International Fastener Show China 2020 in Parallel with PTC ASIA and CeMAT ASIA -- Resources Sharing for High-quality Development of Manufacturing in Post-pandemic Era

2020-8-4

Changing landscape of unprecedented scale and emerging challenges caught the year of 2020 by astounding surprise. Since the onset of COVID-19, the whole Chinese nation has united together to battle against the pandemic. With this battle being gradually won and economic trend moving upwards, all industries and sectors accelerate their return to normal. RESET has also been pushed down for exhibition, a wind vane indicating economic prospect. In the post-pandemic era, re-boosting exhibition would push industrial and sectoral resumption specifically when the value of multiple industrial exhibitions is fully tapped by strengthening coordination and synergy, remarked Gary Liu, Managing Director of Hannover Milano Fairs China Ltd.

On 3-5 November 2020, the International Fastener Show China 2020 (IFS China) co-organized by China General Machine Components Industry Association (CMCA), China Fastener Industry Association of CMCA, Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd. and Shanghai Afastener Exhibition Co., Ltd. will be held at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC), in parallel with PTC ASIA, ComVac ASIA, CeMAT ASIA, E-PACK TECH, ICCE,  FBC and China International Special Steel Industry Exhibition and ISA, a grand feast once-in-a-year which will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) on 3-6 November. By joining hands together and sharing information, these concurrent industrial exhibitions will strongly promote high-quality development of manufacturing in the post-pandemic era.

Statistics released by People’s Daily at the end of April revealed that over 99% of manufacturing companies across China had returned to normal. At this critical stage of manufacturing resumption, fasteners, as a fundamental industry for manufacturing equipment and the basic mechanical component with the widest application, assume specific significance given its increasing demand in sub-segments of industry.

Standing as one of the most famous global fastener exhibitions, IFS China 2020 has fully taken into consideration feedback from previous events to improve the exhibition layout to be clearer and more rational. The total area for exhibition reaches 42,000 sqm and is divided into Hall 1 for equipment, wire rods, moulds and consumables, and Hall 2 for finished products, which covers the whole industry.

The recruitment of IFS China 2020 is now in full swing. Companies specializing in fastener equipment, moulds and consumables have actively signed up such as Carlo Salvi, Japan Hardware, Hyodong, 3VIEW, SACMA, Nedschroef, Marposs, Hawers, Aerospace, Ningbo Sijin, Ningbo Haixing, Shanghai Chunzu, Zhejiang Dongrui, Zhejiang Jinggu, Shanghai BiauLi, Kunshan Quanying, Kunshan Taiho, Jern Yao, Hebei Guozhi, Zhejiang Yeswin, Jiashan Green Blue, Taicang Aien, Dongguan Donglong and Dongguan Nisun. Industrial leaders in finished products have lined up for access such as Shanghai Prime, Nedschroef, Changshu City Standard Parts Factory, Zhejiang Tong Ming, Aozhan, Shanghai Auto Standard Component, Handan Meijianli, Aerospace Precision Products, Eagle, China Aviation Industry Standard Parts, Shandong Tengda, Hebei Chengzhi, Kunshan Morgan, Zhejiang Quanyou, Tianjin Enbang, Hebei Wanli, Wuxi Sanxing, Hunan Bygold, Ningbo Jinli, Guangdong Hignsun and Zhejiang Qunzhan. Brands of fastener materials including Baowu Steel Group, Xingtai Iron and Steel Corp., Ansteel Group, Zigong Cemented Carbide Corp. and Suzhou New Best are also on board. Domestic and foreign procurers from sectors of automobile, ship, electronics/electrical appliances, machinery/equipment, aviation/aerospace, construction, rail/transportation, equipment, wires, moulds and consumables will all be on site for business negotiation.

What’s noteworthy is the 23rd Factorynetwork Business Conference (FBC) with a focus on match-making among Chinese and Japanese businesses in lean manufacturing. China International Special Steel Industry Exhibition (CISSIE) which has been successfully held for 14 sessions will alliance with Hannover Milano Fairs this year for the first time. As a dedicated metal, the special steel is an indispensable raw material for fasteners and other transmission components whereas fasteners serve as the foundation for manufacturing and necessary components for metallurgical and transmission equipment.

Gary signified that PTC ASIA, FBC and CISSIE together with IFS China cover the whole industrial chain stretching from upstream to downstream including every link of raw material, equipment, finished component products, sales and B2B. Synergy produced by combining multiple exhibitions supports accurate and highly efficient match-making between supply and demand sides so as to maximize the value of exhibitions. Organizers would arrange shuttle buses for free for each and every visitor conveniently traveling between two fairgrounds.

PTC ASIA 2020 is to be accompanied by the Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Competition (IMIC) of the National Competition of Innovation and Creation in Mechanical Engineering for University Students undertaken by Tongji University. Since its first session in 2018, this competition has been spoken highly of by participating universities, experts and insiders for its role in guiding education, cultivating and selecting qualified inter-disciplinary and systematically-trained talents for industrial innovation, and supporting exchanges and cooperation in talent nurturing. It aims to support the sustainable development of Chinese intelligent manufacturing by raising innovation capabilities. Contestants last year exceeded 900. A sub-competition is to be set in PTC ASIA 2020 to engage much more fresh blood into intelligent manufacturing.

To better satisfy purchasing requirements, organizers of IFS China 2020 have integrated physical exhibition, e-commerce and mobile e-commerce and launched a blockbuster of IFS Online (www.Afastener.com) with 24/7 availability.

Linkage of multiple exhibitions, integration of numerous channels. Keep a rendezvous at IFS China 2020 in Shanghai to plan for the manufacturing future in China and the world in the post-pandemic era.