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Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
Kingfisher plc. Kingfisher plc is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, England. [6] It has over 1,300 stores in nine countries, and its brands include B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. [7] Kingfisher is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Toolstation is a multi-channel retailer of tools and building materials. It has more than 500 branches in the UK, 90 in the Netherlands, 23 in France and 19 in Belgium. It was bought by Travis Perkins in 2014. The managing director is Angela Rushforth.
Timothy Whites. Wickes. Wilko. Categories: Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom. Retail companies of the United Kingdom. Home improvement companies. Hardware stores.
Henry (vacuum) Henry is the brand name given to a canister vacuum cleaner made and sold by Numatic International, and is the only mass-produced consumer vacuum cleaner still made in Britain. [1] It is most notable for its cartoon eyes and mouth on the body of the vacuum cleaner, making a face, with the hose connector or hose as its nose.
An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand), English wrench (Turkey) or adjustable wrench (US and Canada) is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener size, as with a conventional fixed spanner.
Thread-locking fluid. Thread-locking fluid or threadlocker is a single-component adhesive, applied to the threads of fasteners such as screws and bolts to prevent loosening, leakage, and corrosion . Most thread-locking formulas are methacrylate -based and rely on the electrochemical activity of a metal substrate to cause polymerization of the ...
Pentalobe screw. The pentalobe security screw [1] (Apple nomenclature), or pentalobe screw drive, is a five-pointed tamper-resistant system used by, but not limited to, Apple in their products. [1] Pentalobe screws were adopted by Apple starting in 2009, when they were first implemented in the 15-inch MacBook Pro.