Following enquiries from lighting shops and overseas partners, we have put together a distributor starter range of our best-selling brass components.

Brass makes a lasting corporate gift. This Mid-Autumn season several clients asked us to adapt our square base blocks and knurled columns into pen holders and paperweights.

Brass is mostly copper, so its price follows the copper market. Bar stock prices rose around six percent in the first half of this year.

Brass has long been the material of choice for lamp bodies, arms, fittings and furniture details. Its warm tone complements timber, marble and fabric, and its machinability allows the fine threads and precise joints that lighting and furniture assemblies depend on. At Innovation Global Group Limited we supply a wide range of brass components to lighting brands, joinery workshops and interior designers. Here are key points to consider when specifying them.

Hinge brackets look simple, but a one-millimetre error in hole spacing can stop a cabinet door from closing flush.

In May a hospitality client asked us to supply brass components for a lobby chandelier refurbishment. The brief: match existing aged fittings and deliver within ten weeks.

Our parts are made at 國銅五金廠 in Shuibei Industrial Area, Shipai Town, Dongguan. The factory runs CNC lathes, stamping presses, polishing lines and an in-house packing area.

As more of our clients set environmental targets for their buildings and products, we are often asked how brass hardware fits into a sustainable specification. The answer is encouraging. Brass is one of the most recyclable engineering materials in use today, and its long service life means fewer replacements and less waste over the life of a building.

Plating problems are the most common reason for returns in the hardware trade, so we inspect every lot before it leaves the factory.

Food and beverage spaces are hard on hardware: steam, grease and constant cleaning. Brass handles this well if the right finish is chosen.