The Kings Award for Enterprise 2024

HIS MAJESTY THE KING has been graciously pleased to confer His Award in 2024 upon Tension Control Bolts Ltd for outstanding achievements in International Trade!

Arnie Glausiusz : Sales Manager commented,  TCB’s export sales have increased by more than 700 percent in the last six years, I am delighted that Tension Control Bolts Ltd success in export sales have royal recognition!

Driving export sales & international growth and sustaining export sales & export  growth over a 6 year period has been challenging & remarkable in the context of Corona, Brexit, Ukraine.

TCB Ltd have an inspirational team, a phenomenal product and discerning worldwide customer base…”

The TCB brand and the Greenkote TCB is increasingly recognised as the standard bearer for quality within structural bolting.

TCB Ltd currently exports some 20 million bolts to over 30 countries around the world each year.

Flagship projects overseas include Paris Olympic 2024 infrastructure, the Kai Tak Sports Arena located in Hong Kong, the strengthening of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Turbine Hall of Tokomak at ITER, Southern France.

TCB has now supplied over 9 million bolts for wind turbines across the globe, making an important contribution to a greener future.

TCB also supply bolting assemblies for safety-critical infrastructure including rail track joints, and train and truck chassis.

The firm’s environmentally friendly coating called Greenkote® is longer lasting, harder wearing and more cost effective than conventional types of Zinc coating.

Greenkote® is approved by international motor manufacturers including General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, VW, and Audi.

TCB Managing Director Tim Stokes said: “We are thrilled to be recognised by His Majesty the King for our contribution to UK exports.

“We are a great trading nation. The UK is home to so many manufacturing companies shipping their goods to major infrastructure projects around the world. This is something as a country we should be incredibly proud of.

“I’d like to pay tribute to our dedicated staff who put in long hours to produce some of the most advanced bolts available on the market today.”