Established in 1850, Baker & Finnemore Ltd (Bakfin), situated in Birmingham, UK, has the capability to design, manufacture and supply a wide range of bespoke pressings and clips to specific order.  Bakfin's most significant development was in the mid-1950s when it designed and introduced the Starlock® – a push-on fastener that gives an instant fix and grip when pushed onto a shaft, thus eli...

From 8th – 10th April 2014, more than 186 exhibitors from 24 countries will present their products and innovations at Fastener Fair Hannover. Taking place at the Hannover Exhibition grounds, the exhibition will showcase a broad range of industrial fasteners and fixings, fastener manufacturing technology, assembly and installation systems, and construction fixings. Fastener Fair Hannover attract...

Innovative, proactive and always open to the latest innovations, Jan Mach is a man with vision – based on a stable and strong experience. He is the owner of Schotte Automotive GmbH & Co KG – an enterprise with over six decades of fastener expertise in production and distribution under the brand of Schotte Automotive Fasteners. To be a simple supplier of fasteners has not been enough for Jan...

BMC Switzerland AG is a small customer-oriented company, with headquarters in Grenchen, Switzerland, that’s goal is to provide all cyclists with quality bikes – time-trial bikes, children’s bikes, electric bikes or downhill machines. BMC found that the fasteners it was previously using were generally inadequate for the high demands of its bikes. BMC therefore called upon Bossard – with both com...

NORMA Group has more than 60 years experience of manufacturing and developing a comprehensive range of engineered joining technology in the clamp, connect and fluid categories. We spoke to Michael Potts, vice president of sales and application engineering for the Americas region at NORMA Group, about recent joining technology innovations, why these innovations are developed, and how they are in...

Swiftseal (UK) Ltd, a specialist sealant applicator company, recently used Geocel 260 Ultra fast curing sealant to seal over 68,000 metres of floor joints, on 48 tram stops, as part of the extension of Manchester Metrolink. Swiftseal selected Geocel 260 due to the product’s ability to achieve sufficiently high shore A values with high abrasion resistance – vital for such high traffic sites. Geo...

Hellermann Tyton has received certification from Transport for London/London Underground Ltd (TfL/LUL) for new additions to its MBT-Series of stainless steel cable ties. At the same time, the company has re-certified existing products to simplify selection for contractors working for TfL. New certificates have been issued for all of the Hellermann Tyton products registered on the TfL/LUL syste...

NORMA Group has earned American PACCAR Inc’s quality certification for a second consecutive year. The 50ppm award is presented to an elite group of suppliers who have achieved a defect rate of 50 parts per million (ppm) or less during 2012. PACCAR evaluates its suppliers’ services on a rolling six month performance basis. PACCAR’s award criteria also include warranty claims, the production part...

KVT-Fastening (a Bossard company) has recently supplied its KEENSERTS® threaded inserts for use in triaxial aviation and aerospace simulators. ACUTRONIC, a manufacturer of movement simulators for aviation and aerospace, the defence, automotive and consumer industries, produces a range of simulators, such as small, single axis simulators (e.g for the automotive industry), triaxial simulators (av...

Vossloh AG is stepping up its presence on the American continent and opening a production plant for Vossloh rail fastening systems in the USA. The fitting out of the facility will start in the third quarter of 2013, with plant commissioning followed by regular production scheduled to begin after mid-2014. There will be 50 new jobs at the plant in Waco, Texas. By manufacturing within the USA, Vo...