Elgin Fastener Group
Fasteners
Company Overview
MW Components, a division of MW Industries, operates as a prominent US-based manufacturer specializing in highly engineered springs, fasteners, bellows, shims, and other precision metal components. The company leverages a nationwide network of over 20 manufacturing facilities, consolidating expertise from various specialized component manufacturers, including brands like Century Spring, Maudlin, Western Wire, and Ideal Fasteners. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, MW Components focuses on accelerating product development and delivery for custom, stock, and standard parts across a broad spectrum of industries. The organization emphasizes a commitment to quality, engineering excellence (with over 100 in-house engineers), and comprehensive solutions, from initial design optimization through to scalable production.
Products and Services
MW Components offers an extensive portfolio of precision-engineered components. Their spring offerings include one of the world's largest in-stock selections (over 40,000 designs and 55 million parts), alongside custom manufacturing for compression, extension, torsion, constant force, hot wound, cold wound, canted coil, and machined springs. These are produced using materials such as stainless steel, Inconel, titanium, and proprietary FlexNickel™. Fastener solutions encompass thousands of in-stock NAS/MS/AN parts, custom cold-headed and machined fasteners like bolts, nuts, screws (including MAThread® and Phillips II® Drive Systems), threaded rods, rivets, pins, and specialized retainers, spacers, and washers. These are available in a wide array of metallic and non-metallic materials.
The company also manufactures high-performance metal bellows (edge-welded, electroformed, hydroformed) and couplings, flexible metal braided hoses, and U-joints, designed for demanding applications requiring hermetic sealing, pressure sensing, or flexible connections. Additionally, MW Components supplies various shims—slotted, thick, plastic, foundation, and motor shims—and other precision components such as metal stampings and wire forms. Their manufacturing capabilities are comprehensive, featuring advanced CNC machining, multi-slide/four-slide forming, electrodepositing, laser welding, and waterjet cutting, complemented by robust engineering and design support, rapid prototyping, and extensive quality certifications.
