5/2/2016 3:24:00 PM
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SHOW NEWS: Exhibitors Up 46% for 2016 Fastener Fair Turkey
More than 190 exhibitors – for a 46% increase over the 2014 trade show – took part in the third Fastener Fair Turkey.
Fastener Fair Turkey was held March 30-31, 2016, at Istanbul Expo Centre.
About half of exhibiting companies were Turkish. There were exhibitors from 18 other nations, including France, Germany, Italy, Poland, the United States, China, Malaysia and Taiwan. Foreign exhibitors included leading manufacturers of fastener manufacturing technology.
A total of 1,700 managers, engineers and buyers visited the event. Foreign visitors from 38 countries totaled 10% of attendees. Half of visitors were wholesalers (25%) or distributors (24%); 21% were end-users; and 30% were fastener and fixings manufacturers.
Major sectors represented were automotive, hardware and DIY, construction, mechanical engineering, electrical products and domestic appliances, agricultural and off highway machinery, distribution, HVAC and furniture manufacturing.
Managing directors or board members accounted for 33% of attendees; entrepreneurs 17%; engineers and technicians 14%; department heads and senior managers 12%; and purchasers 12%.
Olivia Griscelli, exhibition director for show organizer Mack Brooks Fuarcılık AŞ, said the increase in the number of companies taking part in this year’s show “confirms the strength and importance of the fasteners market in Turkey. It was also pleasing to see that visitors to the event included so many top level managers.”
“Regional events and recent security issues had a slight impact on the number of foreign visitors attending this year but we are confident that Fastener Fair Turkey will continue to go from strength to strength,” Griscelli added.
Mack Brooks’ Fastener Fair exhibitions are held in India, Italy, Mexico, Russia and the flagship event Fastener Fair Stuttgart. Web: fastenerfair.com
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