NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, was honoured in Poland with the PSA Opel Group’s ‘Best Plant 2018’ supplier award. The PSA Opel Group grants the award in recognition of business partners delivering outstanding performance in terms of product quality, delivery times, logistics and proactive customer service. NORMA Group in Poland supplies the PSA Opel Group...

Nord-Lock Group is on a digital journey, with the aim of improving its digital offering and making it easier for customers to access product information and technical services online. With the launch of its new web platform, Nord-Lock Group customers can find all they need to know about the Group’s technologies, services and offering. Among the digital content available are web applications: To...

Master Bond EP110F8-3 is a two part epoxy system ideal for sealing, encapsulating, potting, and casting applications. Featuring excellent thermal cycling and shock resistance, passing 10 cycles from -55°C to +125°C with no signs of cracking, EP110F8-3 has a superior electrical insulation profile with a low dielectric constant of 2.67 as well as a low dissipation factor of 0.006, both measured a...

A brand new range of 12mm – 150mm safety clips is now available from SD Products’ website – manufactured from high grade spring steel and offering excellent stress and corrosion resistance, as well as the ability to withstand considerable forces without any distortion. The high yield strength of spring steel in the safety clips allows them to return to their original shape, even after substanti...

Bostik, a leading global adhesive specialist for industrial, construction and consumer markets, has recently launched Bostik 6000 – a next generation hot melt sealant for insulating glass units (IGUs). Formulated with exclusive i-Boost™ technology, Bostik 6000 is an active single part hot melt sealant that offers enhanced performance, productivity, and durability, over existing best in class IG...

New adhesives in Panacol’s product line include the Elecolit® 6603 – a thermosetting, one component epoxy resin adhesive with very good heat conducting properties and very high metal adhesion, which is specially formulated to meet the increasing demands for bonding and dissipating heat from power electronics. Elecolit® 6603 is augmented with mineral-based fillers that ensure high electrical ins...

By Steve Morrow, business development manager, Techsil Ltd Traditionally mechanical fasteners such as nuts and bolts, screws and rivets, and mechanical interlocks, were seen as the strongest and most reliable fastening and fixing method. However, double-sided structural adhesive tapes can match and often exceed this strength. Double-sided structural adhesive tapes provide longer lasting reliabl...

Barrday Inc, a specialist in the composite market, and Arkema, a speciality chemicals and advanced materials company, have announced the creation of a joint venture to manufacture and market carbon fibre and speciality polymer tapes for the growing oil and gas industrial market. The new venture, to be named Barrflex® TU, will supply the most efficient thermoplastic composite solutions to the va...

During the 2018 Hyperloop Pod Competition, the WARR Hyperloop team from the Technical University of Munich raised the laser-sintered titanium trophy, after their pod broke a world speed record for Hyperloop pod travel – using Nord-Lock wedge-locking washers to secure each bolt of their pod. The Hyperloop Pod Competition was launched in 2015 by Elon Musk, the billionaire behind the futuristic tr...

HECO has expanded its range of screw anchors with the new additions of MULTI-MONTI®-plus, with diameters of 16mm and 20mm, and a special version named ‘SSK’ for the temporary fastening of push-pull props in concrete and formwork structures. At the same time, HECO is underlining its expertise as a provider of efficient and cost-effective solutions for heavy-duty anchoring. The new ETA rated scre...