Below M6, we are specialists.
Above it, we still take the order.

Below M6 the wire, the dies, the thread rolling and the inspection are a different set of machines. That is the range we make ourselves — forming, inspection and packing on our own floor in Shulin, New Taipei City, since 1994. Volume production runs M1.0 to M5.0.

Above that line we still supply standard fasteners, along with nuts, washers and rivets. What we do not make, we source for you. Your BOM usually has both large and small on it; you should not have to split it between two suppliers.

We are not the only factory in Taiwan that works this small. What we can tell you is exactly what we will take on, at what quantity and on what terms, before you spend time on an enquiry.

Why buyers move

The buyers who come to us are rarely moving over price. What we actually see is two things: the supplier they have says no to a change, or says yes to a date and then misses it. That is what our own enquiries look like, not a market statistic. Both are worth understanding before you pick the next one — the second especially, because the causes are structural and you can ask about them in advance.

When the date keeps slipping

Late deliveries on small orders usually are not carelessness. Three structural causes come up again and again, and you can ask about all three before you place anything — not getting a straight answer is itself an answer.

• Small orders queue behind large ones. On a floor built for long runs, your ten thousand pieces are what gets bumped when a bigger order moves.
• Long changeover times force batching. If a die change costs hours, the plant waits to accumulate volume before running your part. That wait is invisible to you and it is where the weeks go.
• Outsourced heat treatment and plating. Most fastener plants send these out. A supplier who cannot tell you which steps leave the building cannot really commit to a date for them either.

When the answer is just no

Changing a size means changing tooling, and for a factory geared to long runs of standard parts that is a reason to decline.

To be clear about what we mean. An unusual diameter is often still a catalogue item — M1.7 and M2.2 sit on distributors’ shelves. What does not sit on a shelf is a modified feature: a head diameter that has to clear a housing, a thread length that stops short of a shoulder, a non-standard pitch, a drive that is not the one the standard specifies.

At our size range the tooling is small and we change it often, so that kind of change is usually a die adjustment rather than a new programme. Send the drawing or the sample and we will tell you whether it is a modification or a new part, and what that means for lead time.

Minimum order starts at 10,000 pieces and varies with the part — head style, material and whether tooling has to change all move it. At this size range ten thousand is a smaller commitment than it sounds: ten thousand M1.4 screws is a box you can carry. Tell us the part and we will give you the actual figure.

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What we make

Where to start

Written for the people who specify fasteners, not for the people who resell them. One question per page, with the standard it rests on and the range that standard is valid over.

All technical resources →

Where we ship

North America, Europe and Japan. Each one asks for a different set of paperwork, and the paperwork is usually what holds a first order up — not the parts.

Contact

Tell us the item, the specification and the quantity, and we will come back on feasibility and lead time. Drawings and samples are both fine.