TFC Technical Fastener Components

For over 50 years TFC has been supplying a wide ranging industrial customer base with technical fastening solutions that enable designers and buyers to improve their product range and generate more profits for their companies.

As a result, TFC have become one of the leading fastener distribution businesses in Europe supplying over 3,000 companies and employing over 100 people. Working throughout a national and European network of logistic service centres, TFC are able to offer a truly local level of support to customers in their manufacturing plants anywhere in the world.

Aerospace fastener product range

A full range of aerospace fasteners are available from TFC including:
A, AS, AGS, ABS, ASNA, DHS, DIN, EF, EN, ISO, JN, MBBN, MDS, MS, NA, NAS, NSA, NSN, PAN, S, SP, SL, STD SPWG and much more.

Direct line feed services

When customers do business with us they can expect a superior and individually tailored service and our field sales engineers become a member of their team, working for them and doing whatever it takes to make their business a smoother and more profitable organisation.

We currently service over 50 companies with a total number of bin locations bordering on 20,000 units, serviced at least twice a week. With 300 trolley units and associated products, we have invested around £250,000 in DLF hardware at our customers premises.

This level of commitment allows us to:

• Custom design and label storage systems to organise stock
• Make recommendations regarding product types
• Offer organisational suggestions to smooth product flow
• Provide a flexible approach to accommodate customers scheduling procedures
• Provide customer training to their personnel

Wave spring and retaining ring products

TFC has been the leading European supplier of Smalley retaining rings and flat wire wave spring products for more than 30 years. Our extensive standard ranges, some of which hold AS approval, are available off-the-shelf for immediate delivery. All of our Smalley wave spring and retaining ring products are manufactured using a unique edgewinding manufacturing process which, unlike traditional die-stamped products, totally eliminates any tooling charges.

This process greatly increases design flexibility and enables us to provide special designs economically and, if necessary, to amend designs at the pre-production stage without compromising the finished product design. At TFC, quality runs through the entire business and continued investment in the right people and products has enabled the company to provide superior market knowledge and customer service.

Supply chain partners that include manufacturers, logistics and information technology are carefully selected to fit that commitment to quality and service.

Company approvals

Having been a Quality Assured company since 1981, our approvals include Aerospace AS9100C and AS9120 (BS EN9100:2009 and 9120:2010) Standards. This approval, based on ISO 9001, BS EN9100 includes additional aerospace-specific requirements and provides the industry with a standardised set of requirements to help improve quality throughout the supply chain and reduce cost through continual improvement.