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From large-scale industrial constructions to small yet vital fixings and fastenings such as screws, nails, banding, wall ties and much more, the metal continues to prove its versatility with a product created by photography giant Nikon. Happy snapping! The Nikon ASC-01 is a small, expertly-engineered stainless steel insert that slots neatly into the hot shoe mount […]

Stainless steel, often associated with large-scale constructions, is also  widely used in the medical sector, forming part of a variety of items from disability aids to surgical instruments. A particularly important use of the metal is in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), one of the most technologically-advanced medical imaging tools in existence. There are around 25,000 […]

Christmas is well and truly in the air and even the worst Grinch can’t complain that it’s too early to be decking everything with tinsel and lights. Like everyone else, all of the staff at BS Fixings are looking forward to a little (actually, a LOT!) of R&R time with their families and friends and this means […]

Due to its exceptional aesthetic appeal combined with an easy, versatile workability unmatched by other metals, stainless steel is a regular feature in the creation of artistic works. A new such work is due to be complete in Calgary in Alberta, Canada. A flash new complex of executive condominiums in Downtown Calgary is the setting for this […]

Our reliance on stainless steel in all areas of our lives has meant that the metal has become an extremely valuable commodity on the world market. With that said, and bearing in mind that our usage of and reliance on stainless steel is never in decline, its price HAS declined sharply in recent years due to increased […]

Last week, we looked at how stainless steel was being used as an artistic medium in the creation of unique sculptures which, thanks to the incredible durability of the metal, are going to be around for a long time to come! Creating art using stainless steel is the opposite aspect to the mostly-functional uses of […]

Now that the clocks have gone back, instances of graffiti are on the increase as the ‘artists’ have extra darkness to work in to create their illicit artwork undercover. If you have discovered unsightly graffiti anywhere on your property and are looking for a reliable, efficient and cost-effective way to get rid of it, then […]

Stainless steel, as you will no doubt already know, is one of the most versatile materials known to man at the present time and so it is literally everywhere, in so many products that there is no real way to even start counting them. Suffice to say that if the metal suddenly ceased to exist […]

If you are in the construction trade or something similar, then there probably isn’t much we can tell you about nails, screws and other stainless steel fixings that you don’t already know. Even as that sentence was completed, it already started to sound like a challenge, so we have picked over our brains for the […]