10/9/2015
NEWS BRIEFS

The advance registration discount for the 2015 National Industrial & Mill Supply Expo ends Wednesday, October 14.

Advance registration is $55.  Beginning October 15 through the October 21-23, 2015 trade show at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas registration is $65. Attendee registration and a list of exhibitors are online: Fastenershows.com.

The trade show will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. In 2014 distributor registration totaled 1,347 of the 4,606 total.  The record distributor registration was 1,577 in 2007.

The 2015 trade show marks the 35th anniversary of the first show held in June 1981 in Columbus, OH. The Las Vegas show was first held in 1997.

 

General manager Susan Hurley said the current booth count is 827 – topping the record set last year at 822. The previous high of 821 was set in 2007.

Hurley has predicted 5,000 fastener distributors, importers, manufacturers, manufacturer’s reps, independent sales agents, media and others from 35 or more countries will attend.  Last year show management’s figures were 4,606 registered. The record registration according to show management was 5,629 in 2007.

For 2015 there will be conferences on Wednesday: Fastener Technology Workshop, presented by the Fastener Training Institute; CFO, Controllers, Credit & Accounts Receivable Managers. National Fastener Industry Financial Manager Network and Business Credit Management Association; “Are You Making the Most of Specials?”, Pacific-West Fastener Association; and “Cognitive Diversity & Creative Problem Solving,” Women in the Fastener Industry.

There will be a one-hour opening reception Wednesday evening at Treasure Island.

On Thursday the Manufacturers’ Agents National Association will conduct a session on “The Biggest Sales You’ll Ever Make: Your Representative Firm”; and “It’s Not Rocket Surgery: Successful Sales Force Outsourcing with Independent Manufacturers’ Reps.”

The International Fastener Machinery & Suppliers Association will hold a reception at 11 a.m. Friday.

For more information contact show general manager Susan Hurley. Tel: 614 895-1279 Email: info@fastenershows.com