Fastener industry shows are wonderful opportunities for industry professionals to network and learn about exciting new trends and products in their field. Here are three of the largest and most significant fastener industry events in the United States scheduled to take place in the summer, fall and winter of 2015.
Website: www.allamericanfastenershow.com
Date: September 9th and 10th, 2015
Location: Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel, Nashville, TN , USA
The 2015 All American Fastener Show at the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel will be an excellent opportunity for industry specialists from around the globe to network with United States fastener producers, and to study up close and personal brand-new American products and technologies.
This show is an economical method for exhibitors to obtain sales prospects, showcase new products and build their brands within the fastener industry. Some of the high-profile exhibitors attendees will meet includes representatives for Kanebridge, Earnest Machine, Unique Industries, Inc., Volt Industrial Plastics, Inc., Tri Star Metals, Distribution One, Cable Tie Express, Tennessee Galvanizing, Global Industrial Components, Inc., Hanger Bolt & Stud Co., American Fastener Journal, Star Stainless Screw Company, Bradley Coatings, Delta Secondary, Fastener Technology International, The Dyson Corp., ZaGO Manufacturing Company, The Distributor’s Link.
There is a plethora of nearby attractions for attendees to visit, many of them celebrating the rich musical history and culture of the area. In the heart of Nashville, some of the most popular attractions for visitors attending the fastener show include the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum, the Music City Walk of Fame, the Tennessee State Capitol building, the Tennessee State Museum, RCA Studio B, Opry Mills Outlet Mall, Opryland Hotel Gardens and Honky Tonk Highway.
Website: www.fastenershows.com
Date: October 21st to 23rd, 2015
Location: Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA
As the biggest event of its type in the United States, The National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo is the most advantageous location for companies to promote and demonstrate their goods and services to countless prospective buyers from all over the United States and the entire world. It is also the ideal event for commercial distributors, importers, sales representatives and the like to tangibly observe, touch and purchase the newest product choices and to discover fresh strategies for distinctive and elaborate applications. Conferences for attendees to participate in as part of the program will discuss subjects of important current interest introduced by the Fastener Training Institute and other major industry organizations.
Among the 554 professionals attending the National Industrial Fastener and Mill Supply Expo are exhibitors for companies such as Ford Fasteners, Continental-Aero, GWY and All Electronics Hardware. The industries represented by these exhibitors include fastener equipment and tooling, inspections, diagnostic and packaging machines, abrasives, drills, cutting power tools, and various company safety products.
Visitors will also have easy access to the innumerable attractions in and near Las Vegas such as Pawn Stars Nevada State Museum, Death Valley National Park, the Grand Canyon and, of course, the wide variety of glamorous hotels, nightclubs and casinos.
Website: www.fastenertraining.org
Date: November 2nd - 6th, 2015
Location: IFI Training Center, Independence, OH, USA
The Fastener Training Institute® is merging its services with the Industrial Fasteners Institute to offer a seven-day intensive version of FTI’s advanced Certified Fastener Specialist™ technical training course.
Fastener Training Week features everything that a trainee would encounter in the standard seven-course CFS™ training, only all on successive days. This allows students to complete this course in five days as opposed to seven days scattered over the duration of several months. Furthermore, associates of marketing fastener groups will be eligible for significant discount rates on enrollment fees. After completing the course and taking a final examination, participants will be qualified to obtain the Certified Fastener Specialist™ (CFS) accreditation.
Fastener Training Week includes educational labs coached by leading industry exhibitors such as Carmen Vertullo of CarVer Consulting, Salim Brahimi of IBECA Technologies and Laurence Claus of NNi Training and Consulting. The curriculum will cover thread, material, process and dimensional specifications; quality systems; lot traceability; test reports; print checking and tolerances; thread gaging and dimensional inspection; and torque tension. On these topics there will be hands-on exercises, quizzes to strengthen understanding, and facility tours of the manufacturing and testing facilities Cardinal Fastener, Element Materials Technology and ND Industries.
Some of the most well-known attractions for show attendees to visit in the Independence and Cleveland area include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Museum of Art, West Side Market, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and PlayhouseSquare Center.
