headquarters welwyn garden city united kingdom products blind fastening systems owner stanley black & decker website www.avdel global.com avdel is a worldwide operating company producing blind fastening systems and related tools . in 2011 the company celebrated its 75th anniversary . contents 1 company history 2 products 3 locations 4 references 5 external links company history edit the avdel brand name dates back over 75 years . in 1936 the company was founded by stanley thomas johnson in godalming surrey united kingdom . 1 the business originally called aviation developments manufactured riveting technology including the newly invented chobert magazine fed rivets 2 primarily to the at that time growing aviation industry . 3 at the time aircraft construction was moving from metal and wood to all metal structures such as the world famous spitfire fighter plane . this required a new generation of fasteners and tools which could be installed from one side of the assembly to replace conventional rivets . the chobert speed fastening system developed to meet these needs is still widely used throughout the world today . by the 1950s the company was focusing on providing new value added assembly solutions this systems approach created greater optimisation and provided customers with a single source for dependable fasteners and installation equipment . in 1961 the company was renamed avdel and substantial growth throughout the next two decades saw it become one of the world s largest manufacturers of blind fasteners and installation tools . expansion of the avdel group was most significant in the 60 s 70 s and 80 s with several new facilities established in europe usa and the asia pacific region whilst a network of authorised distributors and concessionaires in over forty countries helped to ensure a truly global reach . in recent years the market trend towards new materials used in assemblies such as composites high strength thin gauge steels and die cast magnesium has presented new challenges to fastener manufacturers . avdel has been at the forefront of new product development to meet these new market requirements during which time fasteners such as versa nut threaded inserts maxlok lockbolts rivscrew pl klamp tite bulbex and avinox rivets have all been developed as fastening solutions for the changing market . avdel supports customer assembly requirements by combining the latest engineering and design techniques drawing on the expertise from engineering and long standing manufacturing facilities . today avdel applies cutting edge finite element analysis and modern design techniques to develop optimized assembly solutions . in may 1994 the group was acquired by textron inc. 4 avdel was renamed avdel textron and the group became part of textron fastening systems an alliance of textron owned fastening companies . under tfs avdel benefited from improved processes and lean manufacturing techniques driven by six sigma whilst also developing a better knowledge and understanding of the automotive industry demands and requirements . in 2006 textron fastening systems was sold to platinum equity and renamed acument global technologies . 5 within the acument group the avdel brand was relaunched . in 2010 the acument global technology businesses avdel and global electronics & commercial gec were purchased by funds advised by cvc asia pacific limited cvc standard chartered private equity limited scpel through an indirectly owned company to be renamed infastech limited . the newly formed corporate entity infastech 6 is the parent company to the brands avdel elco and iform . in 2013 stanley black & decker acquired infastech under stanley s engineered fastening segment . 7 avdel headquarters remain in the modern sales marketing & r & d facility in welwyn garden city uk with manufacturing based in warrington uk and stanfield usa . the manufacturing sites are complimented with an extended distribution centre network in canada usa uk spain france germany and italy . these locations are also supported by the infastech global distribution network as well as a number of authorised distribution partners and concessionaires based all over emea and south america in countries like brazil poland uae turkey denmark sweden ireland belgium finland switzerland norway and the netherlands to name a few . today avdel supplies solutions to many of the world s leading companies in industry sectors as diverse as automotive electronics construction and appliance . avdel engineers continue to work hand in hand to develop innovative fastening solutions to the manufacturing industry . products edit speed fastening systems e.g. chobert briv rivscrew double flush chobert grovit avlug avtronic brands breakstem systems e.g. avex avibulb monobolt hemlok interlock bulbex avinox klamp tite stavex brands lockbolt systems e.g. avdelok maxlok avbolt avtainer brands blind threaded inserts e.g. nutsert hexsert high strength hexsert eurosert vers nut brands self pierce rivets fastriv brand installation tools e.g. ngenesis brand assembly stations e.g. autosert avimat brands locations edit headquarters welwyn garden city uk production facilities warrington uk stanfield usa distribution centres canada usa uk spain france germany and italy references edit stanley thomas johnson foundation united states patent 2366965 flight magazine august 1936 p. 161 new york times october 17 1991 press release platinum equity august 11 2006 dow jones newswire august 5 2010 stanley black & decker to acquire infastech a leading specialty producer of engineered mechanical fasteners about stanley t. johnson flight global archive 1936 american fastener journal may june 2009 companies in the uk registered trademarks dow jones news sale of avdel 2010 about infastech infastech brands new york times textron to take over avdel federal trade commission decision about textron buying avdel sale of textron fastening systems to platinum equity http www.avdel global.com en company.html external links edit avdel website infastech website new york times textron to take over avdel federal trade commission decision about textron buying avdel sale of textron fastening systems to platinum equity chobert spitfire application retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title avdel & oldid 680804097 categories companies based in hertfordshirecompanies established in 1936 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 13 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