2013 Global Fastener Industry CEO Summit, the concurrent activity of 2013 Fastener Expo Shanghai, is going to stage in the afternoon of June 20 in Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China.

According to the official release, six heavy-weight guest speakers from mainland China, United Kingdom, USA, Europe, Italy and Belgium are fixed to make speeches in this CEO Summit. They will speak on the theme of Establish New Order for Global Fastener Industry, exploring the development trend of global fastener industry, the impact of information industry on traditional industry and how to respond, and what efforts could be made to promote free trade.

Aiming to promote global fastener industry communication and development, the CEO summit will provide a highest platform for global fastener experts to share their successful experience and to enhance business relationship. It is expected.

First look at heavy-weight guest speakers:

Mr. Feng Jinyao  
President of China Fastener Industry Association
The total output of Chinese automobiles is expected to reach 19.6 million units, which will far exceed the total output of EU (including Russia). China fastener industry is not only a supplying market but also a global demanding market with increasing purchasing volume. Mr. Feng Jinyao has a quite deep understanding on how to explore Chinese markets especially the auto fastener market. Being the president of China Fastener Industry Association and the boss of Shanghai SQB Automotive Fasteners Co., Ltd, Mr. Feng Jinyao has professional industry experience, which must be very helpful for the overseas fastener counterparts who want to enter Chinese market.

Mr. Jim Barker
CEO of Trifast Plc
Jim’s knowledge of the fastener industry spans 40 years during in which time he has travelled a phenomenal 1.5 million miles worldwide in pursuit of business opportunities. During this period Jim has not only worked in the UK but in Asia too. The Asian operation has now grown to 12 locations and a vital part of the Trifast Group.Along side business activities Jim has always taken an interest in the various Fastener Associations and has served time on the Executive Board of the European Fastener Distributors Association (EFDA) and as Chairman for the British Association of Fastener Distributors (BAFD). Also on a national level he has served on the Regional Board of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Jim Barker will share about how Trifast Plc can catch up with the technology development trends and to discuss why customers need solution but not product itself when confronted with different customer demand.

Mr. Robert Shieh
President of Brighton Best International
What is the secret of BBI’s success? What BBI will expect after five year? As the big fastener importer of Mainland China and Taiwan, what kind of experiences could BBI share and what advice will it give to the Asian suppliers?

Mr. Phil Matten 
Chief Editor of Fastener + Fixing Magazine 
As the Chief Editor of the most professional fastener industry magazine Fastener and fixing, Phil has been in fastener industry for decades with deep understanding of EU fastener market’s situation and development trend of EU fastener Market. He has close relationship with EU fastener enterprises. Phil will introduce EU fastener status and the fastener demand marker of EU, share the procurement strategies and procurement trend of EU distributors.

Mr. Gian Marco Dalpane
President of UDIB (Union of Italian Bolts Distributors)
Owner and Manager Director of LA BULLONERIA EMILIANA SRL and SAPPINO SRL
As the President of UDIB (Union of Italian Bolts Distributors), member of the board since 4 years and son of one of its founder, Mr. Gian Marco Dalpane will give us a speech on “ new “media” technologies applied to the fasteners sector with an overlook on the Italian Specific Market.”

Wilhelmus Romijnders
Commercial Director of Nedschroef （Belgium）
Started in 1894, the Nedschroef group has been continuously engaged in this line for more than a century.In 1962 the invention of a revolutionary hot forging machine resulted in the establishment of the Nedschroef Machine Factory in Belgium.Now, it has 1,600 employees served in 14 countries worldwide.As a leading supplier of multi-sataion cold formers, tooling and technology, Nedschroef will be a global fasteners partner to the industry market. Director Romijnders will share the productivity trends and solutions offering to meet the demands of fastener producers. High quality fasteners: lower costs and less time. 

For more guest speakers' information, please visit http://ceo.fastenerexpo.cn/  

CEO Summit Agenda