Insight

German-based adunox^® has been investing in every aspect of its business to ensure it is able to continue to supply customers with the latest products and innovations within collated screws.

One of adunox^® GmbH’s biggest investment has been in its new company headquarters in Schotten, north-east of Frankfurt and in the centre of Germany. The company’s new headquarters includes a production hall and offices, as well as a training room and showroom – where customers can discover all of adunox’s capabilities. The company has also acquired 10,000m² of land next to its headquarters, where it plans to build an additional building with modern warehousing.

“We are known within the industry for developing systems for processing screws efficiently and our new headquarters, and extra land to develop, will enable us to continue to meet the needs of our customers,” states adunox.

Alongside the investment in its headquarters, adunox has also invested within its modern machine shop – equipping it with the latest CNC machinery, as well as further expanding its production capacity for collated screws. “We increased our production capacities in July 2019 prior to the Covid-19 pandemic,” points out adunox. “This meant that we were able to react flexibly to customers’ interrupted supply chains when the pandemic hit. This led to us winning a lot of new additional business thanks to our local production with short delivery times.”

adunox is able to supply a wide range of products including standard collated screws in both belt and coil systems. The belt system is divided into two areas: Drywall screws, which are available in phosphate and BLUEfast500^® coating; and timber screws, which are available zinc plated, in stainless steel, and as SPAX® screws.

In addition to the extensive belt and coil collated screw range, adunox is also able to offer collated systems for special requirements. Products includes the adunox^®-ONE, ^adunox®-HEX and adunox^®-tsr.

“The adunox-ONE collated system allows for the serial processing of various screw types. The patented injected strip is unique in that the feed and the mounting screws are separated,” mentions adunox. “This way the screw holder can be adapted to nearly all kinds of screw geometries. Another major advantage is the tilted inclination of the screws, which means the screw tips are visible and the screws can be easily put into the pre-drilled holes. After the screw has been fitted, the injected strip is removed via the joints.”

The adunox-HEX collated system also provides users with lots of options, as it enables the processing of screws with large head diameters, as well as screws with washers – plus screws with hexagon, Phillips or TORX^® drive. “The adunox-HEX collated system is idea for a variety of applications including timber construction and steel-to-steel connections, as well as truck superstructures, sheet metal screw connections and longitudinal screw connections (roofs). This system is also available on request with screws in the customer’s desired RAL colour.”

adunox continues: “When you add to this the adunox-tsr system, which offers automatic screwing on multifunction bridges, you have a diverse selection of premium screws, and equipment, with guaranteed functionality.”

Having such a diverse range of products, in addition to manufacturing capability, and short delivery times, means adunox finds itself in a strong position to meet customers’ requirements. That is why the business will continue to concentrate on innovations that add value for customers. “Our focus is clearly on the development of automated solutions that are playing an increasingly important role, as well as the development of products that fulfil the needs of customers. The manual processing of screws is being replaced by semi and fully automated systems and we want to make sure we are at the forefront of this movement. That is why we look to develop products together with our partners – who benefit from the perfect solutions,  produced in the very heart of Europe.”