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Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 85 January 2014

Annual subscription (6 issues) to non-trade and outside EU is €140.00

E D I TO R I A L Will Lowry, editor, Fastener + Fixing Magazine

Happy New Year…

The start of a New Year is always an opportunity to reveiw what has transpired in the previous 12 months, and what can be learnt going forward. It is a time when companies can reflect and look at what their next step should be.

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ith this in mind we invited a selection of European fastener business leaders to give us their retrospective of 2013 and thoughts on the prospects and challenges for 2014. We received a wide range of responses, which have all been included in our ‘January Perspective’ feature – it makes for some thought-provoking reading.

Looking forward to the first half of the year and there is a glut of exhibitions including International Hardware Fair Köln, wire Düsseldorf, Taiwan International Fastener Show and Fastener Fair Hannover. Fastener + Fixing Magazine will have a presence at all of these exhibitions and we are looking forward to finding out the latest developments within the industry. If you see the team at any of the shows please stop us and let us know what is happening at your company.

I personally will be attending Fastener Fair Hannover, for which we have an in-depth preview in this issue – enabling you to find out more about the show and what exhibitors have planned.

Accompanying this magazine you will also find a free entry ticket

for all three days of the Fastener Fair Hannover show. This will give you free access to the show and can also be used to gain access to Hannover Messe, which is simultaneously taking place at the Hannover Exhibition grounds – a great opportunity to visit both shows.

Our Cover Story for this issue focuses on Spanish based INDEX Fixing Systems, as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, and why it is reaffirming its commitment to quality, excellence and investment.

There is also a feature on the latest innovations in battery powered installation tools, including articles from HS-Technik GmbH and how it has become a benchmark in battery powered tools; and Anzi Sinolink and its new ‘pull-link’ battery powered riveting tools.

In addition, we have a report from the recent Fastener Fair Turkey in November; new developments in chemical anchors + resins; as well as news from across Europe, North America, Asia, Russia and CIS, and Brazil.

CONTENTS INDUSTRY NEWS Europe and World...............................................................10-22 Perspective ............................................................................. 24 North America....................................................................26-28 Russia + CIS.......................................................................30-32 Asia.....................................................................................34-36 Brazil....................................................................................... 38

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY Two-in-one locking and sealing advancement........................ 94 News................................................................................. 96-106

COVER STORY INDEX Fixing Systems – fixing your world.......................... 40-41

FOCUS ON Stainless steel + non-ferrous......................................... 125-126

EXHIBITIONS Events Calendar...................................................................... 44 Fastener Fair Turkey report............................................... 46-47 News...................................................................................48-50 Fastener Fair Hannover preview........................................52-64 ANALYSIS A review and preview of the European fastener industry..... 66-82 CONSTRUCTION FIXINGS Committed to anchoring technology....................................... 84 News...................................................................................86-92

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MANAGEMENT + SYSTEMS News............................................................................... 108-112 Delivering the complete package................................... 114-116

CATALOGUE RACK International Hardware Fair Cologne............................. 138-139 PRODUCT NEWS Application Technology news......................................... 118-124 Tools news...................................................................... 128-136 Products news................................................................ 140-152 INDEX.................................................................................... 154

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NEWS

WTO appoints compliance panel on EU ADD China has requested that the World Trade Organisation appoints a compliance panel to determine whether the EU’s anti-dumping measures on carbon steel fasteners from China complies with its obligations under the international Anti-dumping Agreement and GATT 1994.

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hina claims that the measures taken by the EU in relation to this dispute did not fully and correctly implement the WTO Dispute Settlement Body’s recommendations and rulings. The EU responded that it was convinced its challenged measures were fully in line with WTO rules and fully complied with the DSB’s recommendations and rulings.

Wherever possible the WTO refers the compliance issue to members of the original dispute settlement panel. The compliance panel is supposed to decide “in an expedited

fashion”. This normally means within 90 days but the panel is likely to consider the entire legislation enacted by the EU. The current EU anti-dumping measures related to carbon steel fasteners from China is due to expire on 1st February unless the European Commission received an application for an expiry review from European fastener manufacturers by the 1st November 2013 deadline. Normally the EU will not confirm whether an expiry review is to be initiated until close to the expiry date. Check the News pages regularly at www.fastenerandfixing.com for updates.

Serafin Group acquires suki.international Effective 29th November 2013 the Serafin Group took over all shares of suki.international GmbH and subsidiaries Facido and DBM.S from the US Group Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW).

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erafin Group will continue to run suki.international as an independent part of the Group.

“Serafin invests in companies with the target of further developing them in accordance with all stakeholders.

By taking over suki.international we are focusing on a long term partnership with customers and staff,” says Philipp Haindl, CEO of Serafin Group.

As a strategic partner for European DIY Retailers, suki.international develops customised assortments, logistics and POS solutions. Core ranges include ironware, hand tools, self-adhesive solutions and hardware, extending to more than 30,000 different articles delivered to almost 5,000 points of sale in more than 40 countries. Subsidiaries Facido and DBM.S provide logistics and merchandising services.

“After a successful change of ownership we are now very much looking forward to presenting our new products at the International Hardware Show 2014 in Köln. The international business visitors will be eager to see, among other things, a completely revised, innovative range of hand tools,” said Sebastian Laus, managing director of suki.international.

Serafin’s philosophy is based on the values of 150 years of entrepreneurial tradition by the shareholding family. Committed to this tradition, the aim is to invest in continuous growth of the whole Group. Currently, the Group generates revenues of 270 million euros with 1,300 employees in different business segments.

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Tentec bought

by Atlas Copco The UK West Midlands manufacturer of hydraulic bolt tightening solutions was acquired by the Swedish industrial group early December.

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entec manufactures bolt tightening equipment used in the oil and gas, power generation and mining sectors. The company’s 2012 turnover was GB£9.8 million generating a pre-tax profit of GB£300,000.

Owner Adrian Peglar retired on the sale of the business. Mike Gethings, who continues as managing director, expects the acquisition to lead to further growth for Tentec. All 65 employees at the company will retain their jobs. Tentec will operate as a business within the general industry division of Atlas Copco Industrial Technique.

Mark Selby, from the Baldwins accountancy practice that acted on behalf of the previous owner, said: “Tentec was founded in 1988 and has built up the business to sell its products in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. It is an outstanding business that has out performed the industry for more than a decade.”

Atlas Copco is an industrial group with world leading positions in compressors, expanders and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 170 countries.

In 2012, Atlas Copco had 39,800 employees and revenues of SEK 90.5 billion (10.5 billion euros).

Multiple Group from India has been dedicated to developing new products for different sections of Industry for more than a decade.

To add to its ever growing range of Pressing, Forged articles and Welded Products (BS 4872), Multiple Group is producing Road Safety Products including Specialized Structures, solutions like Palisades, Gate Crash Frames, Fixings, Front Beams and Twin Parallel Flanged for the Infrastructure industry. Multiple Group can develop products and solutions for the most demanding sites as per customer requirements.

The products and solutions can be finished to be weatherproofed using finishes like Hot Dip Galvanization and Powder coating.

Apart from complete & ready to use products, Multiple Group manufactures:

We welcome you to choose a product idea from our vast wealth of solutions to suit your specific requirements.

NEWS

New Norm plant boosts output Turkey’s largest fastener producer, Norm Group, has commenced production at its sixth factory, located in Salihli in Manisa province, boosting its total capacity by more than 30%.

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he new plant, which is approximately 120km east of Izmir where Norm’s other five plants are located, has 12,000m2 covered production space. Employing 160 people it will have a bolt production capacity, on all new machines, of 20,000 tonnes annually.

In 2013, the company’s fortieth year in business, Norm Group produced 58,000 tonnes, exporting around 40% of its output. The new plant will boost annual capacity to 80,000 tonnes. Following the commissioning of the new plant, Norm Civata in Izmir will concentrate more on special products, secondary operations and R&D. Norm is a licencee for MAThread®, MATpoint® and M Point® products.

Another Group company, Uysal Makine, specialises in the application of advanced coating technologies including zinc and zinc-nickel electroplating. It holds MacDermid Zinklad 250, Zinklad 1000/1000B licenses and Zinc lamelle coatings, as well as Dörken MKS and Magni licenses. In addition to the range of top coat systems it can apply to increase corrosion resistance and modify surface properties to ensure uniform torque and clamping characteristics, Norm highlights that its Zinc lamelle coating provides highly effective anti-corrosion protection with a relatively thin coating thickness and without any hydrogen embrittlement risk. www.normfasteners.com.tr

Bulten wins Chinese automotive contract FinnvedenBulten’s division Bulten has signed a strategically important contract for delivery of fasteners to an automotive manufacturer in China.

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he deal is worth approximately SEK 10 million (1.1 million euros) annually and continues over an unspecified number of years.

“Bulten has for a number of years backed a fully owned factory in China with local manufacturing of high quality fasteners. An important part of our strategy for organic growth is to expand on growth markets and the fact that we have signed a new contract in China is very pleasing,” says Tommy Andersson, CEO of Bulten.

The contract starts in 2014 and involves deliveries of fasteners to both car production and drivelines. “The contract means that we will advance the position of our Bulten division in the Chinese market and we see good potential for continued growth in China in the years to come,” says Johan Westman, president and CEO of FinnvedenBulten.

Cost of Bay Bridge ‘fix’ escalates SFGate.com reports that the cost of ‘fixing’ the seismic stabilisers on the new San Francisco Bay Bridge has increased 2.5 times to US$25 million.

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he Californian Transport Authority (Caltrans) is quoted as confirming the installation of 142 high strength tendons, each made up of more than 2,000 steel strands, stretched over steel saddles to clamp the shear key seismic stabilisers onto the new Bay Bridge. Replacing the effect originally intended from the long rods, which began failing when under load, reportedly as a result of hydrogen contamination due to corrosion.

The escalation in cost is said to reflect the complexity of the design for the ‘unique, custom fix’. Caltrans says negotiations are continuing to determine who will ultimately pay for the remedial work. Caltrans is still testing samples from the other 2,200 high strength rods and bolts to decide whether they will also need replacing. So far it has identified 700 for replacement.

Lohmann Tape Group continues to expand Lohmann Tape Group, based in Neuwied in Germany, has welcomed a new member to its family, with the addition of Lohmann Netherlands BV – a new subsidiary, located in Uitgeest, the Netherlands.

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he new subsidiary has been created from parts of the Dutch company De Ridder BV and is managed by sales director Jeroen Persoon. De Ridder, a sales partner of Lohmann in the Netherlands for many years, has now placed all its adhesive tape activities in the hands of Lohmann so it can concentrate on the rest of its core business. Lohmann has thus been able to take another step forward in its international growth strategy and integration of the so-called ‘White Spot Countries’.

In the next phase, a special project team will manage the gradual integration of the Dutch team into the Lohmann Tape Group. The aim of Lohmann is to develop the existing excellent relationships with its customers in the Netherlands and to acquire some new ones. The company sees the most promising growth opportunities in the building and renewable energy sector and more generally in the plastics processing industry in the Netherlands.

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IN THE WAY IT HAS EVOLVED, OUR TECHNOLOGY HAS ALWAYS DRAWN INSPIRATION FROM NATURE Ambrovit is one of Europe’s largest wholesale distributors of chipboard, self-tapping, self-drilling screws and bolts.

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Investing in integrity As a direct result of the rapid rise in global demand for its highly successful fasteners, RotaBolt® is to invest GB£400,000 in its new UK plant and equipment to enhance its production capabilities.

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otaBolt® has doubled its turnover in recent years, with the main growth coming from petrochemical processing, the onshore and offshore oil and gas industries, and from renewable energy.

RotaBolt says that its technical team face a growing stream of enquiries from operators from a wide variety of operational environments where pressure containment, vibration, fatigue or structural slippage generate daily challenges.

“It’s sad that it often takes a disaster or an accident before a company knocks on our door,” comments Rod Corbett from RotaBolt. “In most cases the problem has been due to a fundamental misunderstanding about the principles of bolted joint integrity. There is a widespread mindset out there that tightening followed by repair is the norm – our measurement fasteners use technology to get it right in the first place, and they have a track record that speaks for itself.”

Investment in the UK plant is primarily intended to enhance in-house production capabilities, such as working with larger diameter bolts and being able to machine more exotic alloys, as well as increasing capacity. It will also enable the company to reorganise some of its production to improve assembly flows and increase efficiency.

This substantial investment at RotaBolt’s UK production facility is in addition to the company’s first overseas plant, which is due to begin production in Taiwan shortly. The Taiwan plant is strategically positioned to meet the dramatic growth in demand for its fasteners from across Asia.

Socket & Allied Screws acquires MDS Wedgloking Socket & Allied Screws Ltd has announced the recent acquisition of MDS Wedgloking Service, which is now a fully functional trading division of Socket & Allied Screws Ltd.

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evin Bradley, managing director at Socket & Allied Screws, comments: “We are maintaining the existing MDS Wedgloking customer base and welcome new enquiries for an efficient and quick Wedgloking service.”

Socket & Allied Screw has also recently invested heavily in automatic machinery and is able to manufacture a wider range of products competitively.

“Our customer base continues to grow steadily and we have established a niche market area in offering a bespoke service from initial enquiry through design, manufacture and delivery,” says Kevin Bradley. “We take pride in our commitment to meet the continually changing demands of our customers. We will continue to be customer driven and can offer customers the ability to schedule orders and call-off over a 12 month period to ease cash flow budgeting.”

Remaches Tudela agrees ARMA CLAMPS’ new distribution partnerships production facility Remaches Tudela SL, based in Spain, has announced exclusive agreements with three distributors in the European market.

ARMA CLAMPS & CLIPS, a Turkish manufacturer of clamps, clips and special fasteners, has started to build a new production facility in Istanbul.

emaches Tudela has expanded its European reach by agreeing distribution partnerships with German based Kuhlmann Befestigungselemente, UAB Diktum of Lithuania and Pnevmotex d.o.o from Slovenia.

Remaches Tudela can supply a range of rivets, rivet nuts, and setting tools. Including standard items, painted rivets, as well as special items according to specifications, samples or drawings.

“Our new partners are highly qualified with years of experience in providing technical support to their specific geographic regions. Through the selection of these exclusive distributors Remaches Tudela is increasing its capabilities and ensuring that it provides customers with the very best service, whilst focusing on what the customers needs.” www.remachestudela.com

he company currently manufactures its hose clamps, pipe clamps, metal clips, metal stampings and special metal fasteners in a 1,500m2 factory in Basaksehir, Istanbul – serving the automotive, home appliance and other industry sectors.

The new production facility will be a 6,600m2 factory, situated in Hadimköy approximately 25km away from the current facility; 30km from Ataturk International Airport and 13km from Tuyap International Exhibition Center.

“The new facility will give us an opportunity to improve our Lean manufacturing techniques, as well as our production efficiency. It will also increase our capacity meaning that we can look at attracting new customers and projects.”

The new production facility is expected to start production by the last quarter of 2014.

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PINSTRUCTURE LTD Abbey Clamps Tel: +44 1527 68334 Fax +44 1527 65992 email sales@abbeyclamps.co.uk www.abbeyclamps.co.uk 50 Enfield Industrial Estate, Redditch, Worcestershire B97 6DE

Tel: +44 1527 67999 Fax +44 1527 66557 email sales@pinstructure.com

www.pinstructure.com 50 Enfield Industrial Estate, Redditch, Worcestershire B97 6DE

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Join the family Following the steady growth of the company, KING SpA recently opened a new headquarters covering an area of 12,000m2, which has been designed not only for efficiency and practical development of the business, but also as a meeting point for the fostering of interpersonal relationships between staff members.

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ING has been involved in the marketing of standard stainless steel screws and bolts (AISI 304-316) for more than 45 years. Founded in 1968, the company has grown steadily in Italy and abroad, thanks to the variety and quality of the products offered; the speed with which it responds to requests; as well as the company’s corporate philosophy that puts people first.

Focusing on people Designed to make everyone feel at home even in the hours spent on the job, the new headquarters has ample spaces for leisure, specifically designed to encourage an informal exchange among co-workers, customers and suppliers. The new site was also designed with an eye towards the use of sustainable energy sources in order to minimise the environmental impact.

“We have always placed human relationships and the well-being of people at the centre of our attention, in the full conviction that only in a peaceful working environment, in which each person feels valued and motivated, can one establish and build strong, genuine and durable partnerships.”

South America, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa (large and small distributors alike).

More than 20,000 items, 100% stainless steel KING has stock of more than 20,000 items, amounting to 5,000 tonnes of products, all ready for immediate delivery, depending on the specific needs of customers.

With customer satisfaction in mind, KING has started a Total Quality programme to guarantee the excellence of the products offered, including chemical and dimensional qualities.

This means that each product is subjected to dimensional analysis, certifying compliance with the appropriate standards of reference in terms of lengths, diameters, imprints, and threads. As well as being analysed with a X-ray spectrometer to detect the main chemical elements that compose it.

“At KING each product is guaranteed 100% stainless steel in accordance with DIN for all types of fasteners. We have one of the most important stocks of stainless steel fasteners in Europe.”

KING guarantees delivery within 24 hours, allowing its customers to receive the merchandise in time and avoiding a burdensome inventory. The progressive growth and specialisation of the company led to the opening of a new warehouse in 2013. The warehouse included an innovative logistics management system, which immediately registered a significant increase in efficiency.

Personalised service for an evolving market

Freedom of thought and the openness to an ongoing dialogue at multiple levels regarding strategies, objectives and working methods, have enabled the company to grow. The staff at KING, thanks to the strong and positive climate of mutual respect, have also grown and have been able to deal with a constantly changing market and increasingly fierce competition.

With this philosophy, KING has created over time a system of business relationships that sets it today as a reference point for all of its customers, throughout Europe, the Middle East,

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In an evolving market, technology occupies a primary place in customer satisfaction as well as the supply of a quality product within short times.

To respond to this evolving need, KING has developed an online system to access a range of personalised services. These include an online shop to manage the purchase of products and requests; a tracking system for purchased products; a system recording the documentation to reconstruct the history of a supply; and the statistical trend of orders.

Customers can also count on a dedicated customer care for DIN Norms, direct shipping accompanied by the client’s documentation, the preparation of orders in separate boxes, the management of scheduled orders, and deliveries able to respond to the needs of warehouse stock. www.king-inox.it

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Join the family!

www.king-inox.it King Spa, Via Abruzzo 2, 20090 Opera (Milano), Italy tel: +39 025 760 6482 fax: +39 025 760 4100 email: info@king-inox.it

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Distribution agreement continues to grow Rivco Ltd and Rivit Srl announced their exclusive distribution agreement in May 2011, and two years on both companies have reported good progress in supplying the UK and Ireland geographical territory.

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ivco’s planned development of sales of the Rivit branded tooling product is based on a long term agreement that enables Rivco to offer a high quality tooling product that is capable of challenging the established market leading products.

The Rivit product range of tools offers a broad selection of riveters and rivet nut tools, from hand tools, pneumatic tools, battery powered, speed riveting and even self feeding systems for rivets and rivet nuts. Every range of tool is comprehensively supported with the complete range of spares and offered with a comprehensive warranty and full CE marking approval.

“The continuous support from Rivit in terms of advertising its brand of tools; the number of exhibitions attended; and the production of a high quality brochure; helps support Rivco in our sales in the approved territory,” explains Steve Auld, managing director at Rivco. “It is a very comprehensive and complete distributor agreement, which we are very proud to be associated with.”

The sales of Rivit tools are through distributors that are

prepared to take on enquiries from its customers for this type of tooling product. The main role Rivco has taken in this activity is to support all of its distributor customers by demonstrating the Rivit tooling capability either at the distributor’s location or if required at the customer site.

“The demonstrations allow users to handle the tool and ask questions of our tooling technicians that have many years experience in operating these tools,” mentions Steve Auld.

“For example, various customers have commented on the fact that the all metal Rivit tool is very user friendly in its setting of products in application. The all metal bodies also attract a lot of comment from customers as the majority of the branded competitor tools are plastic moulded bodies.”

Steve continues: “In addition to the demonstrations we carry out, the ongoing development of our approved tool service centre provides a solution that supports all distributors that require aftercare facilities such as repairs, servicing and tool hire.

This value added service enables us to sell the Rivit range of tools with complete confidence.” www.rivco.co.uk

Mellish team face Major Mud challenge A 28 strong team of employees from Mellish Engineering Services Limited, based in the West Midlands, UK, will take on a 5km mud obstacle course in March – all for two charities, which have become very important to the Aldridge company.

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he Major Series is headlined as the UK’s ‘friendliest’ fun obstacle race – it’s actually a 5km course littered with all kinds of obstacles, hills, mud and water. See www.majorseries.com for more. We’ll leave you to work out where the friendly and fun bit comes into it!

The Mellish ‘mud troop’ will participate in the Major Series: Midlands in Warwickshire on 8th March 2014 to raise money for two charities that unfortunately 2013 events have made very close to the company’s heart.

Mellish’s Kymberley Da Costa explains: “The money raised will go to the Stroke Association – in memory of Christine Rattenberry who passed away in October 2013 – and to the NET Patient Foundation – in memory of Tom Rattenberry who passed away in February 2013. The 28 employees include 65 year old husband to Christine and father to Tom, Mellish export sales director, Andrew Rattenberry, and UK sales director Matthew Rattenberry, son of Christine and older brother of Tom.” To support the Mellish team, visit their Just Giving page Pictured (l-r) Andrew Rattenberry, at www.justgiving.com/teams/mellishengineering Hopefully we’ll be able to bring you photos of the team Mike Sudlow, Romain Santos, in action in the May issue – although those vests are going Naoufel Zaoui and Matt Rattenberry. to look a bit different by then.

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A systematic and extensive technical advancement -Drive • Further development of the hexalobular drive • Drive bit engages more precisely in the screw recess • No cam-out effect, no lateral run-out • Low contact force and reduced effort driving the screw • Low risk of damaging the screw surface • Extended service life of the drive bit • Increased productivity • Can be driven with traditional Torx® or star-shaped bit Milling pockets • Under head pockets for easy and neat countersinking of screw

ETA-13/0536 Self-drilling screws as wood connector

• Perfect for coated boards; no unraveling of surface • Ideal for metal fittings; screw decelerates when contacting metal preventing over tightening

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Getting to the core of wire production The British Association of Fastener Distributors constantly tries to live up to its commitment that “BAFD members are better informed”. The latest example of that commitment came in December when 38 members had the rare opportunity of witnessing wire rod production ‘close up’ at Tata Steel’s Scunthorpe Wire Rod Mill.

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hanks to the generous hospitality of Tata Steel, BAFD members were welcomed with a series of extremely informative presentations on the Tata Group, its global steelmaking activities, and specifically the wire rod production process at Scunthorpe. Following a light lunch, the visitors were provided with a guided tour of the Rod Mill, allowing them to follow the complete process from the reheating of a 4.4 tonne steel bloom, through the breakdown and mill stands that progressively convert its 10 metre length into anything up to 12km of 5.5mm wire rod, which in the final stages of rolling is travelling at a truly staggering 68 metres per second!

It would be an understatement to say that the visit made an indelible impression on the BAFD members – something to which their own words eloquently attest:

“Having read the articles in Fastener + Fixing Magazine about the Tata Steel Wire Rod Mill my appetite was whetted for what I was going to see. I certainly was not disappointed. In fact, it was an unforgettable experience that helped me to understand the sheer scale of the steelmaking process and the level of engineering that is necessary before the wire is fed into a cold header for fastener production.”

“The striking thing for me was the absolute attention to detail and quality on what initially appears to be a mundane product but is actually a high added-value product for Tata. The operation was nothing more than I expected in terms of computer control and little evidence of manpower, however the scale was obviously impressive, and the speed/output was by far the biggest revelation – with 5.5mm wire coming of the end of the line at 68m/sec.”

“In our everyday working life we take for granted where products that we deal with come from. Watching the process from billet to coil, passing through the breakdown stands with the speed accelerating along the factory to the coil cooling and storage area was remarkable. We were very lucky to see a process that many people in our trade will not ever get to see.”

“It was great to get an insight in to the work that goes into producing the raw material, long before our manufacturers work their magic on it! I thoroughly enjoyed the day and would recommend anyone in our industry to jump at the chance to visit should the chance arise again.”

There’s little more that can be added to that except to record BAFD’s massive appreciation for the organisation, commitment and hospitality extended by Tata Steel Wire Rod management and personnel in making the visit possible.

For more on membership of BAFD visit www.bafd.org or email info@bafd.org For more on Tata Steel why not visit www.fastenerandfixing.com and download a special compilation of articles on steelmaking previously published in this magazine.

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Engineering firm meets dragon GWR Fasteners Limited, a distributor and manufacturer of special fasteners and precision components, recently met with UK TV Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis at one of his #SBS (Small Business Sunday) Events.

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ude Robinson, joint owner and commercial director of GWR Fasteners Limited, tweeted about the business during #SBS, an initiative set up by Theo Paphitis that runs weekly. Each week small businesses are invited to send tweets describing their business to #SBS. Theo then reviews and chooses his favourite six who are then retweeted to his 300,000+ followers. As a result, GWR had over 200 more Twitter followers and more than tripled the hits to its company website in a matter of a few hours.

Theo Paphitis then invited all of his #SBS winners to a grand event at the ICC in Birmingham. At the #SBS Event, both Jude and Gary Robinson (GWR’s managing director) had the opportunity to network with all of the #SBS winners and Theo ran a Q&A. Jude said: “It was truly an amazing day and a great opportunity to meet other like minded business people. We’re really excited and honoured to be part of the #SBS family and to attend these annual events. Our Twitter following continues to grow and we’re looking forward to continuing to develop our successful business in 2014 and beyond with Theo’s support.”

Charity champions make it to Mongolia with help from Jubilee® Jubilee® Clips has sponsored a band of intrepid adventurers, including one of its own employees, in an epic 9,000 mile fundraising trek to Mongolia, which was completed in a second-hand LDV Convoy van – all whilst raising money for charity.

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he journey was part of the Mongolia Charity Rally, organised by international aid group GoHelp. The rules of the rally are simple – teams drive from Central London to Central Asia, by a route of their own choosing, with no support, using vehicles that are donated to the charity when they arrive at the finish line.

Charlie Nicholls, an electrician with Jubilee® Clips, his brother Paul Nicholls and their friend Tom Cardale undertook the challenge to support GoHelp’s wide range of initiatives in Mongolia, including the Book House Project, an informal education centre aimed at children who have no access to proper schools.

Charlie explains: “We’d all done smaller charity events before

but fancied taking on something a bit more challenging. The Mongolia Rally seemed to fit the bill perfectly. We raised the money to buy the van and then spent some time preparing it for the journey, including giving it a full service and kitting it out with a new set of Jubilee® Clips – needless to say they performed faultlessly throughout the trip.”

Charlie continues: “We also secured more than GB£2,000 in cash sponsorship from backers large and small. All we had to do then was plan the route and start driving.”

The journey took the team six weeks, with their route including driving on unsurfaced roads, occasionally on no roads at all, as well as crossing rivers, deserts and mountain ranges – and surviving the odd misunderstanding with local police forces.

However, they eventually arrived safely in the Mongol capital of Ulaanbaatar with their trusty van in one piece and still running.

“It was an amazing journey and a truly life-changing experience, although not one I’d be in a hurry to repeat,” laughs Charlie. “It was certainly stressful at times and once or twice we seriously doubted whether we’d make it, but the sense of elation when we arrived at the finish and the knowledge that we’d made a real contribution to improving the lives of the local people meant it was all worthwhile.” www.jubileeclips.co.uk

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P E R S P E CT I V E

by Phil Matten, executive editor, Fastener + Fixing Magazine

Phil Matten reflects on some of the key topics currently involving the fastener industry The submissions to this issue’s January Perspective feature (pages 66 – 82) are fascinating and I commend them to you. I’d like to think it is a reflection of the worth placed on this magazine that so much thought and time was invested in writing them. Certainly we really appreciate it.

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s Will rightly points out in his introduction the content is self selecting: while we are careful to invite comments from a balanced cross section of the industry we can, of course, only publish what we receive. That said, I hope you find it worthwhile at this time when we all take stock of the previous year and look forward to the new one.

Few, clearly, anticipate dramatic change in 2014. Economic indicators confirm business conditions in North America and Europe have improved and are likely to continue to do so. On the other hand the shine has come off several up and coming economies, at least in the shorter term, and many face political as well as economic challenges this year.

A rebalancing between new and old worlds perhaps, but recovery for some economies in the latter still hangs by little more than a hair thread and the demographics determinate that longer run the developing economies are essential growth engines for the world economy.

One obvious potential source of disruptive change is the pending decision on whether EU anti-dumping measures on carbon steel fasteners from China will continue. That is unlikely to become clear until close to the 1st February termination date of the existing regulation. We will, of course, watch for a decision and report it promptly on www.fastenerandfixing.com If an expiry review is initiated then the circumvention activity that continues to infect the global fastener trade really becomes a major issue. China has no apparent interest in policing its own fastener industry. One might say, why should they, but that is short sighted. Circumvention damages the global reputation of the Chinese fastener industry and reinforces its alienation from EU and other markets. Countries through which transhipment is conducted have a strong interest in protecting legitimate fastener industry participants from the taint of circumvention. It will count for little, come an investigation, for exporters to cry “it wasn’t us”; they will have to prove that to EU investigators beyond any shadow of doubt, something many have already found a highly intrusive and onerous process, far from guaranteed to succeed.

The real responsibility, though, rests with EU importers. Knowingly accepting circumvented product is very dangerous.

The massive level of back duties, going back over three years, applied on stainless steel fasteners from the Philippines ought to be warning enough but some importers still appear to think they will get away with it. Ultimately they are likely to be proven wrong to their considerable expense. The Philippines situation also demonstrated that importers can take little at face value and must face the fact that, even having exercised a high level of due diligence on suppliers, the risk of back duties remains.

On the raw material front expectations seem to be for little real change. However, there are now regular probes to recover prices, whether for ore and coal, steel, or container shipment. Little by little these assays look more and more likely to bear fruit although whether, as has happened before, there will be a tipping point at which inflationary pressures erupt is harder to predict.

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by John Wolz, editor, GlobalFastenerNews.com

Wrenn heads Lindstrom Virgil Lindstrom announced that fastener industry veteran Michael T. Wrenn is the new president of Lindstrom Metric LLC.

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renn will handle the direct day-to-day management of Lindstrom Metric. He has 25 years of fastener distribution experience, including executive positions with major US importers.

In early 2005 Wrenn was part of the management buyout of Heads & Threads International from parent Alleghany Corp. At the time Wrenn was executive vice president of HTI. Soon after the buyout he became president of the company, a position he held for six years.

After Heads & Threads was acquired by Porteous Fastener Co in 2011, Wrenn joined Brighton Best as vice president of business development/product manager, working out of BBI’s Chicago office.

Upon naming Wrenn to lead Lindstrom Metric, Virgil Lindstrom took the title of chairman emeritus. “My primary focus in the role will be to build stronger relationships with our customers and to continue my engagement within the fastener industry,” Lindstrom stated.

STAFDA’s Lamb: Expand by training sales team “Reach for a product or market that may seem out of your business realm or something you hadn’t considered,” the president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association advised members in his 2014 ‘State of Distribution’ address.

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ick Lamb recalled that Albuquerque based Frank’s Supply Co – where he is executive vice president – once served primarily commercial contractors. In 1996, the distributor chose to pursue federal government contracts.

“Then Los Alamos National Laboratory announced they were releasing a five year bid for a Just-in-Time contract for industrial tools and equipment,” Lamb explained.

The nuclear research laboratory employs 10,000. It is where Oppenheimer developed the first atomic bomb, Lamb noted.

“Not only were the contract requirements of a Just-in-Time concept daunting – a 95% service level on stock items within 24 hours – but many of the product lines in the bid market basket we did not have much familiarity with; such as precision tools and carbide inserts,” Lamb said. “And needless to say, the price had to be very competitive.”

“The laboratory wanted to know everything about how our company operated and how we planned to change or develop business methods to meet the requirements of the contract, such as quality assurance on inspecting products for suspect parts.”

“Early in the bid process, our team knew that the presentation of our bid was just as important as the information it contained,” Lamb explained. “Each team member was required to present its section in the same format regardless if it was IT capabilities, vendor relations, warehousing reports, or quality assurance procedures.”

Each presentation was reviewed and modified numerous times to make the proposal as clear and concise as possible.

Subsequently, Frank’s learned it was not the lowest bid, but won on ’best value’. “It was the presentation of our contract proposal that made the difference.”

After winning the contract Frank’s Supply had to open and

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staff a branch, negotiate with manufacturers, buy specialized computer hardware, have employees get security clearances and develop a quality assurance program and affirmative action plan – all within three months.

“Sixteen years later, we’re still under contract with Los Alamos Lab,” Lamb pointed out.

In addition to meeting contract requirements over the years, “end users at the lab gave us an ‘A’ in customer satisfaction”.

Frank’s Supply was named national small business subcontractor for 2006 by the Department of Energy.

Such customer satisfaction is vital because “it costs far less to retain a happy customer than it does to find a new one,” Lamb emphasized. “Businesses that are successful in retaining the business of their loyal customers have shown over time to consistently increase profits.”

It may be hard to find the time to survey customers, but “the benefits of evaluating our businesses and the services we provide can only help us keep a competitive edge in the markets we serve”.

Frank’s Supply success with Los Alamos has led to a Federal GSA contract plus Sandia National Laboratories released an RFP for a five year blanket purchase agreement.

“Our bid team practiced our presentation many times and we tried to anticipate the questions that would be thrown at us,” Lamb said.

Presentation skills matter, Lamb mentioned. “When the Sandia Lab team came to our store to discuss implementation procedures, they informed us it was the best contract presentation they had seen regardless of the type of products being bid.”

Today Frank’s has 120 employees at five industrial and construction supply stores in New Mexico and Texas.

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International contracts spur Wesco sales The strength of the aerospace industry is demonstrated by Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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outhern California based Wesco manages aerospace supply chains with more than 525,000 parts and components.

“Lately, Wesco has been going full throttle,” the LA Times reported. Wesco’s sales rose 21.6% to US$230.2 million for its quarter ended 30th June 2013. Net income jumped 30.6% compared to the same quarter in 2012 to US$29.5 million.

“During the quarter, we continued our strategy of pursuing new customers, selling new product lines to existing customers and gaining long term relationships,” Wesco CEO Randy Snyder told LA Times.

His father, Jack Snyder, founded the company in 1953 to deal in scrap metal and hardware. Wesco focused on aircraft parts when Randy Snyder took over as CEO in 1977.

In 1993, Wesco won Boeing’s first JIT parts distributing contract.

In 2004 and 2005 Wesco added sales facilities in Germany and Italy to earlier French and UK offices. In 2006, asset management firm

US fastener exports rebound in October US fastener exports rebounded in October, climbing double digits after slipping 6% in September, Zepol reports.

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S exports of iron and steel fasteners (HTS Code: 7318) increased 10% to US$328.1 million, driven by strengthening demand from Mexico, Canada and parts

of Europe.

The top five consumers of US fastener exports in October were Mexico (up 14.8% month to month to US$103.6 million); Canada (up 6.5% to US$96.7 million); the UK (up 12.8% to US$13.4 million); China (down 14.8% to US$13.4 million); and France at US$9.3 million.

Fastener imports to the US grew 5% to US$391.9 million in October, boosted by a 31% jump in imports from Japan, according to data released by the US Census Bureau.

The top five countries importing fasteners to the US during October were Taiwan (up 0.4% month to month to US$118.6 million); China (up 3.8% to US$85.2 million); Japan (up 31% to US$62.2 million); Germany (up 12.8% to US$26.1 million); and South Korea at US$19.4 million.

This data was derived from Zepol’s trade intelligence tool, TradeView™, using US import and export trade data released by the US Census Bureau in the Merchandise Trade dataset.

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Carlyle Group became a majority owner. Five years later, Wesco raised US$315 million in an initial public offering, selling 21 million shares at US$15 each.

In 2010 Wesco expanded into China. Last year Wesco opened in India and acquired Canadian aerospace parts distributor Interfast Inc. Last spring Wesco announced a “milestone agreement” with French aircraft manufacturer Airbus to supply fasteners and hardware components to several production facilities.

Wesco expanded internationally even during the global recession. Sales growth may have slowed, but not total sales.

Today Wesco has 42 sales and stocking offices in 12 countries.

Military sales are flat, but Wesco is focusing on commercial and civilian aerospace sectors.

Wesco finance chief Gregory Hann, pointed out that commercial growth “propelled our 14% organic growth in both our second and third quarters of our fiscal year 2013”.

Continental-Aero moves East Coast operations Continental-Aero relocated its East Coast headquarters to a New Jersey industrial park, President Bill Giddins announced.

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or over 25 years, Continental-Aero occupied the ground floor of a Harrison, NJ, building constructed by Thomas Alva Edison in 1886 to manufacture incandescent light bulbs.

The new facility, located in Lyndhurst, NJ, will house the East Coast sales office, sales support and accounting functions and will serve East Coast and Eastern Canadian accounts. Founded in 1948, Continental-Aero supplies internally threaded locknuts and all-metal locknuts. It is noted for its purple nylon insert locknuts and best in class award winning service.

Century representing Cherry Aerospace Cherry Aerospace named Century Fasteners Corp as a distributor of its aerospace fasteners.

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van Stieglitz , co-president, commented: “This partnership marks a milestone in Century’s evolution by enabling us to provide even broader material coverage competitively to the marketplace.” Adding that Century’s strategic presence in Mexico was a factor in the distribution agreement.

Century will focus on Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Electric and Airbus suppliers.

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RUSSIAN + CIS NEWS Alexander Ostashov, editor, Fastener, Adhesives, Tools and…Magazine www.fastinfo.ru

“Fasteners. Quality and Responsibility” conference proved its importance At the present moment the problem of the product quality, including that of fasteners, has become pretty vexed in Russia

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n order to consider the question of fastener quality in Russia a special conference was organised by the editorial staff of Fasteners, Adhesives, Tools and…Magazine and Restec Exhibitions. They hope that this and following events, including Fastener Fair Russia 2014, will contribute to the development of the Russian market of fasteners and adjacent industries.

Among the speakers of the conference were leading Russian specialists in fastener production – Mr Gorynin and Mr Lavrinenko. Joining them were representatives of foreign fastener industry companies including, Sacma Group, Profiroll Technologies GmbH, HEICO; and also quality and standardisation specialists. Among the participants of the conference were representatives of leading Russian and foreign hardware producers including Severstal-Metiz, MMK-Metiz, Konar, Sensor and Rechitza Hardware Plant.

Important issues discussed at the conference included: solutions for achieving high quality of fasteners from large scale production; the actualisation of the Russian fastener standards; the distinctive characteristics of the Russian fastener market; as well as a range of other issues.

The question of standardisation of fasteners for flange couplings became an issue for lively discussion. Mr Lysenkov, deputy director general for quality of Recom Plant of Pipeline Details noted that the larger number of different regulatory documents for flange fasteners resulted in a weakening of requirements for them. Mr Dunayevsky, executive secretary of the technical committee 259, drew attention to the difficulties that specialists face in harmonising Russian standards with their foreign equivalents.

The participants of the conference visited laboratories of Politechtest Test Center, which is equipped with advanced equipment. The feedback of the participants showed a real interest in the “Fasteners. Quality and Responsibility” conference so the organisers plan to make it an annual event.

Potential for European JV at Bashkortostan hardware plant On 20th November 2013, president of Bashkortostan, Rustem Khamitov met with Thomas Waldhier, CEO of the German Eberspächer Company.

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t the beginning of the meeting the Bashkortostan president said: “Recently we have met regularly with Alexey Kozlov, chairman of the board of directors of AvtoVAZagregat, discussing how we shall continue to develop the enterprise located in Belebey.

Mr Kozlov has acted vigorously to re-equip and modernise this plant. This is exactly what we are interested in and what we also need.”

Rustem Khamitov noted: “We have formed modern investment legislation in the Republic of Bashkortostan and give major incentives to those who come to us with investment projects. I can guarantee that we shall help you with this project, creating conditions for serious, efficient and mutually beneficial work.”

Alexey Kozlov commented: “We have a joint venture on the basis of AvtoVAZagregat, the largest producer of

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exhaust baffles in Russia. We came here to present this enterprise and to discuss the possibility of the foundation of a joint venture for production and export of hardware products for the needs of Eberspächer Company and, probably, for the whole European market. The consumption of hardware produce in the company is very large.” Kozlov added: “In the near future we also plan to localise the production of baffles for the needs of KamAZ at the Belebey Plant”.

Thomas Waldhier said that the representatives of Eberspächer had already visited Belebeyevsky plant Avtonormal.

“I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by the level of modernisation achieved at the plant. One of the most positive factors is the high qualification of the staff and the capacities of the tool workshop.

We shall seriously consider the question of production of specialised tooling at

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Belebey Plant. We see a great potential in the possibility of uniting our production capacities with the Belebey facility, he emphasised.

After the meeting Thomas Waldhier told journalists that the main aim of their meeting was examination of business in Bashkortostan. Responding to a question on the prospect of founding Eberspächer facility in Bashkortostan, he said: “We have received very interesting information from the president of Bashkortostan on the business environment and support of investors. Of course, we will use all this information to make a decision.”

Eberspächer Group of Companies is an auto component producer with 65 representative offices in 22 countries.

Its 2012 sales totaled 2.8 billion euros.

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3M plans sales and geographic expansion in Russia The new CEO of 3M Russia, Tim Koenig announced the opening of a new production plant in Elabuga.

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r Koenig said: “For the period 2014 to 2018 3M Russia plans 11% annual sales increase. Along with the development of local production of 3M products, we are widening localisation of the scientific and research basis, as we realise the high scientific potential in the Russian Federation. In the second quarter of 2014 a new plant will be opened in Elabuga, which will become a production facility for abrasive materials, products for the oil and gas industry and industrial adhesive tapes.”

Sergey Dmitruk, R&D director and a member of the board of 3M Russia, noted: “If in 2011 the share of Russian produce in

sales of 3M Russia was only 11%, then today this figure is more than 15%, and we expect it to grow up to 50% by 2017. The share of native innovations in new 3M products on the Russian market is around one third. In the near future we see a considerable further growth of local innovations thanks to the activity of specialists at our Russian scientific and research laboratories.”

In 2012 three certified 3M scientific and research laboratories were opened at the Group’s production facility in Volokolamsk, committed to the independent development of new products and solutions that take account of the specific requirements of the Russian market.

TITAN-2 plans new plant In January 2014 the TITAN-2 Holding Group (Sosnovy Bor, Leningradskaya Region) plans to start up a new plant, aimed mainly at the production of socket screws for the connection of fixings.

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he main production facility will cover 650m2. TITAN-2 Holding Group has been a producer and supplier of screws since 2011.

The new plant, at which four new machine lines will come into operation at the beginning of 2014, is located at the TITAN-2 Holding Group site. Today the holding group says it has a stable volume of orders and TITAN-2 is able to produce 65,000 socket screws per month. Maximum output will increase to around 100,000 socket screws per month. The holding group has committed 100 million rubles (2.2 million euros) investment with a scheduled payback of one and a half years.

Other News…

KREPMARKET largest retail hardware chain in Russia The Rosmetiz Association reports that KREPMARKET is the largest multi-brand retail chain in Russia for the wholesale and retail sale of fasteners and leading European metal product brands.

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he company has traded on the Russian market since 2003 and has opened more than 350 multi-brand stores in 62 cities in Russia, operating on a commercial concession model. Today in Moscow and across Russia the shops sell products from 55,000 lines, 260,000 sizes, including a range of construction fasteners, hardware products and consumables.

All product supplied are certified in the Russian and CS countries according to DIN or GOST standards. Within Moscow the company provides free delivery on its own vehicle fleet and has its own logistics centre to supply the regions.

BelZAN upgrades fastener production BelZAN, one of Russia’s largest fastener manufacturers, is continuing to modernise its production.

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ontinued implementation of major investment projects is rapidly changing the appearance of the main production business. Investments include modernising heat treatment technology by working with Kohnle to replace outdated lines with new highly automated and statistically controlled ones. A small zinc lamella coating line has also been introduced to the electroplating shop working with WMV of Germany. BelZAN is now considering investing in a new automatic zinc-nickel line, capable of increasing current fastener corrosion resistance by more than a factor of ten.

The new equipment allows BelZAN to produce high precision, high strength components to respond to the requirements of key customers and to take into account global trends requiring environmentally responsible coating technologies.

To meet the major customer quality requirements and to ensure fasteners conform to international standards BelZAN

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installed its first optical sorting machine for nuts from GEFRA, Germany, in September. This followed the acquisition of two new nut tapping machines, providing precision control, in May 2013.

Two further inspection machines for bolts and studs are planned.

In November it was confirmed that the AvtoVAZ Group (AvtoVAZagregat) had acquired 99.6% of shares in the Belebeyevsky Avtonormal (BelZAN) plant having offered to buy out remaining minority shareholders. Avtonormal was founded in 1967. By 1973 it began making fasteners for ‘KamAZ’, later developing and launching hardware and springs for the entire Soviet automobile industry.

AvtoVAZagregat produces seats, exhausts mufflers, catalytic converters, exhaust tube brake and fuel systems, products, wire and rod, with more than 400 components. Its consolidated revenue for 2012 was 4.2 billion rubles (approximately 93 million euros).

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CSC marginally cuts low carbon wire price Taiwan’s largest steelmaker, China Steel Corporation, announced it would reduce its domestic wire rod prices for January – February 2014 by an average TW$169 per tonne (approximately 4.1 euros per tonne).

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nalysts say in practice China Steel has reduced prices for low carbon steel wire rod by TW$500 per tonne but will hold the prices for its other bar and wire rod, including grades for high tensile fastener production.

Average list prices for bar and wire rod will be 0.75% lower than the end of 2013.

China Steel cut the price of its electric arc furnace produced Al-killed wire rod

by TW$400 per tonne in December. Yieh

Hsing also announced reductions to its carbon steel wire rod prices in December.

China Steel said that Mainland China overcapacity levels are “still a problem” but steel suppliers there have tried to use low stocks and high raw material costs to “brace up” market prices.

Speaking about its overall steel demand from domestic customers China Steel said orders from downstream industries were not as strong as usual. It

sees potential for an upward trend in steel prices in Q1 2014 following price increases applied by US and EU steel mills.

China Steel also announced investment plans to upgrade and extend its No 1 Wire Rod Mill, the oldest of its two mills in Kaohsiung. The plans are aimed at equipping the mill to produce higher grade wire rod.

CSC successfully develops super alloy wire rod Fastener World Magazine reports that China Steel Corporation has successfully developed A-286 nickel-base super alloy wire rod.

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-286 is a precipitated strengthened nickel-based alloy, demonstrating good strength and anti-corrosion ability under 700ºC. It is widely used in peripheral fasteners for aerospace jet turbine engines and automotive turbo chargers. Currently, A-286 wire rod used by Taiwanese fastener companies is mainly imported but prices are high and lead times long. In future, Taiwanese companies will be able to quickly acquire key materials for high temperature fasteners at reasonable prices, says the magazine. Adding: “This will greatly help the industry lower material costs and lift international competitiveness.” www.fastenerworld.com.tw

Ching Chang new plant operational Q1 2014 Fastener sorting machine maker, Ching Chang Optical Technology, has invested TW$0.25 billion (6 million euros) to build a new factory at Hunei, Kaohsiung.

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astener World Magazine reports the new factory is now under construction and is expected to be finished by the end of 2014.

The plant, which will double Ching Chang’s manufacturing capacity, should go into operation in the first quarter 2014.

Ching Chang is the leading player of graphic fastener sorting machines in Taiwan and its products are sold to the USA, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore and twenty other countries. Its products can be often seen in many fastener manufacturers around the world.

The company has operations in Kaohsiung and Taoyuan, Taiwan, as well as Kunshan, Dongguan, and Wenzhou of China.

Providing both the production of sorting machines and full testing services for screws and nuts.

Taiwan fastener exports Jan – Aug 2013 Fastener World Magazine has published the following data for Taiwanese fastener exports for the period January to August 2013 and included the total value and weight of exports in 2012.

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2013 (Jan – Aug)

Rank Country

Value (US$)

Weight (tonnes)

2012 Value (US$)

Weight (tonnes)

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USA

863,373,079

330,523,423

1,286,122,692

476,177,456

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Germany

218,803,249

83,046,104

334,678,814

123,205,551

3.

Japan

153,521,415

50,672,879

208,036,083

64,276,397

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Netherlands

131,549,363

50,435,629

191,005,149

71,755,937

5.

UK

89,938,371

33,970,730

149,773,373

55,228,313

6.

Canada

79,526,760

32,732,783

113,072,509

44,275,218

7.

China

71,261,497

13,468,114

102,105,450

18,721,707

8.

Russia

62,727,111

32,448,880

51,281,614

23,242,247

9.

Sweden

50,026,269

16,745,136

88,237,574

28,882,778

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Italy

49,245,573

21,648,494

68,141,370

28,011,654

2,417,390,976

901,576,290

3,586,618,369

1,278,585,161

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ASIAN NEWS

Taiwan International Fastener Show 2014: New venue and record exhibitor numbers The 2014 Taiwan International Fastener Show (Fastener Taiwan) will take place from 14th – 15th April 2014 in Kaohsiung, the hub of Taiwan’s massive industry cluster of fasteners. Co-organisers TAITRA explain what is on offer to international buyers.

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he third biennial Taiwan International Fastener Show is organised by the Bureau of Foreign Trade, and jointly implemented

by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and the Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute (TIFI). Held in the brand new Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, this year’s show is double the size of the previous edition, with 850 booths and 350 exhibitors. More importantly, Fastener Taiwan 2014 will provide the nexus for tours of the fastener factories in North Kaohsiung and Tainan.

Mr Peter W. J. Huang, president and CEO of TAITRA, said: “The trade show will also be the first exhibition at the KEC since its opening and it is one of the most anticipated events in the spring of this year for Taiwan’s industries in this field.

We are cordially welcoming buyers, suppliers and manufacturers from all around the world to participate in this significant event.”

According to Mr Joe Chen, chairman of Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute, more than 65% of members of the institute are based in Kaohsiung and Tainan. Giving a tour of potential factories not only provides a customer driven service but also makes Taiwan’s global fastener show stand out. “We have been making ourselves different from others. The main approach is to new customers and new markets and hosting a show is the most economical and effective way,” he added.

Continuing on the success of the previous two exhibitions, the third Taiwan International Fastener Show will feature 350 companies, which already registered for 850 exhibition booths, increasing the participating companies by 52% and the number of booths by 104%. This results in the trade show becoming Taiwan’s largest fastener exhibition and the world’s third largest professional fastener procurement platform. What’s different this year is that 35% of the companies are first time Fastener Taiwan exhibitors, increasing the diversity of the exhibition.

The Taiwan International Fastener Show is the largest professional exhibition for Taiwan’s screws industry, with the floor plan separating the exhibitors into two main category areas: the machine, material, mold and hand tool area complements the fastener products area. The fastener products area will exhibit domestic screw manufacturers and traders while the machine, material, mold, hand tool area will present raw materials and peripheral commodities of the fastener industry. Both areas will have many booths with a wide range of options from which to choose to satisfy buyers.

During the exhibition, TAITRA will also organise international industry forums, a grand welcome reception, as well as B2B procurement meetings to further facilitate interactions between international and domestic exhibitors and buyers. In addition, this year’s fastener exhibition is also scheduled within a few days of the Taipei International Autoparts and Accessories trade show.

Featuring some 1,500 exhibitors AMPA takes place 9th – 12th April at the Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei.

Organisers will provide free high-speed rail transportation and pick-up services for foreign buyers. All foreign buyers who visit the Taiwan International Fastener Show will also receive exquisite participating gifts, offering them an experience that is more than just a business trip where they can feel the warm hospitality of Southern Taiwan. Again, TAITRA welcomes buyers, suppliers and manufacturers from around the world to join this event. www.fastenertaiwan.com.tw

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Barcelona Tel: 34-93-2419306 Muenchen Tel: 49-89-5126710

Duesseldorf Tel: 49-211-78180 Paris Tel: 33-1-56895300

London Tel: 44-20-76384676 Rotterdam Tel: 31-10-4460300

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BRAZILIAN NEWS Sérgio Milatias, editor, Revista do Parafuso, www.revistadoparafuso.com.br

Bitter coffee from Robin Hood If we use the example of coffee, one of the most important commodities exported by Brazil, it becomes easy to understand the difficulty faced by industries producing anything from fasteners to planes – businesses that may have taken almost a century to develop and are more and more threatened every day.

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ccording to Senator Kátia Abreu (in his weekly column in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper) the grain of coffee (still green) exported to other countries pays 8% Brazilian tax. If this export occurs with the same grain toasted the rate of tax rises to 15%; if soluble, the figure reaches 34%. In other words the government punishes companies that aggregate value to their products.

If we extend the verticality of production it requires more machines, more people, and therefore we have more jobs.

However, the political group currently in power says that the tax money will be used to help the poor.

In other words, if the production of fasteners, as just one example, will continue with high costs getting even higher, soon there will be no Brazilian manufacturers – just importers and the retailers. That means fewer jobs, with many more poor and unemployed.

Tax rates on manufacturing industries are actually even higher than the coffee sector, mainly because the supply chain is bigger.

Unfortunately, the government thinks it should be ‘Robin Hood’, and believes it possible to build a better country by destroying the industries (‘the rich’).

Fastener Fair Brasil will be a three day show Having staged two editions of its international business fair for the fastener market, the Mack Brooks Group, organiser of Fastener Fair Brasil, has announced its 2014 edition will take place on 11th – 13th November 2014, in the Expo Center Norte Pavilion, in São Paulo city.

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ccording to Susanne Neuner, Mack Brooks PR director: “The Brazilian economics advance has been the decisive factor in the development of this fair, which is unique in South America.”

Despite some negative news about the low growth of Brazilian GDP there are many construction projects planned – with others starting or fully executed in the sectors of infrastructure, oil and gas, naval industry, automotive and autoparts among others. There is also a big expansion in domestic consumption, and fasteners are, of course, in all kinds of products. That said, Brazilian manufacturing still has a lot problems, notably the high costs and the levels of taxation. These, though, are an old problem.

A big difference for the 2014 Fastener Fair Brasil, compared to the 2012, is that it will be held over three days. Talking with a number of exhibitors about the inclusion of an additional day – for example J. Graef, CEO of SouthWind – three days is better, particularly considering that business fairs held over just two days are rare in Brazil.

Importantly, in addition to the exhibitor stands to welcome visitors, there will also be technical lectures with speakers from Brazil and other countries.

More information at www.fastenerfair.br.com

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Here comes Fontana Having announced, last April, plans for a new production plant in Mogi Guaçu – a small town with around 140,000 inhabitants, 170km from the state capital of São Paulo – the global fastener player’s new unit is already becoming a reality.

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he new Fontana plant is its first in South America, producing fasteners for the automotive sector. The plant, currently still a metal skeleton, is located close to the 176km mark of the Mário Beni highway, and less than a kilometre from the Mahle South America facility.

According to the Fontana press office, the new site extends to a total of 160,000m2 with a covered area of 40,000m2.

Rivet setting failure triggers Citröen recall Citröen, which has a production facility in Rio de Janeiro state, has issued a recall for C3, C3 Picasso and Aircross models, to carry out repairs to prevent problems and potential accidents.

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ccording to the company, 358 units are involved in this recall – all cars manufactured during 2013. Incorrect setting of rivets in the front suspension assembly risk the detachment of the wheel hub.

Covering the same period, Peugeot, also part of the PSA Group, issued a recall for its 208 model subject to the same problem.

According to the company, failure could lead to tyre contact with the vehicle body, risking a serious accident and injury to the occupants and third parties.

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C O V E R S TO R Y

INDEX Fixing Systems – fixing your world INDEX Fixing Systems, a manufacturer and industrial supplier of fixing systems, celebrates this year its 25th anniversary, and reaffirms its commitment to quality, excellency in customer service and constant investment in human, productive and technical resources.

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NDEX Fixing Systems, founded in 1989 is headquartered in Logroño, Spain. Its facilities include a 12,000m2 storage warehouse managed through state of the art technology, with a capacity for 22,000 pallets. The working team of INDEX currently consists of 120 people, and the company offers its services in over 80 countries around the world.

During the past 25 years INDEX has focused on its main values and principles of quality and flexibility to adapt to new challenges, which has seen it grow and evolve into the company it is today. Even during the 2008 recession that so roughly affected the economy around it, INDEX was still able to maintain its activity and continued to grow and expand.

Anchors are INDEX’s flagship and star product, but the company’s catalogue has over 5,100 references including metallic, chemical and plastic anchors, direct fixings, screws, clamps, framing and installation systems, and accessories. This wide variety of products are offered in different formats such as professional packaging designed for industrial use, a self-service and blister range, as well as promotional packages.

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Quality manufacturer Quality is an absolute priority for INDEX, as confirmed by the TÜV certification that guarantees that the company has implemented a quality management system according to the ISO 9001:2008 regulation. Every single product that INDEX sells has passed the most rigorous quality tests performed by the company’s technical department.

This commitment to quality is also reflected in the company’s approved range, which includes an increasing number of products with a European Technical Approval certification (ETA) from the European Organisation for Technical Assessments (EOTA). These products are also CE certified, and comply with the Construction Products Regulation 305/2011 (CPR). INDEX’s chemical cartridge range is also A+ rated according to the European Union Regulation for VOC emissions, and LEED certified. In addition, the screw range is RoSH compliant and its nylon cable tie is UL approved.

Wide range of products INDEX’s catalogue includes over 500 different products grouped into five main categories: anchors, direct fixings, screws, clamps and installation systems, which, in turn, are divided into various subcategories according to type.

Metal anchors, for instance, encompasses the MT through bolt anchor and the SL heavy duty anchor families, as well as MAGNER concrete screw anchors and the HE drop-in anchor family.

The chemical anchors range includes MO chemical cartridges, CA anchor capsules, plastic anchors, the T-NUX universal frame anchor family and the T4S 4-way expansion plug.

Direct fixings is composed of the powder actuated FP-GUN and the gas actuated FG-GUN, and each ones’ complements.

The screws range includes various families such as the DIN-7504 self-drilling screws, the PVC screws, the high performance chipboard screw – TEXZ, the PL drywall screws and metric thread.

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The clamp range encompasses light and heavy metal, which includes AB-RE reinforced pipe clamps, AB-RI reinforced isophonic, AB-M6 light pipe clamps, plastic clamps, as well as the BN nylon cable tie family and the AB-PR pressure pipe clip.

As for installation systems, the category is formed by different fixing systems such as the RA radiator supports, the SU steel beam clamps, as well as the SP supports and guides. The wood connector range includes the SC angled brackets and AP post anchors.

Investing in the future INDEX bases its success on the company’s commitment to continuous improvement. In a fast growing world, investing in its staff and technical resources has enabled INDEX to establish itself as a reference in the fixing systems sector.

Together with its commitment to quality, innovation is at the heart of INDEX. Its technical department is responsible for the introduction and patent of several products, such as the MAGNER screw anchor – with a triple bevel thread and a special tip with toothed edges; the ZAMAC anchor – with a squared cone that ensures better fixing; the RS self-drilling screw – with a blind rivet head with a cone between head and thread and a ring cavity under head for drilling waste; and the high-performance chipboard screw, the TEXZ, with helicoidal expellers, high pitch and toothed tornado tip.

Innovation is not only key when it comes to products. INDEX’s warehouse management software is a state of the art system developed and implemented by the company’s ITC department. Other innovations include real time radio frequency control systems and voice picking.

The dynamic and dedicated working team of INDEX is also constantly forming and evolving to meet its clients’ needs and challenges.

Impeccable brand image INDEX takes a very special care of its brand image, and has made a strong investment on its marketing department. The company’s different packaging lines, for instance, have been carefully designed to better address the user experience, and the department offers a display solutions service to all of its clients, with personalised product disposition based on sales data and rotation.

For the next step of its branding investment, INDEX launched the ‘fixing your world’ communications campaign (pictured right).

This focuses on the company’s core values and evokes its qualities such as lasting relationships and stronger connections, rather than just its products. www.indexfix.com

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EVENTS CALENDAR

Fastener Fair Hannover Where: Hannover, Germany When: 8 Apr – 10 Apr 2014 Web: www.fastenerfair.com What: Fastener and fixing technology exhibition.

Totally DIY: Totally Tools Where: Coventry, UK When: 16 Feb – 18 Feb 2014 Web: www.totallydiy.com What: DIY, hardware, tools and security products.

bautec Where: Berlin, Germany When: 18 Feb – 21 Feb 2014 Web: www.bautec.com What: Building and construction technology.

International Hardware Fair Köln Where: Köln, Germany When: 9 Mar – 12 Mar 2014 Web: www.hardwarefair.com What: Hardware and DIY sector.

Fastener Fair Mexico Where: Mexico City, Mexico When: 12 Mar – 13 Mar 2014 Web: www.fastenerfair.com What: The fastener event for Mexico.

St. Petersburg Technical Fair Where: St. Petersburg, Russia When: 12 Mar – 14 Mar 2014 Web: www.ptfair.ru What: Metallurgy, welding, metalworking, tools and

instruments, materials and machinery exhibition.

Nordbygg Where: Stockholm, Sweden When: 1 Apr – 4 Apr 2014 Web: www.nordbygg.se What: Nordic construction industry.

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MosBuild Where: Moscow, Russia When: 1 Apr – 4 Apr + 15 Apr – 18 Apr 2014 Web: www.mosbuild.com What: Construction technology, materials and equipment.

CONSTRUMA Where: Budapest, Hungary When: 2 Apr – 6 Apr 2014 Web: www.construma.hu What: International building trade exhibition.

wire 2014 Where: Düsseldorf, Germany When: 7 Apr – 11 Apr 2014 Web: www.wire.de What: Wire and cable, including fastener manufacturing technology.

21st Construct Expo 2014 Where: Bucharest, Romania When: 10 Apr – 13 Apr 2014 Web: www.constructexpo.ro What: Construction equipment and tools, construction

materials and interior and exterior design.

2014 Taiwan International Fastener Show Where: Kaohsiung, Taiwan When: 14 Apr – 15 Apr 2014 Web: www.fastenertaiwan.com.tw What: Specialist fastener show.

National Hardware Show Where: Las Vegas, USA When: 6 May – 8 May 2014 Web: www.nationalhardwareshow.com What: Connects retailers, dealers, wholesalers, distributors

and manufacturing to the marketplace.

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EXHIBITIONS

Fastener Fair at global crossroads During Fastener Fair Turkey many of the exhibitors to whom Phil Matten spoke were upbeat about this first show in Istanbul – the most frequent comment: “It was exceeding expectations”. Given a couple of weeks to analyse results and most participants remained positive although the pattern behind a broader spectrum of satisfaction levels became clearer.

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ooking firstly at the numbers from organisers Mack Brooks Fuarcılık A.Ş, 135 exhibitors occupied Hall 11 of the IFM Istanbul Expo Centre, close to Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport. Turkish companies accounted for close to half the exhibitor total. International exhibitors hailed from fifteen countries, most notably from Germany, Italy, France, North America, Taiwan, India and China.

The first, strongly positive, impression of the show was the high presentational quality of stands, with many Turkish companies committing strongly to projecting their capabilities at the event. The strength of Turkey’s fastener manufacturing base was reflected not only in the range of local product on show but also the number of international manufacturing technology suppliers drawn to participate.

During the two day show Mack Brooks recorded 1,700 visitors, 70% of whom were local, while the remainder came from 54 different countries, mainly from the EU but with a number of buyers from Middle Eastern markets. From its post show survey Mack Brooks notes: “The quality of visitors at the show was highly praised by the exhibitors.”

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For a good part of its duration the show unquestionably possessed that almost indefinable but critically important ‘energy’, the product of visitors and exhibitors engaging in serious business.

Most Turkish stands were consistently busy. One of the busiest was the Norm Group stand facing the show entrance. Norm commercial director, Gülsün Demiralp later confirmed: “Most of the time we were very busy with customer meetings” – mainly with existing domestic and export customers, not surprising given Norm’s longstanding reputation and active participation in European shows. She added that the Group was strongly committed to continued participation in Fastener Fair Turkey.

For Berdan Civata the show also definitely met expectations, again mainly contacting existing business partners but also identifying a number of new prospects. GENÇ Rondela, another well established Turkish producer, noted: “It was successful for our company; many of our customers visited. First day it was very crowded. The right target customers (European distributors) for us visited the fair.”

Italian cold heading machinery specialists, Carlo Salvi, was also very upbeat about its experiences. “The fair was a big success for our company and we sold some machines to Turkish customers. Our booth was visited by both Turkish and external machinery users. We are evaluating participation at the next Fastener Fair Turkey because this experience was so positive.”

Present in the Turkish market for several years Carlo Salvi used the Fastener Fair together with a gala dinner in the evening to mark the opening of a new facility in Istanbul to support existing customers and develop new ones.

Riccardo D’Ambrosio of REGG Inspection Srl was similarly upbeat, saying: “We have been extremely happy to participate at the first edition of the Fastener Fair in Istanbul and we have been impressed by the quality and quantity of visitors. We also had several interesting international visitors especially from

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the UK, Germany and Italy.”

For UK based Lancaster Fastener, which specialises in supplying distributors, the show was very successful in identifying new potential customers. “The majority of visitors to our stand were unknown to us and as a direct result of the exhibition we have since taken a sizeable order and received several large enquiries. Our stand was consistently busy throughout the first day although much quieter on the afternoon of the second day but that was to be expected. We were pleased with the number of distributors that visited our stand and not just from Turkey. We also welcomed visitors from Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. We definitely talked to more distributors than end users, which was what we hoped for.”

Keeping that comment in mind it is worth reverting to Mack Brooks’ published statistics: “Visitors at Fastener Fair Turkey 2013 were mainly fastener and fixings manufacturers (32%), distributors/suppliers to users (21%), wholesalers/suppliers to resellers (20%) or end users (15%).” Exhibitors that did express levels of disappointment in Fastener Fair Turkey in response to this magazine’s research tended to be those interested in developing contacts with fastener end users in Turkey. For Nicola Sartore, managing director of Italian rivet producers SARIV, there were “not a lot of Turkish visitors, or less than expected. Some unexpected contacts from Iran and Iraq, but the Turkish end users or small distributors we expected were nearly completely absent.”

Adrian Andreescu, international relations manager at Rivit Srl, which has an established distributor relationship in Turkey, said end user visitors were of “limited relevance”. The vision of participating in the fair, he tells us, was to meet important actors from countries surrounding Turkey but there “was no interesting feedback”.

The next Fastener Fair Turkey 2014 will take place from 20th – 21st November 2014 at the same venue, the IFM – Istanbul Expo Centre. After the 2014 event, Fastener Fair Turkey will adopt a two-year cycle. “Due to the strong potential of the Turkish market for the fastener and fixings industry, we would like to ensure that Fastener Fair Turkey will hold a secure place in the events calendar of every fastener specialist in Turkey. The show is designed to complement the world’s leading exhibition for the fastener and fixing industry, Fastener Fair Stuttgart, as a dedicated event for this industry sector in Eurasia,” says Olivia Griscelli, exhibition director for Fastener Fair Turkey. “We are delighted that the first Fastener Fair held in Turkey has been such a big success, offering companies in the fastener and fixing

industry an excellent environment for successful trade contacts and international business relations.

With Istanbul as the venue, we have chosen Turkey’s key business, strategically positioned at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.”

Is that confidence in Istanbul to complement Fastener Fair Stuttgart well founded? In the round, we think it is. Attracting end user buyers to the first edition of a specialist fastener event is always challenging and repeating the event in 2014, albeit in a crowded fastener exhibition calendar, gives a good chance to establish its profile more strongly and allow exhibitors that were unable to participate due to limited space the opportunity to explore Turkey’s potential.

Istanbul is without question a strategic crossroads in an economy that has grown strongly in recent years. While it clearly faces both economic and political challenges, Turkey has huge potential and holds a unique position in its trading relationships with Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This show can clearly work very well as a showcase for Turkey’s fastener industry.

A cultural as well as commercial nexus, Istanbul is a city that holds an enduring fascination for visitors. That combination presents the potential for this show to grow significantly as a meeting place for the global fastener industry and to establish itself as a significant counterpoint in the alternate year to Fastener Fair Stuttgart.

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EXHIBITIONS

Targeting Latin America Fastener Fair Mexico 2014, which takes place 12th – 13th March 2014 at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City, offers a business platform for trade professionals to establish both commercial partnerships and new contacts within Latin America.

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he new show, dedicated to the fastener and fixing industry, will see raw material suppliers, manufacturers of fasteners and fixings, manufacturers of machinery and equipment, as well as wholesalers and distributors all represented.

So far, more than 110 exhibiting companies are taking part in Fastener Fair Mexico, covering a net exhibition space of approximately 1,400m². 40% of these exhibitors are from Mexico, 16% from the USA and the remaining 44% are from 10 different countries worldwide.

Positive leads at Taiwan Hardware Show The Taiwan Hardware Show 2013 ended with 23,847 visitors, with organisers also reporting a good international attendance of 3,248 – an increase of 16.3% from the previous show.

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he show held from 21st – 23rd October 2013 saw visitors from Asia, Europe, America, Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East, head to the heart of Taiwan’s hardware industry – Taichung.

300 exhibitors covered 11,571m2 of exhibition space, and 94% of these confirmed to the organisers that they were satisfied with the visitor numbers and quality of buyers – 40% of the show’s visitors were decision makers. Show organisers also reported 86% of exhibitors were positive on participating again at the show in 2014.

Jack Huang, sales manager, Nanmat Technology Co Ltd – a developer and producer of nano organo-ceramic chemical products and coatings – said: “Over a hundred visitors from various fields visited our booth this year. We will continue to work with other manufacturers to develop new technologies and manufacturing processes in order to enable Taiwanese manufacturers to gain advantages in the competitive environment. We will be participating again in 2014.”

The show also offered free matchmaking meetings for buyers and exhibitors, facilitating numerous meetings between prominent exhibitors and international buyers.

Arie Meller, purchasing manager at Meller Tools, Germany, said: “This year’s show was a successful gathering of manufacturers, dealers, suppliers and buyers. Taking the event to Taichung has truly paid off as we had the opportunity to visit the factories of the exhibitors on-site. Moreover, the quality of the products and innovations on display was excellent.”

Next year’s show seeks to build on 2013’s success and will be divided into 8 categories including tools and accessories, locks and Fittings, fasteners and fittings, builders and DIY supplies, garden tools and equipment, automotive supplies and accessories, machinery and plant equipment, and safety equipment.

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The exhibition will provide buying and networking opportunities for distributors, suppliers, engineers and industry professionals that source and trade fasteners and fixings in a range of industry sectors including distribution, resale, construction, automotive, aerospace, marine and electronic.

Visitors can register for the exhibition in advance through the Fastener Fair Mexico website and entry to the show is free of charge for trade visitors. www.fastenerfair.com.mx/en

Strong demand for parts2clean 2014 The 12th edition of parts2clean, trade fair for cleaning of industrial components and surfaces, will be held 24th – 26th June 2014 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre, Germany, with 75% of available exhibition space already booked.

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emand for exhibition space is stronger due to the simultaneous staging of the show alongside O&S International Trade Fair for surface treatment and coatings, as well as other related shows.

The exhibitor line up includes exhibitors from a wide range of sectors including systems, processes and process media – and their conditioning for degreasing, cleaning, deburring and pretreating of components – parts hoppers and work piece containers, cleanroom technology, corrosion protection, conservation and packaging, contract cleaning services, quality assurance, test methods and analysis procedures.

Last year’s parts2clean attracted 4,982 trade professionals to Stuttgart – nearly 14% more than in 2012. These visitors hailed from a total of 49 European, American and Asian countries. 90% of the visiting trade professionals were involved in purchasing and procurement for their organisations. Record participation of 2,181 attendees at parts2clean 2013 showed that international demand for cleaning expertise continues to be very high.

Gerhard Koblenzer, managing director at LPW Reinigungssysteme – exhibitor at parts2clean 2013 – said: “Just four weeks after our participation in 2013 – we already had a number of excellent business deals. 2012 also went very well for us, but the total number of valuable business contacts we made in 2013 was even higher.”

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EXHIBITIONS

More than products at EISENWARENMESSE EISENWARENMESSE, the International Hardware Fair Köln, will once again open its doors to present an extensive range of tools, industrial supplies, as well as fastening and fixing systems to worldwide visitors on 9th – 12th March 2014.

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n addition to a comprehensive products show there will also be a ‘Speakers Corner’, which will involve an open discussion format where exhibitors can present their companies and offerings and trade visitors can also ask ‘What’s new’, ‘What’s special’ and pose any other questions. The ‘Speakers Corner’ presentations will take place at the hardware forum in passage 4/5. In line with the fair’s high level of internationality, the core content will also be interpreted simultaneously into English.

The BME (Federal Association of Material Management, Purchasing and Logistics) will also hold its BME Buyers’ Day, due to take place on 10th March, in passage 4/5. The BME Buyers’ Day promises interesting presentations on quality, eProcurement, C article management, energy sourcing, and supplier management. Visitors do not need to register to take part.

Prizes will also be awarded at this year’s EISENWARENMESSE including the ‘EISEN Innovation Award powered by ZHH’ and the ‘EISEN CSR Award powered by BHB’, which will be nominated and selected at the show. The industry business-to-business partners (PVH) will also be honoured on 9th March at 9:30am in the southern foyer of the Congress Centre East and the ‘best products of the year’ will be awarded a prize on Monday 10th March.

The EISENWARENMESSE – International Hardware Fair Köln 2014 will be open to trade visitors from 9th – 12th March from 9:00am – 18:00pm. www.eisenwarenmesse.com

Totally bigger for 2014 The 2014 Totally DIY:Totally Tools Shows, taking place on 16th – 18th February 2014, has surpassed last year’s exhibitor numbers and will offer more choice with a variety of companies and products – confirmed show organisers, Brintex.

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he shows will run for the second time at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK, a move that Exhibition Director Paul Grinsell said was well received by visitors and exhibitors alike. “Our move to the Ricoh, to what is an excellent facility that is well placed in the middle of the country, was definitely a positive move for the shows. We also took the opportunity to introduce a free lunch for retailers and buyers that helped create a friendlier environment – and it’s an initiative we’ll be running again for 2014.”

The latest confirmed exhibitors include Rolson Tools, Sealey, Draper Tools and Polyseam. Two companies new to the show are Toolfix Joinery & Construction Supplies – showcasing the US Toggler Anchor System – and Robert Bosch – exhibiting in the new THS Tools Group Village created by the national network of local industrial distributors to share with its key suppliers.

The shows, which are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, will soon be announcing details of a seminar programme and new product showcase judging event. www.totallydiy.com

Increased visitors at MIDEST 2013 MIDEST 2013 took place on 19th – 22nd November at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, attracting 42,101 visitors from all sectors of industry – a 7% increase on 2012.

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he 43rd edition of the show also matched 2012’s exhibitor numbers, with 1,702 companies exhibiting from 38 countries. 60% of exhibitors were from France – a 5% decrease from last year, leaving 40% international exhibitors – an 11% increase, showing a strong growth in the international presence.

The visitor figures also increased, despite the less than favourable economic situation, the bad weather and the farmers blocking some of the roads leading to Paris. Professionals came to the show, many with specific plans for projects, and 15% of them were international visitors. 85 countries were represented amongst the visitors, including Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany and Switzerland.

Highlights from the MIDEST show included the selection of South Africa as the show’s first non-European country of the

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year, which saw 21 exhibitors coordinated by the DTI (Department of Trade & Industry). The MIDEST awards were also presented to nine exhibitors for their excellence in various different fields, and approximately 60 lectures provided an overview of the latest developments in the sector as a whole with approximately 600 visitors in attendance.

Alongside MIDEST, Maintenance Expo presented industrial maintenance products and services and featured a wide range of CAMM packages, aids and diagnostics tools. The synergy with Tolexpo, the international exhibition of equipment for working metal in sheets, reels, tubes and profiles, made it possible for manufacturers to meet their leading partners in the same place.

MIDEST 2014 will again take place alongside Maintenance Expo from 4th – 7th November 2014.

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2014, more than 186 exhibitors from 24 countries will present their products and innovations at Fastener Fair Hannover. Taking place at the Hannover Exhibition grounds, the exhibition will showcase a broad range of industrial fasteners and fixings, construction fixings, assembly and installation systems, and fastener manufacturing technology.

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astener Fair Hannover attracts distributors, suppliers and component buyers with a particular focus on end users from numerous industrial sectors, and will once again be co-located with Hannover Messe.

Developments such as the application of new materials in engineering, the growing demand of increasingly precise fastening For further information: Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd, E-mail: hannover@fastenerfair.com solutions and worldwide availability are challenges that the fastener and fixing industry faces today. The continuous development www.fastenerfair.com of new products and technology with improved precision and productivity plays an equally big role as location, know how and global networking of companies.

“Fastener Fair Hannover is of utmost importance in its function as an extensive technology platform and source of inspiration for the fastener and fixing industry.

Distributors, suppliers and component buyers come to Hannover from all over Fastener Fair Hannover the world in order to meet business partners and establish new contacts.

Eingang/Entrance Furthermore, with its additional focus on end users, the trade fair is dedicated to buyers and specialists from important sectors such as the automotive industry, machinery and plant engineering, energy production, electrical engineering and electronics,” explains Susanne Rauberger, exhibition director, on behalf of the organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions.

In order to make Fastener Fair Hannover ever more attractive to trade i P visitors, the exhibition organisers are now holding the trade fair in Hall 22 which is closely connected to the halls in which Hannover Messe is taking 36-44 place. With the entry ticket for Fastener Fair Hannover (a free three-day CC ticket has been included with this magazine), visitors also have free admission to Hannover Messe, as well as all the other trade fairs that are simultaneously taking place at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds. There is also a Distributor’s Lounge at Fastener Fair Hannover, which will give distributors the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas with other companies in a relaxing atmosphere – with free Wi-Fi also available.

The use of public transport in Hannover is also included in the ticket price. For information on how to get the Hannover exhibition grounds via Skywalk by plane, train and by car, please visit the show website. www.fastenerfair.com/hannover press

Address Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Hall 22, Entrance West 3 Hannover, 30521, Germany

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ABS Metal Industry Corp............................. B55

Hsin Yu Screw Enterprise Co., Ltd.............. B63

Company Stand Prima Zanetti S.R.L..................................... D14

Aichelin Holding GmbH............................... C56

Huade Holdings Ltd (Vietnam).................... A70

PRK Technologies GmbH............................ D56

Albert Pasvahl GmbH & Co. KG...................F71

Hunan Liangang Fasteners Co.,Ltd.............A84

RBM Industries............................................C01

Ambrovit S.p.A............................................. C24

HYTORC Barbarino & Kilp GmbH................ D46

Renetsaf Co., Ltd..........................................C57

ARaymond....................................................F45

IBG Monforts Oberflächentechnik GmbH & Co KG.. B04

Rivit Srl........................................................ D35

Arser S.r.l..................................................... C04

INDEX Fixing Systems................................. C14

Rotho Blaas Srl........................................... D85

Asia Technical Services................................A94

Industrial Recense, S.L............................... D04

Rotor Clip GmbH......................................... D45

Asvefat......................................................... C34

Inoxdadi S.r.l................................................ D64

RUMUL Russenberger Prüfmaschinen AG... F15

Bakker Group.............................................. D04

Italvitinox s.r.l...............................................E54

S.A.R.L. TSF..................................................E89

Bela Automotives Ltd.................................. F10

ITT Bulgaria OOD........................................ D94

Sa-Ra Civata................................................ C25

Bi-Mirth Corp.............................................. B66

Jiangsu AWD Fastener Co.,Ltd.................... B78

Safed Suisse SA........................................... C56

Birikim Makina Ltd. Sti............................... D07

Jiangsu Yagu Standard Parts Co., Ltd......... B87

SAIDA Manufacturing Co. Ltd......................E44

BLM Befestigungstechnik........................... F08

Jiashan Lisan Metal Products Co.,Ltd.........A36

Saima Corporation.......................................F12

Boltun Corporation...................................... B64

Jiashan United Oasis Fastener Co., Ltd...... B92

Sanhuan Fasteners Co., Ltd........................ B74

Bormann & Neupert GmbH & Co. KG........ D54

Jiashan Zhongji Rigging Co.,Ltd...................A75

Sariv S.r.l......................................................F67

Bright Year Co., Ltd..................................... B62

Jiaxing Allywin MFG Co.,Ltd.........................A85

Schmid Schrauben Hainfeld GmbH............ D34

Brilliant Engineering Co., Ltd......................A66

Jiaxing Channov Precision Hardware Co.,Ltd...A86

Peter Schröder GmbH..................................F71

CBI................................................................F82

Jiaxing Chengfeng Metal Products Co., Ltd.... C89

Sektorel Tanitim Grubu Reklamcilik ve Tic Ltd Sti...F46

Celsus Fasteners BV................................... C84

Jiaxing Chinafar Standard Parts Co.,Ltd..... A73

Shanghai Chengtai Hardware Manufacturing Co.,Ltd... A81

Changing Sun Metal Co., Ltd...................... A68

Jiaxing Vodafast Import & Export Co. Ltd... B89

Shanghai Fast-Fix Rivet Corp..................... C93

CHAVESBAO................................................ C14

Ji Li Deng Fasteners Co., Ltd...................... A60

Shanghai Jingyang Import & Export Co., Ltd.... C73

Chee How Enterprise Co., Ltd..................... B60

Jingjiang Hengfeng Rivet Manufacture Co., Ltd.... B80

Shanghai Rivet Manufacture Co., Ltd..........A74

Chia-Li Screw Co., Ltd................................ B68

KALM Befestigungssysteme GmbH (Kalm Fixing Systems)... C74

Shanghai Shenguang High Strength Bolts Co, Ltd....A76

China Pneumatic Corporation.....................A62

Karat Industrial Corporation........................C67

Shanghai Special Rivet Manufactural Co.,Ltd....A77

Chinfast Co.,Ltd............................................A36

KD Metals (Jingjiang) Co., Ltd.................... B70

Shanghai Sunray Co., Ltd............................ A78

Chun Yu Works & Co., Ltd........................... B58

Kovikor d.o.o.................................................F14

Shanghai Xinlong Plastic Manufacture Co., Ltd....A89

D.F. Edizioni srl........................................... F60

La Goupille Cannelée.................................. C44

Shanghai Yihai Industrial Co.,Ltd................ B36

Defremm S.p.A............................................ D75

Landmark Crafts Pvt. Ltd............................ D57

Shanghai Yueda Nails Co., Ltd.....................A96

Dega Demir ve Galvaniz San Ltd Sti............ D37

Lianyungang Xingyi Fasteners Co., Ltd....... A80

Shin Jaan Works Co., Ltd............................ B56

devotec GmbH Dehn- und Vorspannkrafttechnik... D46

Linkwell Industry Co., Ltd........................... C35

Shree Shyam Global.................................... C80

Dokka Fasteners AS.................................... D55

LOBTEX CO., LTD......................................... C06

SIHGA Handels GmbH................................. D44

Dongtai Huawei Standard Component Co., Ltd....C07

LONDEX – Ningbo Londex Industrial Co., Ltd.... F50

Soon Port International Co., Ltd................. C70

Druzhkovka Hardware Plant....................... D84

L & W Fasteners Co., Ltd.............................A54

Specialinsert S.r.l........................................ C54

Eagle Metalware Co., Ltd............................ B76

Ningbo Maowang Rivet Mfy. Co., Ltd.......... C45

Special Rivets Corp......................................C47

Easylink Industrial Co., Ltd......................... A58

Marer S.R.L..................................................F65

Spirol Industries Ltd.................................... D66

E.CO. S.r.l..................................................... D96

Marinetech Edelstahlhandel GmbH & Co. KG...F16

STAFA GROUP..............................................F05

Emek Perçin ve End. Baðl. Elm. San. Tic. Ltd. Þti... D81

Master United Corp......................................A56

Sterling Tools Limited................................. B02

Ezel Civata Ltd. Sti. (Exel Fasteners)...........F91

MCP Precision Sdn. Bhd............................. F38

Strubl KG..................................................... D02

FAR Srl......................................................... D06

Mecavit Italy................................................. D76

Tecma Maschinenhandels GmbH................ F78

Fastener + Fixing Magazines...................... B16

Minuterie Eredi Baitelli S.r.l........................ D93

Tekelioðlu Civata San. Tic. Ltd. Sti.............. B14

Fasteners Incorporated................................F82

Mitter Fasteners...........................................F01

TesT GmbH...................................................F15

Fastenex, S.L................................................F27

MKT Metall-Kunststoff-Technik GmbH & Co. KG...F37

Tianjin Jimkoo International Trade Co., Ltd.... B71

Fasten.it S.R.L............................................. C94

Mohindra Fasteners Limited....................... D80

Topmetallic GmbH........................................C07

Fivetech Technology Inc...............................A57

MTG Hartmut Thiele GmbH..........................F17

TtapDrive AS.................................................A02

Fixi Srl......................................................... C86

Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co.,Ltd.... B81

TUT Kelepçe Yedek Parça San.Tic. Ltd. Þti...F35

Fontec Screws Co., Ltd............................... B65

Ningbo Jinding Fastening Piece Co., Ltd.....A72

TWINNUT GmbH...........................................E46

FTV – RDO ALPHA........................................F55

Ningbo Jingle Industrial Corporation......... B72

UBB S.r.l...................................................... F70

Gardette Industrie SA.................................. C44

Ningbo Qunli Fastener Manufacture Co., Ltd... B82

Vilux Viterie S.p.A........................................ C36

Gesipa Blindniettechnik GmbH....................A04

Ningbo Sijin Machinery Co., Ltd.................. B73

VVG-Befestigungstechnik GmbH & Co....... C15

Growermetal Srl.......................................... B06

Ningbo Zhonglian Fastener Manufacture Co.,Ltd.... B79

Wan Iuan Enterprise Co., Ltd...................... B57

Haining Zhongheng Hardware Products Co., Ltd... B93

Ningbo Weifeng Fastener Co.,Ltd................A79

Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG....F81

Haiyan Huilian General Fitting Co., Ltd...... B84

Nipman Fastener Industries Pvt Ltd........... D01

Xinxing Fasteners Manufacture Co., Ltd......A82

Haiyan Huasheng Fasteners Co., Ltd......... B86

Nord-Lock GmbH.........................................F25

Yamazen Europe GmbH............................... C06

Haiyan Jinniu Fasteners Co., Ltd.................A91

NORMA Germany GmbH............................. D16

Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co.,Ltd.......C71

Haiyan Sanma Standard Hardware Co., Ltd.... B88

OCVeD s.r.o.................................................. D71

Zhejiang Lianxiang Hardware Science and Technology Co.,Ltd... B90

Haiyan Xingguang Fastener Co., Ltd............A86

Ornit Blind Rivets Ltd...................................C17

Zhejiang New Oriental Fastener Co., Ltd.....C87

Hangzhou Ailong Metal Products Co.,Ltd....C91

Patta International Limited......................... A43

Zhejiang Sanlin Metals Products Co.,Ltd.....C37

HEICO Befestigungstechnik GmbH............. D70

Penn Elcom GmbH...................................... C02

ZhongSheng Metal Co., Ltd..........................C37

Hisener Industrial Co.,Ltd........................... C79

pgb-Europe nv............................................. D24

Zimmermann Norm- und Verbindungstechnik GmbH... D28

Hong Deh Enterprise Co., Ltd..................... B62

pgb-Polska sp. z.o.o.................................... D24

Zonbix Enterprise Co., Ltd........................... A63

Honsel Umformtechnik GmbH.................... C15

Pinghu Renji Fasteners Co.,Ltd...................C81

Zyh Yin Ent. Co., Ltd.....................................A64

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Heavy-duty clamps – when the pressure is on NORMACLAMP® GBS® Now able l avai also th solid s wi nion trun

With its three-fold improved band tensile force and greatly enhanced failure torque, NORMACLAMP® GBS® takes on the toughest clamping jobs. Fastening hardened or reinforced suction and pressure hoses, for example.

The clamp’s mechanical lock has no welds, which means greater strength and no contact corrosion. Rounded, reinforced band loops boost safety and the hollow trunnion avoids band or bolt deformation, so the clamps are easy to re-use. To suit the requirements of all markets, NORMACLAMP® GBS® is also now available with solid trunnions.

What’s more, NORMACLAMP® GBS® is extremely easy to install using standard tools.

Quick Release Closure and Multi-part versions are also available.

Manufacture is according to ISO 9001, TS 16949, OHSAS 18001

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Fast and efficient product delivery

Hall: 22 Stand: C14

Chavesbao supplies the distributor channel with screws and fixing systems for the industrial sector, ensuring its customers a wide product range. All of which will be on display at Fastener Fair Hannover.

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he company says it is a generator of creativity, innovation and dynamism, and has seen continuous growth over the years. Chavesbao has an intelligent warehouse that includes an automated system that facilitates ideal control and the updating of stock. This helps to speed up order collection and dispatch, as well as optimising preparation time, which all translates to faster product delivery.

“The figures speak for themselves and underline the capabilities of our storage system.

We have 51,000 references, a capacity for 12,000 Euro-pallets, 70,000 trays for small orders, and the daily movement of approximately 167 tonnes of products.

All of which we are looking to surpass in the near future.” www.chavesbao.com

Safe, reliable bolting solutions

Hall: 22 Stand: F25

For over 30 years, Nord-Lock has provided safe, reliable bolting solutions, offering a wide range of products, as well as real value from the design to the operation and maintenance of equipment.

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he Nord-Lock Group specialises in bolt securing systems and with a unique combination of innovative products and expertise, it can solve the toughest bolting challenges.

Nord-Lock bolting solutions include multi-functional wedge-locking technology and Superbolt tensioners. Its products are manufactured at state of the art production facilities in Sweden, Switzerland and North America and the company says it is able to meet customers needs quickly and according to the highest standards.

“Our experienced staff of engineers and bolting experts are always ready to help customers realise safe and efficient bolting.

Nord-Lock has decades of documented success in every major industry including oil and gas, energy, railway and mining. With Nord-Lock offices around the world and several technical centres available for customised tests, we are close to our customers.”

The company’s certifications and independent approvals include: AbP, ABS, DIBt, DNV and TÜV. www.nord-lock.com

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Engineered joining technology

Hall: 22 Stand: D16

NORMA Group manufactures a wide range of innovative engineered joining technology solutions in three product categories – clamp, connect and fluid, and offers more than 30,000 high quality products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in 100 countries.

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ORMA Group joining products can be found in vehicles, ships, trains, aircraft, domestic appliances, engines and plumbing systems, as well as in applications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

NORMA Group generated sales of approximately 605 million euros in 2012. With approximately 4,800 employees, NORMA operates a global network of 19 production facilities, as well as numerous sales and distribution sites across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific, with its headquarters in Maintal near Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The company was formed in 2006 as a result of the merger between the German Rasmussen Group and the Swedish ABA Group. Since April 2011, NORMA Group has been listed on the German stock exchange and has been included in the MDAX index since March 2013. www.normagroup.com

Specialised in rivets

Hall: 22 Stand: C93

Shanghai Fast-Fix Rivet Corporation specialises in riveting and fastening systems and will be exhibiting its blind rivets samples at Fastener Fair Hannover.

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ith two rivet factories, Jiangsu Fast-Fix Fastener Co Ltd and Jing Jiang Fast-Fix Rivet Manufacturing Co Ltd, the company offers a comprehensive line of blind rivets including open type, close-end type, multi-grip type, grooved type, peel type, and structural rivets, in various materials including aluminium, steel, stainless steel and copper.

The company also offers manual and pneumatic blind rivet installation tools and exports to more than 30 countries worldwide.

An ISO/TS16949 certified manufacturer, Fast-Fix can supply blind rivets per DIN 7337, ISO and IFI standards. www.fastfix-rivet.com

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TECHNOLOGICALLY ALMOST HUMAN

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Being experts in fasteners and having a high performance intelligent warehouse make us more capable, faster, and more efficient in fulfulling your needs; but it is our human team which drives us to excel every day. Technologically almost human.

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Grower Twin-Lock® at Hannover

Hall: 22 Stand: B06

Growermetal will be exhibiting its latest innovative product, Grower Twin-Lock® securing system, on its stand at Fastener Fair Hannover.

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rowermetal says that its Grower Twin-Lock® securing system represents the ultimate fastening solution in the presence of vibrations or dynamic loads, thanks to its geometry and the working principle of the wedge-locking washers.

Founded in 1950, Growermetal manufactures security washers, railway washers, and blanked parts according to customers’ specification. Located in Calco, 40km north of Milano, Italy, the company is present in the Italian market, European market, as well as in other regions such as America, the Middle East, China and other countries in the Far East.

Thanks to more than 60 years of experience and continuous investments in technology and human resources, Growermetal is able to offer a complete range of high quality products including spring washers, flat washers, toothed washers, corrugated and convex washers, conical washers, contact washers, conical safety washers, conical Sperrkant washers and electric terminal washers. All washers are available in different materials including carbon steel, stainless steel, iron, phosphor bronze, silicon bronze, aluminium and numerous other special alloys.

The company’s manufacturing and distributing processes are certified according to ISO/TS 16949, UNI EN ISO 9001 and UNI EN ISO 14001. www.growermetal.it

Springs and clamps at Hannover

Hall: 22 Stand: D45

Rotor Clip, manufacturer of tapered, constant section, and spiral retaining rings, will be exhibiting its wide range at Fastener Fair Hannover.

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long with its TRUWAVE wave springs, ROTOR CLAMP hose clamps, and custom designs, Rotor Clip manufactures a full line of Inch, DIN, ANSI metric and JIS retaining rings to world standards, as well as a complete line of constant section rings.

The company has over 50 different styles and over 1,000 part numbers to fit any application. Rotor Clip also supports its market with a full line of installation tools including applicators, pliers, dispensers and automated assembly equipment.

Rotor Clip is certified to ISO 9001 and TS 16949. www.rotorclip.com

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Fastening systems from Rivit

Hall: 22 Stand: D35

Rivit Srl focuses on the production and distribution of fastening systems and tools for sheet metal assembling and working.

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stablished in 1973, Rivit came to develop a wide range of products for fasteners for industry (blind rivets, threaded inserts, self-clinching, welding studs, pin and collars, latches, cage nuts, spring clips) and related tools for their installation.

Rivit is well rooted both in the domestic and international markets and is active in over 45 countries. To further develop its projects, Rivit built a large and modern production and design location, including an automatic warehouse that provides and supports a state of the art logistic system, to ensure speed and efficiency when filling commercial orders.

“Evolution and technological innovation play a key role in Rivit, but the direct relationship with our customers remains the main aim to focus on. The heart of the mission is the full satisfaction of our customers, which becomes a stimulus for Rivit to grow and offer itself as a partner.” www.rivit.it

Supply partner for structural bolts

Hall: 22 Stand: F05

European distributor, Stafa Group, has a product range including zinc plated and hot dip galvanised ISO fittings in stock and is a supply partner for structural bolts.

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o be able to design and execute steel constructions in the right way, the European Union introduced Eurocode 3, meaning that non-preloaded assemblies must meet the requirements of EN-15048. Starting from the 1st July 2014 this standard will be applicable for most European countries.

“Stafa is the supplying partner in both zinc plated and hot dip galvanised ISO fitting parts with bolts and nuts packed and supplied in the original and unopened box.” www.stafa.nl

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STAFA IS YOUR SUPPLY PARTNER FOR STRUCTURAL BOLTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EN-15048 Stafa has the complete range on stock in both zinc plated and hot dip galvanized ISO-fitting.

To be able to design and execute steel constructions in the right way, the European Union came up with Eurocode 3.

Non-preloaded assemblies must meet the requirements of EN-15048.

and supplied in the original and unopened box. Stafa Group is THE supplying partner in both zinc plated and hot dip galvanized ISO-fitting parts. Also for this new standard has been chosen for both surface treatments.

Starting from the 1st of July 2014 this standard will be applicable for most European countries. Stafa has the complete range on stock. Bolts and nuts shall be packed

MORE INFORMATION? For further information or the complete stock program go to www.stafa.nl/sb or call us: +31-495-599888.

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Mecavit invests in new technologies

Hall: 22 Stand: D76

Marine accessories at Fastener Fair Hannover

Mecavit has managed to gain significant new orders for special items – to be used in strategic areas of mechanical sophistication – thanks to investments in new technologies and the quality of products and services it offered.

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he share of exports achieved in 2013 was approximately 70% of turnover, with Mecavit expecting it to increase further in coming years. Through the research and the experience it has gained over the years, as well as its business relationship with important international companies, Mecavit says it has been able reach a top quality level.

The company has a high tech lab equipped with modern technology handled by professional technicians, who can carry out various kind of test on screws to check mechanical resistance and material analysis, and can issue several kind of certificates.

The Mecavit production line is equipped with a modern belt conveyor oven for the heat treatment of the carbon steel items produced in-house. The plant is a last generation totally automatic annealing furnace, which can be distance controlled with sophisticated informatics systems.

Mecavit can supply the certificate that shows the quality of the heat treatment on demand.

Marinetech is a provider of stainless steel boat and yacht accessories and stainless steel fasteners.

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he company offers a large selection of stainless steel yacht and boat accessories, and says it continuously has more than 29,000 items in stock with its product range still growing.

Marinetech points out that its customer base is diverse, including shipyards, industry and trade, all with differing requirements.

“Our customers appreciate the high quality of our products, which we attain through careful selection of our suppliers and constant monitoring from production through receipt in our warehouse.” www.marinetech.de

The Blind rivet nut screw system Riveting and screwing with only one assembly tool

The new connection system reduces the installation time and optimizes process flows in the production The patented GESIPA® system is a combination of a blind rivet nut and a screw as a single fastener. This combination enables the placing of a high quality thread in a thin material and the fixing of a component in a single process. Due to the combination of the above processes, a complete work step, including the assembly station, the assembly tools, the personal and the associated processes, can be saved.

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• Easy and quick assembly, reduction of the required manufacture space • Identical, mechanical characteristic as screw fasteners • Detachable connection in case of maintenance • Application of existing screw tools with the aid of appropriate adapter • Accessibility of only one side of the component is necessary

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Good connections from GESIPA®

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GESIPA® will be presenting its high quality fasteners as well as innovative and high quality setting tools at Fastener Fair Hannover.

TesT, a supplier of test systems, offers benches with patented sensors to investigate friction value and other mechanical properties of fasteners.

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Established in 1948 by Herman Koehl – the inventor of the coiled pin, Spirol continues to expand its global presence supplying both OEM customers and distributors across Europe.

pirol Europe has local branches in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Czech Republic offering a vast amount of experience, and also has a presence in the Americas and Asia.

Spirol’s product range includes coiled spring pins, slotted spring pins, solid pins, tubular (roll-formed) products including spacers, dowel bushings, tension sleeves, spring dowels, connectors and rivets, compression limiters, threaded inserts for plastics, shims, stampings, machined components, washers, precision machined nuts, disc springs, and installation equipment.

“Our application engineers work closely with customers offering a solution for any application specific requirement.

Spirol can provide knowledge and experience for most applications, helping to support and develop our customers’ existing business. Our extensive stock of standard products enables a quick delivery, supplying hundreds of customers daily. We look forward to meeting you in Hannover.”

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esT has delivered numerous machines in this field, particularly in the area of screw testing. The company cooperates with producers of screws, nuts and coating materials as well as with the most important automotive manufacturers.

TesT’s testing machines for train, pressure, bending and torsion forces are used in research and quality management of materials and components. Its program is rounded off by force and torque measuring instruments.

“We offer our customers from design and implementation, installation and training to the maintenance and calibration of test systems a complete supply chain.“ www.test-gmbh.com

he setting tools of the TAURUS® C series with setting process monitoring, ideally used for setting GESIPA® blind rivets, provide a high level of security that gives customers in the manufacturing industry a sustainable reduction of manufacturing costs, whilst keeping their high quality standards. www.gesipa.com

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Nipman is fully certified

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Nipman Fastener Industries Pvt Ltd, a manufacturer of standard and specialised fasteners, say it is a supply chain partner of choice for the automotive and auto component industry.

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stablished in 1997, Nipman manufactures high tensile fasteners of all grades, standards and specialises in the manufacture of cylinder head studs.

Nipman says its philosophy is to “achieve the best to give the best” for its customers by deploying world class technology and best practices in all spheres of its business activity.

Nipman is a fast growing company operating through multi-locational self-directed teams with four plants having a combined capacity of 1,350 tonnes per month. Its manufacturing facilities and products are approved by major international OEMs in the 4 wheeler and 2 wheeler industry.

All plants have in-house forging and thread rolling, heat treatment, surface treatment, zinc flake and Dacro coating and fully equipped testing laboratories. Nipman is also a licensee of Acument Technologies for TORX® and TORX® Plus products.

Nipman’s plants are ISO 9000:2008, TS16949, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000 certified.

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INDEX continues to expand its range

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INDEX Fixing Systems, an anchor manufacturer and fixing systems supplier to the worldwide construction industry, will be exhibiting its products at Fastener Fair Hannover.

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he company offers a wide range of products, complete technical assistance, continuous staff training and an important development of European homologations, which together with human capital, guarantees customer satisfaction to specific necessities.

In an effort to improve and certify the quality of its sales range to meet the needs of its customers, INDEX has increasingly expanded the range of available certified and approved products.

The company possesses the TÜV certification, which guarantees that a quality management system has been implemented in line with ISO 9001:2008 standards. Its products have been approved and endorsed through the Eduardo TORROJA Institute of Construction Science, the ETA-Denmark, CSTB, DIBT, UL, and through the European Organisation for Technical Assessments (EOTA). www.indexfix.com

Experience and innovation in wood construction

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For the last 20 years Rotho Blaas Srl, based in South Tyrol, Italy, has developed fastening and fixing systems to provide intelligent solutions for timber construction and timber applications.

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ll Rotho Blaas screws have CE marking according to an ETA, including its self-tapping screws (ETA – 11/0030). This cover a wide range of applications – its HBS screws (countersunk head) and TBS screws (large head), which can be used in several joints for CLT (cross laminated timber) panels and frame houses, and its full threaded screws VGS/VGZ which enhance high resistive connections.

Furthermore, the company offers a variety of products for the construction of ventilated roofs and wooden houses and a range of fall arrest protective devices with technical consultancy, if required.

“We have been experiencing a fast growth, and after having consolidated our position in the Italian market, we have expanded through the foreign markets. Today, we are proud to offer a benchmark reference in the international market, providing practical solutions in answer to the need and demands of our clients.”

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Customer satisfaction from FAR

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Established over 50 years ago, Italian based FAR Srl prides itself on providing a high quality product range, as well as complete customer satisfaction.

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AR’s high quality product range meets the requirements of both resellers and final users, and is one of the company’s main features – as well as its diffused sales organisation.

“Our highly trained staff are always on hand to give customer enquiries and orders the best attention. Our customer base extends throughout Italy and Europe and we export to industries all over the world.”

FAR has accumulated extensive knowledge and experience for specialised innovation.

This has been built on its professional approach, producing high quality work and service, and making every effort to keep up to date with the latest developments in its products.

ARaymond – more than fastening

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Since 1865 ARaymond has been supplying a range of innovations from metal fasteners to plastic injection for the automotive and industrial sector. Today, acting in 18 countries worldwide, its core expertise are fastening systems, fluid connections and bonding solutions.

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he company offers all the standard fasteners that a customer needs to assemble, protect, and connect products or equipment. It is also able to design customised products to specific requirements.

The company offers line walks and customised products that help reduce assembly cost and simplify manufacturing processes for OEMs. Its catalogue is available in seven languages, with an e-catalogue, hotline, and fast delivery also helping to facilitate and grow a distribution business.

“Whether you are a distributor or an OEM specialised in electrical, home appliances, HVAC, or other trades such as automotive, railway, lighting, electronics, furniture manufacturing or elevators, come and discover our product lineup.”

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January Perspective A review and preview of the European fastener industry A wide spectrum of European fastener business leaders have given us their retrospective of 2013 and thoughts on the prospects and challenges for 2014. We asked them to consider not just economic and financial issues but also technology drivers for the fastener industry and to identify priorities for the upcoming year.

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e are grateful to the many senior managers that took the time to respond and clearly invested considerable thought in doing so. No one’s thoughts have been omitted. If ideas are not represented it is simply because they were not provided. Through necessity of space, some contributions have been edited but we have been meticulous in retaining the core of each contributor’s perspective.

Of course, the sample is self-selection and we make no claim for how representative it is. However, the final review, to our minds, makes fascinating reading. Hopefully you will agree.

Dr Volker Lederer president, European Fastener Distributors Association Retrospective 2013

Prospects 2014

2013 was for most of the fastener distributors a difficult year.

The economical situation in southern European markets, the financial crisis in many European countries and the crisis in some of the emerging markets obstructed the economic growth of our industry.

Market uncertainty, created by the anti-dumping regulations of the EU and circumvention activities by Asian producers, constituted another difficulty for fastener distributors. After the carbon steel circumvention case for Malaysia in 2011, which resulted in the imposition of anti-dumping duties on certain carbon steel fasteners from Malaysia, there was another circumvention investigation for stainless steel fasteners in 2012. In March 2013 anti-dumping duties were imposed on the Philippines for certain stainless steel fasteners. It is the responsibility of the importers to find and to cooperate with reliable suppliers in Asia. But hidden activities of the producers and more strict interpretation of the regulations in Europe make business for the importers more difficult and risky.

Further on there was and still is a strong pricing pressure all over Europe that led to a deterioration of the profitability of our sector. Increasing capacities on one side and stagnating demand on the other side may be one explanation for this development.

Towards the end of 2013 we saw a slow recovery of the European economy. Some of the big European economies seem to be improving and stopping their economical downturn. But still big political and economical problems have to be resolved in Europe. Nevertheless, there is actually light optimism for 2014.

In 2014 the constant improvement of service levels will continue to be one of the biggest challenges for fastener distributors in Europe. On one side the requirements of our industrial customers keep increasing. They are facing intense competition on the world markets and therefore need a very strong support from their suppliers. Inventory management, e-business and top quality are keywords of our branch.

On the other side we see increasing import volumes from Asian countries. Against this background supply chain management is getting more and more important. All these developments force fastener distributors to invest in qualified people and logistics and to further improve their business processes.

EFDA will accompany the market developments actively.

We stand for free and fair trade in Europe. Our objective is to improve the market conditions for the fastener distributors industry to enable them to be a strong partner of the European industry and to be profitable in the long run.

“ 2 013 was for most of the fastener distributors a difficult year. The economical situation in southern European markets, the financial crisis in many European countries and the crisis in some of the emerging markets obstructed the economic growth of our industry.”

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Fatih Uysal chairman/chief executive officer, NORM Fasteners Co 2013 was a rough year for Turkey and Europe from many sides. We faced anti-government protests and the effects from the global crisis. However, we worked our way through the ever changing climate, and fluctuations of exchange rates, to find new products and customers to expand our business.

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here were also other positives for us, which are particular for Turkey, such as the Turkish government increasing custom’s duty on Far Eastern products for anti-dumping reasons. This helped boost local demand during the second half of the year.

Whilst anti-dumping had a positive effect, there were numerous downsides affecting us such as shortage of raw material because of a local workers strike, Middle East unrest, Turkey’s foreign trade deficit, and so on.

During this economic and political turmoil customer demands never fell back. What we did was to look at how we can produce more efficiently by taking measures to decrease costs while sustaining the high quality. As we all know in today’s business quality is a must and the market dictates price.

We have therefore streamlined our processes to increase our quality and decrease our costs. The best way to do this, we found, was by making new investments. This had the advantage of new technology for quality and economies of scale for cost reduction.

By mid-2013, construction of our new bolts factory in Salihli, Turkey, which is also our family’s hometown, had been completed.

The new bolt factory consists of a brand new pickling line, cold forming machinery and furnaces. It has the capacity to produce 20,000 tonnes annually in a closed area of 12,000m2.

When we compare the new bolt factory to our existing bolt facility in Izmir, the Salihli factory has the capacity to produce nearly half of Izmir’s tonnage in only a third of the covered area. This is possible due to integrated Lean production, improved technology and new business methods.

Three more new investments are also in the pipeline for Salihli. A small screw production facility, a coating facility and a nut production facility will all be finished in 2014.

For the future our goal is to reach 100,000 tonnes of annual production by 2015 with a diversified product portfolio consisting of special and standard nuts, bolts, screws, ball joints and special parts. As well as involving more special items within our production range.

I share my warmest regards and wish a prosperous and healthy 2014 to all our colleagues, partners and friends from all around the globe.

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Frank Nientiedt member of the management board, Böllhoff GmbH & Co KG The general development of the Böllhoff Group The Böllhoff Group has continued its steady growth in 2013 and was able to improve sales and earnings. By year-end we expect a further increase in sales revenue to more than 463 million euros (2012: 449 million euros).

The automotive sector continues as a growth driver as well as the international business in Asia, the USA and parts of Eastern Europe. The sales in Germany are slightly better than in the previous year.

High investments in new capacities The stable growth of Böllhoff is also reflected in an investment volume of 20 million euros in 2013 and another 30 million euros for 2014. Because of the good expectations for 2014 and the following years it was necessary to expand the manufacturing capacity in Germany (Bielefeld and Sonnenwalde) and abroad in Asia. Since autumn 2012 Böllhoff has also been producing in India.

Good and challenging perspectives Böllhoff is well positioned in all relevant markets. The main targets for the future remain the same – highly satisfied customers, continuous improvement and profitable growth.

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general manager, F. Reyher Nchfg GmbH & Co KG 2013 got off to a slow start compared to 2012. This we had anticipated. However, looking back we had expected a steady improvement starting with the second quarter supported by more stable price levels on the purchasing side – consequently the sales side.

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ven though we improved on the volume side and are now well above 2012, sales have been more or less flat since the second quarter compared to 2012. Overall we had expected a much faster recovery for Europe due to larger growth rates in the US and Asia. It is my impression that this did not materialise because of ongoing political and economical uncertainties.

When we look at the forecasts for 2014 we are somewhat optimistic. We believe that – at least on the carbon steel side – price levels have bottomed out. To us it seems doubtful that the steel mills will succeed in their attempt to raise price levels due to sufficient capacity and no significant increase in demand. Only if the construction industry – also pushed by large infrastructure projects sponsored by governments worldwide – recovers in 2014, do we see an opportunity for moderate price increases.

As a company we will strengthen our market presence in Europe by staying with our core competence. We will further develop our product offering by adding new product groups as well as focusing even more on ISO standards. We also see opportunity in supporting customers in their efforts to reduce variety and streamlining their fastener range.

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Werner Deggim chief executive officer, NORMA Group SE Retrospective on 2013 In 2013 we did not encounter any major surprises. The outlook that we communicated at the beginning of the year did not change and the developments throughout the year were in-line with our expectations. The global economy has still been characterised by uncertainties and the European economic region, in particular, by volatile developments in the manufacturing of cars and trucks.

Under the given circumstances, NORMA Group has shown a sound development especially in the EMEA region.

In 2013 we further expanded our product portfolio by acquiring Guyco in Australia, which complemented our acquisitions of Chien Jin Plastic and Davydick in 2012. Both Chien Jin and Davydick specialise in solutions for water management, a field that NORMA Group has identified as an important growth area.

“ …investing in new technologies – particularly in a challenging environment – has paid off and driving growth has reaped benefits, especially during the uncertain times.”

Not only did we grow our network in Asia-Pacific, but we did so in Europe too. In May, we acquired the joining technology business from Variant in Poland, which serves a client base of approximately 1,000 retailers and wholesalers across the country. We leveraged Variant’s expertise and have further built our distribution activities across the eastern European high growth region.

We have also continued to launch innovative products throughout 2013 such as a material optimised and weight improved push&seal quick connector and the ABA Mini clamp for thin walled hoses with small diameters.

The prospects and challenges for 2014 In 2014 we will be focusing on investing in new technologies and also looking to continue to grow. These are two lessons that we have learnt in previous years, when investing in new technologies – particularly in a challenging environment – has paid off and driving growth has reaped benefits, especially during the uncertain times.

Once you’ve done your homework, there are good opportunities in the joining technology business in 2014. The new Euro 6 emission standard will be implemented, which will tighten emission regulations and drive the demand for more sophisticated engineered joining technology not only in Europe but also in the emerging markets. This is why it is also vital that we go where our customers are in order to gain an even better access to them.

We will therefore continue to expand our global network and venture into new markets. Our focus will be on the BRIC countries. We have already started to build up a new production site in Brazil, which we expect to be operational at the beginning of 2014. We also plan to establish a second plant in China, where we already have a manufacturing site in Qingdao.

In addition to the tighter emissions regulation mentioned before, raising environmental awareness, increasing energy costs and higher cost pressure for producers are driving the fastener industry. As a result, customers require lighter solutions, shorter assembly times and the possibility of modularising production processes. We believe that these requirements will raise the demand for engineered joining technologies used in customers’ end products. For instance, in the automotive industry, exhaust treatment (SCR) will remain important in order to reduce emissions. Also, the trend towards hybrid cars will continue to increase the need for lightweight components.

Marco Pizzi sales and marketing manager, Carlo Salvi SpA For Carlo Salvi SpA 2013 has been a very positive year having experienced large growth – 2013 turnover was 25% higher compared to 2012.

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uring 2013 we invested not only in structures and staffing, but also on increasing our worldwide network for sales and customer support with the addition of a branch in the UK and a branch in Turkey. Both are 100% owned by Carlo Salvi SpA – Italy.

During 2014 we will look to develop some new machine models – 2 or 3 at least – and two of them will be exhibited at the WIRE exhibition that will be held in Düsseldorf from 7th – 11th April 2014.

Our expectations for 2014 are very high, as we have already reached 80% of the turnover of 2013.

Our aim is to continue the 2013 trend and, if possible, grow even more.

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Ekkehard Beermann managing director, Fastbolt GmbH Serving purely the market segment of distributors does not allow us to draw a very precise picture of consumption developments within certain industrial end-user markets. We could see however that the overall demand from our distribution customers in most of the European markets started off on a lower level in 2013 than in the previous year and started to ramp-up after the summer break in the autumn months.

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bviously there are some differences when looking at the individual geographical markets in Europe but an overall increase in activity was noticeable for us in Q3 and Q4 for both our stock and our direct container business. From a supply side we found 2013 to be rather stable and consistent. There were no severe drops or increases of the price level or any major issues regarding the delivery time for standard product. Comparing the development to 2011 and 2012 the market was predictable.

Apart from purely responding to market driven factors Fastbolt has also taken a number of strategic decisions throughout the course of 2013 that will help to systematically generate growth for our company in the future. The main step for us this year was the opening of FB Ibérica Lda – our Portugal based warehouse and distribution center serving the Portuguese and Spanish distribution market. At the same time we have taken action to initiate the implementation of a three year plan adding a number of different new items to our stock range in Germany, UK and Portugal. The first phase of this long term set of extensions will be launched during

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While we expect an overall slight growth in demand within our European distribution market in 2014 our focus lies mostly on following our own set agenda: The continuation of our sales and marketing strategy by adding new items to our product portfolio without losing the strength and the competence of a specialist range.

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Gian Marco Dalpane president, Unione Distributori Italiani Bulloneria For all businesses, January is the month in which everybody reviews what has been done in the previous year and tries to foresee what the New Year will bring. Indeed 2013 has been really hard for many businesses. Not only is the economic crisis still jeopardising many activities but also the distrust generated by the political uncertainty keeps reducing people’s expectations.

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he most commonly heard word in Italy now is ‘uncertainty’ and everybody’s hope is that the New Year will bring some change of perspective. Our main tasks now are to restore confidence and look forward. In particular, the institutions should give signs of stability through steps towards the economic and social recovery of the country. Every day, in our newspapers, we read a thousand proposals on the reduction of taxation for businesses and households, cutting the tax wedge, with the aim to develop growth measures.

The hope is that 2014 will be the year in which all good intentions will become true habits. There is the strong need to go in the direction of creating a virtuous circle bringing new jobs and employment. Italian people have been suffering true sacrifices for years with the goal to respect the fiscal compact roof. In 2014 we need to start reaping the benefits of these sacrifices.

Comparing the opinions of those who live the daily routine of each company, many have lived up to now with the watchword ‘RESIST’. Meaning not to lose market shares, sales margins, cash loans, etc.

The situation is made even more serious looking at a manufacturing market increasingly shrinking, where fewer and fewer companies are finding the right conditions to produce in Italy. Many businesses are relocating the production to where labour costs are much cheaper; others choose to turn into commercial companies importing manufactured goods from other countries. However, some are still adopting the most dramatic solution – stop the production activity and close the business.

The year just ended, in the fasteners field, has seen many companies closing their balance sheets with another negative result on turnover, compared to a 2012 that already gave so

little satisfaction. As a general feeling, however, the rest of the European players also shouldn’t have registered an improvement on the figures of 2012.

In UDIB we are convinced that those companies focused on customers in foreign markets, also outside Europe, are now showing more positive signs. For this purpose, UDIB is trying to draw the consumers attention on its associated companies through various advertising campaigns in specific magazines in the field, which are internationally distributed.

Given the general framework, many entrepreneurs find difficulties in planning new investments, hiring staff, employing resources to explore new markets, but there seem to be no other choice. The risk is to remain safe in house, waiting for changes of the overall situation outside, but the world keeps moving. In such tough times, especially for Italian people, everybody must figure the suitable way out. They need to consider that they wont exit the current crisis from adopting the same business logics that originated it.

We must become more competitive, not only as companies but as individuals, workers and citizens. The need to make a serious spending review, has now been transferred from businesses to individuals and each of us must live according to their own ‘lean system’.

Now the challenge is to see whether all the efforts, sacrifices, adjustments and often downgrades, will be adopted at the central level as well, bringing Italy again among the major industrial powers of the world.

For sure, in Italy we don’t lack skills and knowledge, but these should be all focused on creating the re-birth our beautiful country deserves.

Timo Scholle

general manager, Achilles Seibert GmbH For achill the year 2013 had its ups and downs as for most companies in the fastener industry.

The rapid price decrease in standard items at the beginning was a challenge for the importers, as was the dumping prices from European competitors.

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owever, all companies suffered from high stock and tried to reduce their volume, which in the second half of the year turned to be an advantage for us. Those customers that reduced their stock then needed fast delivery to their customers.

Our new division of industry customers grew in 2013, as we landed some quite interesting industrial projects. Next to this, the division ‘system’ put quite some percentage into the turnover.

More and more customers rely on achill for special coatings such as Geomet or others, as well as the service to deliver with customised labels and full service supply (100% stock guarantee for fixed prices).

The expectations for 2014 are looking good. With stable purchase prices and new products (for example DIN 912 10.9

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zinc) we are confident, that if the economic figures remain stable, 2014 will become a good year for the fastener industry.

The first two months of the year will be quite interesting, since the anti-dumping measures against China will either be renewed or cancelled. If the anti-dumping is cancelled it will bring quite some movement into the purchase market. Chinese manufactures will push into the market again, although most of the Chinese manufactures that were major exporters to the EU before have found new business strategies. Therefore it is not clear how many new suppliers will compete against the current suppliers from the Far East if anti-dumping is cancelled.

For some special size items, it will be good to have Chinese manufactures back again, since the small range of suppliers has made it hard to reach a good purchase level.

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Elisabet Österlund

global sales and business development director, Nord-Lock International AB Joining parts together is one of the most critical steps when delivering a product or a system.

Fasteners are the mechanical devices that do the work and they must be durable, cost-effective and easy to use. The fasteners industry has always been a competitive environment for many manufacturers and suppliers due to the importance of bolted connections and the huge number of fasteners used in applications across all major industries in the world.

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espite 2013 setting out to be a promising one with expected growth due to the increase in construction and maintenance activities worldwide, we saw uncertainties that have continued to impact economic activities in Europe. Even with signs of stabilisation in the economic situation, there was slower growth in matured markets within the European region then expected. In contrast, due to rapid industrialisation of Asia-Pacific, the demands of fasteners increased due to the favourable economic conditions and the growth of manufacturing and development activities within the region.

The Nord-Lock Group remains positive with the outlook of the fastener industry in the coming years. We believe that companies who are users and manufacturers of critical applications know that costs of bolt failures are increasing every year and on top of the monetary costs, no company can afford to jeopardise its reputation. Hence, the emphasis of using effective bolting solutions is still very strong among heavy industries and Nord-Lock continues to offer reliable bolting solutions for our customers to increase the life cycle profitability of their applications.

The fastener market is highly fragmented. Innovation is the key technology driver of the industry. As a fastener manufacturer we need to be ahead of the times to notice new technologies and demands of the market. Nord-Lock works closely with our customers, our innovative sources are derived from reaction to the trends in application designs and our goal is to create systems that eliminate bolting insecurity.

Fasteners are commonly seen as commodities, but future opportunities lie greatly in the ability of manufacturers to bring added value to their customers, henceforth increasing the competitiveness of the industry. Nord-Lock focuses on being the partner in bolting solutions of our customers. With Nord-Lock Performance Services we create partnership projects with our customers. Our engineers assist customers in the design phase with joint simulation, calculations and testing. We ensure successful operations over time with installation services, on-site support and remote product trainings.

Adequate investments in R&D and engineering are necessary for fastener manufacturers to drive development, differentiation and future success.

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president, Brighton Best International 2013 has been a busy year for Brighton Best International (BBI) as we continue to grow organically and through acquisitions. We have been able to succeed by continuing to stick to our strategy of offering a wide and deep expanse of inventory, competitive pricing, quality products, and excellent service.

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n October last year, BBI completed the asset acquisition of Porteous Fastener Company (PFC). The acquisition brings opportunities across product lines and geographies. We believe that the consolidation of BBI and PFC will bring about a stronger, more disciplined wholesale channel that will provide greater long term stability to our distributors. We will be investing into product lines that have been under invested by both BBI and PFC, and looking to expand services and offerings.

As we look forward to 2014, we do not see major fluctuations or changes from a supply perspective. Steel costs and exchange rates all seem stable. Of course, this is all subject to change depending on any government actions. In 2014, BBI will continue to focus on integration of BBI and PFC and to continue driving down our operating costs as we consolidate warehouses and back office operations.

In the fastener distribution or more generally the commodity distribution business, the best line of defence is to have the lowest operating cost model in the industry. The lower your cost, the better you can defend and grow your market share.

“ A s we look forward to 2014, we do not see major fluctuations or changes from a supply perspective.

Steel costs and exchange rates all seem stable.”

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SACMA Group SACMA Group sales achieved in 2013 confirm the success of our operative and effective organisation. We were able to ship many more new machines all over the world for numerous different industry branches, such as aerospace, automotive, wind power, industrial vehicles and electric appliances.

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his impressive activity is due to the availability of a wide machine range and also to the new markets conquered thanks to innovative products, such as the large cold formers for net shape components, the warm-formers for the aerospace industry and the innovative and flexible thread rolling centres. The after sales service and the immediate availability of spare parts also convinced the customers to go ahead with SACMA Group.

As announced at the beginning of 2013, SACMA and Ingramatic introduced 19 new machine models thanks to our powerful R&D departments and manufacturing divisions. This led to us introducing a new Guide to the System 2014 catalogue, which emphasises the large range of available machines including all new progressive and combined headers, warm formers, threaders and pointers.

“ Looking forward to 2014, and it is already a busy year for SACMA Group.”

New models included the new I-Thread machines – RP320-M, RP420-M, RP520-M and the RP820; a new QTC washer assembly unit with a unique system for quick tool change over; and for the production of engine bolts, the new 5 dies progressive headers model SP360SL-CR-SM – with a longer DKO and an integrated pointing unit. The heading station can also be equipped as standard with the new wire feeder ‘S-Feed’ precision feeding system driven by a servomotor.

For large components production, SACMA also introduced the new SP670-AS, a 6 dies large cold forming header, designed to produce hollow and solid special parts for a variety of industries.

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At the end of 2013, Ingramatic introduced the new RP820 for bolt production from M18 – M27 with the I-Thread concept.

A big event for SACMA in 2013 was an ‘Open House’ held in the US, dedicated to SACMA’s warm former machines and technology.

The ‘Open House’ successfully revealed the large interest of aerospace fastener manufacturers for the fully integrated warm forming technology made by SACMA. Looking forward to 2014, and it is already a busy year for SACMA Group. Firstly we have the finalisation of a large investment in machinery with additional palletised vertical machining centres, as well as a complete flexible machining system to increase the productivity of the manufacturing division in Limbiate. These investments will close a longtime industrial project started three years ago to guarantee the competitiveness of both the SACMA and Ingramatic brands.

Started in 2010 the project aimed to create a dynamic business developed in harmony with the needs of the company workforce. It encompassed everything from buildings layout to processes for both people and components alike.

Investments included the enlargement of the SACMA Group factory in Limbiate. The new logistic building is the crucial point of all transportation and delivery operations related to the new additional mechanical machining area where the medium and large size components are manufactured.

At the Ingramatic factory where the assembly division for the threading and pointing machines production is located, a large investment for its proper machining division including machining centres and CNC turning machine to speed up the production of components has just started.

At OBM, the third factory of SACMA Group, where the small and medium components are produced, a large investment is also done in order to intensify the capacity of the production for the medium size parts with a new large vertical machining centre for very long components.

Other investments include SACMA and Ingramatic’s R&D departments, where renovation of all workstations has been carried out including the introduction of the latest release of the 3D CAD CAM and FEM software.

At WIRE 2014 in Dusseldorf SACMA Group will present one of its new thread rolling machines inspired by the I-Thread concept with all configurations possible. SACMA will also present the new S-Feed concept for its progressive and combined headers.

SACMA Group will constantly intensify its presence worldwide with its technical centres in order to continue our growing activity overseas.

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chief executive, Hexstone Limited When Hexstone, the parent company behind leading fasteners and fixings experts Owlett-Jaton, JCP Fixings, Galaxy Fasteners, Icon Fasteners, Stainless Threaded Fasteners, and most recently Unifix, officially launched three years ago, it was clear that its total offer to the market would be unrivalled.

Constructing growth for 2014 Like many others, the construction sector has met various challenges over recent years and the beginning of 2013 started slowly. However, there has been a noticeable month-on-month upward trend within the industry that has been reflected in our own output.

This success has been mirrored in the rebranding and deeper connection of the Hexstone businesses for 2014. We anticipate that there will be a continuation of improvement, fuelled by growing output in the construction sector. With a strong distribution capability and a high level of customer service, Hexstone’s offer to the market now covers more than 30,000 core and specialist product items, most of which are accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are available for next day delivery.

Today Hexstone is one of the top five buyers of fasteners in Europe and the UK’s largest wholesale supplier of fasteners, fixings, hardware, ironmongery, and associate items to the engineering and merchant trade. Our focus for 2014 is to develop and build upon these core skills and capabilities within the Hexstone Group, particularly in the more specialist areas such as stainless steel fabrication. However, we will maintain a very clear focus on core trading.

“ O ur focus for 2014 is to develop and build upon these core skills and capabilities within the Hexstone Group…”

A strong year ahead Hexstone prides itself on the understanding of the core needs of its customers and the ability to service them in a consistent and sustainable way. For customers, it is reassuring that the closer association of companies within the Hexstone umbrella allows a mixture of niche specialists in the industry to come together to form a collective strength. It reinforces the message that they can source all their needs from one organisation, and Hexstone is committed to delivering a quality, service-led offer. It also means that our companies can continue to tackle the European market and the quest to investigate new market opportunities. As a significant and substantial company, Hexstone can attract global suppliers and, in turn, the very best products.

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be recognised as the total solution – offering a comprehensive stock range in both depth and volume, a continuity of supply, and a stock and buying power that is unique to the market.

Origins The hexagon is the dominant head style in the world of fasteners. The name Hexstone itself was born from an inspired combination of the strong, six-sided shape, and the location of our head office in Stone. The six sides of Hexstone offer different faces to the market, yet stand alongside one another in terms of complementary specialisation and offering.

The six faces of Hexstone Owlett has a reputation for high quality products and customer service. As part of Owlett-Jaton the company has a long tradition of supplying the merchant and distributor trade.

Jaton offers an unrivalled range of fasteners, fixings, and associated products to the wholesaler and merchant trade.

It has a reputation for high quality products sourced from worldwide manufacturers, and unbeatable customer service – backed by experienced staff.

Unifix has a long and established history as a quality plastic fittings brand and joined Hexstone in 2013. The products in the Unifix stable include such brands as Thunderbolt™, Vortex™, and the original Kliplok™ pipe clip, as well as the uniquely designed collection of cable clips, and an array of affiliated products to compliment the range.

JCP is a specialist supplier of construction fixings to distributors.

Since its conception in 2000, it has grown to become a leading force in the UK fixings market. All products are supplied with full technical specification and, in a number of cases, European Technical Approvals.

Stainless Threaded Fasteners is one of Europe’s leading distributors of stainless steel and brass fasteners. Operating from premises in the West Midlands of 100,000 square feet (9,300m2), STF offers from stock over 10,000 lines of A2, A4 stainless steel and brass fasteners.

Icon Fasteners is the UK’s leading supplier of higher grade alloy fasteners of all types, and can also offer a wide range of other finishes and locking patches as required. The company is able to supply PPAP parts, and has an experienced specials team that can source and manufacture parts to customer specifications.

Galaxy Fasteners is now firmly established as a market leader for supplying specialised distributors within the structural engineering and farm building sector. The complete product range is available from stock, covering application at the initial fabrication stage – from submission of the original draftsman’s list – right through to the fully cladded structure. www.hexstone.co.uk

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Committed to anchoring technology Metall-Kunststoff-Technik GmbH & Co KG (MKT), a manufacturer of anchoring technology, has introduced several new developments within the past 12 months that has enabled it to continue to produce products of the highest quality, whilst offering consistent reliability.

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stablished in 1990, MKT supplies a comprehensive range of standard anchor systems, as well as tailor made anchor solutions for small or large scale applications.

Based in Germany’s Rheinland-Pfalz region, MKT has progressively extended its production facility over the years so that it can continue to provide a reliable base for the business.

The company now has four production and logistics halls in Weilerbach, as well as a sister company – MKT Fastening LLC – that has its own production facility in Arkansas, USA, and services the requirements of the North American construction sector.

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“The automatic line has had a major impact on our production speeds, as well as improving our efficiency,” explains Stefan Weustenhagen, product manager at MKT. “Although it works at the same speed as our previous machines, it can assemble four anchors at a time. This means that we have been able to streamline the amount of machinery needed for the production of wedge anchors, whilst still producing the same quantity.”

A key part of MKT’s business philosophy is its commitment to quality. The company has over 20 European Technical Approvals with final product testing becoming a critical part of the business. So much so that MKT has built a new testing house that enables it to carry out a variety of testing procedures including dynamic load testing, pull out testing, shear testing, cracked/uncracked concrete testing, vibration testing, material testing, as well as tests for approvals.

“Our old testing department was quite small and we could only carry out two tests at a time,” mention Stefan. “Now with our new testing facility we have the ability to carry out up to 10 tests – working on different tests, different concrete qualities, and different size products – all at the same time. We can also carry out tests over a period of days if necessary.”

Stefan adds: “We use the testing facility for research and development, to inspect products currently being produced, as well as new products.

At the beginning of 2012 MKT added an additional Nedschroef boltmaker (pictured above) to its range. The new machine is capable of producing bolts from M5 – M20 in one operation. The maximum wire diameter, depending on material and product, ranges from 12mm – 22mm, with the machine producing 180 pieces per minute. It can also produce a thread length from 80mm up to 130mm.

MKT is also now seeing the benefits from a previous development when it introduced an automatic line that was custom designed and produced specifically for the assembly (in sets of four) of MKT’s wedge anchors. The automatic line includes a series of inspection systems, including confirming the orientation of each component,

The investment in the new testing house underlines MKT’s rare status as one of only a few fixings manufacturers to have approval confirmed according to the Deutsches Institut Für Bautechnik (DIBt) general technical approval Z-21.3-1906, for an anchor system capable of withstanding dynamic loads.

“Our recent investments underline our commitment to supply fixing technology that can be depended on to meet the needs of the construction industry across the globe,” says Stefan.

“We will continue to focus on high quality products that come with a ‘Made in Germany’ guarantee.” www.mkt.de

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INDEX improves chemical anchor range INDEX Fixing Systems has launched its new winter range of chemical anchors, specifically designed for installation in extreme low temperatures.

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he winter range includes the MOPOLYW anchor – polyester; the MOPOSEW anchor – styrene-free polyester; and the MOEPSEW anchor – styrene-free acrylate, all of which were already available in the INDEX Fixing Systems catalogue.

These versions of the chemical cartridges are specifically designed for installations made in exceptionally cold environments. The MOPOLYW works correctly in base materials with a temperature as low as -5°C, whereas both the MOPOSEW and the MOEPSEW perform properly even at lower base material temperatures of -10°C. All the chemical cartridges in the winter range are ETA approved, according to ETAG 001 – MOPOLYW (ETA – 13/0752), MOPOSEW (ETA – 12/0306) and MOEPSEW (ETA – 10/0458) – and comply with the rules established by the Construction Products Regulation. All approval certificates for the chemical anchors, as well as certificates for the rest of INDEX’s approved products, are available to all customers, as well as their corresponding Declaration of Performance. www.indexfix.com

New fischer products anchored in technology fischer has launched a brace of new chemical anchor products that it says offers users the most complete range of fixings solutions for concrete on the market today.

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anufactured in fischer’s facility in Germany, the Powerbond and Superbond resin systems provide solutions for anchoring in cracked and non-cracked concrete where speed, reliability and strength are paramount.

The Powerbond is an injection resin system that provides load bearing capacity in cracked and non-cracked concrete, combined with safety. The approved Powerbond system can be used in hammer or diamond drilled holes with the same high load capacity – even if the holes are water filled. In addition, the Powerbond can be used in conjunction with fischer’s PowerSleeve system, with the PowerSleeve’s conical design guaranteeing ultimate load strength. fischer points out that this makes the Powerbond the perfect fixing for a wide variety of safety critical structural applications such as fixing steel structures to concrete, guard rails, timber construction, steel consoles and silos.

The Superbond resin system is the first ever system for cracked concrete that allows standard anchor rods to be used with either resin cartridges or capsules.

fischer says that the Superbond sets new standards with its extremely short curing time of only 5 minutes at 21°C, making it the perfect choice for applications where speed and reliability are of the essence.

Even in wet weather conditions, curing times do not need to be doubled. fischer states that no other resin anchor has a comparably wide application temperature range of -40°C to +150°C. Variable anchoring depths of 4xd to 20xd enables designers to optimise connections exactly to their needs with possible savings on drilling and installation times.

Chemfix launches 410ml ChubSeal Chemfix Products Ltd, based in West Yorkshire, UK, has added a new 410ml cartridge version to its ChubSeal range.

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he ChubSeal cartridge solves the problems associated with the cutting of the metal clip on traditional foil bag systems before extruding. The ChubSeal bag is cut in a safe and controlled environment during manufacture and is replaced by an easy to use non-cut sealing cap.

In addition to being a non-cut system, the ChubSeal requires less extrusion force, is fast and easy to apply and is resealable – with the user simply unscrewing the cap like a normal cartridge.

There is no odour during storage and the high barrier laminate foil used is leak-proof.

The ChubSeal can be used with a standard 300ml or 380ml tool and is available in all popular sizes: 150ml, 165ml, 300ml, 380ml, as well as the new 410ml version, for all Chemfix resin types.

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Approval investment by 2K Polymer Systems 2K Polymer Systems, a UK based manufacturer of two component chemical anchoring systems for private label, has been running a comprehensive product approval investment programme since 2008 – accumulating an impressive approval portfolio acknowledged in the EU and the USA.

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he product range offered by 2K Polymer Systems includes polyester (P) (ETA – 13/0208) and vinylester (VE) (ETA – 13/0206) based resins for the price competitive end of the market; polyester styrene free (PSF-V) (ETA – 13/0207) and vinylester styrene free (VESF) (ETA – 13/0205) systems for the more demanding applications; and flagship products such as epoxy acrylate styrene Free (EASF) (ETA – 13/0169) and the alternative variation of epoxy acrylate styrene free (EASF-V) (ETA – 13/0586) for the very highest requirements. P, PSF-V and EASF-V resin systems are also available in winter and tropical grades, making them user friendly in high and low ambient temperature.

All of the above products have Option 7 ETAs, and some benefit from ETAs according to TR023 and ETAG 029. 2K Polymer Systems completes its chemical anchoring systems range with pure epoxy resins EX1, EX2 and EX3 (1:1, 2:1 and 3:1 ratios), with EX1 and EX2 fire F240 tested. For those operating in the markets where American building codes are recognised, 2K Polymer Systems can offer products that have AC308 evaluation reports from ICC-ES and IAPMO, as well as NSF/ANSI 61 approvals for contact with potable water.

“All of our approvals may be transferred to our private label partners, who will benefit from years of our investment and attention to technical detail.”

G&B Fissaggi receives Option 1 approval G&B Fissaggi, based in Turin, Italy, has announced that its GEBOFIX PRO VE-SF vinylester, styrene free, chemical anchor has received a new ETA.

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he GEBOFIX PRO VE-SF has received Option 1 approval (ETA – 12/0557) for applications in cracked and non-cracked concrete, as well as for use with threaded bars and reinforced bars.

Available in 300ml, 345ml and 410ml cartridges, the GEBOFIX PRO VE-SF is CE approved for applications in masonry, is fire resistance F120 approved, as well as being certified for applications in flooded bore holes. www.gebfissaggi.com

Bossong updates ETAs Bossong SpA has announced updates to its most important product – BCR V-PLUS – with ETAs for threaded rods (ETA 09/0140) and for rebar connections (ETA 09/0246) in accordance with Eurocode 2.

The new European Technical Assessments have been issued according to the new Construction Products Regulation 305/2011.

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ossong says that BCR V-PLUS was already one of the best vinylester, styrene-free, resins in the European market – combining high load capacity and water resistance, as well as being certified for installation in flooded hole with no reduction in load (ETA 09/0140).

The crucial updates of the two ETAs mean that the BCR V-PLUS has received Option 1 approval for cracked concrete, as well as for fixing with threaded rods M10 – M20, with very high performances. In addition, it has increased its Option 7 capabilities for non-cracked concrete. It has a project tension load of 20% (M8 – M24) in case of installation in dry and wet concrete, and there has also been an increase in the maximum embedment depth up to 20 times nominal threaded rod diameter.

Other important product updates include a reduction in the minimum embedment depth for rebar connection, a faster curing time for the standard version, and an increase in installation temperature range (+10°C to +40°C). It also enables Bossong to introduce ETA certified winter (-20°C to +20°C) and Tropical (+20°C to +50°C) versions – with a combination of the three product versions enabling a temperature range from -20°C to +50°C. Further updates include a fire resistance report for rebar connections and A+ classification for low emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC in accordance with the French Decree 2011-321 and the ISO 16000 Norm). www.bossong.com

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hrough its production plant pgb-Polska says that it can offer high performance fixing systems that provide fastening solutions for every branch of the construction industry. pgb-Polska’s nylon anchor range includes:

• Wall plug type P and PB: The design of the standard wall plug type P was reviewed in 2013 and now pgb-Polska offers a full range from diameter 4mm up to 16mm. This plug is available with or without collar.

• Multifunctional plug type BP, LP and LBP: This strong plug is available from 5mm up to 14mm and comes with a small collar (type BP). The longer versions without collar (type LP), and with collar (type LBP), are available from 6mm – 10mm.

• Universal plug type UP: New in the production range, the Universal plug type UP has four expansion zones – giving optimal results in all building materials, as well as expansion in solid materials and knot forming in hollow substrates.

• Universal frame anchors: Easy to install (Push-through installation) and all round suitability for many substrates such as concrete, solid brick and perforated bricks. The full assortment on offer includes total fixing lengths ranging from 80mm – 230mm. The enclosed screw is available with countersunk head PZ3, T40, hexagonal head SW13, or hexagonal head SW13 with pressed-on washer and T40.

• Hammer nail plugs: The unique design of this hammer in fixing combines looks with efficiency. Available with different collars, it is usable in different applications.

• Drywall anchor type PCA: This plastic cavity anchor is an ideal solution for drywall fixings. Thanks to its umbrella design it offers a great hold in hollow and plate materials. www.pgb-polska.com

Hilti attains BBA certification for Eurofox range Hilti has attained British Board of Agrément (BBA) certification for its complete Eurofox façade technology portfolio.

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ncorporating both the rainscreen systems and rainscreen cladding support systems, key performance factors independently assessed by the BBA included mechanical resistance and stability, behaviour in relation to fire, drainage and ventilation, and durability.

Hilti acquired Eurofox in May 2011 in order to complement its existing product portfolio and offer a complete solution for ventilated façade substructure.

The accreditation means that Hilti is now able to offer both BBA approved façade systems and Construction Products Regulation (CPR) compliant fastenings, meaning a fully harmonised design between the two key elements of ventilated façade.

The BBA is the UK’s major authority offering approval and certification services to manufacturers and installers supplying the construction industry. BBA approval is recognised by building control, government departments, architects, local authorities, specifiers and industry insurers.

Gareth Prosser, Hilti steel and metal trade manager for northern Europe, commented: “This is an important step forward for our building envelope business. Since our initial acquisition of Eurofox we have continued to invest in product development, approvals, design services, technical software and additional resources.

We are very proud to be able to offer our customers this BBA approval for the Eurofox range.”

New Paslode NailScrews launched Following on from the launch of its successful lithium tool range, Paslode has introduced a brand new NailScrew range, designed for use with the IM360Ci lithium tool.

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he Paslode NailScrew is a new innovation from the Paslode team, providing the end user with the ability to fire a performance nail that can later be removed and even re-inserted. Available in two finishes (electro galvanised and stainless steel), the NailScrews are Eurocode 5 approved and meet CE marking requirements, guaranteeing the highest standards of safety in use.

The NailScrews’ TORX® drive head is designed to allow for more power under screwing with no cam-out. Also, due to the head design, it does not damage on insertion providing an improved aesthetic finish.

“Ideal for applications where access may be required after fixing, such as cladding or decking, and for temporary fixings such as hoardings, Paslode NailScrews can be removed and re-fixed without performance being compromised. They are six times faster to install than standard wood screws, saving on time, labour and material costs.”

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From 1st July 2013, as a result of the Construction Products Regulation, new ETAs will actually be European Technical Assessments. European Technical Approvals published before 1st July 2013 will act as the new assessment until their expiry date.

Fur further information and a full list of valid ETAs visit: www.eota.eu

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ETAG 001 Metal Anchors for use in Concrete (all parts) ETA – 12/0553

Friulsider Injection system Kem-UP + Vinylester for rebar connection

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ETA – 13/0056

DeWalt DM-PRO

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ETA – 13/0057

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Two-in-one locking and sealing advancement ND Industries® continues to be a leader in the field of pre-applied fastening technology, bringing powerful advanced locking and sealing products to the industry. One of ND’s unique offerings in microencapsulated locking and sealing technology is Expand-A-Seal®.

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eveloped by ND’s research and technology experts, Expand-A-Seal® is a pre-applied, epoxy thread locking solution that provides a total airtight and watertight seal – even under extremely high pressures.

Expand-A-Seal utilises a microencapsulation process, whereby an epoxy-type resin and expanding agent are contained within microscopic spheres – which are suspended within an epoxy hardener. This liquid slurry mixture is then applied to the threads of a fastener.

Expand-A-Seal is added to only one of the two mating parts and can be used on internally or externally threaded fasteners of any size. Once Expand-A-Seal has dried on a fastener, it can be safely handled. Only when the coated fastener is mated with its corresponding part do the microscopic spheres break open, activating the locking power of the adhesive agents.

Due to Expand-A-Seal’s low installation torque, fasteners can be easily assembled with common hand tools. However, ND Industries mentions that the chemical reaction that takes place upon mechanical fastening is so rapid that exceptional breakaway torque values are achieved before full cure, even within as short a time as one hour. No heat curing is required for fasteners coated with Expand-A-Seal, with full cure achieved within 24 hours at room temperature. As a locking agent, fully

The thread gaps are filled in with Expand-A-Seal®

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cured Expand-A-Seal creates a bond comparable in strength to most epoxy threadlockers.

“Expand-A-Seal exhibits phenomenal sealing action. Although some threadlockers do have limited sealing capabilities, even the most formidable bonds created by threadlockers leave miniscule spaces within the threads of a seated fastener, allowing for gas and fluid leakage. Such leakage can become a particularly difficult problem at fastening points when subjected to high pressure conditions, such as in compression tanks or air brakes.

However, with Expand-A-Seal concerns about leakage become a thing of the past.”

When its chemical locking agent is activated, Expand-A-Seal expands volumetrically 20% – 50%, filling any gaps and voids within the fastener threads and creating a positive seal against air and most automotive fluids. Expand-A-Seal will even effectively fill gaps resulting from the use of oversized fastener threads or fastener deformation that occurs during welding.

When fully cured, Expand-A-Seal’s locking and sealing power is unaffected by exposure to foreign substances such as oil, gasoline, salt spray, acids, solvents, or water. In addition its cross-linked molecular structure makes it one of the most resistant types of fastener adhesives available.

This means that Expand-A-Seal can be used to lock and seal almost any critical application where shock, vibration, and fluid or air pressure could cause a fastener to loosen or a joint to leak. Typical applications include engine pipe plugs, air filtering connectors, compressor fittings, cooling connectors, and many more. www.ndindustries.com

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Inspecting screw and bolt straightness

By Larry Borowski, president, Greenslade & Company Inc When a screw or bolt’s length exceeds eight times its body diameter (example: ½-13 x 4 inch) straightness becomes a concern for many end users. If a long screw or bolt is not sufficiently straight it can create significant assembly problems for the end user, which can then result in customer complaints or rejects for the fastener supplier.

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hen measuring bolt straightness, any area containing swell under the head should be avoided.

ASME B18.5 states: “The length of any permissible swell on the body under the head or neck of bolts should be excluded from checks for shank straightness.”

A good rule of thumb is to hang approximately 1x the shank diameter outside of the jaws when performing this check.

Straightness gauge

Straightness gauges in ASME standards Several of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B18 standards appendices contain an attribute type of gauge for determining part straightness. The pictured gauge above consists of a base plate with one stationary side rail and one adjustable side rail. The gap between the rails is set with a pair of micrometer heads. This style of gauge is quite versatile and cost effective, as it will accommodate a range of diameters and lengths.

Most of the ASME standards are consistent in their straightness specifications. Screws and bolts up to and including 12 inches in length can be bowed 0.006 inches per inch of length. Parts exceeding 12 inches can be bowed 0.008 inches per inch of length. If a user’s application requires a part straighter than these limits, they must specify their required straightness limits on their print and/or purchase order.

In the case of our ½-13 x 4 inch long example, the maximum allowable bow would be 0.024 inches (4 inch length x 0.006 inches per linear inch). When using this attribute type gauge, the allowable bow (0.024 inches) would be added to the basic diameter (0.5 inches) of the bolt, and the gap set in the jaws would be 0.524 inches. The operator would then rotate the fastener 360º in between the jaws. If the part binds, it has exceeded the maximum bow or camber. If it rotates freely, it is within the allowable bow or camber.

The camber gauge illustrated in the ASME standards and shown in this article is an attribute gauge. It will only indicate to the user whether or not the part being inspected is within the specified limits for straightness, but will not indicate the exact magnitude of the camber or bow in the part.

pressure against the sliding rail. A digital indicator contacts the outside of the sliding rail for indicating the exact amount of bow in the parts being inspected by the gauge.

To determine the exact amount of camber or bow, the part is placed between the rails so that the sliding rail is at its closest position to the stationary rail. To find this spot, the bolt would be rotated 360º to determine the lowest indicator reading. The indicator is then “zeroed out”.

The part is then rotated until the maximum indicator reading is achieved. The reading on the indicator is the exact amount of camber or bow in the measured part. Unlike the fixed jaw style of gauge, there is no need to add the screw diameter to the allowable bow. Using this style of gauge and the ½-13 x 4 inch fastener, a user cannot exceed the 0.024 inch maximum allowable bow in screw or bolt to determine if it is within the acceptable straightness limits of the standard.

Inspect straightness to avoid complaints Bent screws and bolts can cause their users major assembly problems. When supplying screws and bolts that have lengths greater than eight times their body diameter, suppliers should inspect them for straightness to avoid potential customer complaints and/or rejects. www.greensladeandcompany.com

Indicating gauge for measuring the amount of screw or bolt camber To determine the extent of the bow in a part used for either gathering statistical process control (SPC) data or for final inspection documentation, an indicating, variable type of gauge such as the CamberChek® is needed.

The CamberChek® gauge is similar to the rail-type gauge illustrated in the ASME standards except the non-stationary side rail slides on two precision bearings instead of a fixed position.

The gauge is designed so that gravity provides a constant closing

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Keighley Laboratories achieves Nadcap Merit accreditation The technical services division of Keighley Laboratories has achieved world-class Nadcap accreditation as a Materials Testing Laboratory (MTL), a status recognised by the majority of global aerospace companies as a mark of quality assurance excellence.

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he West Yorkshire company also gained a coveted Merit grade, which rewards superior performance in Nadcap audits and reduces subsequent audit frequency. Accreditation has also prompted affirmation and prolongation of Keighley Labs’ Airbus approval, the aircraft manufacturer having adopted the Nadcap programme for its global supply chain.

As one of the few Nadcap accredited MTL facilities in the UK, Keighley Labs has been successfully assessed for the evaluation of aerospace welds, tensile, impact and bend testing, metallographic and micro indentation hardness procedures, and specimen preparation and machining. Combined with UKAS accredited testing and certification to many international standards and Civil Aviation Authority approval of in-house weld specimen supervisors, this confirms the company as a centre of excellence for weld testing.

“Achieving Nadcap accreditation is not easy; it is one of the ways in which the aerospace industry identifies those who excel in superior special processes. Companies such as Keighley Laboratories go above and beyond achieving Nadcap accreditation, to obtain Merit status, and they should be justifiably proud of that,” said Joe Pinto, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Performance Review Institute, which administers the Nadcap programme. “We are determined to support continual improvement in the aerospace industry, by helping companies such as Keighley Labs become even more successful.”

Debbie Mellor, managing director at Keighley Labs, commented: “This is an important breakthrough for the company, since it raises our profile and reputation within the aerospace industry and enables us to obtain greater recognition for our expertise in weld and materials testing.” Debbie continued: “It helps us to retain existing customers within the Northwest Aerospace Alliance and beyond; establishes our technical credentials for fresh market opportunities in other industries; and paves the way for further export business in weld testing and other special processes.”

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SMS Meer acquires an interest in TBK SMS Meer, based in Germany, has acquired shares in the measurement technology company TBK Automatisierung und Messtechnik GmbH based in Graz, Austria.

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r Joachim Schönbeck, president and CEO of SMS Meer, commented: “We have been working closely with TBK since 2004. Together we will be able to offer our customers tailor-made solutions for dimension control and surface analysis of rolled products in future.”

TBK Automatisierung und Messtechnik GmbH has been developing measurement technology solutions for the steel industry since 1989, in particular laser measuring systems using the light section method. TBK explains that compared with conventional systems, this technology ensures much higher attention to detail and much higher accuracy in the measurement of bar cross sections. These measuring instruments are therefore ideally suited for monitor control in conjunction with hydraulically adjustable mill stands.

The TBK product range includes measuring instruments for identifying and qualifying hot and cold rolled products. Different scanner sizes cover applications from wire rod and bar production through to heavy beam mills.

New Teflon® coating included in DuPont™ SP11C specification After extensive salt spray and kesternich testing, Intech Services, based in Newark, DE, USA, has announced the placement of 857G-018 fluoropolymer product on the DuPont™ SP11C specification for fluoropolymer coated fasteners.

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he DuPont™ SP11C specification is the corporate engineering standard for fluoropolymer coated fasteners that require excellent corrosion resistance. DuPont SP11C is a specification for fasteners that is intended for use in severe atmospheric corrosive environments. It is not recommended for use in immersion service. The coating system is comprised of two coats: a sacrificial base coat of electroplated zinc or ceramic/ metallic coating, and a fluoropolymer top coat applied by an applicator qualified by DuPont. Since fluoropolymer coatings have a low coefficient of friction, the make-up torque values for fasteners coated according to SP11C will be reduced.

The DuPont Teflon® industrial coating 857G product line is a new technology targeting applications requiring anti-galling and dry lubrication. It is a water based, low VOC, easy to use coating offering outstanding corrosion resistance that can be applied at 0.0005 to 0.0045 inches thick by conventional spray or dip spinning.

The performance test ASTM B117 showed less than 10% rust on fasteners coated with 857G-018, the blue version of these coatings, after 3,000 salt spray hours. VOC emissions were less than 3lbs per gallon. There are several coating colour options.

“Getting the DuPont 857G coating line included on SP11C took years of development and testing. Its inclusion on the specification should indicate to the coating and corrosion engineering communities the robustness of this coating,” said Chris Dohl, vice president of Intech Services.

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Tycoons invests in electric arc furnace Tycoons Worldwide Group Co Ltd recently invested 3 billion Thai baht (approximately 75 million euros) on an electric arc furnace for steel production in its plant in Rayong, Thailand.

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he investment in the electric arc furnace has enabled Tycoons to increase capacity, as well as become more flexible and reactive to the market demands for cold heading quality (CHQ) steel.

Tycoons is a very modern and fast growing company that delivers wire rod, bar in coil and annealed CHQ wire for the cold forming of parts. The site was built in 1996 and all the installations are new, using current technologies.

Tycoons also points out that it also has a spheroidised annealing plant – with processes including intermediate drawing, spheroidised annealing to 95%, pickling and coating, as well as skin pass. All grades can be delivered with processes from SA (K) to PASAIP (GKGK). The current annual capacity of the annealing is 72,000 tonnes.

The company adheres to strict quality systems: ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 and for environment – ISO 14001.

Fastmatec is the European agent for Tycoons. Herman Westhoof, general manager at Fastmatec, comments: “Raw material is a basic element in any production environment. The quality and availability are crucial factors, as are competitive price and good service.”

He adds: “Over the last two years we have seen an increase in sales in Europe, showing that we produce high quality steel wire.”

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Zwick Roell Indentec opens new UK factory In response to increasing demand within the global materials testing industry, hardness testing machine specialist Zwick Roell Indentec has opened a state of the art manufacturing facility in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, UK.

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he new plant, which currently covers an area of 1,350m2, accommodates a modern design and production facility and a research and development centre. The company has also taken the opportunity to incorporate a UKAS accredited calibration laboratory, which is essential to ensure its customers continue to enjoy ultimate product support.

A fully equipped Zwick Roell demonstration laboratory and customer training suite will enable the company to welcome new and existing customers to the new facility for technical consultations with product specialists and to view a wide range of equipment demonstrations.

Reflecting on the achievement of this milestone, Dr Jan Stefan Roell, CEO of the Zwick Roell Group, said: “I am delighted to have an opportunity to recognise the major step forward that has been achieved by Indentec in its move to the new premises. It provides scope for increasing output over threefold and will be the centre of excellence for the Zwick Roell hardness testing division.”

In response, the mayor of Dudley, Councillor Alan Finch said: “This is a large investment in a highly successful local business. People are often surprised that our local economy hosts manufacturing firms with an excellent global reputation, but it does and I’m proud that we have such diversity and skills locally.”

John Piller, Indentec’s managing director, commented: “Our machines are used by leading technology companies to maintain product quality and customers include Rolls-Royce, Aero Engine Controls and BMW. Our German parent company has invested over GB£1.4 million in this new facility, which will enable us to significantly increase production and potentially create a number of extra, highly skilled, jobs.”

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Bodycote to establish greenfield plant in Turkey Bodycote has announced plans to establish a greenfield site in Turkey to meet growing demand from its existing customer base, especially the automotive market.

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he new site, expected to be operational from early Q3 2014, will be located in the Gebze region of Istanbul, which is an established automotive centre and home to major OEMs including Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, Honda and their supply chains. This developing region is seeing increased investment in business and infrastructure, with a new road bridge connecting Kocaeli Bay and Bursa. Access will also be improved to other important industrial areas including Kocaeli, Düzce, Adapazari and Eskişehir.

Bodycote’s new facility will be equipped with modern sealed quench (IBQ) furnaces and will provide services including vacuum heat treatment, induction heat treatment, nitrocarburising, and Bodycote’s proprietary Corr-I-dur® process.

Paul Clough, president of Bodycote’s automotive and general industrial division for northern and eastern Europe, commented: “This latest investment is an indication of Bodycote’s commitment to the region and will further increase our existing footprint in this developing economy, whilst at the same time confirming our position as market leader. The investment is the first phase of a strategic plan for the region, which will ensure that we meet our customers’ quality demands and capacity expectations.”

Currently, Bodycote has four heat treatment plants in Turkey, which are accredited to ISO 9001, AS 9100, TS 16949 and comply to CQI-9. All four plants are expected to achieve ISO 14001 during 2014. Bodycote says that the new greenfield site will provide increased capacity to meet customer demand and will enable a more streamlined, quality focused service.

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The next generation of forming simulation Simufact Engineering has released the new product version 12 of its simulation software – Simufact.forming.

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imufact.forming covers a broad spectrum of different forming processes in the metal working industries.

The software is primarily aimed at metalworking and processing companies, among these the automotive and aerospace industry, but also plant and mechanical engineering companies as well as sector related suppliers.

Version 12 is the first to introduce the newly developed AFS technology (Application Function Sets), another important cornerstone of Simufact’s usability initiative, started in 2012. The initiative aims to allow an ever more intuitive and easy generation of complex simulation processes. From the user’s perspective this approach leads to timesavings in the day-to-day operations.

Due to its immediate visibility, AFS is one of the most significant innovations in Simufact.forming 12. When starting the software, the user is presented a graphically appealing, initial range of application fields, such as: cold forming, hot forging, sheet metal forming, rolling, ring rolling, open die forging, heat treatment, and mechanical joining.

When selecting an application field the user opens up a large number of extra developed process specific functions. At the same time, the software focuses on relevant functions for the

specific process of the selected field of application. In short: The AFS technology streamlines and eases the handling of Simufact.forming, in combination with an increased range of functions.

The kinematics in Simufact.forming 12 have also been further refined, for a more realistic modeling in the simulation.

Simufact.forming 12 automatically considers kinematic variables, such as machine specific characteristics or the kinematic of self regulating systems. The consideration of different processes describing kinematics allows for the necessary flexibility to receive the most realistic simulation results. In addition, the optional module Simufact.forming kinematics offers the possibility of including independently developed subroutines, with specific models and parameters, to include approaches or results from research and development into the simulation.

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aPriori expands efforts in southern Europe aPriori, a provider of enterprise product cost management software solutions, has announced its expansion in southern Europe with the appointment of Nathalie Carreiras as sales director for Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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ith this appointment, aPriori says it is building on the strong growth it has seen in the region and the increasing demand for its solutions from the automotive, transportation, white goods, appliances and agricultural manufacturing sectors.

Headquartered outside of Boston, USA, aPriori currently has European offices in Surrey, Hamburg and Strasbourg with customers concentrated in the UK, Germany and France, as well as customers in Italy, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Nathalie, who speaks French, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German and Italian, will be based in Portugal and report to Arnaud Walburger, EMEA director.

Nathalie said: “This is an exciting time to be joining aPriori as it expands its presence in the marketplace.

The company has already established a presence in Italy with some household names and now we have an opportunity to build on that success. The fact that aPriori already has a strong local team in Europe that understands the local challenges and differences gives us a big advantage over other players in the market.”

Tools distributor places order for K8 Bob Richardson Tools, also trading online as ToolsToday, has placed an order for a 14x user K8 system that is scheduled to go live in February 2014.

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ased in Dudley, UK, Bob Richardson Tools, carries an extensive range of more than 10,000 products from top brands including Draper, Sealey, Teng, DeWalt, Stihl and Stanley.

K8 will be used to help the company achieve greater efficiency and deliver a more professional customer service.

Tom Richardson, manager at Bob Richardson Tools, said: “Our current system has become very dated and does not provide us with the fully functional ordering and receipt processes that we require. More importantly, the growth of our online business has made it imperative for us to have an efficient, integrated trading system that connects our busy website with back office processes.”

Bob Richardson’s new system, which will be hosted by Kerridge Commercial Systems, also includes an investment in new PCs, cabling and network infrastructure, printers, scanners and barcode readers. To support the ToolsToday operation, K8 e-commerce applications will be used to enable synchronisation with the company’s online database.

Duncan Smillie, sales and marketing director at Kerridge Commercial Systems, said: “We fully understand that in common with many other distribution sectors, tools supplies is both highly competitive and fast moving. By introducing K8 we are confident that Bob Richardson Tools will be in a strong position to optimise the breadth and depth of stock to service its customers’ requirements across both channels. We look forward to a successful, long term partnership with the company.”

Innovative Components selects abas abas-USA has announced that Innovative Components, a plastic injection moulding company specialising in environmentally friendly manufacturing, has selected abas Business Suite as its new ERP provider.

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nnovative Components’ rapid growth and quality standards strained the reporting, data processing and flexibility of the legacy system and as a result it outgrew the existing software solution, and decided to use abas.

Sarah McClarey, project manager at Innovative Components said: “We loved that if we could write a logical business rule, an if-then statement, abas could then map the system to our business. Other providers just couldn’t do that. We didn’t fit into their structure.”

For more than 20 years, Innovative Components Inc has pioneered the creative use of ‘green’ materials and technologies in its manufacturing processes. Innovative Components and its sister company Componentes Innovadores in Cartago, Costa Rica, manufactures plastic knobs, handles, quick release pins and latches.

Alan Salton, president of abas-USA, said: “Innovative Components has demanding quality standards and abas ERP has the functionality and flexibility to support it and maximise business potential. In a global plastics marketplace, our customers find abas provides a competitive edge.”

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Apriso launches GTAG™ solution Provider of manufacturing software solutions, Apriso, has announced a new software and services solution – global trace and genealogy: GTAG™.

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priso explains that global manufacturers with distributed manufacturing operations face stiff competition and require robust and seamless infrastructure for capturing genealogy and traceability data from across their operations. Such manufacturing solutions must help prevent adverse quality events from happening, and enable quick containment and targeted recalls if they do, in order to grow revenues and protect their brand.

With open integration with other systems along the supply chain, GTAG™ can deliver the necessary manufacturing intelligence and product genealogy data to improve accuracy and power traceability initiatives across global manufacturing operations.

Built on its FlexNet platform, Apriso says GTAG serves as a track and trace ‘hub’ that spans the needs of manufacturers and supply chain partners, helping to improve collaboration between manufacturers and trade partners to better coordinate corrective actions. It also helps to reduce manual and time consuming tasks prone to error; centralise track and trace reporting to provide better insight into product genealogy and packaging hierarchy at any time; and handle high volumes of traceability data without impacting operational performance – as data is received from plants, suppliers and logistics providers.

GTAG enables manufacturers to capture detailed global traceability and genealogy data automatically from multiple sources, to help reduce risk, protect brand equity and meet compliance objectives. The solution also enables users to establish unique product identification schemes that utilise existing RFID and barcode scanning technologies, and address the escalating challenge of counterfeit products by providing readily available, detailed product pedigrees to demonstrate product authenticity.

With a unified data model manufacturers can more effectively take corrective actions and perform continuous improvement that addresses both structured and unstructured quality activities and operations processes.

Apriso’s GTAG solutions will be offered with specific, industry focused best practices. Initial solutions will be made available for manufacturers in the hi-tech, automotive, aerospace and defence, consumer goods and other industries.

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Vanderlande introduces video based technical support Vanderlande Industries, an automated material handling systems and services provider, has taken technical support to a new level by offering its customers the option of EYE4U – real time video based technical support.

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YE4U is wearable video technology that is compact and easy to use, utilising hands free video cameras and two way communication, so customers can easily work through support questions or troubleshooting with live instruction from a helpdesk specialist.

The head worn camera unit is light and compact and the recorder allows up to 9 hours of excellent quality recording and comes with a wireless remote control for quick and easy video and image capturing. All live video and image streaming is encrypted for secure communication and can only be accessed by authorised helpdesk specialists. These capabilities make EYE4U a valuable support tool that optimises communication, and as a result enables accurate diagnosis and fast, effective problem solving.

“EYE4U’s live images save time in diagnosing and correcting situations, thereby improving uptime and increasing material handling system availability. These images help to overcome possible language problems and communication misunderstandings, which can be the case with traditional voice based support.”

Based in the Netherlands, Vanderlande Industries implements material handling systems of all sizes – ranging from local sorting depots and distribution centres to the world’s largest facilities. Its systems and services focus on improving customers’ business processes and increasing their logistics performance. The company says it strives for close cooperation with the customer, extending from initial analysis of the underlying business processes through to total life cycle support.

Vanderlande has a wide product range and industry knowledge, and possesses capabilities in the relevant disciplines.

These range from system design and engineering, through supply chain management and manufacturing, to logistics software technology, system integration, project management and customer services.

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Delivering the complete package Aspray24, the UK market leader and specialist in fasteners and hardware logistics, has completed a GB£6.25 million investment plan to further increase its logistics service.

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spray24 is a well established privately owned business that prides itself on delivering an excellent service to its customers. Through the dedication and the commitment of the staff, Aspray has built a reputation for consistently providing the very highest standards.

The company is split into three main elements – delivery, logistics and international. Aspray24’s delivery service includes a fully owned secure UK distribution network, with next day delivery a core part of the business. Aspray has the ability to transport a wide range of products from small bags and cartons up to full loads. A fleet consisting of over 350 commercial vehicles plus 150 trailers, and a staff count of circa 740, means that Aspray can supply products as and when the customer needs them.

Aspray24 operates as a ‘hub and spoke’ operation. Its Willenhall headquarters ships out products to its twelve regional depots in Manchester, Glasgow, Castleford, Thetford, Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Gateshead, Bristol, London city, London east, Southampton and Plymouth.

At the centre of the Willenhall headquarters is a sortation hub that is the heartbeat of the company – processing over 15,000 consignments per night, equating to over 850 tonnes and 20,000+ items.

The sortation hub uses a high tech shoe sorter conveyor system to ensure that items are added and taken off the system in the most efficient way possible. The conveyor belt system includes 5 in-feeds where orders are offloaded from the vehicles onto the system. There are also in-feeds for 7.5 tonne lorries and 18 tonne trucks, where the conveyor can be moved into the vehicle – making it easier to load the consignments onto the system.

A VITRONIC machine scans each item’s barcode to check the destination to make sure that consignments are transported to the correct loading points.

“The sortation hub is the focal point of all of our work,” explains Simon Quigley, sales and marketing director. “It enables us to guarantee that all consignments are quickly and efficiently checked and added to the correct delivery location, so that they can be sent out to the relevant regional depot and delivered.”

The sort system can separately handle bags and bundles, as well as lengths of threaded bar.

Once a truck is ready for delivery, Aspray24 uses bespoke software to calculate the most efficient route for all deliveries.

The company also has the ability to override the system if necessary depending on any traffic or disruptions, ensuring the quickest delivery possible.

“We know how important it is for our customers to be able to follow their delivery,” says Neil Hannify, key account manager.

“That is why we offer track and trace email notification, as well as proof of delivery for customers, which is available on the day after delivery.”

“ T he company is split into three main elements – delivery, logistics and international.”

“Due to our bespoke customer service system we are also able to search for orders according to consignment number, customer reference, postcode, surname, town or even delivery address,” continues Neil. “This means that if a customer wants to follow up on a delivery, our customer service team is able to immediately find their order and update them on its current status.”

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M A N A G E M E N T + SY S T E M S In addition to being able to provide a comprehensive delivery service for all orders, Aspray24 also offers customers a logistics service. 18 months ago Aspray24 started to implement a GB£6.25 million investment plan to bring its logistics operation onto the same site as the headquarters. Phase one involved the purchase of 6 acres of land next to its current facility, land remediation and demolition, and the design and build of a new purpose built high bay warehouse for its logistics centre.

The new logistics centre now stands tall at the back of the Willenhall site, and includes 10,400 pallet rack locations plus 20,000 square foot of bulk stack and marshalling area. The commanding facility measures 17.5 metres to the eaves and 20 metres to the apex. The warehouse has 26 VNA (very narrow aisle) faces within the racks and 4 wide aisle faces. The heights of each rack location can also be varied between 1 metre and 1.8 metres depending on what needs to be stored.

A key benefit of the new logistics centre being moved to the same site as the distribution hub is that the centre now has a direct link to the hub. This means that products in the logistics centre can be directly injected into the distribution hub as an order/consignment comes in, enabling Aspray to pick orders significantly later than normal cut off times.

“Our new logistics centre means that we can offer even more capabilities to our customers,” explains Geoff Chater, logistic business development manager. “If a customer wishes to outsource their warehousing, order picking, packing, or fulfilment and distribution channels, then we have the ability to offer the full service or selected elements depending on what the customer requires.”

Forward thinking additions to the logistic centre include a VESDA active smoke detection system; remote movement sensors to control all the lights; and a new warehouse management system to ensure the efficient picking of orders. All this plus the floor design has been future proofed to accommodate two working floor mezzanine levels – adding an additional 18,000 square feet for small component picking, as and when required.

“We want to make it easy for customers to do business with us,” adds Neil Hannify. “We do not want there to be any barriers, which is why we are very flexible with the service we can offer and potentially offer in the future.”

In preparation for future demand Aspray24 has already laid

the foundations for an additional logistics warehouse next to the new centre. “Phase Two will be building the new warehouse, once we have filled the current space,” says Simon Quigley.

“We are already seeing strong demand for our logistics service, with customers taking advantage of the direct link from the logistics centre straight into our delivery operation.”

The final element of the Aspray24 operation is its international capabilities. “Our international division combines the strength of our UK network with carefully selected global partners,” says Steve Powell, international business development manager. “We provide a bespoke service to meet customers’ international requirements from full container imports to express parcel exports.”

Aspray24 is part of the Global Logistics Network (GLN), an ISO 9001:2008 certified organisation that encompasses independently owned and operated logistics companies worldwide.

The Global Logistics Network acts as a worldwide umbrella for members who cooperate under established standards, and actively promote and support each other in the handling of freight forwarding, logistics, customs brokerage and related services.

“Being part of the GLN means that we can offer a global air/ocean and European road import/export supply chain,” states Steve Powell. “It allows us to offer simple solutions to the most complex and demanding requirements.”

Being part of the GLN means that Aspray24 can offer a blend of freight forwarding, supply chain services, customs clearance and documentation, transport, storage and distribution. A network of 654 offices in 125 countries, supported by advanced reporting and tracking information, ensures that Aspray can offer local services, globally.

“If you are a UK business that wishes to import or export your goods or if you are an international business that requires a smarter route to market in the UK, then we are able to help,” says Simon Quigley. “We have the infrastructure, capability and expertise to be an effective logistics partner to any business, no matter how large or small. If you want to send an envelope to Europe, consolidate cargo collections from various points in the Far East or break down freight at destination and deliver domestically in the USA, we can tailor our service to your individual requirements.”

Aspray24 is also a member of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) and trades under the Association’s internationally recognised terms and conditions.

Aspray’s ability to combine delivery, logistics and an international service into one streamlined operation, enables it to offer a complete package to customers, with the option of transporting, storing and delivering products from the manufacturer direct to a customer’s clients.

“We truly believe that moving freight is a simple task and we guarantee customers an honest open approach,” states Simon Quigley. “Through our delivery, logistics and international departments we are able to supply customers with a complete service. Our philosophy is to provide customers with a fresh perspective on their global and UK requirements. We do not offer a predetermined process. Instead we engage with our customers and find out what they need and how they want it delivered. This enables us to build strong customer relationships and put together packages that answer each of our customers’ unique requirements.” www.aspray24.com

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Balltec Uses RotaBolts on offshore system Balltec Ltd, a designer and manufacturer of high integrity mechanical connectors for use in particularly harsh environments, has fitted RotaBolt® measurement fasteners for the first time on a new offshore chain tensioner system.

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he RotaBolts have been used on the main structural top yoke beam of the tensioner, which has a load capacity of 1,000 tonnes. Andrew Crowe, senior design engineer at Balltec commented: “Simplified installation using RotaBolts was a real bonus for the engineering department. It not only guaranteed the security of the joint, it has also enabled us to reduce vital checking time. What would have literally taken hours before, can now be done in a couple of minutes.”

The bolted steel assembly weighs 20 tonnes and incorporates a self-contained power unit. It is described as being like an ROV, containing an autonomous electronic control module. The use of RotaBolts has significantly simplified the installation process and gives added assurance that the correct design load is being achieved across the critical bolted joint on the beam.

“RotaBolt® measurement technology is increasingly being used across a wide variety of applications to ensure structural integrity and dramatically reduce maintenance costs,” said Rod Corbett, managing director at RotaBolt®. “Wherever bolted joints are subject to pressure containment, fatigue, vibration or structural slippage, operators are now choosing the measured approach of RotaBolt® to achieve and maintain the correct tension across the joint.”

Reliable installation into stainless steel PennEngineering says that its PEM® Type PFC4™ self-clinching captive panel screws introduce fastener solutions engineered to install permanently and reliably into stainless steel assemblies.

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he PEM® Type PFC4™ self-clinching captive panel screws can be specified for use in stainless sheets as thin as 0.06 inches/1.53mm with hardness up to HRB 88 on the Rockwell ‘B’ scale. The integrated captive screw in a spring-loaded assembly reduces loose hardware and minimises parts count. In addition the fully recessed heads in fastened position allow tool only access and the fasteners comply with UL 60950 access standards.

Designers additionally can specify MAThread® anti-cross-thread technology as a safeguard to correct potential off-angle thread mating and promote proper alignment during installation. A TORX® recess can be supplied in place of the standard Phillips drive.

The fasteners are manufactured from 400 Series stainless steel offering corrosion resistance comparable to zinc plated steel. They are available in assorted screw lengths and in thread sizes #4-40 through #10-32 and M3 – M5.

All Type PFC4 captive panel screws are RoHS compliant.

Installation (using a PEMSERTER® or other standard press) is accomplished by inserting the fastener into a properly sized punched or drilled hole, placing the fastener into the hole of the anvil, and positioning the mounting hole over the fastener’s shank. Sufficient squeezing force is then applied until the shoulder of the retainer comes in contact with the sheet material. The fastener ultimately will be flush on the side of the sheet opposite installation to enhance cosmetics.

Mid-panel nut solution EFC International has worked with a commercial refrigeration manufacturer to provide a solution for attaching and supporting wire-rack shelves to sidewalls during the manufacturing process.

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riginally the manufacturer was using threaded inserts to attach and support the shelving. However, this solution had inherent problems. EFC International therefore suggested replacing the threaded inserts with mid-panel nuts.

By using mid-panel nuts the manufacturer could eliminate spinning in the hole and the additional step of ‘masking’ with tape to cover the holes when shooting foam into the wall space, helping to improve productivity and reduce labour costs.

Additional benefits of the mid-panel nuts included a comparable piece price to threaded inserts; the ability to meet the necessary load bearing and pull-out requirements; and that they do not require any installation tools as they can be installed by hand or via automation.

“At EFC International our engineers can assist in meeting technical challenges, introduce cost saving initiatives and provide application and automation solutions. Samples are also available for any prototype needs.”

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Adhesive technology – going up The Shard has redefined London’s landscape, becoming the tallest building in western Europe and offering viewing platforms twice the height of those previously available. An important part of the Shard is its double-deck passenger lifts, where Henkel adhesives have been used to bond the structure of the lift cars.

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he double-deck lifts include two cars, one on top of the other, which enable passengers on two consecutive floors to use the lift simultaneously. The design substantially increases passenger capacity in the lift shafts. Henkel adhesives bond the door assemblies of cars, offering a number of design and performance advantages.

From a design standpoint adhesives offer far superior stress distribution over large surface areas and those exposed to high loading. Henkel says that this has a very positive effect on the static and dynamic strength achieved by comparison with welding and riveting that result in localised stress peaks.

Adhesives also act as sealants, preventing loss of pressure or liquids, blocking the penetration of condensation and protecting against corrosion. Additionally, they form an insulating film, to prevent contact corrosion when different types of metals are joined.

Weight reduction is another important benefit of adhesive technology. Through the use of adhesives alone, up to 20% can be saved on the weight of a standard lift, mainly because thinner and lighter materials can be used without compromising performance. The lower the weight of the car the more cost efficient it is to run.

Another important factor for this area of application is aesthetics. The ‘look’ of The Shard is one of its many qualities and its lifts must complement the overall design. As adhesives do not change the surface of materials, cosmetic rework isn’t necessary. If panels are bolted or welded, the joints are traditionally covered by cladding. Not only does this add another production process, it also increases the weight of the car.

Whilst metals remain predominant in lift construction, other materials are increasingly being incorporated. Glass, plastics, as well as painted and powder coated surfaces, are becoming more commonplace and the ability of adhesive technology to bond dissimilar materials such as these allows unconventional material combinations to be considered.

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NORMA Group is equipping the ‘Satellite’ terminal at the Munich airport, Germany, with pipe connectors from the NORMACONNECT DCS product range.

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he DCS Rapid pipe couplings and the DCS Universal and Kombi restraint collars reliably seal the pipes used to drain the entire building and, as such, protect the electronic installations of the satellite terminal from water damage.

The joining technology of NORMA Group is used to connect the more than 15km of socketless cast iron pipes of Caverion Deutschland GmbH, a provider of technical building equipment and facility services. Approximately 30,000 connectors overall are fitted to the horizontally and vertically mounted sewage and rain water drains in the terminal building.

The Rapid pipe connector and restraint collar connection is particularly well suited to those parts of the pipe system that are at risk of back pressures from heavy rains and exposed to higher pressure.

“Our joining products have stood the test of many major projects,” says Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group. “Clients from the building industry particularly appreciate their reliability. The systems provide for safe connections, which protect client properties.”

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TR Fastenings provides bespoke solutions for Cash Bases As well as supplying customers with a wide range of fasteners and fixings for a variety of different industries, TR Fastenings also has the ability to provide technical advice and support – including working with customers on the research and development of new products.

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n example of this is TR’s relationship with Cash Bases, a manufacturer of customised cash drawers for major retailers worldwide, based in Newhaven, UK. TR’s relationship with Cash Bases dates back over two decades, with the two companies recently working together on the newly launched SMARTtill system.

Cash Bases says that the SMARTtill is set to revolutionise cash management in the retail industry and has been readily adopted by a leading UK supermarket chain that recently placed an order for 11,400 units. The SMARTtill system offers automated cash management technology and monitors point of sale transactions in real time. It also enables the retailer to monitor the cash flow of any given till, ensuring adequate change values are available and alerting management when cash levels reach minimum or maximum values, ultimately leading to a more seamless customer experience.

With such high demand expected for these ‘intelligent’ cash drawers, Cash Bases required the latest process technology and so, following TR Fastenings’ advice, has invested in the new Haeger 824 Window Touch 4E, which features easy and fast tooling set up and retrieval; an auto feed system (feeding 40 plus fasteners a minute); and an advanced logic insertion system.

Distributed in the UK by Shear-Form, the new press has halved production time, according to Phil Gibbs, factory manager at Cash Bases.

“TR Fastenings is far more than just a supplier,” Gibbs adds. “Its extensive product and technical knowledge enables us to work together at every stage, from product design to the production line. We’ve built up a strong relationship with TR over the past 20 years and we look forward to continuing working closely with them in the future.”

tesa ACXplus range fulfils UL 746C standard tesa® has announced that all the tesa ACXplus product families have met UL requirements to reach the UL 746C rating, which sees them classified as suitable for use in electrical equipment – particularly in outdoor applications where parts may be exposed to extreme temperatures and conditions.

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he UL 746C standard covers parts made of polymeric materials and involves various physical tests undertaken to assess their performance and suitability for use in electrical equipment evaluations.

To reach the standard, the tesa ACXplus 705x, 706x and 707x ranges were put through an intensive testing programme covering three separate elements and conducted in accordance with the individual product’s recommended temperature ratings, in order to achieve the most precise results.

This included a cycle test where all the tapes were repeatedly immersed in water for 24 hours, then maintained for 96 hours at 35°C with 95% relative humidity, before being exposed to a temperature of -35°C for 8 hours. This cycle was repeated 3 times.

The tapes were then stored for 120 days at temperatures of at least 35°C above their recommended temperature rating before dynamic shear tests were conducted and the tapes were finally stored for 7 days at 60°C, with 95% relative humidity. “tesa’s ACXplus range is now well recognised for its unique viscoelastic properties, which provides excellent stress dissipation, allowing substrates with different rates of thermal expansion and contraction to be reliably joined. The excellent temperature, weather and chemical resistance provided by tesa ACXplus means it can be used for long term outdoor applications and materials can be effectively bonded without damaging or changing them.”

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Stainless Steel + Non Ferrous This issue’s Focus On is dedicated to Stainless Steel + Non Ferrous.

Suppliers of products within this market sector have provided details of their capabilities along with up to date contact and product information.

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Apex Stainless Fasteners have further increased both the depth and range of their stocks. The full range is highlighted in the company product catalogue (see website “Downloads”).

A large inventory of Stainless Steel Fasteners enables the company to continue the focus on Trade Sales both in the U.K. and in export markets. The products include metric, unified and imperial thread forms in A2, A4 and A4-80.

The TUBTARA® product range, the industry’s top quality brand of blind rivet nuts, exclusively made by DEJOND, offers:

As one of the few major European Stainless stockists with a manufacturing division (Aerotight Manufacturing), the company is capable of producing high quality special parts in addition to the well established Stainless Steel Aerotight self locking nut.

• Versatility in customized solutions by additional features such as increased spin-out resistance, seal or spacer function, improved mechanical values…

The company is now established as one of Europe’s major stockists of Stainless Steel Fasteners and is well placed to meet the needs of Fastener distributors worldwide, whether it be for full pallet loads or small box shipments available on a same day despatch service.

• Short delivery times • Extensive stock availability • Unequalled expertise in cold forming stainless steel: standard A2 (304/1.4567) and A4 (316/1.4578) and recently developed high alloyed austenitic A5 (316Ti/1.4571) and A6 (904L/1.4539)

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Owlett-Jaton is now established as a leading supplier of Stainless Steel Fasteners. This complements the already comprehensive range of fasteners, fixings, ironmongery, hardware, and associated items, making Owlett-Jaton the UK’s largest wholesale supplier to the distributor and merchant trade.

Lederer is one of Europe’s most specialized suppliers for highquality fasteners made of stainless steel. Our decisive strengths: an optimally equipped warehouse with more than 25,000 articles, committed, highly qualified staff and a full service concept.

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Retailers and wholesalers all over the world rely on the experience that Lederer provides. The name “Lederer” now stands for more than 40 years of experience with fasteners made of stainless steel, both normed and standardized parts (ref. DIN, ISO and others).

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Tel: +44 (0) 1785 819 819

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Premier Washers Ltd ­­Premier Quality and Service @ Premier Washers Ltd A Midlands based manufacturer, with comprehensive industry knowledge, supplying washers and pressings to the automotive, construction, white goods and other industries.

Fax: +44 (0) 1785 819 699

Rexlen Corporation Established in: 1977 Headquarters: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Manufacturing Subsidiaries: Taiwan & China Certified Labs: 1 in Taiwan & 1 in China Main Products: • CNC / Machining Parts • Multi-Forming Cold Forged Screws • Non-Standard Special Nuts • Standard Parts

An extensive range of machines including CNC and high speed coil fed presses enable us to supply high and low volumes with production capabilities from outside diameter of 6mm up to 150mm, in thickness from 0.2mm up to 10mm.

Besides above, such as PPAP items, screw machined parts and stampings in different materials and molded injection plastic parts, etc. are our common supplied items. Special packages and plating, etc. are also available upon request. Also, now we have newly developed special stainless steel SS550 on board.

We can supply our products in a large range of materials including mild steel, carbon, brass, stainless steel, copper and other exotic metals and in a wide variety of finishes including heat treatment, grinding, machining and surface treatments.

SS550 has high strength and is very resistant to corrosion in a salt water environment. SS550 can withstand more than 3,000 hours of salt spray testing as well as the Kesternich test. To eliminate rusting, acid, and pollution issues, SS550 should be your first choice!

In house toolroom facilities enable us to produce tools quickly in response to customers ever-changing needs.

To get more information about Rexlen, please visit our website or email us.

An excellent service and competitive prices, supported by our registration to BS EN ISO 9001:2008 places Premier Washers in a position to fully satisfy the requirements of all of our customers.

We’ll be more than happy to provide information you require.

We will attend the Taiwan International Fastener Show in April 14th – 15th, 2014, hope to see you in our booth #B2302.

Tel: +44 (0) 1902 307 121

email: sales@premierwashers.co.uk

www.rexlen.com.tw

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email: marketing@rexlen.com.tw

S.B.I. Stainless Studs

Schäfer & Peters Your special in stainless steel fasteners.

Competitive and hyper reactive SBI is a specialist of STUD BOLTS to DIN 976 and ASME B 16.5 made in Europe from European steel.

An independent and reliable partner.

We carry a stock of over 30,000 different products from the DIN/ISO standard parts sector which are available to you immediately. Our logistic partners guarantee shortest lead times worldwide. We combine quality and service. Take advantage of our excellent business connections.

• ASTM A 193 Gr B8 Class 1 and Class 2 • ASTM A 193 Gr B8M Class 1 and Class 2 • M 12 and above (stock up to M 42) • ½”UNC and above (stock up to 1.1/2”8UN) • Other material upon request • Hexagon and socket caps in B8 and B8M Stud bolts are cut to size with precise machined chamfer and marking.

Raw material fully traceable and certified.

Test certs supplied with the goods, usually free of charge.

Large inventory of raw material and stud bolts.

Heavy series nuts to ASME B 18.2.2 and DIN 934 H=D from the best sources in stock also to Gr 8A and 8MA.

Products Stainless steel fasteners such as metric screws, tapping screws, drilling screws, self-sealing cladding screws, security screws, hanger bolts, wood screws with or without building approval, nuts, washers, round steel chains, wire ropes, hooks, Shackle straight, chain link, roof hooks, heavy fortifications, special parts.

Being very specialised we commit all our energy to satisfy our customers.

Come and check SBI on:

email: B8bolting@sbinox.com

www.B8bolting.com

Stainless Threaded Fasteners The Complete Corrosion Resistant Fastener Distributor STF are one of Europe’s largest distributors of Stainless Steel and Brass Fasteners.

Operating from 100,000 sq. ft premises in the heart of the West Midlands of England.

STF carry over 10,000 product lines in stock, all of which are available for same day despatch worldwide. Our extensive range of products and services includes; Stainless Steel, A2 , A4 and A4-80 – A full range of Metric & Imperial Threadforms.

Security Fasteners, A2 – Vandal -Pru range of screws complete with Tooling. f™

Brass Fasteners – A full range of Metric Threadforms.

Special Fasteners, can be supplied in all grades of Stainless Steel, Brass and other Non Ferrous Alloys including Titanium, Aluminium, Hastelloy & Duplex materials.

Quality, Registered to BS EN ISO 9001-2000.We are committed to offering quality products and a first class customer service. We can also offer I.S.I.R., PPAP Level 3 and 3.1.b certification on request.

For a friendly, helpful service please contact STF for all your Corrosion Resistant Fastener requirements.

www.stf-fasteners.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 1902 490 490

Tel: +49 (0) 7941 6094-0

email: info@schaefer-peters.com

The Washer Factory Ltd We are the premier manufacturer of non-standard washers and light pressings, offering a quick turnaround in steel, stainless, copper, brass and other exotic materials, especially duplex stainless and nickel alloys.

We strive in all that we do to maximise customer satisfaction.

Technical advice is offered freely, where required and we believe in treating customers fairly so if we know that a standard washer is available we will say so.

Our production team has many years of washer making experience. Whilst traditional methods of manufacture are employed, our flexible approach, extensive tool stock and skilled work force mean that we can offer a fast turn around.

Having a national supplier base we are able to quickly source most materials (including non-metallics). Products can be supplied in any surface finish ranging from simple zinc to organic plating, they can be heat treated or machined.

We currently supply to a diverse customer base across many markets including construction, automotive and white goods. In many cases our products are far from the standard perception of a washer, take a look at our web site to see some examples of what we can do!

We have no minimum manufacturing quantity or minimum charge so for a friendly fast and reliable service supported by a quality product please contact us.

Tel: +44 (0) 1902 865 777

www.washer-factory.com

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Benchmark in battery powered tools

By Mr Florian Hanke, head of marketing and sales, HS-Technik GmbH Since 1986, HS-Technik GmbH (HST), located close to the city of Basel, Switzerland, has been a pioneer in the development of battery powered tools, professional battery charging technology, battery testing devices, power tool batteries and battery tools for special applications.

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he origins of HST was the field of professional battery charging technology. In 1986, the founder Hans-Martin Hanke presented the first ever multi-bay charger for power tool batteries. This was not the only unique feature of the charger, it also included Frequency Modulated Impulse Charging Technology®, which prevents Ni-Cd batteries from memory effects. This HST-system technology is still a benchmark in professional battery charging.

HST’s latest innovation is the battery powered transducer controlled screwdriver series PROG-3. With a USB interface integrated into the foot of the tool, the PROG-3 pistol screwdriver (0.5Nm – 12Nm) and angle screwdriver (1Nm – 50Nm) can be programmed freely in 90 programs. The user friendly HST-Tool-Manager programming software guarantees quick and easy programming of the tools for the required situation.

The very high sensor precision, better than 1% full-scale, guarantees exact and repeatable screw connections for the process and thus the premium quality of the products produced.

The TorqSpeed (TS) screwing function, which has been registered for a patent, optimises the process time; meaning no other tool is more efficient.

The advantages of this fastening procedure includes the screwing time being reduced by up to 50% compared to a two stage tightening; the screwing parameters adjusting themselves dynamically to the type of joint; the power consumption being lower than that of a two stage tightening since no stop and restart, braking and starting power are required. Also, thanks to the ergonomic and force optimised fastening procedure, the efficiency is increased significantly.

An additional feature is the large, bright OLED display that indicates the status of the tool at all times. Unique on the market, the display indicates the battery status, the process results, as well as plain text and symbol displays for worker guidance and information.

When the PROG-3 series is combined with HST-Connect – a wireless transmission system for control of the tools and process documentation – a smooth and seamlessly documented production flow is guaranteed.

An optional barcode scanner can automatically associate components/component groups with the screwing results.

For example, the serial number of the component is scanned at the beginning of the process. It is then associated automatically with the product ID and the screwing results and saved in the results file.

The standalone version of the PROG-3 also works without HST-Connect. Connected to a barcode scanner, it is also possible to activate several programs from the tool without reprogramming via the USB socket. After scanning a barcode, the tool compares the data available in its own database with the scanned data. If this barcode is assigned to a program in the tool database, the tool activates the corresponding program and processes the programmed specifications. In addition to that the tool can also be programmed with program sequences.

All process data generated this way is saved on a SD card on the tool. The 2GB Mini SD Card holds up to 50,000 tightening figures including the tightening curve – ensuring complete production documentation, even without a controller.

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PowerRiv® cordless blind rivet setting tool It is not only the cordless screwdriver technology of HST that has set benchmarks in the market. With the PowerRiv® cordless blind rivet setting tool series, HST offers an ideal solution for mobile blind rivet and lock bolt usage. From the easy counting of blind rivets up to a high end tool with force sensor, barcode scanner and radio communication, the PowerRiv® series offers many advantages compared to standard tools.

During the first quarter of 2014, HST will launch the all new QuickRiv Technology. The QuickRiv Technology recognises the pin break of a blind rivet or lock bolt and initiates the immediate run back to the start position. Through this technology the battery powered PowerRiv tools reduce process time by up to 75%, which makes the speed of the PowerRiv tool with the new QuickRiv Technology comparable with the speed of pneumatic tools.

The PowerRiv tools are available with a powerful 18V lithium-ion battery offering a perfect weight-power ratio.

In addition, the brushless high powered motor enables a setting speed of 22mm/second and a setting force of 15,000N in the regular version, 18,000N in the high power version and 12,000N in the high speed version. The high speed version features a speed of 35mm/second.

Through a USB interface in the base of the tool, the PowerRiv tools can be programmed for industrial requirements. The blind rivet counting function also prevents blind rivets from being forgotten in series production.

In addition, the service interval display and collection container emptying display prevent damage caused by a lack of maintenance. As well as this the intelligent battery management protects the lithium-ion battery against deep discharging and shows the user in due time that the battery must be replaced.

For processes that require documentation of the fastener, HST offers a transducerised version of the PowerRiv. The included force sensor allows the evaluation of the set fastener.

In addition, the tool can be equipped with a

barcode scanner and Wi-Fi communication. These features assure a complete monitoring of the process.

Even without the communication to a controller, the tool can store up to 150,000 force/stroke curves for evaluation and documentation.

As a one stop shop for battery powered tools, HST offers professional battery charging technology and ‘Made in Germany’ batteries for most brands. The charging technology from HS-Technik is the preferred technology of the German automotive industry, with HST’s market share in this industry sector being well above 90%.

In production facilities, power tool batteries are quite often sorted out as being ‘defective’ although these batteries still possess more than 80% of their original capacity. This can lead to batteries being unnecessarily replaced with new batteries.

The unnecessary costs and environmental burden due to this practice can now be a thing of the past, as HST can offer test methods that pay off, even after a very short time. By using the capacity meter KMS-2012, customers can test the capacity of power tool batteries and fulfil the requirements of modern lithium-ion battery technology.

With its wide measurement range, the new KMS-2012 offers the optimal solution for testing power tool batteries from all well known manufacturers. During a battery test, a fully charged battery is discharged purposefully. The KMS-2012 simulates a consumer, e.g. a cordless screwdriver and in parallel to this, measures the battery‘s capacity, power and internal resistance. The precision of the measurement of better than 0.5% with respect to the upper range value is unique. After the measurement, the KMS-2012 automatically evaluates from the data collected whether or not the battery is still suitable for the usage in production.

By doing this, countless batteries that are incorrectly sorted out as defective are put back into the production process.

If customers calculate out the costs for the batteries that can be put back into production, the KMS-2012 usually pays off within a few months.

The test parameters can be set and the results of the measurement read using the 8.4 inch TFT touch display. It is even possible to display a graphic evaluation on the screen.

Using two USB ports or one serial RS232 interface, measurement data from the KMS-2012 can be transmitted directly to a computer or saved on a USB stick. This way, it is possible to document measurement results and analyse them later. www.hs-technik.com

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‘pull-link’ battery powered riveting tools – a growing market Anzi Sinolink Europe bv has recently introduced two new ‘pull-link’ branded battery tools into the European market, which it says have been received well by various partners.

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nzi Sinolink, established in 2011 and headquartered at Maastricht Airport, the Netherlands, is a specialist in blind fastening technology. Its ‘pull-link’ battery powered riveting tools were designed and developed in the Netherlands and are manufactured in China. As a result of Anzi Sinolink’s long-standing relationships with several specialised companies in the fields of electronics, batteries and electrical motors, it is able to supply high quality and reliable parts.

Anzi Sinolink tells us: “Tests in the market show that the ‘pull-link’ tools are highly-qualified and moreover capacity-wise they are at the top with respect to their competitors”.

Customers can either purchase products from Anzi Sinolink’s ‘Asian warehouse’ in the Netherlands or for larger volumes directly from its partners in the Far East. ‘pull-link’ battery powered riveting tools provide greater flexibility for assembly processes in every industry because aerial cables or compressors are not needed. The tools are proving particularly popular in the automotive sector and cladding construction industry, because the risk of damaging expensive parts during use is reduced. ‘pull-link’ tools are also oil free so there is no chance of any oil leakages.

“Our range of ‘pull-link’ battery riveters is ready to grow worldwide,” says Jan Aarts, managing director at Anzi Sinolink. “Our current range includes the popular ‘pull-link’ riveters PB50 and PB64. We are also currently developing the BN10 – a battery rivet nut tool.”

The ‘pull-link’ riveter PB50 has a 20mm stroke making it possible to set all standard rivets up to 5mm. The PB64 has a 27mm stroke and can be used to set standard and structural rivets in all materials up to 6.4mm.

Each tool is equipped with a complete set of nosepieces and battery charger. A detailed instruction manual in various languages is also included, with each complete set delivered in a solid plastic box. www.anzi-sinolink.com

TECHNICAL DETAILS

DESCRIPTION

PB50

PB64

Rivets standard

aluminium/steel/stainless steel

2.4mm – 5mm

4mm – 6.4mm

Rivets structural

aluminium/steel/stainless steel

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4.8mm – 6.4mm

Stroke

––

20mm

27mm

Pulling force

––

>10,000N

>18,000N

Cycles standard rivets*

with 4-cell 1.4Ah

400pcs – 700pcs

400pcs – 700pcs

Cycles standard rivets*

with 8-cell 2.8Ah

800pcs – 1,500pcs

800pcs – 1,500pcs

Cycles structural rivets*

with 8-cell 2.8Ah

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450pcs – 750pcs

Weight

tool including 4-cell battery

2kg

2.1kg

*The cycles are dependent on diameter and material of the rivet.

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advancEd tEchnology strong pErformancE BattEry powErEd rivEting tools pB64, pB50 & Bn10 (2014)

nEw! pB64

now available Strong, advanced with timeless ergonomic design.

europe Anzi Sinolink Europe bv Amerikalaan 55 6199 AE Maastricht Airport The Netherlands Phone: +31 43 365 3272 Fax: +31 43 364 8828 info@anzi-sinolink.com www.anzi-sinolink.com

PB50

NOVA

BN10 in development available second half 2014

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FEIN launches new cordless tools FEIN has introduced 20 new variants of drill/drivers, combi drills and impact machines to its range of cordless tools, which are available as 18V or 14.4V versions with either a 2Ah or 4Ah capacity lithium-ion battery.

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he launch coincides with the company expanding its battery platform programme, based on batteries with capacities of 4Ah and 2Ah with SafetyCell Technology, in 18V and 14.4V. There are five models in FEIN’s drill/driver ASCM range, including the flagship model – the ASCM18 QX. The ASCM18 QX is a 4 speed drill/driver featuring the brushless FEIN PowerDrive motor that, FEIN says, is 30 percent more efficient than comparable DC motors. This brushless motor is designed especially for use in power tools and is built at FEIN’s Schwäbisch Gmünd-Bargau manufacturing plant in Germany. With speeds of 400rpm – 3,850rpm enabling precise and effective drilling, the tool also allows the right speed and torque to be selected for every application due to the patent pending 4-speed arrangement and accelerator. With a maximum torque of 90Nm, the cordless drill/drivers can handle 10mm x 400mm screws without pre-drilling.

The new FEIN range also includes 2-speed drill/drivers (FEIN ABS), 2-speed combi drills (FEIN ASB) with engageable impact function, and two impact drivers – ¼ inch hex impact driver and ½ inch square impact wrench (FEIN ASCD).

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Drill bits for professionals In order to continue to provide its customers with optimum solutions, Rawlplug has extended its portfolio and now supplies a range of high quality European manufactured drill bits suitable for a wide assortment of materials and applications.

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awlplug drill bits are made for professionals and designed for long term use in the most demanding base materials. A high percentage of the items the company supplies to the construction, industrial and DIY sectors require the insertion of the fastener into a drilled hole. To guarantee a safe performance of the fixing, Rawlplug recommends that care and attention is taken when drilling holes for installation.

In Rawlplug’s extended portfolio is the Aggressor SDS max, which is recommended for drilling into very hard and reinforced concrete. The unique design of the head with three carbon plates prevents the drill bit from jamming with hole diameters from 19mm – 45mm. Also available is the Aggressor SDS plus, which has a deep embedded carbon plate with a self-centring point. This allows fast drilling in concrete and other masonry substrates.

The Rebardrill SDS plus is also available – with its monolithic 3 edge carbide plate of the drill bit, enabling optimum performance in reinforced concrete, making it possible to drill a perfect cylindrical, straight hole without cracking the substrate.

Other products include the Brickdrill SDS plus – a specially sharpened carbide tip that enables the most precise drilling without damaging the hollow brick.

“Rawlplug manufactures innovative products to meet the increasing demands of the market, with consumers associating our strong brand name with high standard, industry approved, quality products.” www.rawlplug.com

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ALPEN’s solution for the toughest tiles Austrian manufacturer of drill bits, reamers, milling cutters and special tools, ALPEN-MAYKESTAG, will be exhibiting its Keramo extreme drill bit at the International Hardware Fair Köln in March.

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ts new drill bit is for extremely hard porcelain/grestec tiles – up to Mohs/Ritz hardness 9 – and glass, and requires no cooling giving easier handling. The drill bit has a maximum spindle speed of 200rpm and is not suitable for percussion drilling. It can be universally used in all standard drills.

ALPEN says its patented tungsten carbide tip with centre cutting geometry allows precise placement and accurate holes without chipping. The special ground tip enables low wear drilling and long service life of the special drill bit. The bit also has high stability due to reinforced shank diameter, and a white colour ring marks the ideal drilling depth. www.alpen-drills.com

Hand tools for rivet nuts Rivit Srl from Bologna, Italy, produces and distributes fastening systems and tools for sheet metal working and assembly.

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stablished in 1973 the company has forty years of experience and has developed a comprehensive range of products for industrial fasteners including blind rivets, rivet nuts, self-clinching, welding studs, blind bolts, latches, cage nuts, spring clips and related tools for their placing.

Rivit says its hand tools for rivet nuts provide good solutions for simple but reliable jobs, such as its RIV900 which is designed for the installation of rivet nuts from M3 – M5 in all materials. The RIV900 is 250mm long and weighs 910g. It comes loose in a plastic bag or in a case (RIV900C), and with 100 rivet nuts from M3 – M5.

Also available is the RIV901, used for the installation of rivet nuts from M3 – M6 in all materials. The RIV901 is 340mm long and weighs 910g. It also comes loose in a plastic bag or in a case (RIV901C), and again with 100 rivet nuts from M3 – M6.

Another of Rivit’s products, the RIV903C, is designed for the installation of rivet nuts from M3 – M10 in all materials.

It is 540mm long and weighs 2.2kg. It comes in a case with tie rods from M3 – M10. www.rivit.it

Three additions to Makita’s cordless range Makita has introduced three new power tools, each with a 4.0Ah 18V lithium-ion battery that is says gives 33% more run time

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akita is also giving existing tool owners the opportunity to choose these new 4.0Ah lithium-ion batteries when supplementing their existing 18V 3.0Ah batteries.

The first new tools to be released equipped with 4.0Ah batteries as standard are the DHP480 brushless 13mm combi drill, the DDF480 brushless drill driver, the DHP458 LXT combi, the DHP456 13mm combi in the black and white anniversary colours and a 2-tool kit that features the DHP480 combi.

Makita points out that its new 2-speed DHP480 with brushless motor gives twice the runtime, will punch a 13mm hole in masonry with up to 22,500 blows per minute, has 16 torque settings, can generate up to 54Nm of fastening torque and weighs just 1.6kg.

Makita has more than three quarters of a million fast chargers in the field and the new 4.0Ah batteries are fully compatible with these chargers. The Makita smart charger is a key element in the lithium-ion battery concept ‘reading’ the individual cells when installed for recharging and determining exactly the charge level and rate for each cell within the battery. This ensures the complete recharge of the battery in the fastest possible time and will recharge the new 4.0Ah battery in 36 minutes.

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We are seeking a serious UK partner to expand our market share in the fastener industry!

Gazprime Ltd. is a well established manufacturer of fuel cells with unique production technology.

Our company is located in Poland and we serve customers from Europe and beyond.

A variety of business options will be considered including relocation of production plant to UK.

For more information visit our website: www.gazprime.com or call our MD Artur Zygarlicki: +48 666 222 044

C ATA LO G U E R A C K

January 2014

International Hardware Fair Köln Fastener + Fixing Magazine provides a unique reference guide that offers the industry a fast and easy way to source both current and upcoming product Catalogues.

Use this convenient service to call, fax or email the companies to request a copy of their latest Catalogue and up to date product information.

Acton

Ambrovit

Specialist of stainless steel fasteners, Acton is at your disposal all over Europe and more.

The wide range of specialized products, the short delivery time, and the low free carriage are our best advantages. Test our service!

Ambrovit is one of Europe’s largest wholesale distributors of chipboard, self-tapping, self-drilling screws and bolts.

Thanks to its new automated warehouse, Ambrovit is now able to store around 20,000 ready-to-ship pallets as well as offer a Special Service to guarantee quick delivery.

BOLTS, SCREWS...

& PDF ambrovit.it

CLICK ON FIND THE RIGHT PRODUCT Contact us on sales@ambrovit.it

email: acton@acton.fr www.acton.fr

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email: sales@ambrovit.it www.ambrovit.it

Dresselhaus GmbH & Co. KG

BOSSONG S.p.A.

email: info@bossong.com www.bossong.com

Manufacturer since 1951.

Full range of chemical anchors: Polyester styrene-free ETA-approved (also available without ETA), Vinylester styrene-free for Winter, Vinylester styrene-free ETA-approved (also available without ETA), Pure Epoxy ETA-approved.

Professional range of automatic and semi-automatic powder actuated tools.

Full range of nails and loads also for competitor tools.

Top level homologations, excellent technical service.

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We are one of the leading European stockists of all types of industrial fasteners. 60,000 pallet locations of stock, along with over 800 employees make Dresselhaus your perfect partner for sourcing standard and specialised parts.

Tel: +49 52 21 9 32 0 www.dresselhaus.de

Verbindungselemente Engel GmbH

Tel: +49 751 407 0 www.schrauben-engel.de

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5.2 B31 Fastbolt GmbH

We are a successful wholesaler of connecting parts with years of experience in supplying the industry and dealers throughout Europe.

Our high rack warehouse in Weingarten (Germany), which houses more than 8,000 pallets, accommodates everything our customers need for their day-to-day business.

5.2 B48 5.2 C55

email: info@fastbolt.com www.fastbolt.com

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Fastbolt is a leading wholesaler of industrial fasteners to European distributors only.

Apart from a highly specialised product range ex stock Fastbolt offers individual supply solutions such as customised packing, direct container imports, pre-import quality inspections and a revolutionary online availability check and ordering system: FBonline.

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C ATA LO G U E R A C K HJZ – ZANDVOORT DRAADINDUSTRIE BV

Lederer GmbH

Founded in 1936, was the first factory of hardened steel nails in Holland. Under our brand “HJZ” a complete range of hardened steel nails, stainless steel nails, brass nails, aluminium nails, redcopper nails and special carbon steel nails are manufactured.

Tel: +31 314 333441 www.hjz.nl

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Competence in stainless steel

Reyher is a leading wholesaler of fasteners and fastening technology in Europe and serves customers worldwide. With over 130,000 different items, Reyher offers a broad and deep product range and covers needs across all industries. Different services, high quality awareness and a strong technical competence have a long company tradition.

email: sipa@sipaitalia.it www.sipaitalia.it

Fax: +49 2333 8309 18 www.lederer-online.com

Schäfer + Peters GmbH

REYHER

5.2 A19

email: export@reyher.de www.reyher.de

Lederer is one of Europe’s most specialised suppliers for stainless steel fasteners. It has more than 20,000 different articles in stock, primarily normed and standardized parts (ref. DIN, ISO and others).

Industrial consumers, as well as retailers and wholesalers, all over the world rely on Lederer’s more than 40 years of experience.

Your specialist in stainless steel fasteners.

An independent & reliable partner.

We carry a stock of over 25,000 different products from the DIN/ISO standard parts sector which are available to you immediately. Our logistic partners guarantee shortest lead times worldwide. We combine quality and service. Take advantage of our excellent business connections.

5.2 A22 Schäfer + Peters GmbH Your specialist in stainless steel fasteners. An independent & reliable partner.

Schäfer + Peters GmbH│Zeilbaumweg 32│DE-74613 Öhringen Tel. +49 (0) 7941 6094-0│Fax +49 (0) 7941 6094-700 info@schaefer-peters.com│www.schaefer-peters.com

We carry a stock of over 30,000 different products from the DIN/ ISO standard parts sector which are available to you immediately.

Our logistic partners guarantee shortest lead times worldwide.

We combine quality and service.

Take advantage of our excellent business connections.

Tel: +49 7941 6094-0 email: info@schaefer-peters.com

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Sipa SRL

TECFI Spa

SIPA S.R.L. is specialised in the production of washers of different norms (DIN 125/A, DIN 9021, DIN 440 etc). We can supply washers with holes and dimensions on client’s request, in raw material, zinc plated, HDG and in small or industrial boxes. We also produce plates, shelves, connector bands also on client’s drawing.

Tecfi is an Italian Company specialised in design, production and trade of fixing systems. In the last years Tecfi invested in the internalization of the production of the top-of-the-range products and for the development of a fully equipped Laboratory and highly skilled RDC Department. A new huge Factory built to improve its production capacity will be inaugurated in 2014: a proof that Tecfi strongly believes in the MADE IN ITALY concept.

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Tel: +39 0823 883 338 email: sales@tecfi.it

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Catalogue Rack March 2014 Coming up in the next issue...

Italy

Contact: Emiliano Pagliaroli email: emiliano.pagliaroli@fastenerandfixing.com Tel: +44 ( 0 ) 1727 814 505 www.fastenerandfixing.com

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High security fastening from Integrity Products Integrity Products Ltd, a specialist in security products, has a brand new patent pending innovation – the IP Shear Bolt.

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hear bolts have traditionally been an expensive product and are normally only available to special order on extended lead times. However, Integrity Products aims to change that perception with the introduction of its IP Shear Bolt.

The company says its permanent high security fastening will give many benefits. In addition to reduced cost and lead time, an extensive size range can be offered and the ability to control the application torque is inherent. A2-70 stainless steel is standard

Chavesbao launches new palletbox

Hall: 22 Stand: C14

Chavesbao, a supplier of fastener and fixing systems for the industrial sector and distribution channel, has launched a new palletbox specifically designed for exhibiting its new Chavesbao organisers.

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hree different organiser combinations are available – DIN 471, DIN 472 and DIN 1481.

Users are able to choose the most suitable box combination, and can personalise the boxes with a company logo.

“Get the display for free for the purchase of 10 boxes, ask for further information from your Chavesbao business agent.”

With over 40 years experience Chavesbao strives to be recognised as a profitable and competitive company; a leader in the domestic market and an international reference. www.chavesbao.com

but steel in both zinc and hot dip galvanised finishes will also be available together with low cost application tooling.

“With no minimum quantity, applications where this type of security fastening would have previously been impractical will now be feasible.”

Typical uses include handrails, street furniture, parapets and balustrades. The bolts can also be used in conjunction with shear nuts.

Keep-Nut from Specialinsert

Hall: 22 Stand: C54

Specialinsert has introduced the Keep-Nut insert, which will be on display at Fastener Fair Hannover.

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eep-Nut is a press-in insert with mechanical anchoring for natural stones such as marble, granite, limestone and also for stoneware, ceramics, carbon, corian, HPL and other compact materials. It is specifically developed for ventilated facades, wall claddings, décor and interiors, furniture, kitchen and sanitary elements.

The press-in insert comes in different lengths, with or without flange, to fit to several different panel thicknesses. The company says it’s easy to be installed with standard tools reducing the cost and time of preparation and it can be customised with different versions and sizes, in order to fulfil customer needs.

The assembly is fast and easy and it doesn’t require any additional resins or adhesives. It allows an internal assembly without external dimension, facilitating the handling and storage of materials.

Specialinsert says that lab tests have ensured high pull-out strength performances, up to 500kg on granite, 350kg on marble and 450kg on HPL, making it suitable for the most critical applications.

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Special parts for a range of applications

Hall: 22 Stand: D75

Since 1980 Defremm SpA has specialised in cold forming production from carbon steel, aluminium alloy, copper, brass and stainless steel wire – winning a reputation for its precision quality and customer service.

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ocated in the north of Italy, Defremm manufactures special parts to customer drawings for a range of applications including automotive and household appliances, as well as fittings for plumbing and sports equipment. The company also produces standard fasteners including rivet nuts and blind rivets.

Manufacturing is carried out on a wide range of horizontal heading machines, from 2 – 6 stations. To meet increasingly complex customer requirements Defremm is continually investing in advanced machinery for recovery, threading, punching, turning, assembly and optical control selection.

Defremm’s team carries out technical and feasibility studies to co-design products with clients using the latest generation 3D software – Autodesk Inventor. They then design and build tooling on-site to manufacture initial samples and begin standardised production.

Defremm will be exhibiting at Fastener Fair Hannover as well as Fastener Fair Russia 2014 in Moscow, 14th May – 16th May.

Fasteners in exotic material

Patent for FTV Hall: 22 Stand: C44

Gardette Group has been specialising in assembly and transmission parts for over 80 years, and has a wide range of fasteners in exotic raw material – EXOFIX®.

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ith EXOFIX®, Gardette now has the ability to provide standard or customer drawings’ in a range of exotic raw materials such as inconel, monel, titanium, duplex, copper and aluminium – with over 500 references kept on stock in its French factory.

Thanks to EXOFIX, Gardette has shown its success on the French market with results such as smaller lead times – from 7-8 weeks to 2-3 weeks – and business turnover increasing due to high valued items.

“We now want to go international by offering EXOFIX to high-end industry players, such as nuclear, chemical, petrochemical, military applications and energy fields.”

Founded in 1985 by Carlos Rodrigues, Fixation Technique de Vireux (FTV), a manufacturer of special screws with over 26 years’ experience, has developed the patented – Improved Bolt Structure HV Quality.

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uick to set up, FTV says this system is ideal for any assembly of Hall: 22 structures – houses, Stand: F55 restoration of old bridges, arches, tunnels and floors.

The company manufactures four main types of metal fasteners – rivets, pins, screws, and bolts.

It also manufactures a wide range of hollow metal parts including rings, eyelets, tubes, spacers, and washers, mainly used in the connector industry.

The shape of the screw also prevents any unscrewing during vibration and the quality of the screwing torque is comparable to welding and assembly by riveting.

Special alloys from INOXDADI INOXDADI Srl has a wide range of products including nuts in special alloys such as inconel, incoloy, hastelloy, nimonic, titanium, duplex, and monel 400.

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Stand: D64 European producer since 1973, INOXDADI says its special alloy products have a good quality as well as high mechanical properties at elevated temperatures, allowing their use in many different industries including petrochemical, marine and aerospace.

Applications include industrial furnaces, gas turbine components, hydrocarbon processing equipment, heat exchangers and waste treatment.

“These sophisticated and technologically advanced materials really satisfy all needs and some of them are also available from stock.”

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Australian joining technology company, Joinlox, has announced the international launch of Striplox™ – a range of rapid, strong, and concealed joining solutions with multiple uses.

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triplox™ products – protected by international patents – are made of high-spec thermo plastic and are low cost, rapid solutions for permanent or reversible assembly and reassembly of retail and point of sale displays, cabinetry and bookshelves, commercial furniture, office and shop fit outs, exhibition stands, as well as home and DIY projects.

Joinlox points out that the key to the Striplox connector solutions, and their speed and ease of use, are a series of interlocking teeth that spread joining loads along the length of the joins, providing strong and tight connections. Striplox joins are easily dismantled and are reusable, reducing on-site costs, wastage, emissions and transport costs.

Joinlox says its Striplox solutions can replace traditional joining and fastening, including brackets, screws, connectors, latches and mountings and are strong and durable, making the entire range suitable for numerous non-structural purposes/installations.

“The applications for Striplox are really only limited by imagination,” said John Pettigrew, Joinlox CEO. “Striplox can be used in a broad range of materials including timber, medium density fibreboard (MDF), plastic, particle board, composite and many other materials.

Striplox is easy to use and intuitive and eliminates the need for bags of loose fasteners and confusing instructions with each order. For industry, this also means that the days of incurring the high costs of having to send skilled tradespeople to assemble at site or point of use are over.”

John Pettigrew adds: “We are already receiving strong interest from the woodworking, display, furniture and construction markets both here and internationally. To meet this demand, we also welcome distributor enquiries.”

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NORMA Group in demand in China

Hall: 22 Stand: D16

NORMA Group has received major orders for NORMAFLEX® fluid systems and NORMACLAMP® TORRO® hose clamps from various vehicle manufacturers in China.

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ORMA Group will produce up to 120,000 vacuum tube systems and 800,000 low emission tubes (LET) from the NORMAFLEX® product range in its Chinese Qingdao facility annually. Approximately two million TORRO® hose clamps used in air intake applications will be supplied from the NORMA Group headquarters in Maintal, Germany. The start of production is scheduled for 2014.

“We are proud about the growing demand for our products in this important market in Asia,” says Bernd Kleinhens, board member business development at NORMA Group.

“In recent years, we expanded our Qingdao facility and transferred know how to China so that our local customers could profit from the same high quality as elsewhere. The new orders are proof that our efforts are paying off.”

The NORMAFLEX vacuum tube systems are used to connect the vacuum pump of a vehicle with the brake booster.

NORMAFLEX LET tubes are applied as fuel lines. The lines have good chemical, mechanical and physical characteristics and reduce permeation significantly. In both cases, due to their lower weight compared to traditional rubber/metal systems, the NORMAFLEX tubes will help to reduce the overall weight of a system by up to 30 percent. These are ready to fit systems, which facilitate a rapid and easy assembly.

NORMACLAMP TORRO hose clamps are suited to applications with high mechanical loads such as in air intake, coolant and fuel systems. Its asymmetrical housing provides high clamping force and torque strength. The clamp also provides an even distribution of clamping pressure, and ensures the sealing of the connection thus preventing leaks. www.normagroup.com

Even more specialised For 60 years Achilles Seibert GmbH has been known for supplying the ‘small’ via the ‘standard’ to the ‘long and the thin’ in DIN standard and special bolts, as well as coating and thread locking. Now the company has expanded its product range even further by becoming a specialist supplier of socket bolts.

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chilles Seibert, based in Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany, now has in its standard stock programme the DIN 7984 8.8 plain and DIN 912 10.9 zinc plated socket bolts. In addition to expanding its standard items, Achilles is also adding DIN 934 and DIN 125 zinc plated to its stock.

“The new additions to our range underline our commitment to providing the very small to the very big, as well as everything around it,” says Timo Scholle, general manager at Achilles Seibert.

Demand increasing for stainless steel products Inox Mare says demand is increasing for its wide range of stainless steel products in markets such as automotive, electrical appliances, energy and infrastructure.

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fter visiting Fastener Fair Turkey in November 2013, the company found the demand for its stainless steel screws, nuts, bolts, fittings, nautical accessories and photovoltaic fastening systems was increasing – despite the worldwide economic situation.

Inox Mare believes the demand for stainless steel is due to pressing rules and regulations adopted by different countries that force the operators to replace many components with stainless steel.

Stainless steel, due to its capacity to resist and to keep its aspect unchanged in time, is used in a variety of applications.

Inox Mare is certified to ISO 9001/2008, and says it has the competence and experience to supply high quality material at competitive prices.

“Besides oxidation, stainless steel is also able to resist the effects of the economic crisis. We has strengthened in time our ability in directing business wherever the demand arises, which has given the company financial and structural solidity.”

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Stud bolts from the ‘studmaster’ SBI, a European supplier of standard and special bolting in stainless steels, has recently acquired a state of the art CNC ‘studmaster’ to produce stud bolts in strict conformity to the most demanding standards of ASTM and ASME.

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he stud bolts are made only from steel produced by European mills with test certificates to 3.1 and full traceability. The company now carries oil and gas ASTM/ASME Grades such as A193 B8 and B8M Class 1 and Class 2.

Located in the centre of the Rhône-Alpes region of France, the company also carries a stock of raw materials for commercial grades such as A2-50, A2-70, A2-80, A4-50, A4-70 and A4-80 in diameters ranging from M6 to M42 and ½ inch UNC to 1.1 inches/2 inches – 8 inches.

“Our state of the art equipment allows chamfering and marking to the relevant standards.

We pride ourselves in quoting and delivering very quickly anywhere in Europe.”

Italvitanox at Hannover Italian stainless steel screws manufacturer, Italvitanox, will be exhibiting its range of products at Fastener Fair Hannover.

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stablished in 1987, Italvitanox produces custom made special screws, according to drawings or samples and can produce metric screws from M2 – M8, self-tapping screws from diameters 2.2mm to diameters 6.3mm, as well as taptite and chipboard screws – lengths to 210mm. For production, the company uses AISI 304 and AISI 316.

“During these 27 years of activity, the company has become an important point of reference in the Italian market and now aims at expanding in the European market thanks to our reliability, our quality system and flexible delivery times.”

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New additions to the SD range UK and global supplier and distributor of industrial nuts bolts and industrial fasteners, SD Products Ltd, currently offers over 9,000 unique fasteners and components and says its range is constantly growing.

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ver the past few months SD Products has been adding quality parts to its catalogue, and says it is on the way towards the 10,000 product mark. Its selection of cable clips has been considerably expanded and a variety of new metal and plastic clips ideal for cable and pipe management solutions can now be found in the company’s cable, pipe and hose fasteners range.

A brand new line of self-adhesive aluminium cable clips offer a quick, easy and economical way of fixing round, bunched or ribbon cables to a clean and dry surface.

SD Products has also announced that a new range of DOT parts are available – stainless steel durable dot fasteners are best suited for heavy duty applications even in the harshest environments.

Automotive is one of SD Products’ main markets, with the automotive section on its website the newest and largest category with over 450 parts available for most car makes and models.

SD Products also now offers customers a comprehensive range of wave springs, circlips and retaining rings. SD Products points out that wave springs and spiral retaining rings are perfect parts for limited space and high dynamic load applications. Made from coiled flat wire with waves added to give it a spring effect they are superior to coil springs in a majority of applications.

“We are proud to be among the first distributors of this product range in the UK. All our products are manufactured only from quality materials ensuring high durability and wear resistance.” www.sdproducts.co.uk

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FAST from Unifast Unifast Srl manufactures captive nuts and quick acting fasteners in addition to a vast range of special products bespoke produced for the needs of customers, providing cost savings.

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he quick acting fasteners are widely used where rapid assembly and disassembly of units is vital or where service access is required such as electrical cabinets, air conditioning units, compressors and inspection panels on engine covers. Unifast point out that the automotive industry is a major user of this product – the noise shields under motorcars are a prime example.

FAST turn quick acting fasteners are designed to be rapid and economic to use whilst maintaining reliability. Their slip on receptacle means the use of fewer tools and a variety of styles and finishes for the studs enable them to be ideally suited for their many applications.

The stud is cold headed and rolled on the production line in Unifast’s Turin, Italy, factory. Manufactured from case hardened steel, as well as from stainless steel, the fasteners can be supplied with various head styles including wing, slotted and Phillips.

Unifast says that the benefits of FAST fasteners include being cost effective, providing quick access and reinstatement. FAST fasteners are simple to operate and to install, and are vibration resistant and maintains clamp force.

The fasteners also adds value to end users, enhancing the quality of the application, the customer satisfaction, and is also environmentally friendly.

FAST turn, as well as all of Unifast’s products, are manufactured in accordance with ISO/TS 16949:2009 regulation. Unifast is certified to UNI EN ISO 9001:2008.

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Vilux’s broad range

Hall: 22 Stand: C36

Vilux Viterie produces a broad range of screws, rivets, pins, semi-tubular rivets, and other special parts according to drawings.

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ade of steel, brass, copper, aluminium or stainless steel, with any type of surface treatment, all products are 100% inspected and certified and produced with modern technology.

Thanks to the long term partnership with well known leading companies, Vilux Viterie specialises in the production of screws, rivets, and pins such as screws with special threads for big and small household appliances made of aluminium and plastics and fasteners for the electrical and furniture industry.

The company has TÜV certifications ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007.

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