What are fasteners?
Almost everything manufactured in the world today is made up of many discrete parts. Some, like automobiles, are assembled using a massive number of parts. However, the parts alone do not make a finished product. They must be joined together, and fasteners such as string, nails, nuts, and bolts are what complete the product. Nifco was the first company in Japan to adapt a never-before-used materialplasticfor use as fasteners. The company has since developed numerous innovative fasteners such as plastic rivets, screw grommets and weather strip clips. An Expanding Global Network Nifco set its sights on the world early on and, beginning with its expansion to Taiwan in 1983, Nifco has since grown into a group with subsidiaries and affiliated companies in twelve countries around the world including the United Kingdom, Asia and United States of America. The Nifco Group supplies products to Japanese automobile and home electronic appliance manufacturers as well as eight foreign automobile man