United Fasteners

Description

WE’RE BUILT FOR THE DEFENCE INDUSTRY

Our people are technical experts, solution focused individuals, driven to fully understand our customer needs and wants. They have in-depth product knowledge, sourcing experience and quality controls. We employ Chartered Professional Engineers who have significant experience in the design and application of fasteners. With consideration given to all supply chain objectives, mitigating risk for all parties. Additionally, our Chartered Engineers are available to work collaboratively with your team upon request, FOC. United Fasteners source from over 500 suppliers, across Australia and Internationally (UK, Europe, USA, South East Asia).

Our range includes fasteners & fixings, abrasives, cutting tools, sealants, adhesives, lubricants, hand tools, safety, materials handling, petrochemical, military and bespoke fasteners in exotic materials and coatings.

Prerequisites

• Non-disclosure agreements to third parties
• Secure storage and handling of confidential specifications and data

Fastener Product requirements

• Standard, non-standard and specials to drawings
• Special alloys and materials require positive material identification and certification
• High quality of workmanship required
• Stringent process control for dimensional accuracy and precision for applications requiring high degree of reliability
• Mechanical and non-destructive testing of finished products, to meet applicable specifications
• Verification testing by external parties
• Material certification and full product traceability
• Quick and on-time delivery

Quality approvals & sourcing standards

• We can provide product that conforms to International Standards such as: DIN, BS, NF, ISO, EN, ANSI, JIS & ASTM
• Defence Standards - MS, MIL-DTL, NAS, NSN

Discriminators

• Extensive stock holdings; Ensures our high level of service and delivery, DIFOT 97.5%.
• We employ Chartered Professional Engineers; Work collaboratively with our clients.
• Family owned and operated; With over 70 years of operating experience.
• Relationship management; We continually review and monitor our processes to maintain and improve our effectiveness and efficiencies, ensuring we deliver on customer satisfaction.

ABOUT US

The Mitchelhill family established United Fasteners in February 2001 as a customer focused distributor of industrial and construction fasteners. Over the years we have established ourselves as a market leader and are recognised for exceptional service, timely delivery, competitiveness, and total solutions. Today, United Fasteners has 13 branches across Australia, supplying industries across Australia, South East Asia and the Western Pacific.

Our people are our greatest assets. We strive to exceed expectations, by not over-promising and under-delivering. Our team of over 260 people are technical experts and solution focused individuals, with in-depth product knowledge and sourcing experience.

We’re driven to fully understand our customers’ needs and wants. We employ professional engineers who have significant experience in the design and application of fasteners.

We’re extremely proud to be a family owned, Australian independent company.

We offer a large range of products

We offer over 75k+ product SKUs, sourced from over 500+ trusted suppliers. Our stock holdings are over $24m, ensuring we have what you need.

We provide bespoke services

We employ professional engineers who have significant experience in the design and application of fasteners. We also help streamline and simplify purchasing, procurement, materials management, warehousing, maintenance and production processes. We achieve this through inventory management solutions such as; Kanban, consignment stock, on-site mobile container storage and custom packaging.

National distribution

We have a national footprint, with 13 branches across Australia. This national presence, combined with our on-the-road and phone-based sales teams, enables us to meet the needs of our customers regardless of location. Each branch carefully selects their most efficient local courier, this helps us meet our customer delivery expectations.

WHY CHOOSE US?

We pride ourselves on providing the best value, quality assured products, from knowledgeable technical experts, effectively, efficiently and with the best reliability in the market.

1. Relationship Management

We continually review and monitor our processes to maintain and improve our effectiveness and efficiencies, ensuring we deliver on customer satisfaction. 

2. Technical Expertise

Our expertise is unrivalled. From project design to project implementation, we provide advice and specification support along the way. 

3. Australian-Owned

By choosing United, you're choosing to support a family owned, Australian business.

4. Price Stability

We collaboratively forecast future volumes and usages, then negotiate with our suppliers, ensuring we mitigate volatility and inflationary inputs on pricing where possible. 

5. Convenience

Our wide branch network ensures stock and expertise is never far away. 

6. Product Diversity

Not only do we stock and supply a wide range of products, we also source non-standard items, from our global sources.