Forge Industries

End Overseas Lead Time Risk.
Boost Fastener Margins to 38%.

US-manufactured corrosion-resistant fasteners. 4-day delivery. 3× the salt-spray performance. Built in Ohio for American distributors.

The Problem

Your Overseas Supply Chain Is a Liability

6–12

Weeks Lead Time

Ocean freight delays, port congestion, and customs holds turn routine replenishment into guesswork.

25%

Tariff Volatility

Section 301 tariffs on Chinese fasteners swing without warning. Your landed cost is a moving target.

18–22%

Compressed Margins

After tariffs, freight surcharges, and emergency air shipments, your actual margin on imported fasteners erodes fast.

Our Capacity

Built for Scale. Shipped in Days.

4-day

delivery anywhere in contiguous US

95%

on-time fill rate (trailing 12 months)

12Mlbs

annual production capacity

3

dedicated production lines for CR coating

Dayton

Ohio

Performance Data

3.3× Longer to First Red Rust

ASTM B117 Salt Spray Test Results — Hours to First Red Rust

Forge CR Coating

1,800 hrs

1,800

Hot-Dip Galvanized

700 hrs

700

Zinc-Plated

500 hrs

500

Test Protocol: ASTM B117 continuous neutral salt spray. Test panels: 3/8"-16 × 1.5" hex bolts, Grade 5. Results verified by independent lab (MetLab Industries, Cleveland OH). Full test reports available on request.

Product Line

CR-Series SKU Lineup

Category	Diameters	Lengths	Grades	SKU Count
Hex Bolts	1/4" – 1"	1/2" – 6"	Grade 5 Grade 8	186
Hex Nuts	1/4" – 1"	—	Grade 5 Grade 8	24
Flat Washers	1/4" – 1"	—	SAE USS	16
Lock Washers	1/4" – 1"	—	Split Tooth	16
Carriage Bolts	1/4" – 3/4"	1" – 8"	Grade 5	72

314

Total SKUs

100%

Stocked in Ohio

Q1 '25

Metric Line Launch

Distributor Economics

Nearly Double Your Fastener Margin

Typical Overseas Import

Base Cost (FOB) $0.12/unit

Freight + Duty +$0.04/unit

Tariff (25%) +$0.03/unit

Landed Cost $0.19/unit

18–22%

Typical Distributor Margin

+16–20 pts
Forge CR-Series

                        Distributor Cost
                        $0.14/unit
                    

                        Freight
                        Included
                    

                        Tariff
                        $0 (US-made)
                    

                        Suggested Retail
                        $0.23/unit
                    
38%
Your Margin on Forge

Case Study

Midwest Industrial Supply

We eliminated 6-week lead times on our top 80 fastener SKUs. Customer complaints on corrosion dropped to zero within 90 days.

Tom Brennan
VP Purchasing, Midwest Industrial Supply
12 locations across IL, IN, OH

$1.2M

Overseas SKUs replaced in 6 months

14 pts

Margin improvement vs. prior supplier

0

Stockouts since Q3 transition

Next Step

Let's Run a 90-Day Pilot in 5 of Your Branches

✓

50 top-turn CR-Series SKUs

✓

Prepaid freight on pilot orders

✓

Co-branded POP displays

✓

60-day payment terms

✓

Dedicated account manager

✓

Full return on unsold inventory

Let's Talk

Sarah Mitchell, Director of Distribution Sales
sarah.mitchell@forgeindustries.com · 937-555-0140

Summary

The Forge Advantage

4

Day Delivery

1,800

Hours Salt Spray

38%

Distributor Margin

$0

Tariff Exposure