Posted by Traveling Salesman at 10/27/2013 10:11 PM
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The 2013 Vegas Fastener Show has come and gone. Attendance was very strong and I’m sure the show organizers have got to be quite pleased with this year’s show. From the feedback I received, I think most exhibitors had plenty of traffic and felt this was a good show.Certainly one of the unique stories of the 2013 show was the recent acquisition of Porteous Fastener by Brighton-Best International. As big as that story is, the overall tone of the show was not a whole lot different than at past shows. Sure, the Porteous people were in red Brighton shirts and I’m sure there were plenty of private meetings aimed at explaining and reassuring customers. But the Porteous people and Brighton people all mixed themselves up between the two booths and it felt as though this long anticipated merger was finally completed and it was time to accept it and move on. I had a few minutes to spend with Jun Xu at the show and he is a very forward thinking, brilliant man and was very open in sharing his thoughts and visions of the fastener industry.(…)
