Hello,
just by any chance if anyone could share a personal contact of someone who deals with manufacture or export of smaller fasteners in larger quantities into Europe.
I would be veeery grateful and also some money can be made on both sides 
https://www.fontec.com.tw/h/Index?key=568296780703
The office was next door to my previous work.
Not sure whether they can communicate in English.
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I see a lot of screw/fastener shop around Taipei. A few around Chengde rd near Shuanlian MRT station. Iâm sure they have contacts for larger quantity too.
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Arenât they just small retail shops? It sounds like OP is looking for a manufacturer, or at most an exporter. Quite different.
Here is a list form this years fastener expo in Kaohsiung, at the show they normally have people that speak English, but donât know if there are on staff full time.
Maybe go through and search them online
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Nice!
Nowâ whatâs a fastener? 
Youâve never attended the Taiwan International Fastener Show? Itâs a biennial highlight of living in Taiwan. Looks like youâll need to wait until 2026 for the next one. 
Small cup bras?
Itâs US English for a fastening, or a fastener could be the person doing the fastening, could be quite festinating.
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Screws, bolts, washers and nuts, clip-ons, anchor bolts, locking pins, locking screws, pinsâŠ. You know small metal stuff.
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Oh manâ no wonder I canât work a bra .
A lot of these shops would be happy to be a middleman for large qty exports⊠they really donât make much money from random folks buying 10-20 M6 bolts every so often. I daresay most their business is from factories ordering truckloads of them.
Itâs better than waiting until 2026 for the next fastener show.
But I did pass by a few factories in Xinjhuan making nuts and boltsâŠ
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Trying to make my point kindly clearly didnât work for you, so hereâs a more blunt version:
Iâm certainly no expert either, but I think you donât know what youâre talking about. Hardly the first time. I donât know why you insist on doing this.
Calling up a small neighborhood retail store to ask them about being a middleman for exporting overseas in large quantities is just an absurd suggestion, and itâs completely different from selling larger amounts to Taiwanese factories. Most of these small shops arenât going to have a clue about exporting stuff overseas, and thereâs definitely going to be a language barrier.
Iâm skeptical also that âmost their business is from factories ordering truckloads of themâ. For âtruckloadsâ, any competent Taiwanese factory is just going to go to the manufacturer because itâs cheaper. And thatâs what OP should be doing too. Paying more to involve an intermediate company that doesnât know how to export stuff or deal with foreign customers and likely doesnât speak English is just ridiculous and unnecessary.
Nobody is suggesting this. For Christâs sake, please properly read what youâre responding to for once. The reason for posting the link to the show was because thereâs a directory of manufacturers/exporters, which OP can then go through and contact those that look suitable. These are companies deliberately targeting overseas buyers.
Even if your suggestion was sensible, which itâs not, you havenât really given OP very much to go on, have you? Theyâre clearly based in Europe not Taipei â are they supposed to look on Google Maps around the vague area youâve suggested for things that look like fastener shops then call them upâŠ?
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How would that help the OP?
visit your local industry relevant exhibition and find a company who knows a company
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If you absolutely need it to not come loose, none of those lock washer/nuts actually work. You would need safety wire to ensure this. Aircraft nuts/bolts are usually safety wired.
Itâs a joke TL. No need to explain this. 
Wowâ you know your way around nuts!
Yes, thatâs what I went through and contancted some of the more promising manufacturers. Sadly I did not find non-official contact who would deal lower prices and check the quality for us.