The 2020 Fastener Fair USA will feature educational conferences and a plant tour in addition to two days of the trade show.

The third Fastener Fair USA will be May 18-20, 2020, at the Charlotte Convention Center.

The theme for 2020 is “Holding Industry Together.”

There will be a keynote followed by three-track conferences on Monday developed with the Fastener Training Institute. Topics are applied technology, materials and best practices with business and supply chain management. There will be morning conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday in conjunction with the trade show. The welcome party will be at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

Show manager Carroll Henning noted the supply chain, assembly, measurement and other processes “are becoming increasingly integrated” and the Charlotte show will have “more industry content” in addition to networking and business development. Henning explained that Charlotte is an automotive, aerospace and industrial center. North Carolina has 33 of the top 100 global OEM auto part suppliers and 290 automotive parts manufacturers plus 300 furniture manufacturing firms.

Fastener Fairs are held in Germany, India, Mexico, Italy, Turkey and France. The biennial Fastener Fair Stuttgart is recognized as the world’s largest fastener trade show. Web: FastenerFair.com

The first U.S. edition was held in Cleveland in 2018 and the second in Detroit in 2019. Show management reported “close to 2,200 fastener professionals” in Detroit with 270 exhibiting companies from 15 countries.

Fastener Fair is owned by Reed Exhibitions, which conducts 500 events in 30 countries. Web: ReedExpo.com