About Alcoa Fastening Systems from www.alcoafasteningsystems.com
Formed with the combined strengths of Huck and Fairchild Fasteners, Alcoa Fastening Systems serves the global aerospace, automotive, and commercial transportation markets with the most specialized engineering, highest quality, and the greatest breadth and depth of fastening system solutions in our industry.
These strengths combined with Alcoa's long-standing leadership and commitment to excellence make Alcoa Fastening Systems the best choice to answer your Aerospace or Commercial fastening system needs.
September 18, 2009 —
Alcoa Fastening Systems Develops Non-Impact Swage Tool for Fasteners
Torrance, California.... Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) has developed a pneumatic non-impact swage tool for their line of SlimsertŪ inserts which reduces installation time, better protects the locking feature of the fastener, and provides significant noise reduction.
September 17, 2009 —
Alcoa Fastening Systems and Makita Develop Cordless Torque Controlled and Frangible Collar Tools
Fullerton, California... Alcoa Fastening Systems' (AFS) Assembly Tool Systems division is expanding their product line to include Makita cordless power tools with K-FastŪ gear head attachments for both torque controlled and non-torque controlled tools for nuts and frangible collar applications. The K-FastŪ gear head attachments have long been an industry standard and recently won approval from Boeing using the Makita cordless platform for torque controlled applications.
September 17, 2009 —
Alcoa Fastening Systems (Aichach) Enters Partnership with EgyptAir
Torrance, California.... Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) announced today that its distribution & services center for worldwide MRO/Airlines customers, located in Aichach, Germany, has entered into a new partnership with EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering.
September 17, 2009 —
Alcoa Fastening Systems names Craig Brown as Vice President, Global Aerospace Customers and Marketing
Torrance, CA... Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) announces the promotion of Craig Brown to the position of Vice President, Global Aerospace Customers and Marketing. Mr. Brown has been with the company in various roles of increasing responsibility since 1983, and in his new role is responsible for worldwide customer relationships, sales and marketing, customer service, and technical support for the aerospace fastening systems business.
June 17, 2009 —
Alcoa Fastening Systems Expands into Casablanca, Morocco
TORRANCE, Calif.--Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) announced today that it is continuing its global growth strategy and has completed the acquisition of assets from Demicron SNC, which will be integrated into the AFS organization as Alcoa Fixations Maroc. Demicron SNC operates from a single location in Casablanca with less than 50 employees. Demicron SNC has a solid reputation within the European aerospace industry as a quality manufacturer of precision specialty machined aerospace parts, complex...