Aerospace Fasteners Limited

Aerospace Fasteners Ltd
Unit 7 Cordwallis Park
Clivemont Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire SL6 7BU
UK

Phone: 01628 777231
Fax: 01628 630169
E-mail: enquiries@aerofast.co.uk

Aerospace Fasteners Ltd stock and supply various industry standards incuding the following ranges:

ABS

AGS

AN

AS

ASNA

BAC

BO

DHS

DIN

EN

JN

MS

NAS

NASM

NSA

NSN

PAN

SL

SP

ST3M

VGS

We supply products purchased direct from the world's leading manufacturers. In particular, our partnership with Alcoa Fastening Systems has meant we have unrivalled stock on Kaynar fasteners, Tridair fasteners, Camloc fasteners and Rosan products.

Alcoa Fastening Systems

12/03/2008 Alcoa Fastening Systems Acquires Two Aerospace Fastener Businesses to Bolster its Growing Aerospace Portfolio

Alcoa announced today it has acquired Republic Fastener Manufacturing Corporation (Republic Fasteners) and Van Petty Manufacturing (Van Petty). The two aerospace fastener manufacturing businesses are located in Newbury Park, California, and employ a combined 240 people.

Since it was founded in 1968, Republic fasteners has maintained its focus on the "super standard" end of the aerospace fastener locknut product line. Along with its "Boots Aircraft Division” acquired from Cherry Fasteners in 1989, Republic fasteners offers a wide variety of sheet metal and wrenchable aerospace fasteners used by every major airframe manufacturer around the world. Van Petty has been producing high performance precision aerospace fasteners used primarily by engine & equipment manufacturers since 1943. Their products include a variety of specialized aerospace fasteners. The two businesses had combined 2007 revenues of $51 million.

Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS), a business unit of Alcoa Inc, is a leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of fastening systems, fasteners, components, and installation systems for aerospace and commercial product assembly. Headquartered in Torrance, California, the company has 6,600 employees, and operates at 26 locations in 9 countries. AFS has outpaced the market, growing revenues 15 percent annually since 2004 through product innovation and disciplined execution. The business has also recently expanded its production footprint with facilities in Suzhou, China; Acuna, Mexico; and Nemesvamos, Hungary.

Alcoa aerospace revenues have grown from approximately $1.5 billion in 2002 to more than $3.7 billion in 2007. Alcoa businesses serving the aerospace market hold leading positions and include: Alcoa Fastening Systems, Alcoa Power and Propulsion which includes investment castings and forgings in aluminum and metals such as titanium; and Alcoa’s sheet, plate and hard alloy extrusions businesses serving the structures market.

Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of aluminium products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems. The Company has 97,000 employees in 34 countries and has been named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Aerospace Fasteners operate a robust quality assurance system in accordance with our approval to ISO 9001: 2000 & AS/EN9100:2001 along the aerospace sector scheme TS157 issue 4.

All parts supplied by Aerospace Fasteners are fully traceable & are covered by our approved Certificate of Conformity. Manufacturers Certificates & full Test Reports can also be supplied on request.

Elastomers and rubber products

Traditionally known for our excellent stock range of Dowty Aerospace O rings we have expanded our Elastomers range in recent years to meet our customer demands for a single source for various rubber products and aerospace seals.

O Ring Seals

We stock and supply O ring seals to all European and American standard sizes and compounds along with made to drawing specials.

We have an unrivalled stock range of O ring seals manufactured by Dowty Engineered Seals to support various JIT stock agreements.

Aerospace gaskets

We supply made to drawing gaskets in range of standard polymers and specialised Elastomers. These can be supplied water cut or punched to meet customer demands for quality and competitiveness.

RFI Sheilding Products

O rings, Gaskets, Connector Gaskets are available in silicone based elastomers loaded with a wide range of conductive particle types. When 'designed in' correctly, these materials can provide both environmental sealing up to IP68, and levels of shielding that comply with all relevant International and European standards. Fuel and oil-resistant seals are available.

We supply product from a variety of manufacturers including, Laird Technologies, Chomerics and Teknit.

Aerospace rubber mouldings

Made to drawing special mouldings can be supplied; we have vast experience in design and implementation of various mouldings in a wide range of applications.

Aerospace special Seals

V-Seals, U-Seals, Spring Loaded Seals are now among our standard stock ranges.