration is relaxed at the thread root. (3) As the height of the bolt thread is reduced, the distance between the loaded portion of the thread and its root is decreased if the thread is assumed to be a cantilever. Accordingly, the bending stress concentration at the thread root is remarkably relaxed. (4) As the contact surface pressure is increased, the contact area between the bolt and the nut is easily deformed and contact is made between the bolt thread and the tip of the thread on the nut side which is more likely to be deflected. Accordingly, localized loading due to low shaping accuracy or other factors is reduced. In other words, the CD bolt is the only one for which all measures being necessary for the improvement of fatigue strength have been taken. Precautions in the use of the CD bolt are described below. The optimum position of engagement between the CD bolt and the nut is determined depending on the characteristic thread profile of bolt. On site, however, the nut and the CD bolt are not necessarily engaged at the optimum position. In such cases, adjustment should be made by changing the thickness of the washer. However, there may be the cases in which adjustment with a washer is difficult. As a rough guide, the tolerance is about ±1 thread. In other words, all allowance of about 5 mm can be made for tightening in the case of bolts with M20 coarse thread as a typical example. This allowance is considered to be practically sufficient.

2.4 Fatigue Strength of the CD Bolt(1)-(4) The fatigue characteristic curves in the cases where CD shaping is applied are shown in Figs.7.2-7.4. The bolts shown in Fig.7.2 is usually used for mechanical parts. On the other hand, the bolt, which is called high tension bolt, shown in Fig.7.3 is applied for the parts of civil engineering and constructions. As shown in these figures, the CD bolt shows about twice fatigue limit than a conventional JIS bolt. The reason why the fatigue strength in Fig.7.3 becomes lower than that in Fig.7.2 is due to the clearance between the bolt and the nut. In other words, this is because the fatigue strength of a bolt is dependent upon the combination with a nut. In the case of machine bolts, both the bolt and the nut are threaded by a lathe, and therefore this combination is nearly free from looseness (looseness means clearance between threads of a bolt and a nut). In the case of the high-tensile bolt and the anchor bolt, however, looseness is increased because of their uses (as the nut threads are over-tapped). Figure 7.4 shows the calculation result of the stress concentration at thread root by three-dimensional analysis. As shown in this figure, the stress concentration of the CD bolt becomes half of that of the JIS bolt. In

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addition, though the un-uniform loading becomes fairly relaxed by CD shaping, this profile does not necessarily access the ideal uniform loading. If time allows, it is desirable to conduct a fatigue test of bolts and nuts made of various materials in various shapes

by various methods and to design the bolt on the basis of the results of the tests. For CD shaping, a gradient of a about 6/100 is desirable from the standpoint of the fatigue characteristic. In the case of large-diameter bolts with fine or coarse threads larger than M40 in which the thread height is relatively lower for their diameter, it is necessary to change this gradient from 6/100. Ideally, it is necessary to eliminate or relax all the factors governing the fatigue strength of bolts as described previously. CD shaping is designed so that all of the four factors are eliminated only by taking a suitable measure for ensuring uniform load sharing (see Tables 7.1(1)-(4) and 7.2, Figs.7.4, 7.5(1)-(3) and 7.6). Accordingly, CD shaping should be done in line with this idea. In other words, the gradient of the part to be subjected to CD shaping can be so determined that the shaped part accounts for 70-80% of the whole thread and the thread engagement at the end section of the nut becomes 20-30% of the conventional engagement. These values are determined by the empirical methods.

Fig.7.2 S-N curve of ＣＤ bolt

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Fig.7.3 S-N curve for ＣＤ bolt for high-tension bolts Fig.7.5 General factors governing the fatigue strength of bolts, countermeasures and their effects

Number of thread in engagement with the nut Fig.7.4 Calculation result of the stress concentration at thread root by three-dimensional analysis

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Fig.7.6 Difference in position of failure between (a) CD bolt and (b) JIS bolt

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Fig. 7.7 Ｓ－Ｎ curves for CD nuts Table 7.3 Static tensile properties

2.5 The CD Nut Based on CD Shaping In case where the bolts in stock are used in an emergency, the threads cannot always be engaged in the optimum way. The CD bolt is inconvenient in this point. In such cases, the use of the CD nut for which there is no limitation on the position of engagement is recommended, although the fatigue strength may be considerably decreased (see Fig.7.7) comparing with that of the CD bolt. When the CD nut is used, the fatigue limit is improved by about only 1 kgf/ mm2, which is about one-third or one-quarter of the improvement made by the use of the CD bolt. This may be because the one measure are taken among the four measures for governing the fatigue strength of the bolt, i.e. uniform load sharing.

Table 7.4 Guarantee test result of nut

Static Characteristic of the CD Bolt The static characteristics of the CD bolts, the proof loads of nut and the torque coefficients of hightensile bolts are shown in Tables 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5, respectively. As is apparent from these tables, there is little difference in the static tensile characteristic between the CD bolt and the conventional one. Looking at the shape of the CD bolt shown in Fig.7.1, it may be intuitively apprehended that the threads may be fractured by shear or plastically deformed and the bolt may easily come out of the nut if the bolt is pulled. However, it will be understood from Tables 7.3 and 7.4 that such fears are groundless.

Table 7.5 Torque coefficient of high-tension bolt

Table 7.5 lists the testing results of the torque coefficient. The torque coefficient is given by the following equation: ｋ＝

T d・ N

×1000 ・・・・・・・・・・(7.1)

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The deformability of the bolt is shown in Fig.7.8. There is little difference in the deformability between the CD bolt and the conventional one. The test results for loosening of axial load by vibration are shown in Fig.7.9, although the loosening does not belong to the static characteristic in the strict sense. There is little difference between the CD bolt and the conventional one. As the CD bolt, particularly the threaded part, has a higher fatigue strength, the fracture of the CD bolt occurs under the head. On the other hand, the fracture of the conventional bolt initiates at the end section of the nut. An example of such kind of fracture is shown in Fig.7.6.

Table 7.6 A new method for improvement of the fatigue strength of bolts (summary)：

(1) Countermeasure to the four factors governing the fatigue strength of bolts: 1. Uneven load sharing among the threads→Uniform loading 2. High tensile stress concentration→Relaxation of stress concentration 3. High bending stress concentration→Relaxation of stress concentration 4. Local attachment→Relaxation in local attachment. ∵ As the contact surface pressure is increased, the contact area between the bolt and the nut is easily enlarged due to the contact between the bolt thread and the tip of the nut thread which is more likely to be deflected. (2) Improvement of fatigue limit by twice→ Several times improvement for the external load → ∴ Remarkable improvement of fatigue strength such a notched parts and a loaded mechanism by the contact with bolt and nut.

Fig.7.8 Deformability of bolts

Fig.7.9 Test result for loosening of axial load by vibration

Summary of the Fatigue Strength of CD Shaping The summarized fatigue test results about the bolts are listed in Table 7.1, again. As shown in this table, the fatigue strength of the other kinds of bolts is nearly equal to that of the bolt with a triangular thread. Conversely, the fatigue strength of the bolt with triangular thread is not so low. It may be said that the triangular thread is nearly the ideal shape if its workability is taken into account. For this reason, we may be given the impression that the triangular thread is nearly the perfect thread, leaving little room for further improvement. When comparing among these results, the CD bolt shows the predominant high fatigue strength. Figure 7.5 shows general factors governing the fatigue strength of bolts, countermeasures and their effects. These are un-uniform loading, high stress concentration (tensile and bending), and local attachment. Only the CD bolt copes with all of the factors which governing the fatigue strength of bolts and becomes more excellent than the JIS bolts.

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Table 7.2 lists the comparison between the conventional (JIS) bolt and the CD one. In addition, as the threaded portion of the CD bolt becomes improved for fatigue strength, the fracture occurs under the head because the fatigue strength is considered to be higher, while fracture of the conventional bolt initiates at the end section of the nut (see Fig.7.6). As this table lists the four factors controlling the fatigue strength of a bolt, it is clear about the reason of the excellent improvement of fatigue strength of the CD bolt as the summary (see Table 7.6).

Conclusions The main results described above in this report are concluded below: Shape of the CD bolt: In the case of coarse threads of normal size, the CD shaped portion has an adequate gradient (e.g. 6/100) and becomes a complete thread. In addition, the incomplete thread is almost completely removed by CD shaping and this portion is connected to the body by a gentle arc (R≧10mm). Fatigue strength of the CD bolt (at 2×106 cycles): the fatigue limit of the CD bolt is nearly two times of that of the conventional bolt. This improvement is remarkable because a bolt is a kind of notched specimen and the load is transmitted by the contact between the threads of a bolt and a nut. The above result shown in (2) would be considered to be first achievement in the world for the outstanding improvement of fatigue strength. The reason why the above results are induced is to eliminate or relax all the factors governing the fatigue strength of bolts. CD shaping is designed so that all these factors are eliminated only by taking a suitable measure for ensuring uniform load sharing. The CD nut: though there is no limitation on the position of engagement between a bolt and a nut, the fatigue strength is improved only by about 30%, which is about one-third or one-quarter of the improvement made by the use of the CD bolt. Static characteristic of the CD bolt: there is little difference in the static tensile characteristic including the loosening of axial load by vibration between the CD bolt and the conventional bolt. References

• S. Nishida, Failure Analysis of Machine Parts & Equipment, (1986), pp.100, 116 and 123, Nikkan Kogyo News Paper Co. Ltd, (in Japanese) • S. Nishida, Failure Analysis in Engineering Applications, (1993), pp.84, 96 and 103, Butterworth Heinemann Co. Ltd. UK • S. Nishida, Failure Analysis of Machines & Components, (1995), pp.100, 116 and 122, Kinkado Co. Ltd, (in Japanese) • S. Nishida, C. Urashima, H. Tamasaki, A New Method for Fatigue Life Improvement of Screw, Fatigue Design Components, ESIS Publication 22, Elsevier Science Ltd., (1998), pp.215.

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How Much Security Isn't Penny by Jozef Dominik

The slogan in the title is intended to emphasize the importance of security in general and, as will be shown in the following text, particular in the screw connections and that it is not a cheap matter. Dramatic accidents on railways, on the road, in various constructions, means of transport and others are a sufficient reason to be serious about this issue.

Introduction As shown in the table below, there are five reasons why screw connections must be secured. They are disintegration due to the vibration and dynamic stress, mechanical overload, theft and vandalism. With the exception of vandalism in all other cases, the designer is competent to take appropriate measures.

SECURITY against:

Disintegration Mechanical destruction Corrosion Theft Vandalism

Measures Against disintegration In principle, a properly dimensioned and well-tightened screw connection does not need external protection due to vibration and/or dynamic stressing. In practice, however, there are cases of extreme stress where necessary. The process of spontaneous loosening of bolted joints is sufficiently explored and therefore there is no need to talk about it in this post. Unfortunately, the current theory of screw joint self loosening is based only on one type of dynamic stress, that is in the radial direction. In the previous publications, the author has often emphasized that dynamic axial stress is equally dangerous (Fig. 1). Typical examples are in Fig. 2 and 3. Since there is no universal way of securing the screw connections, the constructor must make the professional decision and not succumb to overblown advertising.

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Against mechanical destruction

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The only measure against static load destruction is the respect of mechanical

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limit values. In particular, drivers should be aware of the dangers of overloading the vehicle. The consequences are noticeable on the wheels of cars (Fig. 5). For the sake of completeness, it should be added that the overloading of vehicles does not only suffer from screw joints, but also bearings and other structural elements. Material fatigue due to repeating dynamic stress is more dangerous because it comes unexpectedly, without previous alarm. Fatigue fracture occurs in the area of maximum concentration of stress peaks (Fig. 6).

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Against corrosion There are several types of corrosion, which is standardised (DIN 50900) and often published. From the point of view of anti-corrosion measures, it should be noted that no Panacea* exists. It means no universal corrosion medicament. Specific measures should therefore be taken. The most dangerous is the corrosion that is not visible to the naked eye. This includes stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement. Current science provides enough good insight into the nature of corrosion and the possibilities of its elimination and therefore, the detailed elaboration of this extensive subject is abandoned.

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The measure consists in eliminating the dynamic shocks transmitted to the screw joint by using hardened dowel pins (Fig. 7). Such a construction is often used in press tools.

*Panacea comes from a Greek word meaning "all-healing“

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It is sad, but sometimes it is necessary to secure the screws against theft. The current market offers several variants. For example Mercedes car manufacturer secures the wheels of its cars against theft with special screws and assembly tools (Fig. 8). Without such a tool, the wheel cannot be removed.

In the end Safety of bolted structures is a serious problem and cannot be underestimated. As has been shown, there are more dangerous factors whose ignorance can cause the collapse of not only screw joints, but also entire structures. Although “security isn't penny”, effective action must be taken to prevent damage and crash. Here are basic postulates of safe screw connections: - the screw connection must not be the weakest link in the structure - exact assembly - visual control - timely exchange - external protection

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SRC Metal (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Established with 0.2 Billion Monthly Capacity On December 12, 2001, SRC Metal (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. held its inauguration ceremony. Spanning the land of 66,114 sq. m and the factory area of 7,500 sq. m, SRC Metal (Shanghai) making the most of cheap land and sufficient labor force of China at that time was established mainly for serving local Taiwanese companies in China. The company began the production of closed end rivets and rivets with a cap 3 times the original size and hired local talents into its R&D division. Every 3 months the company would launch one new riveting tool.

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Fang Sheng, San Shing, Tong Hwei and Jinn Her Awarded by Fastenal as “Supplier of the Year” On December 6-7, 2001, Fastenal held its first tabletop show in Clearwater, FL., with the participation of 170 exhibitors booking 208 stands. Among the important collaborating partners of Fastenal, Mr. Jimmy Ko (Tong Hwei Enterprise), Mr. Chao Jinn Tsai (Fang Sheng Screw), Mr. John Wu (San Shing) and Mr. Yung Yu Tsai were awarded by Fastenal as “Supplier of the Year.”

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Inauguration of Sunny Screwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Plant On November 2001, the new plant of Sunny Screw Industry Co., Ltd. located in Benjhou Industrial Park (Gangshan) began operation. Spanning the land area of 1,703 sq. meters and the factory area of 1,653 sq. meters, the new plant can manufacture 13,000,000 pcs of special fasteners per month. 95% of its products were sold to overseas markets and were mainly supplied to automotive parts and household hardware applications. At that time, Sunny Screw also planned to introduce new facilities and precision QC devices into the new plant and set up another new plant in Shanghai (China) 3 years after the inauguration to enhance industrial interaction and new product development.

Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute Holds 12th Term (3rd Round) Members Meeting On December 14, 2001, TIFI members meeting was held at Hotel National (Taichung). Around 200 members attended the event. Former Taiwan CSC President Yen-Tu Kuo, Feng Hsin Steel President Ming-Ju Lin, Section Chief of Industrial Development Bureau of MOEA (Taiwan) Yi-Yuan Liang, Former Secretary of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. Chih Hung Liu were also invited to the meeting. During the meeting, not only the impact of September 11 Attack on Taiwan and USA and the industrial focus changing from volume to quality were discussed, but also the economic performance of Taiwan at that time was put on the agenda.

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Taiwan Fastener Association Meets China Fastener Industry Association at a Business Talk in Jinan (Shandong, China) On April 16-21, 2002, 26 members of Taiwan Fastener Association led by permanent director Mr. Jui Lang Chuang (also President of Chance Fastener) and Association Secretary Mr. Kuo Chuan Chen went to Guangzhou, Jinan, Shanghai, Suzhou and Jiashan to exchange business

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management ideas and technology with Chinese companies. This event used to attract the participation of more than 120 member companies every year. At that time, the economic growth rate of China increased by around 8% every year, thus attracting many Taiwanese companies to invest in China.

BATIMAT in France Influenced by September 11 Attack in the U.S., the number of visitors of the industrial event for the construction industryBATIMAT held in France was less than the record of its previous edition. However, the event still attracted visitors from 128 countries, including 25 from Taiwan.

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Da Yang Enterprise Receives QS9000 After Receiving TÜV ISO9002 in 1999, Da Yang Enterprise Co., Ltd. begun the introduction of QS9000 in 2001 and passed the preliminary audit conducted by BSI in Nov. 2001 and the final official audit in late Dec. President Nick Yang said, “Passing the certification is like getting a VIP ticket to the international market. Facing the price cutting competition from other emerging countries, Taiwan should have its own unique products with high added value to face challenges.

New Plant Inauguration of Chang Chi Metal On Jan. 26, 2002, Chang Chi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. gave the inauguration of its new plant. The new 6,611 sq. m plant is located in Gangshan (Kaohsiung) and is specialized in manufacturing special nuts. Its monthly capacity at that time was up to 10 million pcs.

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Canadian Hardware & Building Materials Show This was not a “free entry” show, so visitors required to buy a ticket for entry were basically prospects. Fastener World Inc. also brought 7 Taiwanese exhibitors to the show, which was then the largest, the oldest and the most omnibearing hardware and building materials show in Canada.

Japan DIY Show Osaka On April 2002, Japan DIY Show took place in Osaka, attracting 478 exhibitors in attendance (including 308 from Japan and 107 from other countries). Among all the 107 non-Japanese exhibitors, 98 of them were from Taiwan, making Taiwan the largest overseas exhibitors group of the year.

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National Industrial Fastener Show/West National Industrial Fastener Show/West 2001 was held at Paris Las Vegas Hotel. Although the show opened right after the attack of September 11 and many exhibitors worried that the number of visitors to the show might not be as many as expected, the participation of visitors during the event was still vibrant and more than expected. Fastener World also brought over 30 Taiwanese exhibitors to exhibit at the show.

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Wire DĂźsseldorf 04/08-12, 2002

International Hardware Fair in Cologne Having been held for several times, International Hardware Fair Cologne drew the attendance of 3,859 exhibitors from 59 countries (including 455 Taiwanese exhibitors). 72% of the visitors were from other countries, greatly increasing the internationality of the fair.

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