NEWS
Fastener Fair Brazil dates shift by a day Fastener Fair Brazil 2012 will now take place on Wednesday 21st
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Thursday 22nd November at the Expo Center Norte, São Paulo, opening a day later than previously advertised.
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facility in Tortona impressed the Barton team with the advanced technology it produced and the order was placed. The new machine will allow Barton to point or dog from M3 to M14 diameter, which Andrew Nuttall, sales director, says: “pretty much covers our full range as well as providing us with additional drilling capacity to back up our existing machine capability.” The SMART NP standalone pointer has a high speed electrospindle and a unique closed
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facilities in the next twelve months, designed to provide additional production and storage capacity for V profile clamps for the European market. Also, capacities for manufacturing of V profile clamps will be set up in the Chinese manufacturing facility in Qingdao, established in 2008. The close cooperation with Newbury allows for a know-how transfer in this product segment: Identical production processes and tools will be introduced to the Newbury as well as the Qingdao facilities. NORMA Group thus ensures that clients will be offered the same high quality joining technology across the world. In addition, by producing on-site, customers in Asia can profit from shorter delivery times. “Producing locally, we can serve our clients worldwide depending on their individual needs.
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The close cooperation between the teams in the UK and China enables us to increase production simultaneously in Europe and Asia based on the same quality standards,” Stephenson adds.
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circuit cooling system for the tooling, which provides the capability for a wide range of chamfering shapes at very high production speeds - resulting in excellent quality finished parts. The work cycle is computer controlled and set-up and adjustments are rapidly achieved using servomotors managed from the controlled panel. “Barton Cold-Form is committed to strategic investment,” says Andrew Nuttall, “where we see opportunities for volume business that builds on our current competences.”
NORMA Group expands production in UK and China
NORMA Group AG is increasing production at its Newbury facility in the UK and in Qingdao in China. The company is reacting to growing demand for NORMA products in Europe and Asia.
ohn Stephenson, COO of NORMA Group and president of the Asia-Pacific Region, commented: “We are pleased about the strong demand for our products, which we want to meet in all regions with the high quality and reliability our clients have come to appreciate.” NORMA Group will build a new 1,000 metre manufacturing hall at the Newbury
how manager, Candyce Costa, from organisers Mack Brooks Exhibitions, explains: “A new São Paulo public holiday has recently been announced for Tuesday 20th November. Although the impact of ‘Dia da Consciencia Negra’ is unknown at this time we felt, on balance, it was better to avoid this holiday than risk compromising
our visitors or exhibitors.” The current and regularly updated exhibitor list for Fastener Fair Brazil is available at
www.fastenerfair.br.com together with full information on exhibiting at or visiting the show. In November 2011 the first Fastener Fair Brazil attracted 170 exhibitors and 2,500 visitors.
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BCF gets to the point
In developing its growth strategy Barton Cold-Form has identified a number of key investment potentials to strengthen its already extensive and varied manufacturing capabilities. Late last year it installed a new Tesa-scan optical measuring machine. Now it has placed the order for a new SMART NP 14DD pointer.
he planned investment became crucial when Barton succeeded in securing new automotive business, which will immediately put a million parts onto the new pointer, due for installation in July. The company considered two Italian machinery suppliers but a visit to the SMART
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