Aerospace Threaded Fastener Production

Acument Global Technologies, Inc. is re-entering the high-performace aerospace threaded fastener market. Acument's Camcar Aerospace production center will be housed in two renovated facilities in Rockford, IL, that will include a materials research and development operation, along with heading and secondary machines organized in work cells to produce specialty screws, bolts, and other threaded fasteners made from sophisticated aerospace grade materials. Both buildings - one is 37,732ft2, the other is 11,236ft2 - are owned by Acument Global Technologies.

"Our new manufacturing capabilities in Rockford will help address capacity shortages for specialty threaded fasteners generated by the boom in global aircraft production," says Martin Schnurr, vice president and general manager of Acument North America. "As worldwide manufacturing of new aircraft grows to almost $140 billion by 2015, there will be strong demand for the high-performance fasteners we will be producing over the next 10 years."

The company's return to aerospace threaded fastening continues a heritage begun in 1943 in the midst of World War II when the Camcar Products Co. was founded to develop fastening solutions for the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.

"This focus on design and manufacturing engineering then extended into specialty fastening systems for NASA's Lunar Rover Vehicles, and will be the primary driver of our new operation," Schnurr says.

Low-volume production is already underway at Camcar Aerospace, and total outfitting of the two buildings will be completed over the next two years, Schnurr notes. It will reach peak production in 2010.

"A wide range of different types of fastening systems will be added during that time to meet customer needs, and will feature Acument's patented TORX PLUS Drive System," he says. "We will begin with approximately 50 salaried and hourly employees and will hire machine operators and other personnel as production ramps up."

Camcar Aerospace has been officially recommended as qualified for AS9100 Quality Systems Aerospace Certification, a set of rigorous quality standards that exceed Federal Aviation Administration requirements. acument.com