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Quality Products, Excellent Service at World Class Prices is the SONFAST Commitment to You

Total quality management means meeting customer specifications 100% of the time. Our objective is to manufacture, inspect and ship perfect quality to you. Your production lots are fully traceable from heat numbers to shipments. All shipping containers are bar-coded. Laser sorting and mechanical sorting are available to support zero defect or robotic assembly. And we specialize in new design engineering and applications problem-solving. SPC production, X-bar and R charts and histograms are available upon request.

The Sonfast "Customer Support System" is backed by our exceptional M.I.S. Capability - an in-house information management system designed by our staff to meet the specific data requirements of our customers. Innovation such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), which enables customers to electronically place orders, download release schedules, update production forecasts and transmit change orders, are characteristic of SONFAST's commitment to customer-friendly service.

The cornerstone of Sonfast's unequalled distribution systems is our VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY PROGRAM. Based on over a quarter century of experience, VMI enables Sonfast to provide customers a reliable and comprehensive supply alternative to standard "purchase and ship" systems including JIT. All VMI inventories are consigned inventories, owned by Sonfast until the customer uses them.

SONFAST provides customized labeling and barcoding services that allow customers to scan all incoming deliveries while designating specific production line locations for efficient and mistake-free distribution.

Sonfast Companies are your FIRST CHOICE for these Products:

Captive Hardware

Captive hardware, a category of electronic hardware, are screws, nuts and studs which are pressed into sheet steel, aluminum, stainless, fiber or brass. Typically a hydraulic or electric press is used to press the captive hardware (also, "captive inserts") into sheet materials. Captive hardware allows a flush surface, or flush mount, on one side of the sheet and is very useful in many applications where a flush surface is required, like PC Boards.

Casters

Casters are defined as a small wheel on a swivel, set under a piece of furniture, a machine, etc., to facilitate moving it.Sonfast Corporation imports ball and wheel casters in all sizes, colors, materials and functions. Sonfast has standard lines that it imports in addition to specialty casters made to customer specifications. Casters types include: Casters, Wheels, Swivel Casters, Rigid Casters, Stainless Steel Casters & Wheels, Industrial Casters & wheels, pneumatic casters & wheels, Chair casters, furniture casters, Heavy duty casters & wheels.

Electronic Hardware

Electronic hardware includes fasteners which are used in the electronics industry to assemble electronic components such as PC Boards, computers, telephones, televisions, radios, aircraft and automotive instrumentation, electronic controls and measuring instruments, etc.

Door Hardware

Sonfast Corporation represents an Asian manufacturer of door and window hardware which is represented on our on-line fastener catalog. Door hardware includes handles, locks, hinges and accessories. Each item has a detailed blueprint on-line at www.sonfast.com. Customer inquiries can be processed on-line at www.sonfast.com

Fasteners

"Fasteners" is a term which describes a hardware commodity that includes bolts, nuts, screws, washers, pins, rivets, clamps, nails, anchor hardware, rings, and decorative hardware. These fasteners can be manufactured by cold forming, screw machining, stamping, extruding and molding. Fasteners are generally small and can be held in the palm of a hand. but some bolts can exceed 4 inches in diameter and 100 inches in length.

Hinges

Hinges connect doors to frames and allow for either a limited range of motion or a free range of motion, depending on the type of hinge. Sonfast hinges are available in decorative finishes include antique bronze, statuary bronze, and high-luster brass.

Injection Moldings

Sonfast Corporation's specialty is injection moldings. Sonfast represents 3 Asian producers of injection moldings with superior quality and capabilities. Materials include plastics and resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, glass-filled nylon, high and low density polymers, rubber and specialty resins.

Kit Hardware

Sonfast Corporation produces kit hardware in its South Carolina and Pennsylvania plants. Sonfast Corporation can pack up to four different parts into one polybag in its South Carolina plant, and bulk packs up to five pounds per polybag of a single part in its Pennsylvania and South Carolina plants.

Rivets

Wikipedia defines rivet: "A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before it is installed it consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite the head is called the buck-tail. On installation the rivet is placed in a pre-drilled hole. Then the tail is "upset" (i.e. deformed) so that it expands to about 1.5 times the original shaft diameter and holds the rivet in place. To distinguish between the two ends of the rivet, the original head is called the factory head and the deformed end is called the shop head or buck-tail.

Screw Machine

Screw machined parts, unlike cold formed parts, produce scrap material because screw machined parts are cut from round, square or hex bar stock. Common materials used for screw machine parts are steels, stainless steels, brass and plastics. Sonfast manufacturers make fittings, valve parts, hose nipples, high pressure components, and specialty nuts, bolts and screws by screw machine. When possible, Sonfast will recommend cold formed alternatives for cost savings.

Screws

Wikipedia offers this definition of screws: "A screw, or bolt, is a type of fastener characterized by a helical ridge, known as an external thread or just thread, wrapped around a cylinder, or shaft. Sometimes the screw thread mates with a complementary thread, known as an internal thread, often in the form of a nut or a object that has the internal thread formed into it. Their most common use is to hold objects together or locate objects.

Self Drilling Screws

Sonfast Corporation supplies a full-line of self-drilling screws with all head and drive styles and point configurations. Self-drilling screws, commonly called "TEKS", are available in steel, stainless steels and combinations of steel and stainless. Self-drilling screws are screws which have a drill-point.

Stainless Fasteners

Stainless steel fasteners, or "stainless fasteners" are used extensively in any environment where corrosion is a factor. Stainless fasteners are generally either austenitic (non-magnetic) or martensitic (magnetic). Austenitic stainless steels include types 302, 303, 304, 316, and 316L and others. Martensitic stainless steels include typically types 402, 403, and 410. Martensitic stainless steels can be hardened through heat treating. Austenitic stainless steels cannot be hardened by heat, but can be chemically hardened