Acument Global Technologies Names TORX® Drive System World Class Quality Award Winners for 2011

Belvidere, Illinois, USA (June 1, 2012) – Acument Global Technologies, Inc. (Acument), a leading supplier of mechanical fastening technology, has announced the 2011 winners of its TORX® Drive System World Class Quality Awards.  Owner of one of the largest and longest-running intellectual property licensing programs in the fastening industry, Acument established the annual award program in 2005 to recognize its high-performing, qualified licensees who demonstrate the greatest commitment to manufacturing high quality, authentic TORX® fasteners and tooling during the previous calendar year.  Seven drive tool producers and 10 fastener manufacturers representing China, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, and the United States were among Acument TORX® licensees receiving the award for 2011 performance.  They include: 

TORX® Drive Tool Licensees
§ Apex Tool Group – Dayton, OH (sixth time)
§ Apex Tool Group – Sumter, SC, USA (first time)
§ Compass Corporation – Tainan City, Taiwan (third time)
§ Felo-Werkzeugfabrik – Neustadt/Hessen, Germany (fourth time)
§ Master Manufacturing – Evansville, IN, USA (fifth time)
§ Robert Schroeder Gmbh & Co. – Wuppertal, Germany (sixth time)
§ Western Forge – Colorado Springs, CO, USA (fifth time)

TORX® Fastener Licensees
§ ATF, Inc – Lincolnwood, IL, USA (third time)
§ CAMCAR® de Mexico – Santa Catarina, N.L. C.P. Mexico (second time)
§ Celo, SUZHOU – Area of Jiangsu Province, China (second time)
§ Celo, S.A. – Castellar delValles (Barcelona), Spain (third time)
§ Holbrook Mfg., Inc  – Wheeling, IL (fourth time)
§ Ideal Fasteners, Inc. – Anaheim, Calif., USA (third time)
§ Semblex Corporation – Elmhurst, Ill, USA (fourth time)
§ SFS intec Inc. – Medina, Ohio, USA (second time)
§ Unisteel Fastening Systems – Shanghai, China (second time)
§ Unisteel Technology (M) Sdn Bhd at Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia (second time)