Draft:Spax International


Spax International
Company typePrivate (GmbH & Co. KG)
IndustryFasteners
Founded2003 (as ABC Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG)
HeadquartersEnnepetal, Germany
Key people
  • Nikolas Dicke (chairman),
  • Michael Salzig,
  • Christian Abke
Revenue€151 million (2022, including affiliate companies)[1]
OwnersAltenloh, Brinck & Co GmbH & Co. KG, Ennepetal, Germany
Number of employees
630[2]
Websitespax.com

Spax International (stylized SPAX International) is a fastening technology company based in Ennepetal, Germany. It belongs to the holding company of the Altenloh, Brinck & Co Group (ABC) and is the manufacturer of Spax brand screws. As particle board screws for which pre-drilling is no longer necessary, they were introduced to the European market in 1967 under the brand name ABC-SPAX. Spax International and American sister company Altenloh, Brinck & Co. US in Bryan, Ohio, together produce around 10 billion screws a year.[3]

History

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Spax International was created in 2008 from the renaming of the predecessor company ABC Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG. The Fastening Technology division had been spun off from ABC in 2003 and placed as an independent company under the umbrella of the Altenloh, Brinck & Co Group, which now functions as a holding company. The reason for the later renaming was an increasing awareness of the need for targeted brand management, with the aim of transferring the well-known brand name Spax to the company itself and to other fastening technology products.[4]

Production and sales

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Spax International manufactures at two sites in Ennepetal and Gevelsberg, Germany. The Spax sales companies in Spain, France, Poland, UK, Sweden and Australia belong to the parent company ABC.[1]

Awards

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  • Marketing Prize of the Marketing Club Südwestfalen[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Consolidated financial statement Altenloh, Brinck & Co. GmbH & Co. KG for the fiscal year from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022" (in German). Unternehmensregister. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Spax World". Spax International GmbH & Co. KG. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Überraschung bei Spax: Neue Führung bei der ABC-Gruppe". Westfalenpost (in German). 15 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ 200 Years Altenloh, Brinck & Compagnie. A chronicle, pp. 179, 184.
  5. ^ "Marketing-Preis für den richtigen Dreh". In: Dialog. Marketing-Club Südwestfalen (in German). January 2007. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 23. June 2024.

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