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JEC World 2023 lived up to expectations as a great experience with opportunities to learn, discuss and advise in the ever expanding world of composite materials. bigHead Bonding Fasteners were a key element of the Bossard Group stand. The electric vehicle (EV) industry was a major topic at the show and one in which fasteners are needed everywhere, from the…

Our Bossard Group colleagues in Germany have worked with us to create a series of short simple animations which can portray the key benefits of bigHead fasteners in less than 30 seconds. These illustrate the four points below. Why bigHead fasteners reduce the need for localised thickening How a bigHead fastener is invisible from the A-side Using bigHeads for co-process…

Our blog article ‘Merits of a long term investment strategy‘ has been published in the special ‘Show’ edition of JEC Magazine, ahead of JEC World 2023. The April/May 2023 issue is focused on turning challenges into new opportunities. Composite materials will play a major part in solutions for a more sustainable future across all industry sectors – automotive,  aerospace, marine,…

As part of the Bossard Group of companies we are really impressed by the ‘Blue Hearts Embassy’, established by our Bossard colleagues in Poland to support the people of Ukraine, disrupted and displaced by the ongoing war with Russia. The Blue Hearts Embassy is a safe haven and community hub in Cracow, for children, adolescents, mothers and elderly Ukranian refugees….

We are looking forward to discussing composite material fastening issues at JEC World 2023, the trials, challenges and successes. bigHead will be on the Bossard Group stand. We provide fastening solutions that encompass design, process and assembly. Our experience and insight is always enhanced through our talks with visitors at JEC World. Hall 5 Booth S 57.  

Stunning super-car, all electric Rimac Nevera. Lightweight carbon fibre monocoque construction. Strong and powerful. Core fastening strength provided by bigHead fasteners for composite materials. We always feel very proud that bigHead fasteners, such small components, are instrumental in the realisation of incredible engineering design. Get in touch to see how bigHeads can be the solution to your own innovative designs.

We are delighted to be supporting Team ETA, a team of 25 passionate undergraduate engineering students from Somaiya Vidyavihar University (SVU), Mumbai, India. Team Eta is designing and manufacturing a fuel-efficient prototype vehicle for the annual @Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) international competition, 2023. bigHead composite panel fasteners are essential in the construction of the ultra light-weight monocoque body a carbon fibre shell….

bigHead has just installed £1M worth of brand new, state-of-the-art machinery, custom made for us by Expert Technologies Group. We worked with Expert to improve the quality of the technology we use to make our bonding fasteners for composites, meaning that we can reduce the time spent on extra-machining and secondary operations. We anticipate a 30-40% increase in productivity, hence…

Lawrence Cook and Oli le Marquand-Brown, our development engineers, are now based at the Innovation Centre in Cranfield Technology Park.  During summer 2022,  Will Dalrymple, editor of FAST magazine, visited the new premises and spoke at length to Lawrence and Oli. The resulting feature article delves into the reasons for and huge benefits gained through our R&D facility being located…

bigHead Bonding Fasteners is pleased to have secured a base for its composite fastening solutions development team within Cranfield University Technology Park, home to nearly 60 science, technology and knowledge-based businesses. Lawrence Cook and Oli le Marquand Brown now occupy an office within the Innovation Centre, a stone’s throw from the University’s Enhanced Composites and Structures Centre. bigHead has a…