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At B&G Manufacturing our Chinese-made fasteners
may look
a little like the competition’s…
but that’s where the similarity ends!
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B&G
Manufacturing |
The
“Competition” |
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Supplies Chinese made Fasteners. |
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Have a company-owned
Office and warehouse in Ningbo, China (the
Chinese fastener capital). |
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No.
Mostly relies on emails
and isn’t quite sure where
Ningbo is on the map. |
Have trained
multi-lingual
Chinese Quality professionals on company
paid staff to insure ASTM compliance. |
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No.
Trusts Chinese factories when they say their
product is ASTM compliant. |
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Have company paid
staff in China to inspect fasteners before
shipment to US/Canada. |
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No.
Hopes for the best when they open the
shipping container. |
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Conducts pre-production factory inspections
and thereafter yearly production inspections
to assure factory materials and production
methods meet all relevant quality standards. |
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No.
Relies on pictures of factories and emailed
promises. |
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Confirms 100% inspection of all “modified”
fasteners. |
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No.
Relies on emailed promises again. Uses a
“no-questions asked” policy on Chinese
supplied MTR’s. |
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Supplies all required gauges and quality
checking machinery to approved Chinese
factories. Reviews relevant ASTM specs with
Factory quality personnel “on site” in
China. |
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No.
Blindly trusts the email that said they do
check their fasteners to ASTM standards.
Don’t worry. Oh, and by the way, can you
send a copy of the ASTM specs to us in
China?! |
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Has company sourcing professionals fluent in
Chinese/English in China to screen
prospective vendors. |
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No.
Finds vendors with Google and Yahoo. Orders
product based on “the look” of the Chinese
website. |
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