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IST maintains links with a number of other Trade Associations and Organisations around the World. Click on a logo to scroll down to a more detailed description, with contact details and web links.

 

 


UK Spring Manufacturers Association
Henry Street, Sheffield. S3 7EQ. United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)114 276 0542 Fax: +44 (0)114 252 7997
E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Internet: www.uksma.org.uk.

The UK Spring Manufacturers Association (UKSMA) is dedicated solely to the UK Spring Manufacturing Industry, providing a comprehensive range of products and services aimed at assisting its Members to gain a competitive advantage in today's competitive market.

Members have access to a range of products and services, including a telephone / fax information helpline, offering access to databases on springs and spring materials, research reports stretching back over 50 years, a technical library which has trade and specifications literature from all over the world, a Fax Sales Lead Service giving potential business opportunities at home and abroad, as well as automatic membership to the Institute of Spring Technology, the world's only dedicated research centre, devoted to the needs and requirements of the spring industry sector world-wide.

Spring Manufacturers throughout the United Kingdom are constantly recognising the value of UKSMA, in particular the full technical support received.


Spring Manufacturers Institute
2001 Midwest Road, Suite 106 Oak Brook, Illinois IL 6052. USA.
Tel: +1 630 495 8588 Fax: +1 630 495 8595
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Internet: www.smihq.org
The Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI) is an association of manufacturers of precision mechanical springs and their associate suppliers. The members of SMI work together to meet the key issues of the industry worldwide: quality, materials, technology, government regulations.

SMI stands for serving, supporting and educating North American precision spring manufacturers in their pursuit of competitiveness in world markets. As the spring industry continues to mature, it faces challenges from many sources. As each and every springmaker improves, so do the strength and vitality of the industry. Like a chain, an industry is only as strong as its weakest link.

European Spring Federation
Mr. Horst Dieter Dannert, Goldene Pforte 1, 58093 Hagen, GERMANY
Tel: +49 2331 958851 Fax: +49 2331 958751
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Internet: www.esf-springs.com.

The European Spring Federation (ESF) is a Federation of European National Spring Associations. Its membership comprises National Spring Associations of Austria, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom.

The objective of the Federation is to look after and further the economic, professional and scientific interests of its members at European and International level. In particular the organisation is focusing on the following areas of interest.

Be a forum for the exchange of marketing information on manufacturers, buyers and suppliers in the spring industry; Provide statistics on the European spring industry and to monitor imports of springs from outside Europe and the export of springs from Europe, as well as information on sector growth, technology and market opportunities in the spring industry; Obtain early information on and influence any EU decisions affecting the spring industry; Negotiate research contracts from the EU on behalf of the EU members of the ESF; Organise exhibitions, seminars, fact finding missions, conferences and any other event of benefit to its members; as well as joint research and technical development; Promote and participate in standardisation relating to springs and spring materials by co-ordinating its members efforts in this area, as well as policies intended to enhance the profile of the European Spring Industry.

Nichols International Machinery Systems Co. (NIMSCO)
5115B Tremont Avenue Davenport IA 52807 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (563) 391 0400 Fax: +1 (563) 391 0403
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Internet: www.nimsco.com

USA Agents for IST - NIMSCO is an exclusive North American distributor of high quality spring grinding, spring coiling, wire forming, spring testing, and brass/aluminium billet induction heating machinery. As a fully integrated sales, service and engineering company, Nichols International Machinery Systems Company (NIMSCO) is dedicated to serving the spring processing, wire and strip forming, and non-ferrous billet forging industries of North America.

Australasian Wire Industry Association
PO Box 565 NSW 1715 Pennant Hills AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 9484 9856 Fax: +61 2 9875 5413
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www.wireassociation.com.au

The Australasian Wire Industry Association Inc., is a non-profit organisation formed by companies involved in the manufacturing sector to support the long term development and prosperity of the wire industry throughout the Australian, New Zealand, Pacific and South East Asia region.

Member companies are involved in all aspects of the industry from wire manufacturers and raw material suppliers, wire products manufacturers, machinery suppliers and ancillary service providers.

The Association's inaugural meeting was held on the 4th March 1993 in Melbourne, Australia. The founding members were coil spring manufacturers who were members of the Spring Manufacturers Association of Australia which had been formed in 1963.

The Association has now grown to include over 130 companies involved within the wire industry throughout the region.

VERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN FEDERNINDUSTRIE
Goldene Pforte 1, 58093 Hagen
Tel: +49 (0) 23 31 - 95 88 - 51
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Internet: www.federnverband.de

SNFR

www.snfr-france.com

SNFR is the french association for Springs Industries, whose aim is to :

  • defend economical and technical interests of our profession
  • represent the profession in front of our government and other institutions
  • collect specific information interesting our members
  • organize technical benchmark regarding the evolution of our profession
  • enable contacts and relationships between our members
  • give juridical, fiscal and technical advice to our members
  • to organize training programms on spring technonogy aimed at the companies
For information, please contact Catherine Larroque, General Delegate of SNFR ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / phone number : 0033 1 47 17 64 12)

 

www.anccem.org

ITALIAN SPRING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, established 1972 and headquartered in Brescia, Italy. We organize annual work-shops, publish Mollificio magazine and training didactic manuals as well as offering in-house courses for springmakers.

Wintime Machinery Co., Ltd.
Mr. Zhou Wei/ Ms Kathy Liu
No 123, Liuhe Road, Guilin, Guangxi, China.
Tel:+86-773-5886501
Fax:+86-773-5811057
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Website: www.wtmmachine.com

Wintime Machinery Co., Ltd, founded in 1992, is a leading spring machinery maker in China. It specializes in spring manufacturing and testing machine, including spring coilers for hot and cold springs, grindesr, computer controlled spring testers, railway spring testers, spring fatigue testers etc. The maximum capacity of spring tester is up to 2000KN (200 tons).

Wintime is an ISO9001 certified high technology enterprise, a member of China Standardization Committee of Testing Machine, as well as cooperative units of Institute of Spring Technology (IST), Moyer Manufacturing Company, Inc. etc.

Wintime has many patents and technical achievements, it has cooperation with research & development center in university, in which there are many professors and advanced engineers. Wintime machines are with excellent performances closed to internationally advanced level. Especially the high advanced railway spring testers for EN13298 are used in CRH (China Railway High-speed) Quality Inspection center of the Ministry of Railways of PRC.

Wintime machines are widely using in railway, machinery, electricity, war industry, spaceflight etc.


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