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Hafren Fasteners achieves ISO accreditations for quality & environmental efficiency

Hafren Fasteners has achieved ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management Standard and ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management Standard, as part of its commitment to providing a leading service and improving environmental efficiency. “We are extremely proud of our team and their efforts to attain the ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certification,” said Steve Carron, Operations Manager. […]

Focus: GESIPA’s Demonstration Centre

GESIPA Blindniettechnik GmbH is headquartered in a town named Mörfelden-Walldorf, situated close to Frankfurt Airport. Here, the company has been developing and producing innovative and high-quality blind rivet setting tools as well as blind rivets and blind rivet nuts for just over six decades. Since GESIPA´s foundation in 1955, blind riveting technology has become a […]

Top 5 action points for fixing and fastener bosses in 2017

Plimsoll Publishing has created a list of measures that owners and directors of fastener and fixing companies must do in 2017. Without further ado, here’s the list, with commentary from Plimsoll’s Senior Analyst David Pattison, based on their recent market study of the industry: Learn from the successful “Highlighted in the study are 88 firms […]

EJOT UK unveils new family of high performance SIPS fasteners

Designed and manufactured by EJOT UK, SIPStimber is the first phase of what will be a complete family of high performance SIPS fasteners. Created specifically for the UK SIPS market, the new EJOT SIPStimber range has been developed through research and consultation with UK SIPS manufacturers and installers to provide smooth installation and high strength […]

Torque Magazine 2017 features calendar is now live

Gearing up for 2017 and planning your activities for the next 12 months? Help is at hand with the Torque Magazine 2017 features calendar. As you’d expect, we’ve got features covering the fastener, tool and related industries throughout the year. Torque Magazine will be published 10 times in 2017, with 5 print magazines and 5 […]

Next year’s Hardware Show Ireland is on track to be record breaker

Hardware Association Ireland (HAI) has revealed that The Hardware Show 2017 is now the biggest show in the Association’s history, with three months still to go. Over 3,300sqm of space has been sold in RDS Simmonscourt for the event, which will run 5-6 March 2017. It far exceeds the 2015 Show in size in Citywest, HAI confirmed. […]

BeA brings structural timber screws BeFix to UK market

BeA is bringing a new choice in structural timber screws to the UK market, BeFix. BeFix is widely available across mainland Europe where they have, the brand said, become a popular choice with many leading names in timber frame engineering. BeA is hoping to emulate that success with customers in Great Britain, where it has introduced […]

Smith Bullough boosts fastener manufacturing capabilities

Smith Bullough has significantly increased its manufacturing capacity this year with the addition of new machinery at its Manchester HQ. During 2016, Smith Bullough has brought in CNC saws and machining, drilling, grinding and broaching machinery. The firm has invited fastener distributors and their customers to visit the facilities and discuss all aspects of the production […]

Bufab buys fastener supplier Montrose Holdings

High Wycombe and Bedford-based Montrose Holdings has been acquired by Bufab. Montrose is a privately owned company supplying fasteners, other C-class components and associated services to industrial customers mainly located in the UK. Montrose was founded in 1991 and has since enjoyed stable and profitable growth. Now with 45 employees, Montrose provides fasteners and special components […]

Sariv grows range with new grooved blind rivets

Sariv Srl has introduced new grooved blind rivets into its range. This blind rivet is composed of a grooved aluminum body and galvanized steel mandrel. The grooving process corrugates the body’s surface to provide the rivet with a stronger anchoring capacity inside the hole, making them valuable for applications in blind holes and in materials […]