Leading supplier of fasteners and supply chain solutions TFC is helping manufacturers in Ireland recover from the effects of lockdown by powering up its new facility in Portadown, Northern Ireland. The company is embracing the challenges of the new working environments with the help of customer (more...)

Adhesive specialist Intertronics has supplied award-winning glass and sculpture artist, Anthony Scala, with an optically clear, fast cure epoxy structural adhesive to enable quick repairs. Opti-tec 5013 is a two component, medium viscosity epoxy with high optical clarity. Anthony Scala is an (more...)

At a time when reshoring is very much a topic of concern, Challenge Europe is delighted to announce its partnership capabilities for sourcing and supply chain management of threaded fasteners on a specialist basis. This covers threaded products and related items from screws and bolts to nuts, (more...)

Adhesives specialist Intertronics has been appointed as distributor of Born2Bond, a new range of cyanoacrylate (CA) adhesives suitable for bonding applications in high technology industries such as medical devices, electronics assembly, and automotive manufacturing and aftermarket. The new, patented (more...)

Spirol has celebrated the completion of a major expansion to its world headquarters and largest manufacturing facility located in Northeastern Connecticut. The expansion that began in early 2016 includes significant additional manufacturing space, new state of the art warehouses for raw material and (more...)

Intertronics has opened a new state-of-the-art facility in Kidlington. The building provides increased warehouse space to enable next day delivery, an enhanced office area to house its growing team and a new Technology Centre to give customers greater access to Intertronics’ equipment and (more...)

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of audio and hi-fi furniture has specified special ‘speaker spikes’ from Bridgnorth-based fastening experts Fitsco Industries. Custom Design is a privately-owned and managed company that makes a wide range of sought-after premium quality (more...)

Why does a new brochure on Loctite Universal Structural Bonders have an image of a freight train on its front cover? Because it depicts an application that sums up what makes this new technology such an important development. When Henkel started to explore the best way to convey the merits of its (more...)

All common structural adhesive technologies have their strengths and weaknesses. Instant adhesives, for example, provide fast fixture but limited durability. If strength is important then epoxies and acrylics are great but the compromise is generally slow fixture speed and potential flammability. (more...)

PennEngineering has increased its presence in Ireland with the development of a new, 80,000 sq ft facility located in Galway on the west coast. The development highlights PennEngineering’s commitment to its European customers and expanding its production capabilities. The new facility will (more...)