France’s F.T.V. to merge with Belgium’s Visserie Guerry
F.T.V. (Fixations Techniques de Vireux) is to join forces with Visserie Guerry. France-based F.T.V. and Belgium’s Visserie Guerry will merge operations to offer customers enhanced services and technical expertise. The two production sites will be brought together in Vireux, France, close to the Belgian border. This will be done with a majority of the current Visserie […]
Taiwan International Fastener Show reaches new highs in 2018
The 2018 Taiwan International Fastener Show, which ran 10-12 April, broke its own records, with the most exhibitors and booths recorded at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Centre since it was founded. This year’s show saw 415 exhibitors (2016: 402) and over 1,107 booths (2016: 1,002). According to the official statistics, 2,193 international buyers (2016: 2,000) from 73 […]
Fastener Fair USA debut brings in 2,000+ visitors
The inaugural Fastener Fair USA has drawn to a close having attracted more than 2.000 registrants, exceeding the expectations of the show organiser, Mack Brook Exhibitions. Running over two days at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, there were over 250 exhibitors from 20 countries looking to connect with customers in the Midwest manufacturing […]
Sariv installs new laboratory at Italy HQ
Sariv has recently created a new laboratory to boost its capabilities in quality control and traceability, including in connection with implementing 4.0 technologies and customer satisfaction. The lab features a new durometer, a traction machine and an optical comparator for real time-measurements, enabling accurate product tests, guaranteeing Sariv complies with required technical characteristics and the mechanical […]
ANALYSIS: How did the UK fastener market perform in 2017?
New research into the financial performance of the UK fasteners and fixings sector has revealed how the industry’s top companies have performed throughout 2017. Market analysts Plimsoll Publishing Ltd has assessed the UK’s leading 960 industries, ranging from abattoirs to yarn suppliers, and ranked each sector on its sales and profit performance, productivity and risk factor. Plimsoll has also compared the fasteners […]
Francis Kirk plans to double warehousing in 150th anniversary year
Francis Kirk Group is investing in its worldwide supply and distribution hub in Denton with a new warehouse on the site. The fifth-generation family engineering and fastener business – which celebrates 150 years this year – is building a second 30,000 sq ft warehouse which will more than double its stock capacity. It will sit […]
Women in Fasteners & Tools: Mirka Valovicova, fischer fixings
Mirka Valovicova, Technical Manager at fischer fixings, leads a team of seven and clocks up hours on construction sites across the country. Torque quizzes Valovicova on her experiences in the fixings business… How did you get into the industry in the first place? By pure chance. From an early age I preferred activities requiring logical thinking instead of humanities subjects, but […]
Martin Kühn joins the Bossard board as Helen Wetter-Bossard resigns
Bossard’s Board of Directors has elected Martin Kühn following the resignation of Helen Wetter-Bossard. The move was mooted in January 2018. Martin Kühn has been with the KIBAG Group since 2010 and will bring his knowledge as CFO of KIBAG and his experience as a business economist and Swiss-certified auditor to the Board of Directors. The shareholders AGM approved […]
USA’s International Fastener Expo secures Mandalay Bay through to 2020
North America’s long established International Fastener Expo (IFE) has secured the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for its annual prestigious event, through 2020. IFE – formerly known as NIFMSE – was first established in 1981 and has held consecutive events for more than three decades. The dates for your diary are: IFE 2018: 30 October – 1 November IFE […]
HECO targets structural timber market with new products
New fastener products from HECO have expanded the company’s offering in the structural timberwork sector and benefit from a strategic partnership with SFS intec. Previewed at the Dach + Holz show earlier this year in Stuttgart, the new range includes screws made with production machines from SFS intec, acquired by HECO last year. A variety of […]