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48 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION - FASTENER TECH ‘19 PO Box 5, Lake Zurich, IL 60047 TOLL-FREE 1-800-753-8338 TEL 847-438-8338 EMAIL mwfa@ameritech.com WEB www.mwfa.net NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY, AFTER PARTY, BREAKFAST KEYNOTE & SEMINARS by Nancy Rich FASTENER TECH ’19 - the seventh staging of “The All-Fastener-Industry Event in the Heart-of-the-Fastener Industry”, is pleased to announce several new features: ¤ “New Product Display” at the entrance to the show. ¤ “After Party” for exhibitors, including a live band, food, beverages and networking ¤ “Breakfast Keynote” with speaker William Strauss from the Chicago Federal Reserve. ¤ “Educational Seminars”, including the following preliminary list: - Why Fasteners Fail - Threaded Inserts and Compression Limiters for Plastic Assemblies - ICC-ES Evaluation Reports – Paving the Road to Product Acceptance FASTENER TECH ’19 is scheduled to take place in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, USA, June 3 to 5, 2019 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. FASTENER TECH ’19 will offers attendees and exhibitors a valuable, cost-effective and easy-to-attend event that provides benefits to fastener manufacturers, distributors, users and suppliers. FASTENER TECH is a biennial event, and once again in 2019 it will be co-located with SUR/FIN®, the annual conference and exhibition for surface finishing professionals, which is organized by the National Association for Surface Finishing, Washington, DC, USA, www.nasf.org. In addition to the above, FASTENER TECH ’19 will feature an exhibition and opening reception. As a trade event, FASTENER TECH ’19 will be unique on several fronts, including the following: the relatively lowcost and ease-of-exhibiting at and attending the show, the all-industry focus, the heart-of-the-industry location, and a high level of participation from fastener industry associations. Schedule of Events Monday, June 3rd 10:00am - 4:30pm EXHIBITOR MOVE-IN 8:30am - 4:30pm WHY FASTENERS FAIL Presented by the Fastener Training Institute® Tuesday, June 4th 8:00am - 9:45am EXHIBITOR SET UP 10:00am - 5:00pm SHOW HOURS 10:00am - 11:30am THREADED INSERTS AND COMPRESSION LIMITERS FOR PLASTIC ASSEMBLIES 1:30pm - 3:00pm ICC-ES EVALUATION REPORTS – PAVING THE ROAD TO PRODUCT ACCEPTANCE 5:00pm - 7:00pm ALL INDUSTRY RECEPTION Wednesday, June 5th 10:00am - 3:00pm SHOW HOURS 9:00am - 10:30am ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BREAKFAST Presented by Fastener Industry Coalition 3:00pm - 5:00pm 3:00pm - 7:00pm AFTER SHOW PARTY EXHIBITOR MOVE-OUT Thursday, June 6th 7am onwards GOLF OUTING Chevy Chase Country Club, Wheeling, IL 7:00am & Noon SHOTGUN STARTS SHOW EVENT ARTICLE CONTINUED ON PAGE 126