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Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 June 2004
Fasteners to keep Bertrandt soapbox on
track
Fastening specialist TFC has supplied several fasteners to automotive engineering services provider Bertrandt UK, to be used in its Soapbox racer for this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Fastening specialist TFC has supplied several fasteners to automotive engineering services provider Bertrandt UK, to be used in its Soapbox racer for this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed Bertrandt, which finished 4th in the roadster class in last year's competition, is one of the world's leading engineering service providers for the automotive industry and will be looking to improve on last year's success at Goodwood this coming June
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Aug 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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