10/30/2015 12:05:00 AM
NEWS BRIEFS
The total number of booths set a record, but registration slipped 2.3% and the number of distributors were down 7.4% for the 35th anniversary of the National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo in Las Vegas.
• The total number of booths reached 829 – topping the record set at 822 last year. The previous record was set in 2007 at 821.
• Total registration was 4,499 – down 2.3% from 4,606 in 2014 and 4,577 in 2013. The registration record stands at 5,629 set at NIFMSE’s 2007 show in Las Vegas.
• The number of fastener and other product distributors registered totaled 1,248 – down 7.4% from 1,347 in 2014.
• Exhibit staff edged down 18 from 2,477 in 2014 to 2,459 this year. There again were more exhibit staff than all other categories combined.
• Of the 634 exhibiting companies, there were 49 in the machinery and tooling section. A total of 110 exhibiting companies were new to the trade show.
The show was held October 21-22, 2015, at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas.
The 2016 trade show will move to the Las Vegas Convention Center and change to a Tu-Wed-Th format on October 25-27, 2016. Web: FastenerShows.com
Booth numbers are provided by show management. The NIFMSE numbers are total registration rather than actual attendance. The statistics are prepare by Automated Registration Sysems of Frazeysburg, OH.
The trade show, co-founded and co-owned by Jim Bannister and Mike McGuire, was first held in June 1981 in Columbus, OH. The Las Vegas version was first held in 1997.
Next week’s issue of FIN will include more categories of numbers, statistics and graphs plus comments from a variety of exhibitors.
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