In the Media

March 25, 2024 | Avoiding risks might be impossible, but you can mitigate them by choosing the ideal partners, strategies, and resources for fastener procurement. Being competitive in the manufacturing industry means ensuring access to required fastener parts while continually improving productivity, shortening lead times, and saving money. Essentially, the shorter and simpler your supply chain is, the better.

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December 20, 2023 | It is common to think of a nut or bolt as the weak part of a product, but often that is not the case. By tweaking the type of fastener material, size or other specifications, manufacturing engineers, can resolve torque, weight, stability and durability issues with no change to assembly or procedure.

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December 11, 2023 | Optimas Solutions provides distribution services from locations across the globe, but its manufacturing operations have long been centered on just two: its headquarters in suburban Chicago, and a plant in the west of England.

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November 14, 2023 | Even at the best of times, monitoring one’s supply chain against changing market conditions and emerging risks, can be a daunting task. Add in geo-political or economic disruptions (or say, a global pandemic) and that task can go from daunting to chaotic overnight.

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October 10, 2023 | Optimas Solutions, a global industrial manufacturer, distributor, and service provider, announced it will open a cold-form manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico in the second half of 2024. The Mexico production center will complement fastener manufacturing facilities in Wood Dale, IL, and Droitwich Spa, UK, continuing the company’s near-shoring efforts to minimize supply chain risk.

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