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The total number of booths set a record, but overall registration slipped 2.3% and the number of distributors were down 7.4% for the 35th anniversary of the National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo.

•  The total number of booths hit another record at 829.  The record set in 2007 at 821 was broken last year with 822.

•  Total registration was 4,499 – down 2.3% from 4,606 in 2014 and 4,577 in 2013.  The registration record stands at 5,629 set at NIFMSE’s 2007 show in Las Vegas.

•  The number of fastener and other product distributors registered totaled 1,248 – down 7.4% from 1,347 in 2014.

•  Exhibit staff edged down 18 from 2,477 in 2014 to 2,459 this year.  There again were more exhibit staff than all other categories combined.

•  Of the 634 exhibiting companies, there were 49 in the machinery and tooling section. A total of 110 exhibiting companies were new to the trade show.

• There were exhibitors from 38 countries totaling 38.2% of the booths listed in the show directory.  That is slightly above the 2014 figure of 37.3% and below the 40.1% of 2013.

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