Fastening Points

The bigHead® Blog

  • Choosing a fastening material? Think beyond the ‘fastener’

    09 Jun 2025

    Aluminium fasteners can be a great way to keep weight down. But these subtle trade-offs changed one automotive team’s fastening decision. Here’s why it’s important to look beyond the fastener.

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  • Shaping the future of composite fastening together

    04 Jun 2025

    Engineering challenges are rarely solved in isolation. Collaboration keeps us learning and lets us support innovation in composite fastening. Here are some of our exciting collaborations, from student-built race cars to research into tailored fibre placement preforms!

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  • Behind the scenes of our bespoke fastening partnerships

    30 May 2025

    At bigHead, fastening is a partnership. Oli is one of the first people you’ll speak to if your fastening challenge can’t be solved with a standard fastener. We caught up with Oli to find out what his typical day looks like as a development engineer – and how his work helps transform ideas into confident outcomes.

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  • Keeping bigHead fasteners on track

    20 Mar 2025

    At bigHead Bonding Fasteners we take the complexity out of finding and delivering the perfect fastening solution. Of course, behind every fastener that finds its way into a car, a boat, or an offshore turbine, there’s a well-oiled process that keeps the production and dispatch operation running seamlessly. Our latest records show that 99% of deliveries meet the customers’ deadlines…

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  • Why early consideration of fastening is key to composite design 

    04 Mar 2025

    When should fastening be considered in the design process for composite and plastic materials? Should it be factored in during the initial concept phase, or during the detailed design stage? Or perhaps somewhere in between? 

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  • Exploring Innovations at JEC World 2024 Show: Composite Materials in Engineering

    21 Mar 2024

    JEC World 2024 highlighted new benchmarks in the pursuit of sustainability and innovation in materials science and engineering. It is clear that the focus on recyclable and environmentally friendly materials will continue to shape the trajectory of the industry, promising a greener and more sustainable future. 

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  • Strengthening Collaborative Bonds for Advanced Composite Fastening Solutions

    17 Jan 2024

    At bigHead Bonding Fasteners, we recognise the pivotal role that collaboration with our customers and partners plays in crafting the best solution. By actively engaging with industry leaders, such as 3M, known for pioneering adhesive innovations, we strive to enhance our ability to address challenges and deliver robust solutions tailored to our customers’ needs. bigHead fasteners are designed to facilitate…

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  • Sustainability for composite materials

    07 Dec 2023

    Composite materials are playing a significant role in the continued push for lightweight design and in the drive to meet net-zero targets. Sustainability for composite material production, processing and waste management is now an urgent area of research and development. This was evident at Advanced Engineering 2023, where much of the exhibition space was dedicated to showcasing composite materials and…

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  • JEC 2023 notable trends in the use of composite materials

    15 Jun 2023

    The JEC World exhibition serves as a pivotal and accessible annual platform showing an array of emerging technologies and trends within the composites industry. BigHead, the specialists in fastening composite materials, noted four key trends at JEC 2023.

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