ANI is a French distributor of fastening solutions and provider of logistics services in the aerospace industry. The company also has locations in the US and in Malaysia.
With the completion of this acquisition, Bossard takes another step in the implementation of becoming a global distributor for fastening solutions in the aerospace industry.
In July, the Bossard Group expanded its position with fastening technologies by acquiring the Belgian company Dejond Fastening.
Dejond Fastening is headquartered in Antwerp and employs 68 people. With its own brand Tubtara, the company is a manufacturer of blind rivet nuts and specialises in the distribution of fastening systems. Tubtara is a pioneer in solutions for sheet metal, profiles, composites and plastics fastening solutions for a range of industries.
Dejond’s solutions enable engineers to optimise both their product design and manufacturing processes. With this acquisition, Bossard will further strengthen its presence in the Benelux region.
“Bossard has been working with Dejond for over 30 years. We have consistently been impressed by their reliability and innovations ever since. By combining their technical expertise with our global market reach, technical sales expertise and trusted access to a wide range of industrial customers, we see great potential to offer even more value to our existing and new customers.”, said Daniel Bossard, CEO of the Bossard Group.
“Becoming part of the Bossard Group guarantees continuity for our existing customers and it opens up completely new possibilities to expand the global market presence of Tubtara. It will give us new opportunities to widen our product offering and invest into new technologies and sales capabilities.”, said Jan Maeyens, director R&D and manufacturing at Dejond.
The metal business, including the metal service centre, is not part of the acquisition and will continue to operate independently under the name Dejond.
