This article combines my phone interview with Chairman Chang and his speech in the meeting. Looking ahead to the prospects of the international market conditions, Chang said, “Even with sluggish global market conditions and decreased order intakes of some companies, some European fastener companies boldly predicted that the global fastener market value will grow 80% from USD 72 billion in 2013 to USD 120 billion in 2023. Moreover, the latest industrial fastener market report released by Grand View Research also pointed out that the global industrial fastener market demand will reach USD 104 billion by 2020. With the national economic and manufacturing growth in the U.S., China, Brazil, Russia, Poland, and India, the building industry in these countries will continue to grow and drive the demand for fasteners.” – See more at: http://www.fastener-world.com.tw/new/news_detail.php?id=4450#sthash.FhCKNbsG.dpuf
