Europe

Lapeer tries to lure deals north | Crain’s Detroit Business | #fasteners Kamax

Another victory came from Kamax, a German maker of engine fasteners, which grew beyond its Troy office in 2011 with a 139000-square-foot expansion in Lapeer Township, adding to 240000 square feet already there. The company's employee count of 228 in ... [Read More]
2011/10/24

Cleancon Concept | Product Design and Development | #fasteners Arnold Umform.

The number of vehicle failures due to electronic components is increasing every year. Electronic components are involved in nearly half of all emergency assistance calls received by the German motorists´ association ADAC. Often coming from screws, ... [Read More]
2011/10/21

Quincaillerie & FI : Fabory | Baselo Presse | #fasteners french

Renforcer son rôle de distributeur spécialisé La filiale française du groupe hollandais spécialisé dans la distribution de produits de fixation soufflait ses vingt bougies en 2010. Cette même année, Pascal Lecordier prenait la direction ... [Read More]
2011/10/21

bigHead appoints new distributor 
in Denmark and Norway | Fastener+Fixing | #fasteners

bigHead Bonding Fasteners Ltd has announced the appointment of Icom Composites as its new distributor partner in Denmark and Norway. Martin Cowell, SD of bigHead goes on to explain [...] via bigHead appoints new distributor 
in Denmark and ... [Read More]
2011/10/17

NORMA generates record 
sales and earnings | Fastener+Fixing | #fasteners

NORMA Group AG continues its growth path after a successful IPO in April 2011, with the company increasing its sales considerably by 28.3% to 296 million euros (H1 2010: 231 million euros) for the first half of 2011.The company reports that 19.9% of ... [Read More]
2011/10/17

Retrouvez les bonnes pratiques des traitements de surface réalisés au tonneau – Cetim | #coating french

Comment s’assurer de la qualité des pièces lors d’un traitement de surface réalisé au tonneau et comment obtenir un cahier des charges précis sur la qualité souhaitée par les donneurs d’ordres ? Tel est l’objet de ce guide télécha... [Read More]
2011/10/16

Norma Seeking Acquisitions as Sales Rise, Boersen-Zeitung Says | Bloomberg | #fasteners

Norma Group AG will grow sales by as much as 12 percent to about 570 million euros ($790 million) this year, Boersen-Zeitung said, citing an interview with Chief Financial Officer Othmar Belker. Norma plans to acquire companies with annual sales ... [Read More]
2011/10/16

Episode #33 – Thought Waves | Fully Threaded Radio | #fasteners

Date: October 13, 2011 By: Fully Threaded Description: Think there are no surprises left in the fastener industry? Think again! Fastener Technology International Magazine editor, Mike McNulty, reports on the stunning "return" of Heads, along ... [Read More]
2011/10/14

New range of ceramic tooling for the manufacture of airframe rivets and fasteners from CTR | American Fastener Journal | #fasteners

Posted Date: 10/13/2011 Originally founded in 1973 as CTR Carbide Dies and Rectory Tools Ltd, we now have three separate operating divisions covering Fastener Tooling, Precision Engineering and Hard Metal Machining. Based in Birmingham, the ... [Read More]
2011/10/14

Leurs PME familiales créent des emplois à la pelle | Capital.fr | #fasteners french Würth

Le triomphe du «made in Germany» repose sur le «Mittelstand», un incroyable réseau de petites multinationales qui turbinent loin des projecteurs. Visite guidée. Du haut de leurs 40 mètres, les entrepôts en tôle blanche écrasent le ... [Read More]
2011/10/12