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CBAM READY?
     The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism legislation 
came into play in January 2026, meaning businesses importing specific 
materials to the EU, as well as non-EU manufacturers that supply those 
materials, are now required to provide product-specific carbon data to 
support compliance.
Do you import any of the following products into the EU?
Cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity, or hydrogen.
If so, you need a CBAM account number or a CBAM application reference 
number under the new legislation.
Show the fastener and fixing community your CBAM 
status on your Fasten.it profile.
To help Fasten.it members stand out and provide reassurance to fellow 
community members, you can now display your CBAM status which will 
appear on your profile page, the search results, and the suppliers directory 
listing. Suppliers can also be filtered by CBAM, allowing customers to 
quickly identify you as a compliant and trusted trading partner.
You can choose from:
 
CBAM Authorised Declarant (Y128)
CBAM Application Submitted (Y238)
De Minimis Exempt – Under 50 Tonnes (Y137)
Not Required (domestic trade only)
Here is how your status will be displayed on Fasten.it.
Read more about CBAM by scanning here:
Talk to us! We would love to hear your thoughts on 
the new regulations. If you have any questions or 
need help with your Fasten.it CBAM profile status, 
email us on info@fasten.it or call +44 3330 164455.
A message from... 
Nicola Beer
Managing Director, Fasten.it
Fasten.it’s 2026 Strategy:  
Make More Friends!
At the start of 2026, we set ourselves a simple 
goal at Fasten.it: to make more friends.
 
We wanted to get out from behind our screens, 
meet more people from across the fastener 
industry and build stronger relationships. So, we 
planned more customer visits and trade fairs, 
and joined the BIAFD (British & Irish Association 
of Fastener Distributors).
 
So far, we’ve visited members at their 
businesses, attended our first BIAFD conference 
in April and exhibited at the Fastener Fair in Milan 
in June. These have been great opportunities 
to meet our members face-to-face, introduce 
Fasten.it to new companies and, importantly, 
hear what’s happening in the industry.
 
And sometimes those conversations directly 
influence what we do.
 
At the April BIAFD meeting, CBAM was a huge 
topic of conversation. We heard how much the 
changes were going to affect distributors and 
how important it would be to understand the 
CBAM status of the companies they work with.
So... we went back to the office and  
got our developers involved!
BIAFD Spring Conference
This is what they did!
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