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Birlik – meeting customers’ needs | Fastener + Fixing Technology

Established in 1988, Birlik Bağlanti is a Turkish manufacturer and exporter of special fasteners including screws, bolts, rivets and bushes, with a capacity of 1,000 tonnes per month for the automotive, white goods and furniture sectors.(...) via ... [Read More]
2020/02/06

Fastener innovation delivers game changing solutions | Fastener + Fixing Technology

Innovative premium high strength and high performance stainless steel fasteners offer significant benefits – from product lifecycle and maintenance to total lifecycle costs – in many global industry sectors. Here, Nimeka de Silva, development ... [Read More]
2020/02/06

Fastenerblog.net10 Minutes with Jason Wagner and Ilian Dimitrov of The Richard Manno Co. – Fastenerblog.net

This was my first attempt at a two person interview and I couldn’t think of a better team to do it with. Jason Wagner and Ilian Dimitrov are respectively the Executive VP and General Manager of The Richard Manno Co. While The Richard Manno Co. has ... [Read More]
2020/02/05

Hilti Introduces Smart Fasteners, Innovation Simplifies Identification and Documentation of Anchor Installations | Press Release

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilti, a global leader providing innovative tools, technology, software and services to the commercial construction industry, has launched connected (i.e., "smart") fasteners, enabling unique identificat... [Read More]
2020/02/05

New Technology for Automatic Screwdriving | ASSEMBLY

Threaded fasteners are, by far, the most common method of assembling parts. According to ASSEMBLY magazine’s annual Capital Equipment Spending Survey, screwdriving is performed at 58 percent of U.S. assembly plants, making it more popular than ... [Read More]
2020/02/05

Brighton–Best International Inc | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

When asked to contribute to this article, I first had my reservations. Over the past several entries, I’ve basically only talked about diversification, and I did not want to sound like a broken record. But the opportunity came, and so this will be ... [Read More]
2020/02/05

30 years of ETAs, CE Marking and EOTA | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

In 2020 the European Organisation for Technical Assessment (EOTA) will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Ahead of this milestone, we caught up with Sergio Vazquez Jimenez, secretary general of EOTA, to see how the organisation is still aiding the ... [Read More]
2020/02/05

The benefits of alignment washers | Fastener + Fixing Technology

The Hubble telescope is best known for the beautiful images it collects of space. However the first images it took were fuzzy - a 2.2 micron misalignment in the telescope’s main mirror was all it took to wreck the image quality. While a slightly ... [Read More]
2020/02/05

Çetin develops global identity | Fastener + Fixing Technology

In 2019 Çetin Cıvata went through a significant period of investment with the company adding further manufacturing capabilities, as well as renewing its corporate identity with new logos across all platforms – using all of its corporate experi... [Read More]
2020/02/05

NEFCO Corp. Opens Orlando Branch | Global Fastener News

The branch is headed by sales manager George Johnson and Rob Reiner.(...) via NEFCO Corp. Opens Orlando Branch | Global Fastener News [Read More]
2020/02/04