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- Trifast plc engineers, manufactures, and distributes high-quality industrial fastenings and Category C components to major global assembly industries including automotive, medical equipment, smart infrastructure, general industrial manufacturers, and distributors. The company offers an extensive portfolio encompassing screws and bolts such as machine screws, hexagon socket screws, set screws, and screws for plastic; nuts including standard hexagon, flange, nylon insert, all-metal self-locking, and weld nuts; washers, circlips, rings, seals, and O-rings; fasteners for sheet metal like self-clinch fasteners, Hank rivet bushes, blind rivet nuts, blind rivets, and weld nuts; fasteners for plastic including inserts and compression limiters; enclosure hardware such as locking systems, locks, clamps, and gaskets; plastic hardware for circuit boards, cable management, rivets, and panel fasteners; cable glands including Hummel and generic types with accessories; security fasteners comprising machine screws, self-tapping screws, wood screws, self-drilling screws, and nuts; spacers and pillars like threaded spacers, pillars, and through spacers; tooling and driver bits; and other hardware such as hose clips, medical hardware, pins, keys, and castors. Trifast provides comprehensive services including manufacturing across facilities in the UK, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, and Italy; global logistics and supply chain optimization; sourcing; technical support; quality assurance; and compliance with initiatives like the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Uckfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom, the company operates in approximately 70 countries with key locations across Europe (including the UK, Ireland, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Norway), North America (USA), and Asia (China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand). In recent developments, Trifast reported full-year 2025 results with revenue of £227.4 million and underlying EBIT of £15.6 million, extended its revolving credit facility to July 2027, strengthened Central European operations in August 2025 as part of its global growth strategy, launched new ranges of nylon fasteners from 100% recycled materials in June 2025, and advanced sustainability milestones in Italy in October 2025.