Insight

In March, the German Fastener Association (Deutscher Schraubenverband e.V.) held its 6^th Alumni event of the Certified Fastener Qualification programme (DSV) at the Technical University of Dresden – with 140 certified fastener engineers (DSV) and certified fastener technicians (DSV), from various courses, attending.

Attendees were welcomed by Hans Führlbeck, general manager of the DSV, as well as Pasquale Gatto and Dr Andrea Eberhard, who are responsible for the DSV Fastener Academy. In addition to interesting presentations on the latest trends and current developments in the wide field of fasteners, all graduates received a special lapel pin showing they had successfully passed the exam courses for the ‘Certified Fastener Engineer’ (DSV) or ‘Technician Studies’ (DSV). Thanks to the lapel pin, every certified fastener engineer (DSV) and certified fastener technician (DSV) is now visible and recognisable to their business partners and colleagues in their day-to-day business.

In the evening, the participants had the now legendary networking get together in the cult tavern ‘Bärenzwinger’, a typical student pub in the old town of Dresden.

The 2024 advanced training courses available from the DSV Fastener Academy are listed online and available to everybody:
www.schraubenverband.de/ubersicht-fortbildungsangebote

15^th Workshop Industrial Fastener Assembly

In association with the 6^th Alumni, DSV also held the 15^th Workshop Industrial Fastener Assembly in cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden, represented by Professor Dr Schmale, at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden on 13^th March. 

The well accepted workshop was attended by around 240 participants from all over Europe, including fastener manufacturers and retailers, OEMs, tier suppliers, as well as interested parties from the whole process chain. During the workshop, exciting presentations were held by fastener experts and engineers about industrial fastener assembly and related themes under the headline: ‘Sustainable, efficient, digital’. Many companies also used the workshop as an opportunity to present themselves and their latest developments in the exhibition area in the lobby of the Hygiene Museum. DSV reports that the opportunity for professional discussion, all around fastener assembly, was well received by all participants.

The event, which has developed into the European meeting place for the fastener assembly industry, will take place again in Dresden in March 2027.

The annual DSV General Assembly will take place 13^th – 15^th June. Further to that, EIFI will have its annual General Assembly in Florence, Italy, on 23^rd – 26^th May.