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News Release from: SFS intec | Subject: Austenitic stainless steel fasteners
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 February 2005
Fastener quality key for Sovereign
The Sovereign Group have decided to continue using only austenitic stainless steel fasteners from SFS intec in its social housing contracts.
The Sovereign Group, one of the UK's largest and longest established manufacturers and installers of PVCu windows and doors, has reaffirmed its commitment to high product quality and long term performance in its social housing contracts with its decision to continue using only austenitic stainless steel fasteners from SFS intec Lancashire based Sovereign has achieved the highest recognition for its Sovereign Commercial contracts with the social housing sector, gaining LHC approval back in the early 1990s and 'All Star Supplier' status with the government's OGCbuying.solutions (formerly The Buying Agency)
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sovereign's social housing work forms the major part of its business, with the company involved in partnering or supply chain agreements with a number of local authorities and housing associations.
These include partnering with the English Churches Housing Group, The London Borough of Hackney and Preston City Council, plus a deal to supply frames to FUSION 21 for Helena Housing.
The company has used SFS intec austenitic stainless steel fasteners in manufacturing PVCu windows and doors since the late 1980s.
Sovereign is a Network Veka System approved fabricator currently producing more than 1,600 frames every week at its 100,000 sq.
ft.
main factory complex in Nelson.
With this level of production demanding around 30,000 austenitic fasteners per week, Sovereign takes advantage of SFS intec's flexible supply chain management solutions which gives its own stores manager the full support of SFS intec wherever necessary to ensure stock levels are effectively maintained.
John Hall, Sovereign's Technical Director said: "The SFS bi-metallic fastener is the best on the market.
We know from experience that unit cost should not be the most important factor when you're producing a quality product that must perform well in the long term.
This is exactly what social housing specifiers need and this is why we continue to choose SFS.".
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