Editorial policy

This policy explains how content on Fasteners Sourcing Guide is produced and maintained.

Our standards

• Technical details are checked against published standards and common industry practice before publication.
• The site remains independent of any supplier, manufacturer, or distributor and does not rank vendors by bias.
• Content is reviewed for accuracy whenever standards, grades, or coating methods change.
• Readers can submit corrections, and factual errors are fixed promptly with a note on the date of change.
• AI-assisted drafting is used for structure and clarity, but every article is reviewed by a human editor for technical correctness.

Contributed articles

Some articles are contributed by industry companies. They are reviewed for relevance and quality, labelled as contributed, and any outbound links are marked as sponsored.

Corrections

If you spot an error, tell us through the B2B Network and we will review it promptly.