The International Fastener Expo (IFE) has secured the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas for its annual event through 2020.

For 2018, IFE will be October 30 – November 1; for 2019, the show will run September 17 – 19; and in 2020 IFE will be September 28 – 30.

“Securing the right venue at such an ideal time, multiple years ahead is very challenging in Las Vegas,” said Karalynn Sprouse, executive VP of Emerald Expositions. “We know how important commitment and planning is to the fastener industry and this move enables us to produce the largest marketplace gathering for the 38th and 39th year in a row, with room for continued growth!”

The 2018 IFE show will be concurrent with the automotive specialty products trade show, SEMA, which draws 70,000 participants.

2019 and 2020 will continue with the two-and-a-half-day schedule.

For 2017, IFE did not announced specific registration figures, but declared “a record-breaking 5,000+ in attendance” for the 2017 trade show or a 26% increase over the past two years. That 26% applied to the 2015 figure of 4,499 would make 2017 registration about 5,669.

Founded in Ohio in 1981 as the National Industrial Fastener Show, today IFE has about 70 product categories from machinery to fasteners. NIFS was acquired in 2015 by Emerald Expositions and subsequently renamed IFE. Web: FastenerShows.com

Emerald owns 55 trade shows, including 31 of the top 250 U.S. trade shows as ranked by TSNN. Emerald Expositions claims more than 500,000 global attendees and 6.7 million sq ft of exhibition space. Web: EmeraldExpositions.com