KVT-Fastening
Industrial Fasteners for the Rail Industry
Lagerstrasse 8,
8953 Dietikon,
Switzerland
As a leading specialist of industrial fastening technology, KVT-Fastening offers sophisticated, high-quality individual components and customer-specific solutions for applications in a variety of industries and sectors. The company belongs to the Bossard Group, a leading provider of intelligent solutions for industrial fastening technology.
Together with the Bossard Group’s expertise in goods management, the logistics of C-parts, the procurement of special parts and process consulting, many new options on the market that will make the KVT-Fastening even stronger.
With 230 employees based in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, KVT-Fastening achieves a turnover of approximately Srf120m.
KVT-Fastening
Customised sealing and fastening solutions
The term ‘solutioneering’ means offering customers long-term experience, maximum development and materials expertise, innovative spirit, project reliability and planning ability. This is the stable foundation from which we offer efficient and safe solutions for difficult tasks and new designs. Our experts advise clients with a competent knowledge of material trends and state-of-the-art fastening techniques.
At KVT-Fastening, customers benefit from one of the largest and highest-quality product portfolios in the sealing and fastening industry. We develop total packages and individual, customised systems and solutions. We also support customers from the initial project planning stage through to development and implementation.
Robust fastening and sealing systems
A variety of materials, as well as countless fastening and sealing systems, need to be integrated into production processes so that they withstand extreme conditions. Precision, stability and safety must be guaranteed. Thanks to decades of experience, significant technical expertise and our extensive product range, KVT-Fastening provides numerous solutions that perfectly match the quantity, quality requirements and automation level.
Rail project management and material consultation
KVT-Fastening’s internationally accomplished experts analyse requirements at the start of each project. They then proceed to develop ideal solutions that are economical, efficient and safe.
During this process, they consider the requirements of the materials to be fastened, as well as the strain to be expected. These specifications include the application area, oscillation, vibrations, fluctuating temperatures and stress levels, as well as corrosion or safety resistance.
About the Bossard Group
The Bossard Group was founded in 1831 and is a leading provider of intelligent solutions for industrial fastening technology. Its services include global sales, technical engineering consulting and logistics of fastening technology. In December 2012, the Bossard Group took over KVT-Fastening, which was the fastening department of the KVT Group.
Their customers include local and multinational industrial companies, which Bossard helps to reach a higher level of productivity. With 1,600 employees in more than 50 locations worldwide, Bossard achieved a turnover of Sfr474m in 2011.
Blind Rivet Nuts
Using one-piece blind rivet nuts (BRN), load-bearing threads can be inserted into thin sheet metal elements and hollow materials.
Efficient Fastening of even the Thinnest Components
When KA Swanstrom founded Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp in 1942, he did so with a revolutionary new product: an easy-to-install, self-clinching fastener that provides load-carrying threads in metal sheets too thin to be tapped.
New Logistics Hub with Increased Warehouse Capacities
The Swiss Bossard Group is expanding its warehousing capacities at its German location in Illerrieden.
New Southco Product Handbook – Now Available
Over 100 pages, with new products and design solutions: the Southco product handbook has been expanded, and the new updated version includes more than 45,000 locking and fastening elements on more than 540 pages.
KVT-Fastening Offers Lightweight Threaded Inserts
KVT-Fastening offers a comprehensive range of threaded inserts Tappex, Filtec+, Lockfil+, Kato, Fasteks and Keenserts: threaded inserts for highly reliable threaded fastenings in lightweight construction materials
Southco Honours KVT-Fastening as Premier Distributor
Within the framework of the 'Partners for Growth' programme, Southco supports its sales partners in improving their performance in different sectors and furthermore honours them for outstanding achievements.
PEM FHP Studs for Thin Steel Sheet Now Available in A286 Quality
KVT-Fastening presents the corrosion-resistant PEM FHP self-clinching studs as an ideal alternative to the welding of thin stainless steel sheets.
Improved Safety for Oxygen Applications
When filling with medical oxygen, extremely exacting demands are made in safety, tightness and cleanliness of components.
KVT-Fastening and Bossard to Present ‘Light & Lean’ Portfolio at Innotrans 2014
Bossard Group and KVT-Fastening are launching their global 'Light & Lean' portfolio of industrial fastening technologies and their revolutionary logistics solutions at Innotrans 2014.
KVT-Fastening AG
Lagerstrasse 8
8953 Dietikon
Switzerland
KVT-Fastening GmbH
Max-Eyth-Str 14
89186 Illerrieden
Germany
KVT-Fastening GmbH
Bahnhofstrasse 1
4481 Asten
Austria