As of February 5th 2018 IT-FIXING, a French designer and manufacturer of thermal break fasteners for the construction industry, is part of ETANCO Group.
Its range of products will be a natural add on to ETANCO Group's existing set of fastening solutions for the building envelope.
“We share with ETANCO the same view on the future product innovations that will be necessary to accompany the development of building technics for waterproofing and façade in the coming years. The collaboration between IT-FIXING and ETANCO has strengthened during the past 2 years. This new step is a major milestone for the future development of IT-FIXING,” says Alain Bourgard, IT FIXING Manager.
Through the acquisition of IT-FIXING, ETANCO internalises a complete range of thermal break fasteners such as IT-FIX Shutter and IT-FIX Dynamik, as well as strong set of competencies in the field of construction thermal insulation.
"The development of our capabilities in fastening thermal break solutions for the construction industry is a strategic axis for the Group. The acquisition of IT-FIXING gives us the opportunity to accelerate in this direction,” explains Ronan Lebraut, CEO of ETANCO Group.
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