Thus far 170 companies have booked exhibit space for the 2018 Fastener Fair Italy.

Show organizers Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd. said 126 of the companies exhibiting this year attended the show in 2016. There are exhibiting companies from 10 European countries plus India and the U.S. at the September 26-27, 2018, trade show in Milano.

Italy is Europe’s second-largest manufacturing economy, second-largest producer of fasteners and a leading exporter of fastener and fixing products.

Exhibition Director Olivia Griscelli said the first Fastener Fair Italy drew 2,600 buyers, engineers and managers from 58 countries, and in 2018 “we’re expecting even more exhibitors and visitors.”

There will be free seminars on technical, regulatory and market issues such as requirements for stringent quality control. The seminars are devised by show partners Fasten.it.

Fastener Fair Italy is part of the series of Fastener Fair exhibitions in India, Mexico, Turkey, USA, France and the largest – Fastener Fair Stuttgart. Web: FastenerFairItaly.com

•  The first Fastener Fair France will be November 28-29, 2018, in Paris.

Fastener Fair is a series of fastener trade shows by UK-based Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd. Fastener Fair exhibitions also include Germany, Italy, Turkey, the US, Mexico and India, plus the largest fastener exhibition, the biennial Fastener Fair Stuttgart.

For its first edition in France, the exhibition includes manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and end users of fastening and fixing systems and associated products and services.

The exhibition includes assembly and installation systems, fastener-manufacturing technologies, plant and storage equipment and associated services.

• Spring Fastener Fairs include the March 1-3, 2018 Fastener Fair Turkey. There are 190 exhibiting companies from 14 countries booked for the 4th Fastener Fair Turkey.

• The first Fastener Fair USA will be April 11-12, 2018, in Cleveland.