Fisco Precision Components, (stand 38) cold heading specialists, return for a fifth consecutive year to Midlands Manufacturing 2003, and samples of their TS16949 certificated parts will be on show. Fisco will be explaining why companies currently producing or purchasing machined components should consider the cold heading process as an economical alternative for almost every volume part. The switch to cold forming has saved some Fisco customers as much as 75% of the cost of such parts. (Read more about Fisco on page 10 in the Automotive and Transport feature in this issue. )

Fisco supplied all 8 of the fasteners on this hinge: 4 shoulder rivets, 2 spring pins with grooves in the shank and 2 ballstuds for attaching gas struts.