Northern Precision Opens New Facility

John Wolz

Northern Precision Ltd. opened a new �500,000 (U.S.$881.390) headquarters on the Durham Lane industrial zone of Doncaster, UK, director Steve Smith announced.

The purpose-designed facility includes administration and sales offices, “flowline” product receipt/quarantine, storage and dispatch area and a product inspection and testing area.
Smith described the new facility as “the springboard for yet more exciting news.”

NP reports its customer base accounts for 44 million fasteners sales of �1.75 million (U.S.$3.1 million) annually. Exports to the U.S., Chile, Portugal, Russia and other countries total 27% of sales.

Northern Precision, founded in 1996 by Arthur Smith and Tony Mortlock, in a house with one bedroom for two desks and another bedroom for stock. NP distributes self-clinching fastenrs, rivet bushes, sheet nuts, high-strength and broaching fasteners, weld nuts and studs, cage nuts and blind rivets, special turned and cold-formed components. fasteners Northern Precision is located at Unit 3 Durham Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster DN3 3FE UK. Tel: (44) 1302 836010 Fax (44) 1302 836012 E-mail: sales@npfasteners.com Web: npfasteners.com
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