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New SACMA feeding packages | Fastener + Fixing

SACMA Group has announced that all its 6 die net shape parts formers, for special parts production, will now be available with Transfer Support Assistance Package (TSAP) as an option.(...) via New SACMA feeding packages. [Read More]
2017/04/17

Hilti leadership changes planned for 2017 AGM | Fastener + Fixing

Hilti has announced changes to the Martin Hilti Family Trust and the board of directors of Hilti Group at the company’s annual general meeting on 5th April 2017. Pius Baschera will take over from Michael Hilti as Family Trust speaker and ... [Read More]
2017/04/17

WINA Names Three to New Positions | Global Fastener News

Eric Wilk, former director of key accounts, will transition to managing director for Würth company Oliver H. Van Horn (OVH). Established in 1903, OVH was acquired by the Würth Group in 2010 and distributes industrial supply and machine tool ... [Read More]
2017/04/16

NEFDA Table Top Includes Technical Sessions | Global Fastener News

The Monday Table Top precedes the Tuesday/Wednesday NEFDA joint meeting with the National Fastener Distributors Association at the Omni Parker House in Boston.(...) via NEFDA Table Top Includes Technical Sessions | Global Fastener News [Read More]
2017/04/16

Broken Bolts Cause Rail Defects in U.S. | Global Fastener News

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – When a freight train derailed in the Montana town of Culbertson, spilling 27,000 gallons of crude oil, investigators blamed the 2015 accident on defective or missing fasteners used to hold the tracks in place, according to the ... [Read More]
2017/04/16

Manufacturing fasteners for aerospace | Fastener + Fixing

By Dr John Newnham, fastener engineering consultant, janewnham@btinternet.com The commercial aerospace industry seems to have broken away from the seven or eight year production cycle of ‘boom and bust’, which appeared for many years to be ... [Read More]
2017/04/16

Auf die Schraube kommt es an – :K Magazin

Weniger Material bedeutet weniger Kosten – Diese Gleichung macht sich auch in vielen Anwendungsbereichen bei den verwendeten Blechdicken bemerkbar. Kamen vor Jahren bei Blechdicken von einem Millimeter und mehr oftmals noch handelsübliche ... [Read More]
2017/04/16

Sales first quarter of 2017 | Bossard

Strong growth momentum across all market regions The Bossard Group has made a strong start into the 2017 fiscal year: First quarter sales grew by 16.1 percent to CHF 197.9 million +16.8 percent in local currency. Bossard experienced solid organic ... [Read More]
2017/04/14

Visite de François Hollande sur le site de Mélisey – LISI AUTOMOTIVE

Découvrez en photo, la visite de  François Hollande chez LISI AUTOMOTIVE à l'usine de Melisey.Cette visite a eu lieu le 7 avril 2017.   via Visite de François Hollande sur le site de Mélisey - LISI AUTOMOTIVE. [Read More]
2017/04/14

EU High Court Court Nixes Duties On Chinese Fasteners – Law360

EU High Court Court Nixes Duties On Chinese Fasteners By Jimmy Hoover Law360, New York (April 13, 2017, 5:06 PM EDT) -- The European Union’s top appeals court has vacated tariffs that the European Council imposed on two Chinese importers of ... [Read More]
2017/04/14