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MOMENT IN ENGLISH
THE HIDDEN HEROES
OF INDUSTRY: FASTENERS
CONSISTING OF PIECES LIKE SCREW, BOLT, NUT, WASHER, PAILETTE AND RIVET; FASTENERS HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT
ROLE OF HOLDING TOGETHER ALL KINDS OF GOODS THAT WE ARE USING IN OUR DAILY LIFE. FASTENERS ALSO PLAY AN
IMPORTANT ROLE FOR MACHINERY SECTOR TOO. AS AN ESSENTIAL FOR MANUFACTURING, FASTENERS HAVE 42 BILLION
DOLLARS OF EXPORTS VOLUME GLOBALLY. TURKEY IS BETWEEN THE FIRST 10 COUNTRIES ON FASTENERS PRODUCTION,
AND BETWEEN THE FIRST 3 IN EUROPE. TURKEY IS ALSO THE 21ST BIGGEST FASTENER EXPORTER OF THE WORLD.
F
asteners are con-
sisting of pieces
like screws, bolts,
nuts, washers and
rivets and used frequently
in industry for connecting
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materials together. Since
fasteners are essential for all
kinds of manufacturing sec-
tors, they are heavily used
in industry and in our daily
lives. Consisting of more
than 3.500 different piec-
es, fasteners are frequently
used in a quite wide range;
from construction to auto-
motive; household applienc-
es to electricity, furniture to
electronics, defence industry
to aviation and space indus-
try sectors.
There is a quite interesting
anecdotal about the in-
dustry’s essential element,