The mission for our world-class manufacturing facilities is to produce a product that meets or exceeds our customers’ expectations in terms of quality, price, and delivery. By strategically aligning people, products, marketing, logistics, and technology, we provide a total cost solution that maximizes productivity while minimizing operating expenses.
The mission for our world-class manufacturing facilities is to produce a product that meets or exceeds our customers’ expectations in terms of quality, price, and delivery. By strategically aligning people, products, marketing, logistics, and technology, we provide a total cost solution that maximizes productivity while minimizing operating expenses.
With locations worldwide, our A2LA accredited testing laboratories are equipped to provide testing services for Fastenal manufactured products as well as products supplied by Fastenal’s quality certified vendors. Product testing is conducted to internationally recognized standards including ASTM, SAE, ASME, ISO, and DIN as well as customer-specific standards and prints.
Fastenal has been hot-forging custom parts for more than 20 years, and today our Cardinal hot forging division encompasses three facilities, more than 20 experienced forge operators, and a spectrum of presses and materials. With millions of dollars in bolt blank inventory, hundreds of stock dies for common heading needs, and the ability to produce custom tooling within 24 hours for unique head geometries, we're ready to put your specialty bolt project into production.
Our precision machining operations span 7 locations worldwide, more than 350 skilled machinists, and nearly 220 CNC machines. We specialize in turned and milled components like shafts, pin plates, blocks, and all kinds of specialty items, with deep experience in industries such as oil and gas, food and beverage, power generation, pulp and paper, heavy equipment, and many more. Need a production component, replacement part, or prototype? We can make it happen.
Our Holo-Krome division has been a pioneer in cold and warm forming techniques since 1929. Today, that tradition of innovation and quality continues at our 200,000 square foot facility in Wallingford, Connecticut, as well as at our 100,000 square foot facility in Loves Park, Illinois. With 70-plus cold headers in all, we have the capacity to produce more than 30 million critical-application parts per week to keep our customers' production lines and equipment running.
Specializing in high-volume parts ranging from #4 x ¼” up to ¾” diameter and up to 12” long.
We specialize in producing high-integrity stud bolting solutions for the oil & gas industry and other customer segments. Our primary stud bolting location is our 30,000 square-foot ISO 9001:2008-certified facility in Houston, Texas, where 34 operators work 4 shifts, 24/7, to produce more than 3.6 million custom studs per year. We also provide the nuts, washers and gaskets that work with these studs, enabling us to deliver complete, kitted stud assemblies to your point of use – a time saving solution for turnarounds and shutdowns.