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BUMAX chosen for the Einstein Telescope project

BUMAX chosen for the Einstein Telescope project

Swedish specialist fastener manufacturer BUMAX has been selected to supply premium fasteners to ETpathfinder, an R&D facility at Maastricht University for testing and prototyping innovative concepts and enabling new technologies for the Einstein Telescope (ET).

The Einstein Telescope is a next generation underground gravitational wave observatory. The ET is being developed to be 100 times more sensitive than current instruments and is scheduled for completion in 2035. The telescope will enable scientists to study the precise structure of neutron stars, the birth of black holes and the structur...



BUMAX continues to deliver fasteners that are out of this world

BUMAX continues to deliver fasteners that are out of this world

[Åshammar, Sweden, May 12, 2023.] Specialist fastener manufacturer BUMAX has been selected to provide crucial fasteners to be used on the International Space Station (ISS). BUMAX 88 fasteners will be used to secure a new payload going to the ISS to measure the speed of sound.

BUMAX premium fasteners include some of the strongest in the world and are being used in a variety of extremely demanding and cutting-edge scientific applications, such as at the scientific research institute CERN in Switzerland and for the world’s largest optical telescope in northern Chile.

The space sector continues to...



Two Companies, One Common Goal. Collaborating to Serve the Industrial Market

Two Companies, One Common Goal. Collaborating to Serve the Industrial Market

Somerset, NJ – Today, Rotor Clip and LISI Automotive NOMEL are excited to announce a new partnership to serve the industrial market. With over 200 years of combined manufacturing excellence serving industries from automotive to aerospace, medical and beyond, Rotor Clip and LISI are the global leaders in providing Application Driven Solutions™.

“We’re bringing together two companies, with a long history of engineering and service excellence,” says Simon Ellison, Rotor Clip’s Director of Business Development. “This collaboration has been put together to initially serve the French industrial sect...



AHG (Ateliers Haute Garonne)

AHG (Ateliers Haute Garonne)

Temporary fasterners for Aluminum and Composite assemblies

AHG (Ateliers Haute Garonne), a family-owned company founded in 1915, is a world-renowned manufacturer of fasteners for the aerospace industry (rivets, screws, lockbolts, collars).

Open costumers requerts, AHG has developed a new product to replace the existing temporary fastening solutions, the SERTIBOLT.

Main advantages of this fastener:

  • Mixed use of dual usage for : Aluminum and Composite assemblies,

  • Diameter from 2 mm to 26 mm with only 1 fastener

  • Only one P/N of stem and bushing for the entire gripe range

  • 3 types of noses...