UK-based gas spring manufacturer, Camloc Motion Control Limited, has expanded its distribution network after partnering with Italian-based supplier, PSM CELADA Fasteners. With over 30 years of industry experience, Camloc Motion Control designs and manufactures a range of gas springs, struts and dampers – including bespoke made to order products – from its factory in Leicester. The company has a...

With many new electric and autonomous vehicles entering the market designers are facing completely new challenges. They may demand new and innovative solutions, but fastener specialists JET PRESS has found it often specifies tried and tested engineered fasteners. Here is a round up of fasteners being used by JET PRESS customers. Fasteners for 5mm welding studsThe automotive industry standard is...

NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, is supporting the water supply of an Australian sandalwood plantation with its COBRA clamps. Sandalwood is mainly used in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Around 350,000 COBRA clamps will be used to connect the drip hoses. NORMA Group is equipping the irrigation system of the approximately 8,500 hectare sandalwood...

UK based Metrol Springs is the newest company in the Lesjöfors group. Metrol's gas struts are able to suit many unique customer requirements and the solutions are effective, easy to use and safe. One such example is a custom-made anvil slide that helps to utilise the truck space more effectively. The metal fabrication company N & J Aluminium had the need to fit a gas strut inside a speciall...

Shiloh Industries, an environmentally focused global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions and proud supplier for the redesigned Corvette Stingray, congratulates General Motors on the car being named the 2020 Free Press Car of the Year, and features Shiloh’s ThinTech® aluminium casting technology. “Shiloh is thrilled to see the Free Press Car of the Year award go to GM this...

NewPro3D recently joined Henkel’s ‘Open Materials Platform’ with the goal of providing additive manufacturing solutions at production scale. Working collaboratively, the companies are combining their areas of focus to create next level solutions for the medical industry. With Henkel’s expertise in materials and NewPro3D’s innovation in 3D printing equipment and software, the companies are enabl...

To continue its major investment in the construction market, Arvid Nilsson has recently expanded its building range with, what it says is, a new unique wood screw. The screw has a sawtooth thread with optimum crack reducing effect and a very sharp tip. In addition, it is extremely fast and can be used with plugs. “A smarter screw that performs at the top in comparative tests, we have worked clo...

Due to their high viscoelasticity and excellent adhesion levels, the double-sided acrylic core tapes can absorb and dissipate stress and compensate the thermal elongation of bonded parts. They can therefore be used for a wide range of multipurpose bonding applications. The tesa® ACXplus multi purpose (MP) products are, for example, the goto solution for the mounting of emblems, displays, and de...

The fischer Group of Companies and the GC-Group will be developing the successful Craftnote App for tradespeople together from now on. The App allows any information related to a project to be stored in a central location, where employees can exchange information via the App anywhere and at any time. fischer and the GC-Group are joining forces in a strategic partnership in order to further deve...

Master Bond EP17HTS-DA is a new one component, no mix, die attach epoxy that is electrically conductive and withstands high temperatures. It is a silver filled system. Typically, glass transition temperature (Tg) declines with the addition of a filler like silver. However, with this specialty formulation, a high Tg of 140-150°C is maintained and it passes MIL-STD-883J thermal stability requirem...