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Thomas Smith Fasteners – Bolts from Wigan to China

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uk supplier exports fasteners to china

Thomas Smith Fasteners has recently experienced further export success by supplying imperial fasteners to China.

Manager Gary Stevens said: ‘We are pleased to receive orders from China & over the last few years we have exported to more than 40 countries worldwide. Recently we have found that we are getting more enquiries for British made products and with our manufacturing facilities on site we are able to supply to customer requirements with all the relevant certificates. This shows that overseas customers still have confidence in the high quality of British manufacture. The order we received from China was to replace all the old fasteners in a British made milling machine. The old bolts were BSW and BSF imperial threadforms which we could make within the specified delivery of 2 weeks’.

The company’s main sales base is in the Greater Manchester area. Thomas Smith Fasteners holds large stocks of metric & imperial fasteners, offering a 24-hour turnaround service with specials manufactured to order.

BSW and BSF nuts and bolts – UK’s largest stocks and special manufacture

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As you may be aware, many UK distributors are now discontinuing BSF and BSW (Whitworth) bolts and nuts.

We still carry the UK’s largest stocks of BSW and BSF, and our onsite manufacturing facilities enable us to produce specials to customer specification.

You can purchase BSW and BSF bolts on our online shop.

If you have volume enquiries, or for any items not listed, we can help. Please do not hesitate to contact our technical sales staff on 01942  520260.

TSF at Silverstone Classic – imperial fasteners for classic racing cars

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Silverstone Classic is the most important annual race meeting for classic race cars, and Thomas Smith Fasteners were in attendance.

This huge, three day event saw unprecedented crowds with a record attendance of 90,000, with 24 races and cars spanning 9 decades of motor sport history.

Several of motor sport’s most famous names and champions including Jackie Oliver, Andy Priaulx, Rob Huff, Tim Harvey and Gary and John Pearson all competed, and commentating legend Murray Walker was in attendance amongst the spectators and was interviewed. History was made when a new Silverstone Classic lap record of 1m 46.712 was set by Nic Minassian in the 1991 Jaguar XJR-14.

silverstone classic cars racing

There were many attractions over a busy weekend, and a lot to take in! This long-nose Jaguar D Type that was driven to victory at Le Mans by Mike Hawthorn in 1955 was at the event.

jaguar d type silverstone classic le mans hawthorne

There were also plenty of aerial activities. A pair of Spitfires performed a thrilling chase routine, as shown below:

spitfires

Brooklands Museum were in attendance and demonstrated this fantastic WW1 Sopwith Camel.

sopwith camel ww1

The show was also a success for us at Thomas Smith Fasteners.  Our representatives visited both the National and International pit and paddock areas, and great interest was shown by teams with British made classic cars in our extensive range of BSF, BSW, UNC and UNF bolts, nuts and washers.  Our assorted packs of fasteners are always handy to have in the garage in addition to the specialised parts that we manufacture and supply.

A truly unmissable spectacle for anyone with an interest in classic cars, we are already looking forward to next year’s event.

Thomas Smith Fasteners exports Imperial Nuts and Bolts to Australia

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On a recent visit to Australia, our Business Development Manager Stuart Briscoe obtained orders for imperial nuts and bolts for an Australian power station.  This follows on from our recent orders from Australian classic car restorers for BA and BSF fasteners.

The order included stainless steel and high tensile imperial threadform fasteners.

We hold the UK’s largest stocks of BSW, BSF, BA, UNC and UNF fasteners and now export to more than 35 countries around the world.

For further information, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.