Rightway Fasteners, Inc.

Rightway Fasteners, Inc began as Indiana Metal Coatings in 1991, then changed its name the Rightway Fasteners, Inc (RFI) in 1995, and has continued to grow year after year since that time. 

RFI was established as a joint venture in the US from four well established Japanese owned companies; Meidoh Co. Ltd, Nagoya Dacro, Toyota Tsusho America, and Sannohashi. 

In 2003, RFI expanded its product line by establishing another joint venture. Owari Seiki (OSR) which manufactures screws and nuts. 

RFI now specializes in manufacturing specialty bolts and supplying a large variety of nuts and screws to some of the largest and most reputable automobile companies in the world

RFI also specializes in applying surface treatment such as zinc plating and Geomet coatings.

Currently RFI supplies over 1000 different parts, shipping over 1,000,000 pieces per day.  RFI currently has over 400,000 square feet and approximately 250 employees

History

Milestones include:

March 1991- Established Indiana Metal Coatings (IMC)

March 1993- First plant expansion completed

Dec 1995- Changed name to Rightway Fasteners, Inc and began began major facility expansion for bolt manufacturing

May 1996- Bolt manufacturing equipment becomes operational

Sep 1998- Zinc Plating facility completed and operational

Nov 2000- Received ISO 9000 registration

Sep 2002- Received ISO 9001 registration

Jan 2003- Started nut and screw operations through joint ventures with OSR and SRA

Jan 2004- Received ISO 14001:1996 registration

July 2006- Construction completed of additional storage for raw materials

Dec 2009- Received ISO/TS 16949 Certification

Feb 2011- Installation and approval of HA-05 5th Heat treatment furnace