Since 1960, Hatboro-based C&L Rivet Company has made custom rivets, fasteners, and micro-precision parts through cold heading and related forming work. Its specialty is turning difficult, often screw-machined designs into precise cold-formed parts, including rivets small enough to measure just .008 inches in diameter by .015 inches long. The company combines 40 headers, in-house tooling, and 12 secondary-operation machines in an ISO 9001:2015-certified facility, with personnel whose combined experience exceeds 500 years.
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Brainard Rivet CompanyFounded in 1916 to make fasteners for wooden keg hoops, Girard, Ohio’s Brainard Rivet Company now produces made-to-print cold-formed rivets and specialty fasteners for industrial customers. The 100% employee-owned company has manufactured more than 854 million pounds of cold-headed fasteners, with a 65,000-square-foot plant that makes most of its tooling in-house. Brainard combines custom production with drilling, threading and heat-treating capabilities, and operates under an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality system.GIRARD, OH
Crescent ManufacturingSince 1960, Crescent Manufacturing has made precision fasteners and miniature screws at its U.S. facility, supplying distributors across a worldwide network. Its small-part specialty covers aerospace and military requirements as well as custom fasteners made to customer specifications, with production ranging from 00-size parts to 5/16-inch and metric M1.2 to M10. Crescent holds AS9100D with ISO 9001 certification and is registered under ITAR.EXTON, PA
SPEEDBEAR FastenersFounded in 1982 to supply military-spec fasteners for high-stress racing applications, Mifflin, Pennsylvania-based SPEEDBEAR Fasteners now supplies rivets and rivet tooling across a range of markets. Its inventory exceeds 12,000 parts, from micro-rivets for computer assembly to structural rivets for trucks and trailers. SPEEDBEAR also applies custom in-house urethane coatings, including colors matched to racing-body materials.MIFFLIN, PA
East Coast Metals, IncFounded in 1977, East Coast Metals, Inc. is a privately held Pennsylvania corporation that manufactures specialty custom fasteners. The company says it serves customers worldwide and can produce orders ranging from a one-piece prototype to thousands of pieces.HARLEYSVILLE, PA