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Shanghai CEO Summit attracts 200 strong audience | Fastener+Fixing

The 2013 Global Fastener Industry CEO Summit, staged on the first day of the Fastener Expo Shanghai, fielded six keynote speakers and attracted an audience of more than 200 senior industry managers from the US, Canada, India and Singapore as well as ... [Read More]
2013/06/23

Flexible assembly systems drive e-mobility | Fastener+Fixing Technology

A million electric cars on Germany’s roads by 2020 - This is the ambitious target set by the German Federal Government in its bid to continue the battle against climate-destroying CO2 emissions. It believes that e-mobility is a significant key ... [Read More]
2013/06/19

Lesjöfors acquires German spring maker | Fastener+Fixing

At the beginning of 2013 Lesjöfors signed an agreement to acquire the German spring manufacturer S & P Federnwerk - based in Herdorf. (...) via Lesjöfors acquires German spring maker. [Read More]
2013/06/17

EMC launches new electrophoretic coating plant | Fastener+Fixing

Electrophoretic coating is an immersion process that refers to the electrically induced transfer of a non-conductive organic coating onto a conductive surface. Adequate pre-treatment, application, and curing methods provide a controlled coating ... [Read More]
2013/06/11

Engineering the transition to wire | Fastener+Fixing

Tata Steel wire rod mill, Scunthorpe, UK Two thoughts are almost bound to be uppermost in the mind of any visitor to Tata Steel’s wire rod mill. One is sheer scale – from reheat furnace to end of the cooling line stretches some 250 metres. ... [Read More]
2013/06/10

Acquisitions support Norma sales | Fastener+Fixing

Norma Group sales for the first quarter 2013 were within 0.3% of the same period 2012 at 159.7 million euros. (...) via Acquisitions support Norma sales. [Read More]
2013/06/05

ECOSIT® upgrades with RFID technology | Fastener+Fixing Technology

Bielefeld based BOGE Kompressoren has recently benefitted from innovative RFID technology incorporated in the Böllhoff ECOSIT® system. Since 2004 BOGE, an international manufacturer of compressors and compressed air systems with more than 100 ... [Read More]
2013/06/05

Notice of impending expiry of AD measures | Fastener+Fixing

The European Commission has released a notice that the regulation imposing anti-dumping duties on carbon steel fasteners from China (extended to Malaysia) will expire 1st February 2014, unless EU producers request an expiry review. (...) via Notice ... [Read More]
2013/05/29

Philidas recommences manufacturing | Fastener+Fixing

Philidas Manufacturing Ltd has confirmed to this magazine that it is manufacturing again at the same location in Pontefract, UK. (...) via Philidas recommences manufacturing. [Read More]
2013/05/28

Commission proposes modernisation of trade defence instruments | Fastener+Fixing

The European Commission has published a detailed proposal aimed at updating the EU’s trade defence instruments – the rules for dealing with alleged unfair competition from dumped and subsidised imports. (...) via Commission proposes modernisa... [Read More]
2013/05/21