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 larger figure, a 15mm misalignment in a curtain wall bracket can also jeopardise the success of project continuity, reducing the risk of construction d...

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 experience to bring the company, and Tecde Group, into a new era and to further grow its brand globally. The first major development for Çetin Cıvata in 2019 wa...

Controlled fastener tightening is now even more important in production, assembly, and service work, and is indispensable in taking uncertainty out of the quality/safety equation. Controllable torque tools – such as the MANOSKOP® 730 Quick – ensure secure connections that exactly meet the requirements every time. Lightweight materials such as carbon, aluminium, magnesium alloys, and plastics, a...

For forty years Mr Hasan Şemsi has directed and inspired the development of Berdan Cıvata, based in the ancient city of Tarsus, in south-east Turkey. Here he talks about how a small business grew to be a fully integrated production operation and, remarkably candidly, of the mistakes that taught him how to achieve the highest levels of quality assurance for critical application construction fast...

LIGNOLOC® – the collated wood nail – developed by Austrian company Raimund BECK KG, was selected as the winner in the category ‘Excellent Product Design – Workshop and Tools’ by the German Design Council. The award ceremony will take place on 7th February as part of Ambiente 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. LIGNOLOC® is the first magazine loaded nail made of wood. It is shot into the wood ma...

In recent years, NORM Cıvata has achieved exponential growth with accelerating export sales. This success was achieved by focusing on high-quality production, investing in technology, and building strong and sustainable relationships with customers. The company’s latest motto perfectly summarises its way of working: ‘Global scale, personal care’. NORM Cıvata points out that this motto underline...

As one of Europe’s leading wholesalers of stainless steel fasteners, with almost 30 years’ experience, Apex Stainless has established a worldwide reputation for excellent customer service – a principle that is deeply embedded at the very heart of the company and permeates through every level of the business. Apex aims to offer its fastener distribution customers a ‘one stop shop’ for all stainl...

Founded in 1980 as a moulding workshop, ARMA Fixing Systems is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a manufacturer that provides innovative solutions to the fastener industry. Originally starting with only two employees, in an area of just 20m2, the company quickly developed to start serving customers from various sectors such as automotive, home appliance, machinery, agriculture, construction,...

WASI has received a European Technical Assessment for its WS 9136 countersunk wood construction screw – helping it meet the special demands placed by the timber construction sector on connection technology in terms of quality and safety. Even in times in which steel and concrete are the predominant building materials, the classic timber construction method is far from being obsolete. On the con...

BRALO has launched a new range of battery riveting tools BET (BRALO Electronic Tool) to provide greater autonomy, versatility and efficiency to the industry, and offer a complete solution without a cable – meeting the fastener needs of customers, both with rivets or with insert nuts. With a system of interchangeable batteries of 2Ah and 4Ah, and only one charger, the range of BET riveting tools...