Laser Tools has announced the addition of two new magnetic tool organisers for users to keep everything in one accessible place – part number 7530 and 7531. Part number 7530 takes 34 different tools including bits, bit drivers, socket adaptors, universal joints, and part number 7531 holds 43 different bits and adaptors, specifically designed for 10mm shank automotive bits. Both organisers featu...

Launching this year, Adhesives & Bonding Expo will take place on 24th – 26th March, in Novi, Michigan, USA, and will bring together the industry’s biggest players in industrial bonding technology, including 3M, Bostik, Loctite, Dow, Permabond, HB Fuller, Avery Dennison and Henkel. The free to attend exhibition and conference will bring together design engineers looking for bonding systems t...

Greenkote Plc, global provider of protective and anti-corrosion metal coatings, has reported a notable upsurge in its business coming from auto manufacturers – specifically for applying brightly coloured powder coatings to brake caliper assemblies. “One of the main reasons the car companies are coming to us is because we’ve been able to solve a fundamental problem in the powder coating of brake...

PennEngineering® has announced that it has acquired Eurotec Ltd, a specialty technical reseller of metal fabrication equipment, fastener installation systems and clinch and sheet metal fasteners, based in Tokyo, Japan. The acquisition will provide the Japanese market with permanent access to PennEngineering's PEM® and PROFIL® fasteners and installation equipment. "PennEngineering's acquisition...

Master Bond EP30DPBFMed is a two part, flexibilised epoxy urethane hybrid system that can be used for bonding, sealing, coating, and encapsulation. It is formulated for disposable and reusable medical devices, meeting USP Class VI requirements while also complying with RoHS3 in accordance with the EU directive 2015/863/EU. EP30DPBFMed is resistant to thermal cycling and sterilization, withstand...

EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, has announced it is partnering with DELO, a manufacturer of industrial high-tech adhesives. Both companies, well known for their leading roles in optical sensor manufacturing, are combining efforts to enable novel optical devices and applications, such as biometric authe...

Bossard, bigHead and KVT-Fastening will be presenting several fastening innovations for composites at JEC World Paris, on its stand – Q70, in hall 5, including MM-Welding® technology, and Lean Bonding. Taking place at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, from 3rd – 5th March 2020, visitors will be able to experience Bossard’s MM-Welding® technology live, including the first product laun...

With global demand for aerospace grade fasteners set to climb at a CAGR of 7.6% until 2024, thanks to a thriving aerospace industry, Fastener Fair France has decided to devote an entire area to the sector at the Paris Expo-Porte de Versailles, in hall 3.2, on 27th – 28th May 2020. This unique area at Fastener Fair France will provide a great networking opportunity for buyers and sellers in the...

Bodycote, provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, has entered into an agreement to acquire Ellison Surface Technologies Inc (‘Ellison’), creating one of the largest providers of thermal spray and engineered coating surface technology services to the aerospace industry. Ellison’s business, based in North America, is highly complementary to Bodycote’s existing surfa...

From the procurement of raw materials to recycling, tesa SE assumes responsibility at all stages of the value chain, expecting suppliers to follow suit and conform to the same sustainability standards. tesa’s approach to sustainability focuses on four strategic areas of activity and improvement; the environment, products, employees, and society. Environmental responsibilityTreating the environm...