8/4/2009
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SHOW NEWS: NIFS/West, Fastener & Wire Korea

NIFS/West Early Bird Discount Deadline Ends August 30
The deadline for advance discounts for conference sessions and registration to visit exhibits is August 30, 2009.

Registration to visit exhibits at the National Industrial Fastener Show/West is $40 until August 30.  The advance registration price then jumps 25% to $50. Registration at the show is $60.

Prices for four conference programs are $50 to $100 lower by the August 30 “early bird” discount deadline.

Registration is open at fastenershows.com.

Darling, Speck, Vertullo & Factory Tour Featured at 2009 NIFS/West
Jim Speck of Johnson Gage Co., Bruce Darling of Porteous Fastener Co. and Carmen Vertullo of SimplyBetter will lead conferences at the 2009 National Industrial Fastener Show/West.

Vegas Fastener Manufacturing will offer free morning and afternoon plant tours Monday for a total of 100 NIFS participants.

The 13th annual NIFS/West will be November 16-18, 2009 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Conferences and an opening reception will be on Monday and exhibits from 9 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday and 9 to 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

• Engineer Speck will present a full day “Application Engineering Workshop” on Monday.

• The Pac-West Fastener Association – formerly Western Association of Fastener Distributors – will present a panel discussion on “The Effects of the Recession on Global Fastener Markets,” led by Darling. The PacWest program is at 2 p.m. Monday.

• Vertullo will present the Fastener Training Institute’s full day class on “Fastener Quality Assurance: Print Reading & Inspection.” The class is part of FTI’s Certified Fastener Specialist program.

• The ASTM F16.96 subcommittee on Bolting Technology will meet from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday.

• The Finance Industry Group Network and the Wisconsin office of Business Credit Management Association will present a full day program for finance representatives from exhibiting companies.

The opening reception will be from 6 to 7 p.m.

Show management lists 441 exhibiting companies for the 2009 show as of August 4. By show time in 2008 there were 633 companies totaling 819 booths at show time.

For NIFS information contact show manager Susan Hurley. Tel: 614 895-1279 E-mail: susan@fastenershows.com Web: korea-metal.com ©2009 GlobalFastenerNews.com