New Fastener Distribution Show Announced for May 2010 in Missouri

September 23

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Photo courtesy of Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel

The first All American Fastener Show has been announced for May 6-7, 2010, in the southwestern Missouri tourist-oriented city of Branson.

Heidi Volltrauer, vice president for sales & marketing at Volt Industrial Plastics, told FIN the idea for the show started with the desire for a new, centrally located and small fastener show.

The first year will be limited to 101 tables.

The “Meet in the Middle” slogan for the distribution-oriented show was chosen because of Branson’s location in the middle of the U.S.

Though in future years All America Fastener Show may be larger and have booths, Volltrauer said she doesn’t want to expand to a point that exhibiting companies “get lost.”

Volt Industrial is the initial show sponsor and Volltrauer is seeking other sponsors.

The show is scheduled for the new Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel near downtown Branson and across from teh Hilton Promenade and Branson Landing retail and entertainment district on Lake Taneycomo.

Volltrauer noted there are Payne Stewart and multiple other golf courses, shows and entertainment, Silver Dollar City and the Mark Twain National Forest and the Ozarks as attractions.

Branson opened a commercial airport in May 2009.

Table rates are $695 and $795 for premium corner spaces. There is a $100 discount until February 1, 2010. The rate includes basic furnishings.

“I want to keep prices economical for the benefit of exhibitors,” Volltrauer emphasized.

Attendee registration is $15 in advance and $25 at the door.

Hotel room rates start at $139.

Show management promises “year-round promotion through our direct mail, advertising in industry specific publicatiions, online links to your website and e-mail.”

The show schedule includes an opening reception on Thursday evening and the trade show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Web: allamericanfastenershow.com

Volt is a plastic fastener manufacturer founded in 1992 by her father, Joseph Volltrauer. She has been involved in the family-owned company since the beginning. Web: voltplastics.com

Volltrauer is familiar with Branson because Volt Industrial is located in the Northwest Arkansas city of Flippin, which is within a two-hour drive of Branson.

Volltrauer acknowledged that this is the first trade show she has organized. But she noted Volt has exhibited at trade shows for 17 years an “everyone has a first time in their business.”

Competing Shows

The National Industrial Fastener Show/East is also traditionally held in May, but the 2009 show was cancelled.
The next NIFS/East is scheduled for May 25-26, 2010, in Columbus, OH.

NIFS/East booths cost $1,395 to $1,545 plus furnishings for 2010.

The show has averaged 213 booths in the past eight years and had 164 in 2008.
Distributor registration in 2008 was 321, down 16.2% from 2007.

As of September 18, 2009, NIFS/East lists 23 exhibiting companies for 2010.

Some past exhibitors have been calling NIFS/East “ORFS” for “Ohio Regional Fastener Show” after exhibitors examined the 2008 registration list and found a 50.6% majority of distributors came from Ohio and more than three-quarters from just five Midwestern states. Web: fastenershows.com

The biennial Southwestern Fastener Expo will be held April 8-11, 2010, in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine, TX.

The tabletop-style show is sponsored by the Southwestern Fastener Association and is held in conjunction with its spring conference.

Exhibitor prices for a furnished table is $395 for SFA members and $595 for non-members. Web: sfa-fastener.org

The next Southeastern Fastener Association tabletop show will be in conjunction with SEFA’s 35th anniversary spring conference scheduled March 10-12, 2010, at Caribe Royale in Orlando. Web: thesefa.com

Fastener Tech is held in odd-numbered years in Rosemont, IL, – near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
The biennial show dropped from 165 booths in 2007 to 127 in 2009.

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