Bulten appointed Fredrik Bäckström as senior production VP and a member of the company’s executive management team effective December 1.  Bäckström succeeds Jörg Neveling, who will retire on October 31.

Bäckström, 54, holds a Master’s in mechanical Engineering. He joins Bulten from Arcam AB, where he was product supply VP since 2013.

”He has a solid track record of transforming industrial value chains and will be instrumental in making Bulten an even more competitive fastener supplier,” stated CEO Anders Nyström.

“I also want to thank Jörg Neveling for his great contribution in developing Bulten to a leading position in the market for fasteners,” Nyström added.

Founded in 1873, Sweden-based Bulten supplies fasteners to the international automotive industry, with 1,400 employees in eight countries. Web: bulten.com