NORMA Group has earned American PACCAR Inc’s quality certification for a second consecutive year. The 50ppm award is presented to an elite group of suppliers who have achieved a defect rate of 50 parts per million (ppm) or less during 2012. PACCAR evaluates its suppliers’ services on a rolling six month performance basis. PACCAR’s award criteria also include warranty claims, the production part...

KVT-Fastening (a Bossard company) has recently supplied its KEENSERTS® threaded inserts for use in triaxial aviation and aerospace simulators. ACUTRONIC, a manufacturer of movement simulators for aviation and aerospace, the defence, automotive and consumer industries, produces a range of simulators, such as small, single axis simulators (e.g for the automotive industry), triaxial simulators (av...

Vossloh AG is stepping up its presence on the American continent and opening a production plant for Vossloh rail fastening systems in the USA. The fitting out of the facility will start in the third quarter of 2013, with plant commissioning followed by regular production scheduled to begin after mid-2014. There will be 50 new jobs at the plant in Waco, Texas. By manufacturing within the USA, Vo...

In direct response to the major growth in demand for RotaBolt technology throughout Southeast Asia, and in particular from Taiwan, RotaBolt is to open a new production facility in Taipei as a joint venture with Coretech, who have been distributing RotaBolt® fasteners throughout Taiwan for the last three years. Rod Corbett, managing director of RotaBolt, commented: “The take up of our measuremen...

Specialinsert Srl, a leading Italian manufacturer since 1974, has announced the completion of the relocation of its headquarters in Turin, Italy. The new facility hosts 250 square metres of executive, administrative, export and R&D offices, an 80 square metre testing laboratory, and a full automated 900 square metre warehouse that Specialinsert says will enable it to improve its ability to...

Baker & Finnemore has a history and reputation of producing high quality precision pressings for all industries including the automotive sector. An example of this was the development of an extremely complicated pressing for use in Jaguar Land Rover cars. Baker & Finnemore (Bakfin) explains that this part has proven to be so innovative and well-engineered that it has been carried forwar...

UGIVIS, the stainless steel fastener manufacturer based in Belley, France, has announced that it has become an ISO/TS 16949:2009 certified automotive fastener producer. UGIVIS states that the certification is a result of all the efforts and daily involvement of its teams to satisfy the demands of its customers. “We are confident that the levels of quality and service available at UGIVIS will en...

Lohmann GmbH & Co KG states that it has the capability to not only provide tailor-made adhesive systems, but also to support customers right through to the application stage, with its engineers often facing the challenge of integrating the adhesive application directly into the customers’ existing processes. The ‘bonding’ engineers at Lohmann not only provide support for customers while dev...

EFC International, headquartered in St Louis, Missouri, USA, is a premier distributor of engineered components, from world class manufacturers, that supplies a variety of industries including automotive, heavy truck, transportation and agriculture, appliance and HVACR, marine RV and small engine, as well as the furniture industry. In addition to its large range of clamps, panel fasteners, screw...

GBK UK Limited, formerly known as Tech-Fast.com Ltd, designs and supplies technical plastic fasteners, closures and components for customers active in all major market sectors, including building and construction, electrical and electronic, furniture, shop-fitting and point of sale, and transportation. GBK’s customers include small regional businesses, major global businesses, original equipmen...