Speedsport Promotions Ltd, a specialist the field of driver management, corporate hospitality and race car preparation, is enjoying a great start to the 2016 Historic Formula Ford Championship, which it won last year, with help from one of its partners – tesa UK. As part of its race workshop business, Speedsport is both a user and supplier of tesa adhesives tapes to the motor racing fraternity....

Norbar Torque Tools Ltd has launched ClickTronic — a new digital scale mechanical torque wrench for industrial applications that combines the proven mechanism of the professional wrench with a new easy to read display to reduce setting errors.Accurate to within ±3% of reading, Norbar points out that the ClickTronic meets and exceeds ISO 6789:2003 and has multiple torque units, which enables use...

The EP3HTS-LO, a single component epoxy for demanding bonding, sealing and coating applications from Master Bond, has passed ASTM E595 tests for NASA low outgassing.Ideal for use in the aerospace, electronic, microelectronic and optical industries, Master Bond says its EP3HTS-LO features a silver filler and is electrically conductive with a low volume resistivity of less than0.001 ohm-cm. It al...

When a major international supplier of automotive body products needed an automated fastener solution for a prestige British car, it approached Böllhoff Ltd. Andy Witts, managing director at Böllhoff Ltd explains how it enabled the use of up to two million fasteners per year into a demanding application. Engineering applications that require screwed fixings into thin walled components pose a p...

NORMA Group has received Platinum Supplier Status 2015 from General Motors for its site in Pilica, Poland. The US automaker presents this award to its suppliers for their outstanding performance and thus recognises NORMA Group for its reliability as a supplier, for its high-quality products and for its excellent service. Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group, comments: “Platinum Supplier Status fro...

By Martin Rüedy, fastener expert team, Bossard Group The reuse of screws after operational use is not to be recommended for two main reasons: The use of ‘state of the art’ products and the requirements for product safety. Process capability in assembly must also be considered under five main topics: Safety in assembly, protection against corrosion, surface treatment, durability and cost-effecti...

After recently receiving the Los Angeles Research Report (LARR) and full seismic approval from ICC-ES for all seismic design categories (A to F), Lindapter International’s Hollo-Bolt® has been specified for Wilshire Grand Center, the tallest tower in western USA.  Opening in 2017, the billion dollar skyscraper designed by AC Martin, is poised to set the architectural standard for innovation, de...

Ingersoll Rand is now offering the 35MAX and 15QMAX Ultra-Compact Impactools™ – small, yet powerful tools that technicians and operators can use to quickly loosen or tighten a variety of fasteners in confined spaces. The 35MAX and 15QMAX pneumatic impact tools feature high power-to-weight ratios, an easy to operate regulator dial with three power settings, and push button forward and reverse ca...

To satisfy the demand for fasteners with a black finish, Lancaster Fastener Co Ltd is now equipped to have any of its zinc plated and stainless steel fasteners finished black within a very short time frame. Building on its existing stocked range of fasteners with a black finish, the UK company’s intention is to offer a reliable and consistent supply of product ranges that are often regarded as...

The Tate Modern art museum in London, UK, reopened on 17th June after a huge expansion project supported by a new spring mechanism from European Springs & Pressings Ltd. With an extremely limited time frame, as well as high-quality demands, European Springs & Pressings, part of the Lesjöfors Group, designed, developed, produced and delivered retaining clips for holding face plates onto...