Apprenticeships in fasteners & tools: Gesipa UK, TR Fastenings, SWG & IAC
Apprenticeships have been around since the middle ages, but recently – in the UK at least – have become a political hot topic, with the ‘Apprenticeship levy’ actually cutting the number of workers starting apprenticeships in England – the opposite of the intended effect. Despite recent controversies, the apprenticeship sector is chock full of success stories in industry, both […]
Automechanika Birmingham opens doors for third time
Today (6 June 2018) is expected to be amongst the busiest at Birmingham’s third Automechanika show. The automotive show is back at the NEC over 5-7 June and TR, a Trifast Plc company, is back exhibiting for the third time. TR is a full service provider (FSP) to the automotive industry, manufacturing, supplying and providing technical […]
TR Fastenings launches Tech & Innovation Centre in Gothenburg automotive hub
TR Fastenings (TR) has opened a new Technical and Innovation Centre in Gothenburg, in the Lindhoven Science Park – a hub for automotive innovation. The site will allow TR to achieve two main objectives: to form and enhance working relationships with key customers in the region, and to provide a showroom-style location where customers can […]
TR Holland receives fourth 100% delivery award from Philips
Global fastener manufacturer and distributor TR Fastenings (TR) has received recognition for its 100% delivery record from Philips, the fourth time it has been given the award. TR supplies an array of C-class products to Philips in Holland, including screws, nuts, clips and plastic components. Out of the 480 lines supplied, there was a 0% […]
TR Fastenings’ USA team recognised for supplier excellence by Yanfeng
TR Fastenings Inc, the North American TR Fastenings (TR) business, has achieved a Supplier Excellence Service award from leading automotive interiors business Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors (YFAI). The award was presented at the company’s annual North American Supplier Awards event in February this year. TR was rewarded for its excellent approach to customer service for […]
TR trading update: Growth across all regions & acquisition search continues
Trifast (TR) has seen organic revenue growth, inventory capacity growth in Italy and Singapore, and profit before tax ahead of expectations, according to its trading update, issued ahead of its official financial year publication in June. TR saw good growth across a number of key markets, particularly in the automotive sector with double digit growth in […]
TR retains level 2 JOSCAR status
TR Fastening (TR) has retained level 2 status in the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR), a database of firms that have undergone accreditation to prove they have the systems in place to supply to the aerospace, defence and security industry. The JOSCAR system was established to aid aerospace, defence and security firms to select […]
TR Fastenings’ state of the art SLA 3D printer cuts sampling time
Global fastenings manufacturer and distributor TR Fastenings has invested in a new 3D printer. The printer is an SLA (StereoLithic Apparatus) machine which reportedly delivers a far superior quality to the FDM (Fused Deposit Modelling) equipment replacing the existing model. Until recently, SLA printing was prohibitively expensive, but after a group of American MIT students […]
Blechexpo: TR Fastenings to showcase self-clinch and enclosure products
Blechexpo opened today (7 November) in Stuttgart, occupying all the exhibition halls at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre and expanding with more than 1300 exhibitors from nearly 40 countries on 1,130,000 square feet of overall exhibition floor space. TR Fastenings (TR) is among those exhibitors and is showcasing its extensive range of self-clinch fasteners and its new […]
TR Fastenings heads to Mexico for automotive trade mission
TR Fastenings (TR) took part in a British trade mission to Mexico this summer, as part of a group of businesses representing the UK’s automotive industry. The trip, hosted by Santander and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), was organised to champion British automotive expertise to Mexican businesses and allow the trade delegates […]