Below are some stats from FFUSA as provided by show management. Again, I think it was an excellent show and Cleveland was a great choice for the first show. There are a LOT of fastener distributors in Ohio and the surrounding states and clearly they showed up. Great job, will be anxious to hear about plans for Detroit in 2019.
• 255 exhibitors
• 28,500 sold sq. ft.
• Over 2000 Registrants
• Top 5 US attendee states: Ohio- 46%, Michigan, Illinois, PA, CA
• Over 26 international countries represented
• Over 700 attended the Rock Hof Party
• Great turn out to the Education and Keynote panel
Top industries represented:
• Aerospace, Automotive, Agricultural/Off-Highway
• Civil Engineering
• Construction
• Distribution
• Maintenance Repair
• Electronics
• Energy
• Hardware/Furniture
I just read on a post from Fastener News Desk of the 2000 registerainrs of the show, 10-12% were end-user or engineers. That’s pretty good for the first show!
I would like to see attendee numbers by industry, hard to make a strong statement to exhibit without those numbers unless you are selling to distribution. One can only assume that it was overwhelmingly fastener distribution attendees based off of previous comments. Congrats to everyone involved in the inaugural show. Will this show decrease the attendee numbers for Vegas, I suppose we will find out later this year.
Thanks for publishing the stats. They line up with our experience in the Ningbo Jinding booth. By the way, we are already signed up for next year. See you in Detroit!