La Frappe Ardennaise
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LA FRAPPE ARDENNAISE S.A.S. is the French leader of cold heading. It is a family-owned company which was established in 1980. This industrial process is particularly well suited to manufacturing of attachment parts (rivets, screws, etc.) and mechanical joints (hinge pins, hinge bodies, pivots, locating pegs, pins for form panels, pins for marine fittings, etc.).
| • 1980 | Founding of the company by Mr Henri MASSIN |
| • 1995 | M. Dominique MASSIN joins the R&D department |
| • 1995 | The company moves to the new site of Bazeilles |
| • 1997 | M. Dominique MASSIN takes over the company |
| • 1999 | ISO 9001 certification obtained |
| • 1997/1999 | Significant investments to upgrade the production facilities |
| • 2001 | Acquisition of cold heading machines equipped with automatic control systems |
| • 2004 | Acquisition of numerically controlled machines for the tooling workshop (CNC lathe, electrical discharge machining equipment, programmable furnaces) |
| • 2007 | Acquisition of CAD software |
| • 2009 | Acquisition of cold forming deformation calculation software |
| • 2011 | Creation of a measurement laboratory (dimensional, capability, hardness, metallography, coating thickness, class per ISO 898 1 and other measurements) |
| • 2014 | Implementation of an induction heating system for warm forming |
