JCP Construction Products has recently completed a large-scale development of its technical website to improve its online presence and provide customers with easy access to all of the technical information and support required for the JCP product range.  Simple to use and easy to navigate, the website features the full JCP portfolio, with clear navigation that follows the JCP catalogue – with a...

Based on the wishes of customers, Fabory Group has developed Lubrinox fasteners, nuts, and bolts, with a high-end lubricating coating – making them especially suited for the stainless steel sector.  Fabory highlights that the innovative fasteners under the Lubrinox brand help reduce assembly time because loose lubricants are no longer needed. Lubrinox fasteners prevent the inner and outer threa...

EJOT UK has released two short videos with the aim of helping flat roofing installers to achieve the highest quality results when installing flat roofs using mineral wool (stone wool) and PIR insulation. Produced as part of EJOT’s ongoing programme to support the use of mechanical fixings throughout the roofing and cladding sector, the new videos provide important tips for installers and advice...

Loctite Ablestik NCA 01UV is the latest of Henkel’s adhesive innovations, designed to bring speed, efficiency, and sustainability to the assembly of high-resolution advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) camera and lidar modules. Henkel’s new active alignment adhesive can be cured in a single step with just three seconds of UV LED light exposure, circumventing the need for oven curing to sa...

Rivit was at Fastener Fair Global and displayed its fastening systems, new tools, products and services, including its star attraction, the Gtreriv rivet, which is especially suitable for the fields of construction and photovoltaic panels. Rivit explains that Gtreriv rivets are quick and easy to fasten, thanks to the mechanism that allows the mandrel to break flush with the surface – ensuring t...

Specially designed to enable thermal management in EV batteries, Lohmann offers its new DuploCOLL TC (Thermally Conductive) range of acrylic transfer tapes to provide thermal conductivity of up to 2 W/mK, which the company states was tested according to ASTM D 5470. With the rapid advancements in the EV battery sector and digitalisation as well as miniaturisation on the rise, high-tech tape ma...

HCL Fasteners, a manufacturer and supplier of high-quality polymer and metallic hose clamps, recently showcased its portfolio at the Fastener Fair Global trade event in Stuttgart, where, amongst other things, it launched its new range of air/pneumatic tools. With the ability to install ear hose clamps, polymer hose clamps, and other snap-fit hose clamps, such as NORMA Group’s Cobra and the Cail...

A recent trend in the industry demonstrates how Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly turning to their fastener distributors to do more than just source fasteners. Here, Johnny Rose, president of AFT Industries, a fastener and industrial supply distributor headquartered in the USA, outlines the advantages of outsourcing to fastener distributors. One such advantage of outsour...

As a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality fastening solutions for construction and engineering projects, pgb-Europe NV has developed a complete range of heavy-duty anchors to include drop-in anchors, through bolts, anchor shields, hollow ceiling anchors and its Turbo Smart® concrete screws.  pgb-Europe’s fasteners are designed to provide a secure fixing point for bolts and other fastene...

Collaborating with Polestar, the electric performance car company, Lesjöfors has designed and developed suspension springs on the Polestar 2 BST edition 270 – the limited-edition performance car created to push the boundaries of electric performance. Taking the DNA of the Polestar 2, the BST edition 270 is a limited-edition performance EV, handling-focused and hand-finished to exact specificati...