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Chemique acquires Protak
RotaBolt in Malaysia
RotaBolt has opened a registered office in Malaysia.
Chemique Adhesives and Sealants Limited has announced that it has purchased,
The company already has clients in oil, gas and in
outright, Protak (GB) Limited - suppliers of adhesives into the furniture and
crane manufacture in Malaysia, and it says the new
woodworking industry. office will drive forward the existing business as well
Protak will be incorporated into Chemique as an additional product division which as providing full technical support in the region.
will sit alongside its other brands: Solfre, Polyped, Aquabond and Axil.
“It will help us to raise awareness of the benefits of
The acquisition will give scope to Chemique to offer a full industrial adhesive
tension control technology across other sectors in South
package into both its existing and new market sectors.
East Asia.”
“This is a very positive time for us, the Protak purchase will expand our product
RotaBolt began supplying its tension control fasteners
portfolio to now include hot melt and membrane press adhesives. We are extremely
to a leading oil and gas multi-national in Malaysia over
focused on giving our customers the full industrial adhesive package”, commented,
seven years ago.
RotaBolt’s “man on the ground” in Malaysia is
Mick McMullen, managing director.
mechanical engineer Tak Joon Chong. Tak had worked
previously for a company supplying speciality power
transmission equipment and as RotaBolt’s technical
representative; he will liaise with Teknologam based in
William Hughes announces takeover
Kedah, who have been appointed as distributors of
RotaBolt® fasteners.
“Business in Malaysia has been steadily building over
William Hughes Ltd, a manufacturer of springs and bent wire components, has
the last seven years,” commented Rod Corbett from
announced the takeover of spring and wireform business, Baumann Springs and
RotaBolt, “there is a growing awareness of our expertise
Pressings (UK) Ltd.
in being able to assure bolted joint integrity and we are
The machinery and production of the Baumann range has been transferred to
now well positioned to take advantage of our successes
William Hughes’ manufacturing facilities in Stalbridge, Dorset, UK and Bulgaria.
there. We see Malaysia as a real springboard for us in
Baumann is based nearby Sherborne, Dorset and its product range is very similar to
South East Asia, and our Malay office is a sound strategic
that manufactured by William Hughes which comprises a broad range of compression,
move for us.”
tension and torsion springs, wire forming – including simple and complex 2D and 3D
wire forms, printed circuit test points and terminals, and specialist wire sales.
“We are delighted to announce this significant expansion to our manufacturing
facilities and scope of supply,” said Emma Burgon, head of engineering at William
New owner for
Hughes.
“The acquisition provides many benefits for existing customers of William Hughes,”
Electra
explained managing director, Max Hughes, “this includes a sizeable increase in our
spring making capacity and range. We will also be able to offer a number of new
processes and finishes including shot peening, and the Delta® Tone and Delta® Seal
coating processes. We can also offer an electrophoretic paint process which provides a
After 32 years, owner and managing director of
black, gloss finish which is popular in the automotive industry.”
Electra Engineering Services Ltd, Peter Shelton, is
retiring and has sold his 100% shareholding in the
UK West Midlands fastener distribution company.
''I shall very much miss the day to day trading and all
of the contacts I have made over the years,” said Peter.
MIDEST attracts more visitors
“The staff at Electra have been outstanding and their
support invaluable'.'
The new managing director and owner, Steve Price,
The 38th MIDEST show, which happened on 4th – 7th November 2008, saw an
formerly managing director of Bralo (UK) said, “The
increase of 20% in visitor numbers when compared to 2007.
strong and diverse customer base and 'niche' product
37,640 professionals paid a visit to the 2008 show which is 6,000 more then in
range of both Electra and associate company Security
2007. However, it is still below the 45,000 visitors that visited the show in 2006.
Fasteners and Fixings (UK), together with the high
For the third year in a row the percentage of foreign visitors remained at 14%,
product knowledge, will stand the company in good
with the foreign visitors coming from 54 countries.
stead to face the challenges of the future.'
New ownership for Lindapter
Lindapter managing director Sabine Reimann has confirmed that the Bradford, UK, headquartered connections systems manufacturer is
now under new ownership.
Effective 19 December the ownership changed from the Tyco Group to a private equity investor. Sabine Reimann said, “We all welcome these
latest developments” and went on to confirm that “we will continue our business without any change except in the name of the legal entity.”
This is now Lidget LLP trading as Lindapter International.
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