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We live stud Welding!

This sentence describes how we see ourselves - as leading supplier of stud welding technology, systems and products for the automotive industry.
Get to know us better - what we do, what drives us, where we come from and what we build on.

IVOSTUD, formerly known as Nelson Automotive, offers an innovative line of automated stud welding systems to meet the transportation industry’s most demanding of stud welding performance requirements.  These offerings are made possible through its global distribution centers and a specialist manufacturing base in Germany.

IVOSTUD also offers custom designed systems for a variety of transportation applications including fixed mounted manual and automatic feed systems, as well as robotic weld heads for high production environments.

To best serve our customers, we are passionate about:

Customer focus

Being close to our customers, listening to their demands and supplying them with quality products, excellent local service and technical support.

Stud welding expertise

Leading edge innovative solutions, application know-how, world class operations and continuous development.

Global footprint

Offering a complete product portfolio close to our customers.

Reliability

Supplying premium products, anywhere, every time, on time.

Social responsibility

Investing in our people, providing a safe and attractive workplace and protecting the environment.

Our history started in 1939 with the U.S. Navy. Ted Nelson invented the stud welding process during shipbuilding in California to significantly speed up the production pace of shipbuilding. At that time, many aircraft carriers were being built and a lot of wooden decks had to be affixed on the steel hull. His revolutionary invention by welding from one side without drilling a hole into the metal earned him a Navy “E” citation for saving millions of man-hours.

Ever since that time, stud welding has developed much further and found its way into building construction, structural elements like bridges and industrial steel applications and lastly, into car manufacturing. Stud welding technology was introduced to Europe in 1954, where Nelson Bolzenschweiß-Technik GmbH was formed in 1967 in Germany.

In 1967, the US-American company TRW acquired the Nelson Stud Welding group and sold it to FastenTech, Inc in 2000.  Seven years later, FastenTech, Inc. itself was acquired by Doncasters Group, Ltd.  In April 2018, Doncasters sold the industrial section of Nelson Fasteners to Stanley Black & Decker, while retaining the Automotive Stud Welding business, which, after starting out as Nelson Automotive, now brands as IVOSTUD to demonstrate the focus on the Automotive industry and emphasize its versatile and innovative stud welding technology.

  • We strive to deliver high-quality, precision work. First time, every time.
  • It means continuously improving our systems, processes and training, and learning from our mistakes.
  • It also means achieving zero injuries and a safe working environment for all.
  • We acknowledge and celebrate success.
  • We are passionate about providing the best possible service to customers and each other.
  • It means always going the extra mile to deliver our promises.
  • It also means understanding and being accountable for our actions and the impact of what we do – on the business, on our customers, communities and the wider environment.
  • We are seen to positively drive action and accountability.
  • We are honest and transparent in dealings with our colleagues, customers, suppliers and partners.
  • It means always doing the ethical thing, at every level of our organisation and within the communities where we operate.
  • It also means holding each other to account for doing things in the Doncasters way.
  • We are known for our trustworthiness and courage.
  • We build and value strong partnerships with colleagues, customers and suppliers.
  • It means working hard to break down any barriers, respecting differences and valuing different viewpoints.
  • It also means acting as one team and all pulling together in the same direction,