About TR

TR Supplies over 150 million components every day to thousands of customers. From small workshops through to global corporations.

From sheet metal fabricators through to aircraft manufacturers. From plastic moulders to next generation mobile phone manufacturers.

From micro screws for the electronics industry through to weld nuts for automotive applications. From ISO 9001 through to QS9000

We supply over 5000 companies from all walks of industry around the globe. Many of these industries have specific needs in both product and quality requirements. Our job is to meet these needs through the extent of our product range and scope of our quality accreditations.Important Milestones

• 1973 TR Fastenings Ltd. established by Mike Timms and Mike Roberts.
• 1976 First UK Manufacturing facility established and the 'Hank' name purchased.
• 1982 Acquired the rights to the BINX Nut.
• 1982-1992 Sites set up in Belfast, Scotland, Manchester, Newcastle, Wales and Cambridge.
• 1992 Introduced Vendor Managed Inventory into the fastenings industry
• 1993 Acquired Fastener Techniques.
• 1994 Acquired Southern Fasteners (Southern Ireland)
• 1994 Obtained a full listing on the LSE.
• 1996 Acquired Magne Biorlo (Norway).
• 1996 Acquired Samson Industries (USA).
• 1996 Acquired Microscrew Technologies.
• 1997 Acquired Formac Manufacturing (Singapore).
• 1997 Set up a greenfield distribution site in France. (UK).
• 1998 Acquired Miller Holdings (Holland).
• 1998 Acquired Lancaster Fasteners (UK).
• 1998 Acquired Polyfasteners (Malaysia).
• 1999 Acquired FCF (Sweden).
• 2000 Set up a greenfield distribution site in Hungary.
• 2001 Acquired SFE Manufacturing (Taiwan).
• 2002 Set up a greenfield distribution site in China.
• 2003 Acquired the globally recognised tradename of Pozidrive.
• 2005 Acquired Serco Ryan (UK).
• 2006 Set up a greenfield manufacturing site in China.
• 2006 Acquired Keba Fastenings (Turkey).