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Earlier this year both ChinaFastener.info and Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd announced plans for
fastener shows in Guangzhou in the same week – a coincidence this magazine immediately pointed out to both
organisers. While we could not visit either event, as they coincided with Fastener Fair Budapest, reports from
organisers and visitors clearly indicate that the Fastener Trade Show eclipsed AsiaFastener.
Fastener Trade Show shines…
The 2008 Fastener Trade Show, organised by ChinaFastener.info was staged
at the Guanzhou Baiyun International Convention Center, 23 to 25
September. ChinaFastener.info reports that 400 exhibitors participated,
although only 170 of these companies occupied conventional exhibition booths. The
remainder were so-called “standard posters’.
According to the organisers, “the number of visitors exceeded 5,000 from 50 countries and regions”. A total
of 600 overseas visitors were reported, without detailed breakdown, from India, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Italy,
Malaysia, Russia, Poland, Singapore, Iran, Spain, USA, Turkey, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, Netherlands,
UAE, UK, and Vietnam. The organisers also claimed the support of the National Technical Committee 85 on
Fastener Trade Show had 230 Fasteners Standardisation Administration of China, Hong Kong Screw & Fastener Council; Guangdong
‘poster’ exhibitors Province Fastener Association; Haiyan Industrial Fasteners Institute of China; Jiaxing Fasteners Import &
Export Manufacturers Association; Shanghai Fasteners and Welding Consumables Research Institute; and Yongnian Fastener Association.
Mr. Yu Wenhui, general manager of ChinaFastener.info said, “It has proven an unprecedented success. We have received lots of positive
feedback regarding the show. Fastener Trade Show will open its doors to overseas exhibitors next year and we expect there will be many more
exhibitors and visitors, and of course, better services and results."
The event included two “Fastener FAQ Forums” at which eleven Chinese industry experts discussed fastener standards or problems with the
audience. Topics included "Standardisation of Fastener and Thread" and "Mechanical Properties, Materials and Surface Treatment". ChinaFastener.info
says, “Each forum attracted nearly 60 industrial people, including company directors, buyers, technicians and sales reps”. 800 people were also
reported to have attended the "ChinaFastener.info Info 10th Anniversary Reception" held at the Oriental Hall of Baiyun International Convention
Center at which ChinaFastener.info celebrated its tenth anniversary and announced its "2008 Top Supplier" award winners.
Fastener Trade Show banquet.
…but where was AsiaFastener?
From inception AsiaFastener was planned to run alongside Frankfurt Messe’s established AsiaMold event, 24 to 26 September 2008, at the
China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou. Initial expectations were for around 150 fastener related exhibitors. In
mid-August the organisers announced that AsiaFastener would in fact be “integrated” with AsiaMold.
According to the final show report the total number of exhibitors at AsiaMold doubled year on year to 300, with 120 from outside China. 9,655
visitors were recorded over the three-day show, 1,100 of them international. The AsiaMold website includes a range of exhibitor and visitor
quotations expressed satisfaction with the event as well as photographs that testify to
its organisation and scale.
The report, however, does not include any reference to fastener content. Information
and photographs from visitors, though, indicate that, while AsiaFastener was promoted
within the halls, there were actually only four fastener companies present. One
European visitor, who has alleged misrepresentation on the part of the AsiaFastener
organisers commented, “I have most probably more fasteners to show in my private
garage.” Louis Leung, deputy general manager at Frankfurt Messe has told this
magazine “We will go ahead with AsiaFastener next year.’ He also said in relation to
visit complaints, ‘we will seriously look into the matter and try to solve the problem.”
There is little doubt that AsiaMold was a successful event, but it is also evident its
organisers were unable to attract fastener exhibitors in the face of a rival, specialist
event in the same city, at virtually the same time.
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