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​ABA Original SMO meets highest demands – Fastener+FixingTechnology

NORMA Group has launched its new ABA Original SMO (syrafast molybdenum) – a worm drive hose clamp that can be used in boats, special purpose vehicles and industrial facilities. (...) via ​ABA Original SMO meets highest demands. [Read More]
2015/08/07

​PEM® R’ANGLE® fasteners for thin metal assemblies – Fasterner+FixingTechnology

PennEngineering® has introduced the patented PEM® R’ANGLE® fastener for thin metal assemblies and printed circuit boards, which creates strong right angle attachment points to enable tighter design control, reduced hardware counts, and associ... [Read More]
2015/08/07

CFSEI to Host Webinar on PAF Developments in Cold-Formed Steel on August 27, 2015 – steel.org

The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “Power-Actuated Fastener (PAF) Developments in Cold-Formed Steel” on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. It is designed for architects, engineers, building offici... [Read More]
2015/08/06

Blue Ocean of Industry Leading Players: The KOHLHAGE Group – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

The KOHLHAGE Group was a family owned company founded in 1929 in Neuenrade, Germany, just an hour away from Düsseldorf, Cologne or Dortmund airports. Under the roof of KOHLHAGE Holding, there are KOHLHAGE Fasteners and KOHLHAGE Automotive, creating ... [Read More]
2015/08/06

China’s Metal Fastener Output Increases 12.01% in H1 – chinafastener.info

The output of China’s metal fasteners jumped 12.01% year-on-year to 4,410,856.13 tons for the first half of 2015. The top five provinces by volume were Zhejiang province, Sichuan province, Hebei province, Sichuan province and Jiangsu province... [Read More]
2015/08/06

Multi-material Harley Davidson selects adhesives over fasteners – materialsforengineering

Odyssey Motorcycles used a carbon fibre epoxy composite for parts of on a Harley Davidson Super Sport Roadster (SSR). The French manufacturer used the material to make up the bodywork, petrol and oil tanks of the custom made motorbike, but then ... [Read More]
2015/08/06

Applied Industrial Technologies acquires Massachusetts company – Crain’s Cleveland Business

August 04, 2015 Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. Manufacturing By CRAIN'S CLEVELAND BUSINESS Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) of Cleveland is bulking up its distribution capabilities with the acquisition of Atlantic Fasteners, a ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

India—–Hike in Import Duty Sought to Check Flow of Cheap Steel Products – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Hit by flooding of cheap products from China, Korea and CIS nations, the domestic steel industry has upped the ante for another dose of increase in import duty.   Buckling under pressure from Indian manufactures to safeguard their ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Japanese Nagano Products Company to Set up a Production Base in India – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Nagano Products Co., Ltd will set up a wholly-owned production base in India. The India base is planned to start after one or one and a half year producing special nuts supplied to Japanese automotive industry. The company specializes in flare ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

X-Bolt Orthopaedics Could be Snapped up by a Major Player – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Called the X-Bolt, orthopaedic surgeon Brian Thornes' invention has been patented in Europe, trialled in more than 250 patients in the UK, and is expected to secure approval from the US Food and Drug Administration soon. Once this happens, his ... [Read More]
2015/08/05