This year Volt Industrial Plastics (VIP), based in West Yellville, Arkansas, is celebrating 25 years of providing high-quality products and customer service excellence – focusing on precision plastic fasteners that can help customers reduce the weight, cost and assembling complexities of their products.  Joe Volltrauer founded Volt Industrial Plastics in Yellville, Arkansas in 1992. Since then...

Here we speak to Daniel Starbuck, director at Star Fasteners (UK) Ltd, about the challenges of working within the rail industry and what it takes to become a key partner for the railway vehicle and infrastructure sectors. What products and services can Star Fasteners provide the rail market and what are the main advantages of customer partnering with Star?“Star Fasteners is a well-established l...

As part of the world-renowned GALM series, the Lightweight Vehicle Manufacturing: Joining, Forming & Manufacturing Technology Europe Summit will once again gather together OEM experts from the automotive and aerospace industries to bring you leading case studies focusing on the costs & benefits of joining, forming & manufacturing technologies for lightweight vehicles. Taking place f...

Published: 26th September 2017 By MacDermid Enthone Ref: FFT170927 Fastener coatings specialists must keep up with ever-evolving requirements of today’s automotive industry to achieve success in their operations. Here MacDermid Enthone looks at the key criteria that fastener design and corrosion engineers evaluate when choosing coatings for powertrain, exterior, interior and safety critical fas...

Pivot wear is a common problem with all types of machinery. Repairs involve a costly, time-consuming process with significant downtime and are often repeated several times over a machine’s lifetime.  Expander System consists of an assembly that includes: an axle, which is tapered at both ends, two expansion sleeves, two tension washers and two fasteners. The Expander System can also be integrat...

Executive Editor Phil Matten met with Stefan Nöken at Hilti’s corporate headquarters in Schaan, Liechtenstein. The conversation was wide-ranging but the most thought-provoking element was an incisive vision of how digitalisation of the construction process will affect all its stakeholders in the coming decade. “I don’t talk about Construction 4.0 – I really don’t like this expression,” says Ste...

Distributor of industrial adhesives and adhesive applicators, Ellsworth Adhesives Europe, has announced the addition of the new Dow Corning EA-5151 adhesive to its product portfolio. This ‘Quick in Connect’ (QiC) adhesive has been formulated to accelerate electronic assembly and increase production throughput. Available as a one-part silicone formulation, Dow Corning EA-5151 is applied as a war...

20th September 2017 By Dr Matthias Hoch, worldwide business development manager CRC, Atotech Deutschland GmbH Ref: FFT170920 Unbeatable electrolytic zinc, zinc alloy and zinc flake solutions Click here to download

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles will host Fastener Fair France from 28th - 29th November 2018. The exhibition is the latest in a series of trade shows specialising in fastener and fixing technologies. Mack Brooks believes that locating the exhibition in Paris will bring the very latest in fastener and fixing products and solutions to one of the major manufacturing regions in France. Companies ex...

Since it was announced that the new owners of TVR would be teaming up with road car design legend, Gordon Murray, to launch an all new sports car, the motoring community has been waiting for details. The wait was finally over at this year's Goodwood Revival – TVR officially unveiled its 200mph+ supercar to the world. On a day of announcements, it was also confirmed that Optimas Solutions will p...