APLIX company profile  


Assembling, Attaching, Fastening

These are the functions of APLIX self-gripping fasteners. These products were created in the 1950’s. APLIX has produced several major self-gripping fastener innovations during the past 50 years.


  APLIX Successes
More than a billion linear yards of APLIX self-gripping fasteners are produced every year. Thousands of products have been engineered to meet customers’ specific requirements in several hundred applications.

The success of APLIX is based on continuing to satisfy our customers’ changing needs through the experience of our sales force, the creativity of our R&D group, our manufacturing know-how and the support of our suppliers.

Improvement of APLIX hook and loop fastener performance together with more competitive costs have driven tremendous growth in customer applications. As a result, APLIX sales have quadrupled during the past 10 years!

Figures Quality
Market share : N°2 Worldwide ISO 9001/ TS 16 949
Annual sales (2003) : 110 MM€ ( $132MM ) 2 High-tech laboratories (France and USA)
Manufacturing sites : 5
Number of employees : 700
Annual R&D budget : 4% of sales
Advanced technology investments : 7% of sales

Focus On Three Markets

HYGIENE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Baby diapers Seat tie down Abrasive
Adult Incontinence FFCs/FPCs & headliners Aircraft
Sunroof cassettes & headliners Cabling
Cables attachment Medical
Plastic components Cleaning
Packaging

The Future


   New opportunities are emerging for APLIX :

   consumers need more innovative self-gripping fastening systems
   conversion of products with integrated self-gripping fasteners is growing, widening potential fields
      of applications
   recent APLIX developments in micro technologies (lasers, ultrasonics) will continue to improve
      the performance and cost of APLIX products.