John Wolz

Continental/Midland Group and affiliates formed a joint venture with Right Tight Fasteners Pvt. Ltd. of India to supply the Indian and global automotive industry with engineered fasteners and components.\
RTF, headed by Balbir Singh Chhabra, seeks to position the joint venture as “one-stop-shopping” joining American processes, technology and low cost manufacturing.
Continental/Midland president David Kaminski Sr. noted that “RTF is a well established and respected supplier to the Indian automotive market” and their customer service “is a mirror image” of the quality, delivery, service and pricing of Continental/Midland.
The affiliates are Jacobson Mfg., MSD Stamping and Minuteman Distribution. Continental/Midland manufactures cold headed automotive grade fasteners, including externally threaded fasteners, engineered fasteners, shoulder bolts and other specialty fasteners. Web: contmid.com
RTF is headquartered in Nashik, a city in India’s industrial center about 200 km from Bombay. Founded in 1979, RTF is ISO certified and operates a 10,000 sq ft plant producing 2,000 metric tons of fasteners for 200 customers annually. Web: rightfasteners.com �2007 FastenerNews.com