With fastening and joining a key focus at Engineering Solutions Live, Henkel is showcasing the latest advances in high performance engineering adhesives from LOCTITE on Stand 35 on 23 March at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon.

Together with an increasing demand for overhead doors from the industrial building sector, the American door spring market is about four times larger than in Europe, an opportunity where Alcomex, part of the Lesjöfors Group, is making the most.

Southco, leading global designer and manufacturer of access hardware solutions, hosted its second ‘Editor’s Day’ event at its European headquarters in Worcester, UK. The focus of the day was to exhibit Southco’s recently launched paper edition of its renowned Handbook.

To help grow understanding of the selection and processing of adhesives for UK manufacturing, Intertronics has appointed Kevin Brownsill as head of technical: learning and development.

When Nordex Group needed a new compression latch to secure vital access points on wind turbines, to withstand forces of up to 331 Newtons, it turned to Emka. These locks are fitted to special floor plates which are required to prevent serious accidents.

A major mine hoist OEM contacted Svendborg Brakes when it required reliable low-speed and high-speed braking systems for a double-drum, 20-ton system designed for a copper mine hoist.

See WDS at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 11

See Advanced Adhesives at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 30

Fastener Fair Global is the meeting place for leading international organisations in the fastener and fixing sector and an opportunity for exchanging competencies and views on current technological developments.

The first in the new ‘Design • Engineer • Build’ series of video podcasts focuses on lead screws – components that are at the heart of countless engineering systems. We talk to Phil Jones at Abssac about the enduring popularity of these essential design products, and the design considerations in their specification.