Why choose fasteners as a business
It should be love, but the reality is that it’s nuts and bolts that hold the world together, and without them, the world would fall apart.
Simple ones can be made cheaply, and most are made in countries with lower labour costs, then brought into richer countries and sold at higher prices.
Start-ups are relatively easy in the fastening trade; initially, all you need is a small storage facility and a good website. The drawback is that there are a large number of companies selling the same products, producing a very competitive market.
But designing new innovative products means that prices can be set higher. It is possible to ask for immediate payment. and not be competing with other companies.
Using this philosophy, I have designed three new types of high-security nuts and fasteners.
The Smart-Thread
High security Smart-Thread
Try-Ring
Try-Fast, an existing system, I have re-designed
High-security fasteners and nuts are used to prevent valuable items from being stolen; however, I have also endeavored to make my products aesthetically pleasing in both design and appearance.
The Bug-Eyed fastener in the picture is an initial prototype of a high-security fastener.
If you live in the UK, you may remember successive governments stating that they will drive forward innovative products. Don’t believe them. Engineering has shrunk year on year to the point that it barely exists. If you’re out of work, you will know how few jobs are available.
I have attempted to have samples made for my products over the past fifteen months using the Business Innovation scheme and am still waiting. If I took my products abroad, they would be in production now, although I doubt I would ever get any money for them.
Design rights and patents, DJT Precision.
Smart-thread.com.uk 