In the world of engineering and fastener design, it’s important and noteworthy to find businesses that acknowledge and celebrate female talent and accomplishments. ARaymond is one such business. A global firm specializing in assembly challenges, ARaymond actively recruits female team members and recognizes the value of listening to women’s voices at the highest levels of…
H.B. Fuller joins RecyClass, enhancing sustainability efforts
H.B. Fuller Company, a global adhesives provider, announced that it has joined RecyClass, a comprehensive cross-industry initiative open to companies actively looking to improve the circularity of plastic packaging and to contribute toward harmonization of recyclability and recycled content practices. The initiative brings together players from the entire plastics value chain to optimize plastic packaging…
Amsted Seals’ launches Pro-Lock axle fastener for secure wheel-bearing adjustments
Amsted Seals, a global provider of wheel-end and sealing solutions, has launched the Pro-Lock axle fastener for commercial vehicles. The precision of the Amsted Seals Pro-Lock axle fastener limits wheel-bearing adjustment variability, extending the life of the tire and the wheel seal. The patent pending design makes for quick and easy installation, reducing the likelihood…
Optimas completes Global IATF Certification
Optimas Solutions, a global industrial manufacturer, distributor, and service provider, recently announced that it earned IATF Certification for its worldwide operations. IATF Certification comes from the International Automotive Task Force and represents the highest level of quality assurance in the automotive industry and beyond. Coupled with Optimas’ annual achievement of ISO 9001 certification, this accreditation…
SPIROL acquires Ford Aerospace
SPIROL recently announced that Ford Aerospace, which is based in South Shields, UK will be joining the SPIROL group of companies. Ford Aerospace specializes in manufacturing high-precision metal components and sub-assemblies for the aerospace, industrial, and high-technology sectors. It’s been a supplier over its 113-year history dating back almost as far as the first recorded…
EFC International acquires Inventory Sales Company
Frontenac-backed EFC International announced that it has acquired St. Louis-based Inventory Sales Company (ISC), a distributor of fastener products, components, and struts/accessories to diversified industrial and infrastructure markets. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. EFC, based in St. Louis, MO, operates globally and provides solutions such as engineering support, sales, marketing, distribution,…
Arkema launches complete line of pressure-sensitive adhesives
Arkema, a multi-national manufacturer of specialty materials, is launching one of the most complete and integrated offerings on the market for pressure-sensitive adhesives. The broad product range combines Arkema’s technological expertise in the adhesives market, strengthened by the recent acquisition of Ashland Performance Adhesives, and the most advanced acrylic value chain solutions. In a market…
Meet OPEXplus: An intuitive, digital torque wrench
With the OPEXplus digital torque wrench, Bosch Rexroth has added a particularly economical new product to its existing range of tightening solutions. With the new solution, both the torque and the angle of rotation can be measured. It covers a range of torques from 3 to 800 Nm and transfers the tightening results to any…
SPX hydraulic torque-wrench series offers more than double the life cycle
SPX FLOW, Inc., a provider of process solutions for the industrial market, is expanding its line of Bolting Systems’ High-Cycle Hydraulic Torque Wrench (TWHC) series, completing the full range of options for high-strength hydraulic tools for heavy-duty users. The additions of TWHC20 and TWHC35 bring the total to seven wrench models in the series with…
XLCS Partners advises HST Materials in sale to JBC Technologies
XLCS Partners, Inc., a middle market investment bank, announced that it served as exclusive advisor to HST Materials in its sale to JBC Technologies, a portfolio company of River Associates. Headquartered in North Ridgeville, Ohio, JBC is a full-service, vertically integrated ISO 9001:2015 certified 3M Preferred Converter with cleanroom processing capabilities. The acquisition strategically expands JBC’s geographic footprint while…