According to the statistics, the global demand of fasteners was 36.35 billion US dollars in 2001, while the number increased by 5% to 46.35 billion US dollars in 2006. It is estimated that global market for industrial fasteners will exceed 50.3 billion US dollars by 2010. Industries such as construction & maintenance, automobile, electronics and electric appliance, industrial machinery, metal products and so on are in great demand of fasteners. Many developed countries such as U.S., Japan, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Korea, etc. see increasing demand for China fasteners year by year. In 2007, China produced the most fasteners in the world in terms of volume, reaching 5.2 million tons, and the export value stood at 3.25 billion US dollars, accounting for nearly half of the total output. The import value of fasteners also grew by 25.9% to 1.851 billion US dollars. These figures show that China plays a key role in global fastener industry. In the future, the increasing demands in the emerging markets would highly exceed that in developed mature markets. The giant China consumption market is still developing. With increasing activities in manufacturing and investment, China will exceed Japan to be the second biggest fastener market after the US. China Fastener Info now covers over 40,000 buyer and supplier members, 55% of whom are supplier members. Many of them are famous fastener companies such as Shanghai Jinfu, Shanghai Jingyang, Shanghai Evan, PSM International, Shanghai Biaowu, etc. as well as equipment and mould companies such as Jagular, Chien Tsai, Ching Chan, Chunyu, etc. 2009 Fastener Trade Show will take place in Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Center, providing more than 600 booths, with a total exhibiting area of 12,586 square meters. As fasteners are the basic parts of industry, they are widely applied to many industries such as automobile (22%), electronics and electrical appliance (18%), construction (20%), machinery (29%), hardware (11%), etc. We will invite all our members and users including international buyers to come to the show. Besides, we will cooperate with associations and media of various industries and attract more buyers to attend our grand events.The 2008 Fastener Trade Show (September 23-25, 2008) which was organized by China Fastener Info attracted more than 5,000 visitors in fastener and related industries. There are over 600 professional visitors from more than 50 countries and regions with 83% of them from China mainland, 4.2% from Hong Kong and Taiwan. The rest are from India, Japan, Australia, Italy, Malaysia, Russia, Poland, Singapore, Iran, Spain, USA, Turkey, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, Netherlands, UAE, UK, Vietnam, Norway, Ghana, Thailand, Finland, France, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Canada, Denmark, Chile, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, etc. Fastener Trade Show is a grand festival for buyers and suppliers in fastener and related industries, regardless of their skin colors. The theme of crossover is 100% embodied in this show. In addition, the 2008 Fastener Trade Show was supported by many nationwide fastener associations, like National Technical Committee 85 on Fasteners Standardization Administration of China, Hong Kong Screw & Fastener Council, Guangdong Province Fastener Association, Haiyan Industrial Fasteners Institute of China, Jiaxing Fasteners Import & Export Manufacturers Association, Shanghai Fasteners and Welding Consumables Research Institute, Yongnian Fastener Association, etc. As the first international professional fastener trade show in China, 2008 Fastener Trade Show demonstrated products including fasteners and supporting products like equipment, moulds, materials, surface treatment, etc. There were nearly 400 fastener enterprises exhibiting in the trade show from areas throughout China covering Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, etc. Compared with other exhibitions, Fastener Trade Show has its own characteristics with 210 poster exhibitors, in addition to nearly 170 booth exhibitors. The domestic exhibitors were as follows:
As the first international fastener show that only accepts fastener and supporting companies in China, Fastener Trade Show is starting to take off from this point. It is believed that the annual Fastener Trade Show will be organized better and better, and will become the indicator and barometer for the development of China fastener industry. China Fastener Info will continue to exceed everyone's expectations and make great efforts to provide exhibitors and visitors with high quality services. |