HISTORY

Fastening Products of Lancaster is a family-owned and operated fastener and hardware supplier located in Lancaster County, PA. We specialize in commercial fasteners and Industrial supplies, In-house screw machine manufacturing, and Military spec fastening distribution.

Founded by Robert Welk in 1971, the company was originally named Welk Industrial Products Company. After serving as a B-17 pilot in WWII and attending Carnege Tech on the GI bill, Robert Welk earned a degree in engineering and began work for the Hamilton Watch Co. He started his business a few years later selling parts to area businesses. Later he expanded into the fastener distribution.

In 1974, Fastening Products of Lancaster was founded, just a few years after adding fasteners to the company's offerings.

Robert's son Randy joined the company in 1981. In 1983, the machine shop was started to help customers get quality parts with on-time delivery. This has grown into a full screw machine shop. Randy runs the machine shop today and also serves as the company's Vice President.

In 1985, Robert's son Curt joined the company shortly after earning a Business Marketing degree from Penn State University. Curt took over the company operations later that year and has run the business ever since.

Over the years, Fastening Products of Lancaster experienced steady growth and now has a staff of 17 employees with many years of industry experience. Today the company has grown into a 25,000 square foot building conveniently located at the intersection of Rt 30 and Old Philadelphia Pike.

MACHINE SHOP

Fastening Products of Lancaster, Inc. maintains an in-house Screw Machine manufacturing facility capable of producing parts to our clients' exacting specifications. We can produce quantities ranging from prototypes to large Screw Machine volumes.

Working with ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, and other composites, FPL offers threading, drilling, tapping, milling, bending, turning, tumbling, broaching, slotting, captivating plate work, and more -- in diameters from 1/32" through 2 1/4".

FPL has the ability to turn your drawings into CAD models and CAM programming for CNC use.

We can produce parts or modify standard fasteners for any industry or application from electrical hardware and testing equipment to small component parts integral to your manufacturing process.

Our highly skilled staff, with over 140 years of machine shop experience can work from blueprints, sketches, samples - or your idea.