Fastener News Archive

​GESIPA® AccuBird® Pro – as fast as air

20th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 4 Stand D80 More than twenty years ago, GESIPA® invented Accu-riveting technology. Now, at the beginning of 2015, the new AccuBird® Pro by GESIPA will be ready to replace the proven AccuBird®, which has been used for thousands of jobs by craftsmen on construction sites and in industry for two decades. GESIPA® says that its construction and development team has not...

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​Introducing the Intervis® for UHPFRC

19th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 4 Stand D30 With 85 years of innovation in assembly, fastener and fixing systems, Gardette Groupe has departed from its usual markets to offer what it sees as a true innovation to the construction sector – a special insert for highly technical cement called Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC), allowing unseen architectural applications. Archit...

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​Fixing for seismic load

18th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 8 Stand R21 Bossong says that its EPOXY 21 is the first pure epoxy resin on the market to have received the seismic qualification C2 with standard threaded rods. Since 2011 the product has also received two ETAs and has been CE marked for approval for threaded rod (Option 1 and Option 7) and post-installed rebar connections. The new seismic assessment according to...

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​Two part wood filler now in foil bag cartridge

17th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 6 Stand J80 UK based Chemfix Products Ltd has launched the Pre-Mix wood filler – the first ever two part styrene free wood filler in a foil bag cartridge that is ready for extrusion. Pre-Mix wood filler is ready for extrusion, without cutting the bag, thanks to the patented ChubSeal system. The result is a mix of resin and hardener in the perfect ratio during extru...

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Hot forging for long and large bolts

16th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 6 Stand K02 Videx Machine Engineering Ltd has added hot forging lines that it says are the first fully automatic lines in the world for long and large bolts. David Wiesenfeld, who is the founder and owner of Videx Machine Engineering Ltd, started in the fastener industry 50 years ago as a plant engineer in an Israeli fastener plant. David gained his experience in h...

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​New Keramo extreme

13th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall C2.2 Stand 280 Austrian based ALPEN-MAYKESTAG GmbH says that its new Keramo extreme drill bit is the perfect problem solver for the toughest tiles. Keramo extreme’s patented tungsten carbide tip with centre cutting geometry allows precise placement and accurate holes without chipping. ALPEN-MAYKESTAG says that it can be used on the hardest porcelain/gres tiles up t...

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Revolution in cylindrical thread rolling technology

12th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 4 Stand D30 At Fastener Fair Stuttgart Regg Rolling, a division of Regg Inspection Srl, will introduce its R40 HD ‘High-Speed’ two-dies cylindrical thread rolling machine. R40 HD ‘High-Speed’ has a production rate of up to 60 parts/min and can roll threads with diameters ranging from ½ inch to 3 inches. The machine ranges from 40kN up to 1,000kN force for the wides...

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RIV939 – for rivet nuts up to M12

11th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 4 Stand E03 Rivit Srl, a specialist in the production and distribution of fasteners and installation tools for sheet metal working, will be launching RIV939 at Fastener Fair Stuttgart. RIV939 was designed to place rivet nuts up to M12 and is the upgraded version of the RIV938 that, for the time being, is on the market for rivet nuts up to M10. The new RIV939 model...

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​One system – precise screwing

10th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 6 Stand L130 With the new collation system from adunox GmbH many screw types can be used in a collated system instead of using them screw by screw – offering a much higher efficiency in the working process. In the adunox-ONE collation system the screws are collated in an oblique position, with the magazine strip automatically returned. On one side the strip is used...

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​Driving for number five

9th February 2015

Fastener Fair Stuttgart: Hall 8 Stand S02  Tite-Fix Ltd, previously a recipient of a Fastener Technology Innovator Award in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011, has once again entered the competition for 2015 with the Tite®-Recess and drive bit. Tite-Fix states that the drive outperforms, yet accepts, a standard cross recess – eliminating both the infuriating search for a driver bit or having to constant...

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