Highlights of the Fair

Each year, thousands of attendees from 30+ countries travel to North America’s #1 trade show city, Las Vegas, Nevada to network and do business with hundreds of suppliers showcasing every type of fastener for several industries including construction, aerospace, military, electrical, and automotive. Electronic fasteners, specialty tooling products, special application fasteners, tooling and machinery, hand tools, power tools, service solutions, and much more will be on display. This is the trade show where all types of distributors come to network and see customers, build new relationships, and find new products.

Why Exhibit?

The average attendee spends $1.9 million after attending the show. 88% of the attendees are based in the U.S of which more than 61% are distributors of fasteners and/or distributors of other related products. 66% of attendees say they attend the show to maintain & build relationships, network, see existing suppliers, find new products and suppliers.

Important Industries for the Indian fastener manufacturers:

• Aerospace, Aircraft, Engine & Parts
• Agriculture/Off Highway Machinery
• Assembly, Production & Factory Equipment
• Automotive/After Market
• Civil, Precision, and Mechanical Engineering
• Construction
• Electrical Equipment
• Electronic/Technology
• Energy
• Engine & Turbine
• Industrial
• Maintenance and Repair Operations
• Marine/Ship Building
• Medical
• Military
• Small Appliances
• Truck & Bus & More

Networking Opportunities

The show offers a platform for networking through a range of different events, both on and off the show floor.

• IFE 2023 Golf Tournament
• Welcome Reception Party
• Sessions on the Show Floor
• Fastener’s Hall of Fame & Young Fastener Professionals Award Ceremony and much more!

In 2022, over 1100 distributors, importers, manufacturers, and sales reps attended the Welcome Reception on day 1. Professionals from 37 different countries attended IFE in 2022

India – USA Engineering trade data

Engineering trade accounts for around 25% of bilateral merchandise trade between India and USA. India’s engineering exports to USA witnessed a growth of 47% in 2021-22 and 21.5% during April-Nov 2022-23 compared to same period last year. While engineering imports registered a growth of 50% during 2021-22 and 34.6% during April-Nov 2022-23 compared to same period last year. USA is the top most exporting destination for India's engineering products during 2021-22 vis-à-vis 2020-21 as well as during April-Nov 2022-23 registering a growth of 53% as well as 21.5% respectively. On the other hand, North America region ranks as the top most destination for shipment of engineering products from India during April-Nov 2022-23 with a share of 23% percent of total engineering exports. Major engineering products exported to USA includes electronic machinery and equipment, products of iron and steel, auto components/parts, industrial machinery for diary, aluminium and products, iron and steel and products etc.

Given the profile of fasteners, India globally exports more than 28% of fastener to USA, 11% to Netherland, 10.4% to Germany, 7.5% UK, 5.2% to UAE and remaining 40% to other countries during 2021( Trade Map). While India ranks as the seventh destination in terms of USA’s global import of fasteners and the top importers being Taiwan and China constituting more than 50% share of USA imports, Japan constituting a share of 8.3% and Canada constituting 5.2% share respectively during 2021.

Opportunity for Indian Engineering Industry in USA

Engineering products like Electrical Machinery and Equipment, Industrial Machinery, Ferrous and Non Ferrous Metal Products, Automobile and auto components are the major product groups in the global import basket of USA. Therefore, Indian engineering producers and traders have ample scope to explore the USA market as India exports products of all these segments in a good quantity. With the advent of International Fasteners Expo, one of the largest B2B expo for fasteners, tooling, and machinery in North America, various manufacturers, distributors of the engineering fraternity across the globe are going to showcase their products maintaining proper build-in relationship and networking, identifying existing and new products and suppliers. The event will play a major role for Indian fastener manufacturers and distributors, opening doors to major growth opportunities in this industry.