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Las Vegas Fastener Expo attracts new
exhibitors and expects record attendance
National Industrial Fastener Show/West Preview
The 12th Annual National Industrial Fastener Show/West scheduled for November 2-4, 2008 at the spacious Mandalay Bay Convention Center,
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, is on a record-setting pace with strong exhibit space sales and keen interest shown by show visitors, reports Susan A.
Hurley, CEM, show manager.
“We are running well ahead of previous years transportation from Mandalay Bay Hotel, greens Porteous Fastener Company. There will also be
with nearly 800 booths contracted by 600 fee, cart rental, practice range balls, barbeque an all-day meeting of the finance, credit
companies from throughout the USA and around dinner, awards, door prizes and more. managers & controllers sponsored by the
the world including Canada, China, Germany, A full day conference program will be offered Finance Industry Group Network and the
India, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, on Sunday, November 2. Wisconsin Office of the Business Credit
United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. Management Association.
We already have 73 new companies exhibiting The “Hall of Fame” Luncheon will be held
with us this year and we continue to from 12:00 noon to 1:30pm Sunday, November
receive new inquiries and 2. This year’s honorees are Richard Lassiter,
applications chairman & CEO, Vegas Fastener Manufacturing,
Las Vegas, Nevada and William Liao, chairman,
Fastener World, Inc., Tainan, Taiwan. The
luncheon is open to all show exhibitors and
visitors.
The always popular and well attended Gala
welcoming reception will be held from 6:00pm
to 7:00pm, Sunday, November 2 at the
Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
Complimentary beverages and hors
d’ oeuvres will be served. This fun-filled event is
open free of charge to all show exhibitors and
visitors wearing a 2008 West show badge.
The two-day exhibition will be open from
9:00am to 4:00pm, Monday, November 3 and
from 9:00am to 2:00pm, Tuesday, November 4.
Show Show visitors are invited to view the entire
Management is
Show and Conference schedule and register
sponsoring a free
on-line at www.fastenershows.com. “On-line
seminar on
registration is fast, simple and secure”,
“Customs and
promises Denise Hill, registration manager.
on a near-daily border protection
basis. Space sales are tools for the
running well ahead of fastener trade”
the same period last presented by Kathy
year. We are also Campanelli, who is
seeing companies national import
reserving more space specialist for
with exhibitors fasteners working
averaging 1.3 booths for the U.S. Customs
per company as and Border
compared to 1.2 booths per Protection service.
company in 2007. At this rate, we expect to Other programs include: an applications
exceed 900 booths, completely filling the engineering workshop taught by Jim Speck, PE
available space. We urge interested companies of Johnson Gage; a Dimensional & Material William Liao and Richard Lassiter – this
to secure their exhibit space now to avoid Specifications Workshop sponsored by the Los year’s Hall of Fame recipients
missing out on the “World’s Largest” Fastener Angeles Fastener Association (LAFA) and
Expo”, adds Ms. Hurley. presented by Salim Brahimi, IBECA Technologies
Activities get underway with the Fastener and Carmen Vertullo, CFS, Simply Better; and a
For additional information contact Susan
Industry Open Golf Tournament from 12:00 noon compelling program on US/Asian Fastener
Hurley, show manager or Denise Hill, assistant
to 6:00pm on Saturday, November 1 at Desert Market Trends and Update sponsored by the
show manager at 001 (614) 895-1279, email
Pines Golf Club. This funfilled event is open to Western Association of Fastener Distributors
info@fastenershows.com or visit the Show’s
golfers of every skill level and includes roundtrip (WAFD) and presented by Bruce Darling, web site at www.fastenershows.com.
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