March 8, 2015 / travelingsalesman /
The Stuttgart fastener show is taking place this week. I have never been to the show but I have heard a lot of people talk about it so I decided to dig in a little and find out a little bit more about it. I went to the Stuttgart Show website and did a little exploring. It was interesting.If you were to look at the list of exhibitors, heck, you’d think the show was held in a foreign country or something. I found only ten exhibitors listed as attending from the U.S. Of those, there were only two fastener suppliers – Alloy & Stainless and Elgin Fastener Group. There were two U.S. based fastener news agencies – Fastener Tech International and Global Fastener News. Several of the other U.S. based firms deal in tooling or inspection including Mectron Engineering, Phillips Screw, R.T.M.Products, Vlier Products and Wrenthan Tool Group. Last but not least, the NFDA is listed as an exhibitor for the show. (…)
