The global leadership of the Alcoa Fastening Systems Aerospace Products team comes from a distinct heritage of experience and familiar brand names that defined the early days of flight and are still on the leading edge.

We manufacture millions of parts per day for thousands of customers worldwide; and for every aerospace application, material, and design challenge imaginable. Our extensive product offering includes a variety of precision self-locking nuts, high-pressure hydraulic fittings, threaded inserts and studs, panel fasteners, latching systems, bolts, and the latest installation systems to save you time and money.

We manufacture in many materials, including aluminum, corrosion-resistant steels, titanium, Inconel, Waspaloy, A 286 and super alloys.

Contact us today to see what we can do for you.

 

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FC43® Panel Fastener Flyer NEW!

 

Bearing Locknut Flyer


Titanium Mark IV™ Fastening
     System

 

Spin-Lok Flyer

 

Eddie-Bolt 2 brochure

 

Aerospace Products Brochure

 

AFS Line Card

 

AFS Simi Valley Line Card Insert

 

 

Published Articles and Technical Papers

 

High conductivity with low friction
     dry film based coating containing
     carbon nano-tube for aerospace
     fasteners applications
*

 

Recent developments in techniques
     to minimize lightning current arcing
     between fasteners and composite
     structure
*

 

Fasteners

 

The Effect of Machining–Induced 
     Micro Texture on Lightning Current
     Arcing between Fasteners and
     Composite Structure
 

 

A New Generation Cordless Electric
     Tooling
 

 

Evaluation of Alternatives to
     Electrodeposited Cadmium for
     Threaded Fasteners Applications
     (III)

 

* To be published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity (ICOLSE) 2011, 6-8 September 2011, Oxford UK copies of which are available from:

Lightning Testing and Consultancy
Cobham Technical Services
13-15 Nuffield Way
Abingdon OX14 1RL, UK

 

 

Events

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Brands

  • Camloc
  • Delron
  • Deutsch
  • Huck
  • K-Fast
  • Kaynar
  • Linread
  • Mairoll
  • Mecaero
  • Microdot
  • Northbridge
  • RAM
  • Rosan
  • Screw-Corp
  • Simmonds
  • SNEP
  • Tridair
  • Valley-Todeco
  • Voi-Shan 

 

News

Alcoa Executive Vice President Olivier Jarrault to Present at Cowen and Company 34th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference

February 4, 2013

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced that Olivier Jarrault, Alcoa Executive Vice President and Group President, Engineered Products and Solutions, will speak at the Cowen and Company 34th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference on Thursday, February 7, at The InterContinental Barclay in New York. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m. EST and will be webcast live via Alcoa's website, with presentation materials available on-line.
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Alcoa Fastening Systems Enters Strategic Partnership with COMAC
January 28, 2013

NEW YORK & TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS), a unit of Alcoa (NYSE: AA), today announced it has signed a strategic technology and commercial cooperation agreement with Commercial Aircraft of China, Ltd (COMAC). This agreement deepens Alcoa’s existing partnership with COMAC, the main manufacturer of large passenger aircraft programs in China, and reinforces Alcoa’s presence in one of the world’s fastest growing aerospace markets.

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Alcoa Fastening Systems Receives Airbus SQIP Best Performer Award
December 21, 2012
Torrance, California…. Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) has received Airbus’ Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Program (SQIP) Best Performer Bronze award for 2012. AFS was selected out of approximately 250 suppliers for its exceptional quality and delivery performances. AFS supplies fasteners to Airbus for all of their major programs including the A320, A330, A340, A350, A380 and the A400M.

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Alcoa Fastening Systems Receives Certificate of Appreciation from FHI
November 27, 2012

Torrance, California…. Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) U.S.A., Inc. for being actively engaged in the production of various components for the Boeing 787 center wing box, and making an outstanding contribution to the 787 program over the years. AFS supplies a multitude of products, which include sleeved threaded lockbolts, threaded lockbolts, collars, nuts, and bolts from their manufacturing facilities in Carson, Torrance, Fullerton and City of Industry.
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Alcoa Fastening Systems Receives SAE International Award

October 5, 2012

Torrance, California…. Don Youngblood, Customer Account Manager for Alcoa Fastening Systems’ U.S. Central region, was honored with the SAE International Thomas H. Speller Award during the 2012 SAE International Aerospace Manufacturing and Automated Fastening (AMAF) Conference & Exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Alcoa Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes: World and North America
September 13, 2012 

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the eleventh consecutive year, Alcoa (NYSE:AA) has been named to one of the most highly recognized and longest-standing global sustainability indexes, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). Alcoa was recognized as the global aluminum industry sustainability leader as well as the North America leader in the aluminum sector.
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