Insight

To ensure that it continues to meet the demand for its products, Ornit Blind Rivets has opened a new logistics centre in the heart of Europe.

Located near Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the new logistics centre will enable customers to reduce stock on their shelves, as Ornit will be able to carry it for them. In addition, the centre’s close proximity to industrial areas within western Europe will help Ornit’s customers to increase sales in a competitive environment – with products now available overnight.

Ornit has specialised in providing fastening solutions since 1975, manufacturing quality blind rivets at its state of the art facility in Israel. The company has built a reputation as a designer of tailor-made solutions – working closely with its partners to create unique solutions, as well as using the experience and knowledge within the business to design solutions through pure innovation.

“At Ornit, creativity is a way of life,” explains Assaf Vigdor, vice-president sales and marketing at Ornit. “In addition to research and development, our innovation ideas come from personnel throughout the company. That starts from personnel at the production lines who strive to improve productivity, via engineering and quality control personnel who assure top quality products, to our application specialists who work closely with our customers to deliver unique designs.”

Due to this commitment to innovation, and through Ornit’s engineering expertise and manufacturing capabilities, the company says it has positioned itself among the leaders in the fastening industry – providing globally recognised products for the heavy-duty vehicle, automotive, renewable energy, rail, and construction sectors.

Another crucial aspect for Ornit is quality, with the company holding the highest international standards – ISO TS 16949:9001 and ISO 9001:2008. “The challenges we have overcome over the years have taught us not to compromise on quality,” explains Assaf Vigdor. “Today quality is part of the company DNA and we are always looking to further improve the quality of the products, and also the service that we provide our customers.”

This commitment to innovation and quality has led to Ornit producing a wide range of rivet product lines, as well as supplying Gage Bilt® riveting tools, including:

• Mega Orlock® – the newest innovation in Ornit’s products family. The Mega Orlock, patent registered, uses a triple locking system to give users maximum power, shear and tensile strength. It can be used to secure military applications, automotive heavy-duty applications and other large steel constructions. 
• Orlock® – a structural, breakstem fastener with great shear and tensile strength. The patented rivet has a double locking system that ensures the strongest vibration resistant joints, whilst the large blind side bearing area spreads the load and prevents creep.
• Ornilock and Orbolt – both are multi-grip structural breakstem fasteners with perfect hole fill capability to give a fully sealed joint. They have high shear and tensile strengths and are ideal for high vibration and heavy-duty applications. 
• Mega Bulb – the structural Mega Bulb rivet has a large blind side bearing area making it an ideal rivet for use in thin sheet or low strength materials. The Mega Bulb contains a visible mechanical lock to give extra strength to the joint.
• Or-Bulb – the Or-Bulb breakstem fastener is designed with a split tail formation, providing a much larger blind side bearing area against the rear sheet. This also allows for a wide variation in material thickness. The Or-Bulb is ideal for use with soft, brittle and thin sheet materials.
• GB745 – a pneumatic hydraulic tool designed specifically for the efficient installation of a wide range of Ornit’s rivets. It weighs just over 7lbs (3.15kg) and can be operated in any position with one hand. The GB745 riveter operates on a wide range of air pressure, with 90psi to 100psi (6.2 – 6.9 bar) providing the maximum efficiency.
• GB756 – a hydraulic installation tool designed specifically for the efficient installation of a wide range of blind, lockbolt and fasteners through 3/8 inch diameter. It weighs 11.1lbs (5kg) and can be operated in any position with one hand. It has a 0.960 inch (24.4mm) rivet setting stroke and a rated pull load of 10,000lbs (44.5kN). The GB756 riveter operates with 90psi to 100psi (6.2 – 6.9 bar) of air.

“Our products are available from our valued business partners, local distributors and online,” explains Assaf. “Thanks to our new logistics centre in the Netherlands we have further improved the service to our customers and can deliver products to over 34 countries around the world. The next time you have a fastening challenge, you need to contact Ornit for the answer.”

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