Fastener News Archive

Panacol introduces new high performance frame and fill adhesives

16th March 2021

Panacol has developed a new range of high performance adhesives for frame and fill applications on printed circuit boards. Frame and fill processes are used to protect highly complex areas on electronic circuit boards. In the first step, a highly viscous barrier - the so-called frame - is applied. In the next step, this area is quickly filled with lower viscosity filler material – the fill. Wit...

Electrical + Electronics

Fast and efficient clipping and unclipping of rail fastening systems

15th March 2021

Pandrol, a global rail expert, has launched a range of next generation clip drivers, designed to dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of clipping and unclipping rail fastening systems. Featuring three new clip driver products, the CD200 IQ, the CD300 IQ, and the CD400SP IQ, the equipment represents a significant upgrade on the first generation models. Designed with efficiency in mind,...

Rail

Huntsman celebrates supplier award from Toyota Boshoku Europe

15th March 2021

Huntsman Polyurethanes’ automotive experts are celebrating after receiving a best performing supplier award from Toyota Boshoku Europe. Every year, Toyota Boshoku Europe gathers its top suppliers together to celebrate cooperation and collaboration. For the second year running, Huntsman has been recognised as one of the most industrious and reliable companies working with the automotive interior...

Automotive

CAMLOC® – 80 years of innovative engineering

12th March 2021

The Camloc® brand was originally established more than 80 years ago, starting out with a range of quick release fasteners. The product range has significantly expanded over the years and now offers latches, installation tooling and KEENSERTS® solid inserts. Originally manufactured in the USA, in 1959, Camloc started selling quick release fasteners through a new location in Kelkheim, Germany. La...

Automotive

Biodegradable fastening solutions helping to reduce agricultural plastic waste

12th March 2021

When one thinks of the agricultural industry, plastic waste is not the first thing that comes to mind. But the reality is that plastics play key roles in the farming and greenhouse business and leaves behind much waste every year. As an example, just in the United States, the agricultural plastics generation is estimated to be GB£816 million. And most of that is not recycled, ending up in the g...

Other Industries

CROSSFIX® substructure system wins award

11th March 2021

The CROSSFIX® substructure system for the rear ventilated facade (VHF) from EJOT® has won the DETAIL Product Award 2020 – recognising innovative building products, systems and material. The submissions were assessed in a two stage selection process after the products submitted were evaluated in particular according to the criteria of design, innovative character, functionality, sustainability a...

Construction + Civil Engineering

New cyanoacrylate adhesive for maintenance and repair

10th March 2021

Intertronics has introduced Born2Bond™ Repair, a gap filling two part ‘instant’ adhesive and repair product, which offers excellent adhesion to a very broad range of materials and surfaces. The material combines the strength of an epoxy adhesive with the speed of an instant cyanoacrylate (CA). Born2Bond Repair has high bond strength, offers gap fill, cures hard, sandable and is significantly fa...

Other Industries

Duraco supplies tapes for PPE

9th March 2021

With the ongoing demand for PPE, manufacturers are being pushed to develop and rapidly produce vast amounts of customised materials to support its diverse performance needs. Manufacturer of adhesive tapes and foams, Duraco, has been supplying manufacturers of PPE with high performing tapes, fasteners, and barrier materials converted into unique shapes and formats. Unlike traditional fasteners a...

Other Industries

LISI AEROSPACE supplies fasteners to Boeing

8th March 2021

LISI AEROSPACE, a division of the LISI Group, has entered into an agreement with the Boeing Company to extend its current contract as the aerospace market prepares itself for a return to growth following the 2020 market downturn. Under the contract, LISI AEROSPACE will continue to provide close to 6,000 different part numbers in support of all Boeing commercial programmes (737, 747, 767, 777, a...

Aerospace

Fire and flame for fire protection

8th March 2021

The King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is currently being extensively renovated. Heavy-duty fastenings, FireStop solutions and installation systems from the fischer group of companies, are helping to guarantee the highest level of safety, both in daily travel operations and under extreme conditions, such as when a fire breaks out. Completed in 1983, the airport is...

Construction + Civil Engineering