6/27/2016
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Acument Names Torx Drive System Quality Award Winners for 2015

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Acument Global Technologies Inc. announced six drive tool and 17 fastener manufacturers from eight countries as the 2015 winners of its Torx Drive System World Class Quality Awards. 

Acument’s Torx is 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 and qualified licensees. 

The manufacturers are in China, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United States. 

Torx Drive Tool 2015 honoree licensees: Hazet-Werk, Remscheid, Germany (third time);  Felo-Werkzeugfabrik, Holland-Letz GmbH Germany (sixth time); Pratt-Read LLC, Sycamore, Illinois, USA (third time); Robert Schroeder GmbH, Germany (ninth time); Western Forge, USA (sixth time); and Yih Cheng Factory Co. Ltd, Nantou, Taiwan, ROC (third time). 

Tori Fastener 2015 honoree licensees: Arnold Fasteners (Shenyang), China (second time); Camcar LLC Belvidere Operations,  Belvidere, IL USA (sixth time); Camcar LLC Rochester Operations, Rochester, IN USA (first time); Celo, S.A. – Castellar delValles (Barcelona), Spain (seventh time); Continental Midland LLC, Park Forest, Illinois, USA (fourth time);  Continental Midland LLC, Valparaiso, IN, USA (first time); Hama Naka Motogawa Metal Products Co. Ltd, Kunshan City, Jiangsu, China (third time); Holbrook Manufacturing Inc., Wheeling, IL USA (eighth time); ITW-Shakeproof Industrial Group, Watertown, WI, USA (first time); Lih Ta Fasteners Co., LTD, Kweishan Shiang, Taiwan ROC (third time);  QST International Group, Taiwan, ROC (fifth time); Semblex, Elmhurst, IL, USA (eighth time); SFS intec AG, Heerbrugg, Switzerland (fourth time); Sin Fu Shan International, Taiwan, ROC (first time); Stanley Engineered Fastening/Tri-Star, Taiwan, ROC (third time); TR Formac PTE, Ltd, Singapore (second time); Unisteel Fastening Systems, Shanghai Co., LTD, China (fifth time); Unisteel Technology (M) Sdn Bhd at Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia (sixth time).

The Torx award 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,” director of intellectual property and licensing Marty Bieschke said. “These companies achieved this distinction in 2015 indicating dedication to continuous improvement by these world class companies.” 

Introduced in the 1960s, the Torx Drive System is a high-performance drive system for threaded assemblies in a broad range of applications and end-use markets. Qualified licensed manufacturers apply Torx and Acument’s Torx Plus drive system for applications in automotive, industrial, electronics, aerospace, and other markets. 

For information on becoming Acument / Torx licensee: acument.com/licensing/index.asp 

Owned by Fontana Gruppo and headquartered in Sterling Heights, MI, Acument provides mechanical fastening products and services for the transportation market, including engineered fastening systems, inventory management services, and application engineering support.  Web: acument.com