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News Release from: Alcoa Fastening Systems | Subject: Magna-Bulb and Huck-Lok
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 25 December 2006
Scaffolding builds business for fastener
supplier
A French customer's conversion to a fully automated production line is set to almost double the demand in products supplied to it by a UK manufacturing company.
A French customer's conversion to a fully automated production line operating 24 hours a day at the end of 2006, is set to almost double the demand in products supplied to it by a UK manufacturing company Located in Marseille, Southern France FE Industries manufactures aluminium boat hulls, contemporary fireplaces and scaffold walkways for the construction industry
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Established in 1948 the company was acquired by the Altrad group in 1992.
Telford based Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS), with Huck fasteners as a key brand, engineers high-quality, high-performance fastening systems serving a variety of applications predominantly in the truck, trailer, commercial vehicle body builder, auto and railcar markets.
Based in the UK the company has a dedicated commercial sales team and well established distribution network throughout France and the rest of Europe.
Representing 30% of FE Industries' Eur 12.8 million annual turnover, the demand for steel and aluminium scaffolding products and in particular scaffolding walkways for which AFS has supplied 1.6 million fasteners this year and a projected 3 million in 2007, signifies a healthy construction industry in France, according to Frederic Espinasse, Managing Director of the company.
He said: "All our products contain the NF quality kitemark and when we researched the walkway design Huck fasteners and tooling were the strongest and most cost effective solution".
"We currently produce 28 walkways per hour but when the production line becomes fully automated and this number increases to 40 per hour, using Huck fastening systems will provide us with an ease and speed of operation second to none".
Marc Ait-Ouarabi, Customer Manager for AFS in France, said: "FE Industries currently use four sizes of Magna-Bulb fastener each with respective part numbers".
"However, in light of their production process becoming fully automated they will soon switch to Huck-Lok, which is a multigrip fastener with only one part number and thus straightforward to order, hold in stock and easier to install". Request a free brochure from Alcoa Fastening Systems ...
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