EXHIBITIONS


Fastener Fair announces Brazilian show for November 2011


Mack Brooks Exhibitions, organisers of the leading European fastener industry event Fastener Fair Stuttgart, which will open for three days from22nd


Fastener Fair brand, for the first time, to South America in November 2011.


between São Paulo’s Guarulhos international airport and the centre of the largest city, and commercial and industrial centre, of Brazil. Brazil has a total population of around 192 million and is


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considered the world’s eight largest economy and one of the most dynamic, with 2010 GDP estimated to have grown by 8.8%. The country’s strongly established automotive manufacturing industry enjoyed domestic sales growth of more than 11% in 2009 and is expected to have produced 3.4 million vehicles in 2010. The country’s strong agricultural sector, which includes a bio fuel industry attracting massive investment, is also driving strong demand for commercial vehicles and agricultural machinery. In addition to bio fuels Brazil has a petrochemical market estimated to have grown by more than 12% in 2010 and to receive US$26 billion in investment by 2013. Brazil will host the 2014 Football World Cup, which is already adding impetus to the development of a world-class


he inaugural Fiera de Fixação, Fastener Fair Brazil will take place 8th


– 9th November at the Expo Center


Norte, São Paulo, Brazil. Recently upgraded to provide high quality facilities, the Expo Center Norte is situated


transportation infrastructure. A high-speed train link between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is expected to cost US$7 billion. Twelve host cities are expected to benefit from some US$100 billion in infrastructure investment. Rio de Janeiro will have invested US$50 billion by the time the city hosts the Olympic Games in 2016. Brazil’s consumer markets are vibrant with a strongly


aspirational society driving demand for electrical and electronic goods. Some 175 million mobile handsets are in use, with 62 million produced in 2009 and demand expected to have grown by 12% in 2010. Demand for domestic appliances is growing even more rapidly. As a result of all these opportunities Brazil’s fastener market,


already estimated to worth around US$1 billion, is expected to experience sustained and strong growth in the next five years. Fastener Fair Brazil aims to present, the first time in a single


event, the diverse technologies of a long established and highly professional Brazilian fastener manufacturing industry together with fastener innovations and capabilities from across the world. For more information visit www.fastenerfair.com or email brazil@fastenerfair.com


February, has just announced that it will take the


Ferroforma-Bricoforma on a mission Organisers of Ferroforma-Bricoforma, held at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre from23rd B to 26th March 2011,


have travelled to Colombia and Brazil to establish new relationships between the event’s visiting industries, focusing on importers and shopping platforms of DIY and constructionmaterials.


oth countries are comprised in the list of Ferroforma-Bricoforma’s priority markets that also includes Eastern Europe, the Maghreb and the Middle East. The organisers report that the reception they received during the various meetings and interviews throughout the trip were very positive. Moreover, the organising committee of Ferroforma-Bricoforma received the support of the Spanish-


Colombian Chamber of Commerce and the SPRI (Basque Development Agency) delegation in Brazil, respectively. Also during the trade mission Ferroforma-Bricoforma offered several Colombian and Brazilian associations and companies the


opportunity to coordinate delegations, an initiative that was warmly welcomed. BEC visitor coordinators are also visiting Mexico, Argentina, Poland and Russia within a plan that will also include direct marketing


activities in Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain. Ferroforma has published a provisional list of exhibitors, dated 13th


January, at its www.ferroforma.eu website. 44 Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 67 January 2011


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