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Bufab Group | How to overcome galling issues with premium stainless steel fasteners

Galling is a common issue with standard stainless steel bolts and can pose serious problems for critical fastener applications. However, galling can be overcome even in the most challenging of applications – particularly by selecting premium ... [Read More]
2019/07/19

Portugal – European fastener market insight | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

10 years after the European automotive market crisis in 2008/09, export of Portuguese cars reached a historic milestone of recovery in early 2019.(...) via Portugal - European fastener market insight | Fastener + Fixing Magazine. [Read More]
2019/07/19

Famous failures series: Part 1 – stress corrosion cracking | Fastener + Fixing Technology

There are well documented and investigated cases of failures, which can be attributed to stress corrosion cracking since 1965. Some have led to monetary loses in the hundreds of millions of dollars and nobody can calculate the worth of the 119 lives ... [Read More]
2019/07/19

New injection line for Lapafil | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

Lapafil S.A, a Spanish company dedicated to the manufacture of fixing products since 1955, has added a new injection line to meet increasing demand in nylon clamps and nylon plugs in its domestic, as well as international, markets.(...) via New ... [Read More]
2019/07/17

Germany – European fastener market insight | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

By helping shape the future, the fischer Group of Companies remains a known entity in the context of global competition, social and political innovations, as well as technological progress.(...) via Germany - European fastener market insight | ... [Read More]
2019/07/17

Greece – European fastener market insight | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

In order to evaluate the Greek market of fasteners we must take under significant consideration the long-lasting heavy recession, for almost 10 years, that occurred in the country during 2008/09.(...) via Greece - European fastener market insight | ... [Read More]
2019/07/17

What Exhibitors Want: Customers Attending | Global Fastener News

Exhibitors expressed mixed verdicts on the two recent fastener trade shows in Chicago and Detroit and the upcoming event in Las Vegas.(...) via What Exhibitors Want: Customers Attending | Global Fastener News [Read More]
2019/07/16

United Kingdom – European fastener market insight | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

No review of the UK market is possible without considering the looming shadow of BREXIT. The uncertainty, will we or won’t we and if we do will there be a deal or not, has adversely impacted the manufacturing and commercial construction markets.... [Read More]
2019/07/16

China Fastener Exports Increase 3.2% during Jan.-Apr. | China Fastener Info

China fasteners exported increased 4.4% to 98,000 tons in the first four months of 2019 compared with the same period of last year while export value was up 3.2% to 1.97 billion USD.(...) via China Fastener Exports Increase 3.2% during Jan.-Apr.. [Read More]
2019/07/15

IFS China impresses | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

Organisers of the International Fastener Show China (IFS China) state that the show is already one of the three largest fastener industry events in the world, and the largest in Asia. With this in mind, Editor Will Lowry travelled to Shanghai to see ... [Read More]
2019/07/15