News release 30 January 2006 BigHeads spread across Europe The uniquely versatile BigHead Fastening System - and its new offspring, the BIGBOND range of surface-mount adhesives - is now more easily available to industry across Europe, thanks to a string of new distribution agreements. Joining BigHead�s well-established operations in France, Germany, Italy and Holland are new distribution centres in Spain, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Ireland. New distribution agreements have also been established in America and Australia, with further European coverage being negotiated in Finland, Switzerland, Belgium and Portugal. �After forty years�, says BigHead�s new MD Brian Giddings, �we�re pretty well known around the industrial world. For the last year, though, we�ve experienced a strong upsurge in enquiries and orders from Europe � particularly in the Auto industry�s Tier 1 Suppliers sector - which prompted us to expand our distributor coverage. We�re fortunate to have convinced such names as Colly, Torp Fasteners and Koenig that the BigHead fastening system has huge potential for use throughout industry, particularly in thermoplastics, composites, GRP, high-tech steels and alloys and other advanced material applications.� BigHead�s website at www.bighead.co.uk has full distributor listings, with detailed technical background and data and complete details of the new BIGBOND surface-mount adhesives range. BigHead Bonding Fasteners Ltd. Contact - Terry House � terryhouse@bighead.co.uk Tel. (+44)1202 574601 January 2006 � All BigHeads are now available in chrome-free mild steel or 316 stainless versions.�