Associated Fastening Products, Inc. is pleased to offer global sourcing of custom products and standard everyday fasteners, providing specialized experience in standard fasteners, custom fasteners, locknuts, wire formed parts, stampings, cable ties, assemblies, and hard to find items. Customers can leverage our associations representing over 100 years of importing experience, lowering their domestic costs in the process. We ensure the highest quality items by working with reliable ISO compliant companies, offering production part approval process (PPAP’s) when requested. We conveniently handle all documentation. First article samples are available, and products are sent in multiple shipments with competitive lead times. Secondary operations are available to ensure the completed product is shipped.

Supplier countries include China, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Thailand, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Standard and metric product types are available, in materials including steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, brass, aluminum, copper, silicone-bronze, nylon, and others upon request. We provide PPAP, material, and plating certification documentation, along with dimensional layouts. Products are thoroughly inspected by our quality engineers, and shipped from our headquarters in Chicago. Air shipments are also available from overseas, with turnaround times ranging from 45 to 120 days. For more details about the global sourcing of custom products, or our other value added capabilities please see the table below or contact us directly.

Global Sourcing Capabilities

Services

Importing Fasteners

Benefits

Partner with Associated on Importing Needs
Over 100 years of Importing Experience
Working with ISO Compliant Companies
Partnership with Overseas Sources
PPAP’s Available

Multiple Shipments
We Handle All Documentation
Lowering Domestic Costs
Competitive Lead Times
First Article Samples Available

Specialties

Standard Fasteners
Custom Fasteners
Hard to Find Items
Locknuts
Wire Formed Parts

Stampings
Cable Ties
Secondary Operations Available to Ship Product Complete
Assemblies

Type

Standard
Metric

Materials

Steel
Alloy Steel
Stainless Steel
Brass
Aluminum

Copper
Silicone-Bronze
Nylon
Others Available Upon Request

Countries We Supply From

China
Taiwan
Canada
Mexico
Italy

Germany
Thailand
India
Malaysia
Vietnam

Certifications Available

PPAP
Material

Plating (RoHS Available)
Dimensional Layouts

Shipping to You

From our Headquarters in Chicago
after inspection by our Quality Engineers
Air Shipments Available from Overseas

Average Lead Time

45 to 120 days

Inspection

Quality Assurance
Shipping Manager
Go / No-Go Gauges

Ring Gauges
Plug Gauges
Optical Comparator

Testing

Rockwell Hardness / Tensile Available

Quality Assurance

ISO 9001:2008 Registered
QS 14000 Compliant
Lot Traceable (With Dated Imprint When Requested on Hardware Kits)

Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Quality Records

Documentation / Certifications

Certificate of Conformance (C of C)
Material Certifications
Plating Certifications
Heat Treating Certifications
First Articles

PPAP
DFAR
SPC
RoHS

Secondary Operations

Assembly
Powder Coating
Welding
Riveting
Bagging/Kitting
Tapping
Plating
Heat Treating

Deburring
Stress Relief
Swage
Reaming
Counterboring
Spot Facing
Fabricating

Additional Services

Special Packaging
Warehousing

Shipping
Reverse Engineering

Production Volume

Prototypes to Production Manufacturing
1 to 1,000,000’s

Lead Time

Short Lead Times
Hot Rush Orders Available
Pre-Expedited Orders

On Time Deliveries
Stock and Release
Drop Shipments

Additional Information

Industry Focus

OEM
MRO
Automotive
Transportation

General Construction
Solar
And many more!

Intended Applications

Fasteners

Industry Standards

ANSI
ASTM
DIN

ISO
Industrial Fastener Institute (IFI)
Mid-West Fastener Association (MWFA)

File Formats

AutoCAD (DWG, DWZ)
Bit Mapped Graphics (BMP)
Catia (CATDrawing, CATPart)
Delcam (DGK, DMT)
Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES, ANSI)
Inventor (IDW, IPT)

IronCAD (ICD, ICS)
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG, JPEG)
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW, PRT, XPR)
3D ACIS Model File
SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDDRW, SLDDRT)