STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acument Global Technologies, Inc. (Acument), a leading supplier of mechanical fastening technology, has announced the 2010 winners of its TORX® Drive System World Class Quality Awards. Owner of one of the largest and longest-running intellectual property licensing programs in the fastening industry, Acument established the annual award program in 2005 to recognize its high-performing, qualified licensees who demonstrate the greatest commitment to manufacturing high quality, authentic TORX® fasteners and tooling during the previous calendar year. Three drive tool producers and 17 fastener manufacturers representing China, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, and the United States were among Acument TORX® licensees receiving the award for 2010 performance. They include:
TORX® Drive Tool Licensees
- Compass Corporation – Tainan City, Taiwan (second time)
- Felo-Werkzeugfabrik – Neustadt/Hessen, Germany (third time)
- Robert Schroeder Gmbh & Co. – Wuppertal, Germany (fifth time)
TORX® Fastener Licensees
- ATF, Inc – Lincolnwood, IL, USA (second time)
- CAMCAR® de Mexico – Santa Catarina, N.L. C.P. Mexico (first time)
- Celo, SUXHOU – Area of Jiangsu Province, China (first time)
- Celo, S.A. – Castellar delValles (Barcelona), Spain (second time)
- Continental Midland LLC – Jacobson Mfg LLC, Medina, OH, USA (first time)
- Holbrook Mfg., Inc – Wheeling, IL (third time)
- Ideal Fasteners, Inc. – Anaheim, Calif., USA (second time)
- Infastech – Decorah Operations – Decorah, IA, USA (first time)
- ITW - Shakeproof Medalist – Elk Grove Village, IL, USA (first time)
- ITW - Shakeproof Products – Darlington, WI, USA (first time)
- MNP Precision Parts, LLC – Rockford, IL, USA (first time)
- PB Fasteners – Gardena, Calif., USA (third time)
- Semblex Corporation – Elmhurst, Ill, USA (third time)
- SFS intec Inc. – Medina, Ohio, USA (first time)
- Unisteel Fastening Systems – Shanghai, China (first time)
- Unisteel Technology (M) Sdn Bhd at Johor Darul Takzim, Malasysia (first time)
- Yeswin Corporation – Suzhou Industrial Part, Suzhou, China (first time)
“The TORX® World Class Quality Awards program’s global participation represents the reach of Acument’s technology licensing activity and the extensive adoption of our TORX® Drive System by the world’s leading manufacturing markets,” said Marty Bieschke, Director of Intellectual Property and Licensing for Acument. “Eleven TORX® fastener licensees won the award for the first time in 2010, which is a record.”
Breakthrough Drive Systems
Since its introduction in the 1960s, the TORX® Drive System has become the world’s leading high-performance drive system for threaded assemblies in a broad range of applications and end-use markets due to its clear advantages in numerous assembly situations, Bieschke said. Qualified licensed manufacturers apply TORX® and Acument’s newer TORX PLUS® drive system for applications in automotive, industrial, electronics, aerospace, and other markets.
For more information on becoming a licensee of Acument Global Technologies, Inc. and its renowned TORX® and TORX PLUS® Drive Systems, please visit the company’s Website at http://www.acument.com/licensing/index.asp.
About Acument Global Technologies, Inc.
Headquartered in Sterling Heights, Mich., USA, Acument Global Technologies, Inc., is among the world’s leading providers of mechanical fastening products and services for the transportation market, including engineered fastening systems, inventory management services, and application engineering support. With more than 2,300 employees at facilities in North America, South America and Europe, Acument supplies fastening products, systems and services to customers around the world. For more information about Acument Global Technologies: www.acument.com.