Swedish fastener manufacturer Bulten launched BUFOe – a new product line focusing on energy efficiency. By replacing conventional fasteners in a vehicle with BUFOe, CO2 emissions can be reduced by more than 30% in the manufacturing process, according to Bulten.

“As an industrial company and especially as a supplier to the automotive industry, it is necessary for us to constantly develop more energy efficient solutions and to reduce our CO2 emissions,” stated CEO Anders Nyström.  “Low CO2 emissions are a competitive means in the automotive industry of the future and, in the long run, also a survival condition for all industrial companies.”

When manufacturing conventional fasteners, heat treatment has the most negative impact on the environment, both through CO2 emissions and through energy consumption. In Bulten’s new product line, a combination of materials and manufacturing process makes heat treatment redundant, resulting in a fastener with “significantly lower” ecological impact.

“With our new product line BUFOe we add sustainability to the brand and offer our customers a tangible contribution to the solutions to the industry’s climate challenges,” stated technology VP Philip Lejon.  “We can reduce CO2 emissions from our manufacturing by, in the first step, 30% compared to a conventional fastener. 

“If you take into account that every car contains thousands of fasteners and that 90 million cars are produced every year, you understand that the impact will be substantial.”

Founded in 1873, Sweden-based Bulten supplies fasteners to the international automotive industry, with 1,200 employees in nine countries. Web: bulten.com