Fixed – builder’s guide

The beginning of August was marked by a very important event at our Slovak branch. After twelve years of operations, we decided that we were ready for a historic step – an official change of the business name of our subsidiary company from Koelner Slovakia to Rawlplug Slovakia.

It’s already happening. Making the most of the capabilities of the latest 3D printers, we can design optimised plastic cooling systems, which effectively shortens the parts production cycle by up to 40 per cent.

It is so precise that it enables three-dimensional measurement of skin wrinkles. However, the highly specialised digital microscope from Keyence performs a slightly different function at Rawlplug.

New, solid roof, and more space. Rawlplug’s employees commuting on bicycles can now use the parking area renovated and upgraded by their colleagues.

We did announce that 2023 would be the year of the bat, and we are keeping our word. Continuing our collaboration with the biologists from the University of Wrocław, we seek to consistently provide space for the animals dwelling in and around our home area.

Our electric car has already been recharging batteries there. But this is just the beginning, since the equipment installed in Kwidzyńska street will also serve our visitors, customers, and employees.

Not every building needs to be 100 storeys tall to be admirable, nor must it be made of steel to command respect. This is especially the case when respect and admiration are due to the people that work inside.

As surely befits a company operating in the construction industry, we have taken care of the local mason bees, commonly recognised as flying wall construction specialists.

Business according to Rawlplug is supposed to be not only profitable, but also responsible. Transparency is our other name, which is why we are happy to announce that we have just published another Sustainability Report in our history, this time for the year 2022. We do encourage you to read it!

Actual fire, a genuine fire engine, and some real-life water belching fire hoses. This is not a description of an action film set, but of perfectly organised fire fighting training held at Rawlplug’s Vietnamese manufacturing plant.

The rules? They’re simple: 42 exhibitors briefly showcasing 3–4 innovative products and services at their stands, and 1 app tallying the score on the scale of 1 to 10. The outcome? Simply splendid. Rawlplug impressed the jury at the Vienna EURO-MAT Forum.

The policy of optimum resource management is bringing further tangible results. In 2022, we confirmed the downward trend in CO2 emissions.

We need to specialise with our customers in mind, because we are here for them, not the other way around. A good supplier doesn’t go to the customer to sell solutions just because they currently have them.

Reasonable energy management is one of the priorities of our company’s development strategy. We can now proudly boast another success story in this field.

Dacia One Bucharest, the Tandem Office Building, the Bucharest Metro – these are only some of the impressive investments that have been completed in Romania using our products. After ten very successful years in the Romanian market, Rawlplug is making an even more marked presence there now.

The research & development team is growing stronger. The resources, time and energy invested in this area last year are already yielding tangible results – and this is only the beginning of the implementation of innovative solutions that will set the course for the Rawlplug in the coming years.

We are pleased to inform you that Rawlplug’s branch in Łańcut, Łańcucka Fabryka Śrub, has successfully passed the UKCA compliance assessment required to launch products on the market in the UK.

The epitome of luxury? Atlantis The Royal. The $1.5 billion investment in Dubai impresses on every level, literally and figuratively.

With 90,000 seats, it is the largest football stadium in England, the largest stadium in the UK and the second-largest stadium in Europe.

In accordance with the new verification procedure envisaged in the European Assessment Document (EAD), Rawlplug’s resins can remain in service for up to 100 years. Once again, we have shown the world that our products are second to none in terms of uncompromising quality and durability.

The trust which the Rawlplug brand enjoys is an accomplishment of more than one hundred years of effort. One of the pillars of our relationship with customers is the attention to their safety.

In the first instalment of our article concerning the safety systems we use at Rawlplug, we mentioned batteries. Now it’s time we focused more on the machines they power.

We are delighted to announce that Rawlplug Ltd, Rawlplug’s British subsidiary, is the first fixing manufacturer operating in the UK market to have obtained several UKTA technical approvals covering the brand’s products.

The Rawlplug Poland YouTube channel, which has just launched, will be a genuine treasure trove of knowledge, practical advice, and buying tips. And this is just the start.