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Supporting our Key Workers

With many of our customers still open for business, we recognise the importance of our role in the supply chain, and we are working tirelessly to make sure we continue delivering to you the products and services you need, when you need them.

In recent open letters, the UK Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, has praised supply chain members to the Manufacturing sector – we are one of them. On behalf of the Government, he asked for our ongoing and continuous support in the supply of business-critical products to the NHS and to companies operating in Critical National Infrastructure sectors. 

Some of the Key Sectors we are servicing during these difficult times are:-
NHS
Construction
Energy (Oil & Gas, Renewables, Nuclear)
Defence
Transport
Repair & maintenance
Food & drink

We continue with business as usual, therefore, we are in a great position to meet whatever requirements you might have.

As we continue to navigate through these difficult times, we would like to reassure you that, whilst we are open for business, we have adopted numerous measures to keep our employees, suppliers, and customers, safe.

On behalf of the Thomas Smith Fasteners team please take care, stay safe, and thank you for your continued support.

Thomas Smith Fasteners continue to monitor the outbreak of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus). We are following the Government guidelines in order to protect our staff’s health while trying to maintain our outstanding service to you, our customers. 

Placing your orders:
1. Call to place an order and arrange payment with our sales team.
+ 44 1942 520 260 (Wigan) or +44 1698 826 464 (Glasgow)
However, some members of staff are now working from home, which could affect our response, we ask for your patience in this matter.

2. Inform our sales team when you require your items allowing us appropriate time to prepare your order.

3. When collecting please be aware of the government guidelines, staying two metres away from staff and remain within our cordoned zones.

4. Our web shop is open 24/7 and monitored, please visit:
www.thomassmithfasteners.com/shop
Items ordered via our web shop will be delivered, subject to carrier guidelines. We kindly ask for your understanding and support in these challenging times.

If you have any enquiries, we can be reached via our email address: sales@thomassmithfasteners.com (Wigan) glwsales@thomassmithfasteners.com (Glasgow)
It may take a little longer than usual to answer your enquiries, again we ask for your patience in this matter.

We thank you for your understanding and support and like to take this opportunity to wish you all good health. Take care of yourself and others.

Stay At Home https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance

Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home)

If you go out, stay 2 metres (6ft) away from other people at all times

Wash your hands as soon as you get home

Do not meet others, even friends or family.

You can spread the virus even if you don’t have symptoms. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance

Industrial fastener and engineering supply continues at Thomas Smith Fasteners under Government coronavirus guidelines and restrictions. Our partner UK manufacturing operations are still available to us for manufacturing nuts, bolts, washers and studbolts.

March 2020 – Body work well under control www.trevorfarrington.co.uk

Update 25/03/2020

Thomas Smith Fasteners continue to monitor the outbreak of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus). We are following the Government guidelines in order to protect our staff’s health while trying to maintain our outstanding service to you, our customers. 

Placing your orders:
Our web shop is open 24/7 and monitored, please visit:
www.thomassmithfasteners.com/shop
Items ordered via our web shop will be delivered, subject to carrier guidelines. We kindly ask for your understanding and support in these challenging times.

If you have any enquiries, we can be reached via our email address: sales@thomassmithfasteners.com (Wigan) glwsales@thomassmithfasteners.com (Glasgow)
It may take a little longer than usual to answer your enquiries, again we ask for your patience in this matter.

At present our Sales Team are available over the phone;
+ 44 1942 520 260 (Wigan) or +44 1698 826 464 (Glasgow)
However, some members of staff are now working from home, which could affect our response, we ask for your patience in this matter.

Strict changes, and Government Guidelines have been put into place to protect our staff and to keep up the day to day running of our business.

In this difficult situation, we would like to highlight that we are very proud of all our staff at Thomas Smith Fasteners who are working hard to ensure that our service and deliveries continue to service our customers during this challenging period. 

We thank you for your understanding and support and like to take this opportunity to wish you all good health. Take care of yourself and others.

Much work has taken place on the engine at Headshop UK (https://www.head-shop-uk.co.uk/car-engine-reconditioning-services) following the last report in July 2017. The main assembly has continued smoothly

As always any fasteners required were provided by https://www.thomassmithfasteners.com/

with the specials and non-standards made within the group at our onsite workshop who re-engineered the studs and bolts to the specification required. The flywheel bolts produced by our factory are visible in the picture below.

The fly wheel bolts seen above were all manufactured in our factory.

The image below shows John, the boss, at Headshop UK working on the oil/water pump which is in a combined casting on this F 101 AC 001 Ferrari engine.

It was the failure of this pump which prompted the re-build when the oil and water was found to be mixed in the sump. Restoration experts claimed that it could be a cracked block or at the best a failed head gasket. John has proved his worth by finding the problem and arranging a cost-effective solution to fix this pump. The repair required a good clean, along with new bearings as the originals had disintegrated, and a replacement gasket and seal set.

More news about the engine rebuild to follow shortly.

Thomas Smith Fasteners will be exhibiting at Northern Manufacturing 2019.

Get your free ticket by clicking on the link above and come and say hello to us on stand A23!