Forming Our Future
2801 Huffman Boulevard, Rockford, IL 61103 USA
Phone: 815-969-4100 or Fax: 815-964-2300
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Vision Statement
- "To be known as the premier provider of innovative products for the fastening and engineered component marketplace."
About Us:
Award Winning Service:- 24 Hour Response Time on Requests.
- TS16949:2002, ISO9001:2000, A2LA Lab at your disposal.
- Our Customers single us out with their Supplier Awards.
- Just ask our customers.
- Lets discuss a JIT or stocking program.
- We can assist you with developing designs.
- Utilize Nagform, Nagsim, and AutoCAD.
- Fastener and cold forming problem solving.
- Leader in fastener and cold forming technology.
- Winner of the Governors Pollution Award.
- See our Native Land Prairie.
- Check out our Green Initiative.
- We work to your industry standards.
- Designed hundreds of customer specific solutions.
- GSX, ANXVelocity, TradeBeam, etc...
- Established in 1953 and still growing.
- Just talk with our sales team.
Looking for Fastener Manufacturers, Fastener Suppliers, Screw Manufacturers, Screw Suppliers, Bolt Manufacturers, Bolt Suppliers, Metric Fasteners, Metric Screws, Metric Bolts, Engineered Fasteners, Special Fasteners, Precision Fasteners with MAThread® and MATpoint®? With over 50 years of experience Specialty Screw Corporation located in Rockford Illinois has the expertise and technology needed to satisfy the most demanding customer specifications for precision fasteners. Our manufacturing facility utilizes the most current technology for engineering design, primary and secondary production operations, inspection, sorting, and packaging. We can help you with all your engineered and precision fastener requests.
Our value added secondary department includes trimming, drilling, tapping, milling, shaving, roll threading, roll forming, flattening, slotting, and pointing. We believe we can manufacture the world’s best fasteners and have received multiple awards for satisfying our customers. Take a moment and view our multiple blog lists for Awards, Specialty Screw News, Precision Fastener News, etc...
Our equipment and service capability has made Specialty Screw Corporation a leading provider of fasteners and cold headed products for a variety of markets such as:
- Automotive
- Electrical
- Recreational
- Hardware for hand tools, doors, furniture
- Outdoor Power Equipment
- Commercial and Construction Hardware
- Distribution
- Metal inserts for molded rubber/plastic products
Metric Fastener News
Metric Fasteners
Many issues still surround the use of the Metric System in manufacturing today. In the 70’s there was an effort to increase the use of the metric system in the United States. Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, then the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act in 1988, making the metric system the preferred method. Today the US still does not consider the metric system as its primary or preferred means of measurement. Looking more specifically at the manufacturing of fasteners, screw, and bolts metric fasteners are in a large part driven by the Automotive Industry. Let’s start with design and engineering. In the 70’s many companies were still on draft boards, however today we fully utilize CAD systems which not only let us draw parts to size instead of scale, they easily switch between the english and metric systems of measurement. However specifications are still hard to get in metric, Why is there not a IFI standard for metric hex washer head when one is available in inches? The shop floor and manufacturing process is full of more english measurement potholes. Converting to inches shaves 10ths off of tolerances by rounding. Lathes, mills, grinders,... Read more
Continue to Capabilities.Precision Fastener News
What is MAThread
The greatest challenge faced in the assembly of automobile has been cross threading. Assembly failures due to cross threading and galling are both disruptive and expensive. The innovative MAThread® completely eliminates this problem, lowering costs for auto makers. It was realized that MAThread is not only the solution to this problem but almost all the problems associated with car assembly, which accounts for approximately 97% of the problems. MAThread® is advantageous because it is unaffected by excess paint and it is sensitive towards tool speed. They correct off-angle installations and force component alignment without thread damage as well as improve operator ergonomics... Read more
The Fastener Manufacturer You Can Rely On
There are many different types of fasteners that are available. So, what are the criteria that you should focus on when looking for the right fastener manufacturer for your specific product demands? First of all, you need to know that there are a wide range of fastener varieties to choose from, which includes screws, bolts, rivets, double end studs, etc… to name a few. Fasteners are made of various types of materials and this is due to the nature of how they are used. You need specific materials for every different fastener. Stainless steel has always been the first choice for the manufacturing of fasteners. Some say that it is due to its ability to stand against the cosmetic... Read more
What is MATPoint®?
MATPoint® is one of the many available designs of MAThread®. The others are MAThread® dog point, MAThread® PPoint and MAThread® Radiused Point. They are all extremely versatile and feed well in the application. The MAThread forces the two thread helixes to align, every time, without fail. The fasteners then drive easily, with reduced effort. MATPoint works with all types of nuts and internal threads, including lock nuts, making it very useful. It has unrivaled anti-cross thread performance whereby the MATPoint® never cross threads. This is backed with a hundred percent success record. It makes paint cutters obsolete due to the fact that it is unaffected by paint in internal... Read more
Awards
Specialty Screw Corporation Receives Malco Preferred Supplier Award
For the second year in a row Specialty Screw Corporation received the Malco Products Preferred Supplier Award. Specialty passed a rigorous evaluation that set us apart from our competition. All of the parts Specialty supplies Malco are an integral part of their business. Malco purchasing evaluated Specialty on our Quality, Lead Time, Service, and Price. Specialty rated high enough within all of these areas to be awarded this award. This award ensures Specialty Screw Corporation will be considered for new Malco business opportunities in the future. Located in the Midwest and Chicago Land Area, Specialty Screw Corporation is a Rockford Illinois Fastener Manufacturer, Screw... Read more
Specialty Screw Receives Supplier Award
Each year Spartan Light Metal Products awards a plaque to those suppliers that achieve 100% on-time delivery and 100% good quality for an entire calendar year. Specialty Screw Corporation has met the requirement for 2007. Spartan states “We are proud of our supplier base. We consider our suppliers to be the best in the industry. We feel our suppliers provide us with a competitive advantage. Specialty Screw Corporation stands out as one of the elite. Congratulations on a great year!” Sparton Light Metal Products “The Global Value Leader in Light Metal Technologies… thru engineered solutions and competitive costs” Located in the Midwest and Chicago... Read more
Specialty Screw News
Exelon Grant Improves Lighting
Specialty Screw Corporation was fortunate to receive a grant through our electrical energy provider, Exelon, and facilitated by our electrical component supplier, Steiner Electric, that paid for approximately 25% of the material and labor cost in retro fitting our T12 florescent lamps with the more energy efficient new electronic ballasts, reflectors and T8 florescent lamps. This reduced our energy load for those lamps by 50% that equates to a 2.37 year payback. In addition in our shipping/receiving area, we replaced six (6) metal halide lamps of 400 watt output each with six lamp florescent fixtures of 192 watt per fixture. Also, in our low traffic raw material warehouse... Read more
Interfast, Inc. Joins Specialty Screw Corporation
Interfast, Inc. of Toronto Canada has joined forces with Specialty Screw Corporation as their sales representatives for all of Canada, except the Windsor area. With offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Ottawa this nine person group represents manufactures to print components and systems, specialized clamps, elastomer products precision fasteners, fluid fittings, transportation lighting, and production tooling. Established in 1966, the primary markets they serve are aerospace, automotive, electronics, other general industries. Located in the Midwest and Chicago Land Area, Specialty Screw Corporation is a Rockford Illinois Fastener Manufacturer of: MAThread® Automotive... Read more
