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ERIKS re-branding
Socket & Allied on the
reaches Nigeria
move
As part of global re-branding, WYKO Nigeria, which has a
Socket & Allied reached 21 years of successful growth in 2007 and to
Service Centre on the Ikeja Industrial Estate in Lagos, has
celebrate collected the keys to a new operating site.
changed its name to ERIKS Industrial Services Nigeria.
Now almost 12 months to the day, following extensive refitting, they have
The name change reflects the £139 million acquisition of
re-located to Hamstead Industrial Estate, Birmingham, UK.
WYKO by ERIKS nv in November 2006.
The new location has allowed Socket & Allied to enhance both its
manufacturing and stock lines, which now stand at over 8,000 commercial and
ERIKS Industrial Services Nigeria offers a local stock of
special sizes, as well as incorporate SaS Tools & Fixings.
industrial consumable products, as well as the ability to
Socket & Allied also has a brand new trade and consumer outlet, which carries
draw immediately upon the Group’s vast stocks located
a wide variety of tools, fixings and consumables.
throughout Europe.
Its core business remains the manufacture and supply of special fastener
A major benefit of the new Service Centre is the easy
products and the larger area will allow for the increased production volumes and
local access to leading global brands that are only available
manufacturing methods. Socket & Allied director commented “A great deal of
officially through ERIKS Industrial Services Nigeria. These work has been undertaken during the lead up to our re-location, we are
exclusive brands include Fenner, with its full range of Power extremely pleased to have finally made our move and look forward to our next
Transmission products, SRB, innovative Split Roller Bearings, 21 years of trading.”
and RX, ERIKS own brand covering its core activities; sealing
technology, flow technology, industrial plastics, tools and
maintenance.
Only by sourcing these brands through ERIKS Industrial
Services Nigeria can the warranties and guarantees
associated with these world class products be assured
New Spanish hardware show
launched this autumn
Spirol celebrates 60 years of fastening
The first FERREMAD DIY, hardware and industrial
supplies fair will be staged by IFEMA between 25th
innovation
and 27th September 2008 at the Feria de Madrid
The Spirol International Corporation, with its UK subsidiary based in Corby, is
exhibition centre.
celebrating its sixtieth anniversary.
In its media release IFEMA stresses that the Madrid
The company produces innovative fastening solutions designed to improve
show has been launched to meet the specific
performance, reduce component and assembly costs within a vast range of
requirements of the Spanish DIY and hardware industry,
manufacturing and assembly applications.
as voiced by AFEB, the Association of Spanish DIY and
Spirol’s headquarters is in Danielson, Connecticut, United States and the company
Hardware Manufacturers. The AFEB report described the
was originally formed in 1948 with the first “Spirol Pin” being developed in 1950.
type of fair most strongly demanded within the industry,
Since then, the company has become a manufacturer of engineered fasteners, shims,
says IFEMA, as well as preferred services, location and
pins, insert driving machines and parts feeding equipment.
infrastructures. Association members voted for an event
Today there are over 300 employees and seven production locations in six
based on key characteristics: an event devoted strictly to
countries. Together they produce more than one billion metal components annually.
members of the trade; an event lasting a maximum of
Spirol Industries Limited moved to Corby from Feltham in 1976 and today has
three working days; a biennial event bringing together
production plants both there and Halesowen. The company serves the UK and all the
the hardware and DIY sectors; and an autumn event
European markets, with a sales office in France and strategic distribution partnerships
located in Madrid, featuring free-design stands.
in many other countries.
The Feria de Madrid exhibition centre is close to
Sixtieth anniversary celebrations are taking place throughout the second half of
Madrid’s Barajas International Airport – a location IFEMA
2008 at Spirol locations throughout the world. Andrew Freeman, operations director,
argues makes it central to all Spanish regions as well as
Europe and staff in the UK have gathered at the sites in Corby and Halesowen to mark
providing good international access. The exhibition centre
the occasion.
recently incorporated two new halls bringing total
exhibition space to 200,000 square metres.
IFEMA claims that “the industry has observed how
various veteran events within this field have gradually
lost touch with its needs. The new Madrid Hardware, DIY
and Industrial Supplies Trade Fair is strictly aimed at
professionals from the industry, exclusively serving their
interests, based on the clear objective of providing a
commercial and promotional forum that is tailored to the
industry as a whole.”
www.ifema.es
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