16th Shanghai Fastener Expo Opens June 2026

As policy dividends from the 2026 Two Sessions continue to be implemented and the fastener industry enters a period of high-quality development, the annual industry event is arriving as scheduled. The 16th Shanghai Fastener Expo (FES) will be held from June 24 to 26 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. With the core positioning of gathering industry strength, promoting innovation and upgrading, and expanding cooperation opportunities, the expo will create a professional event covering the entire fastener industry chain, providing an efficient platform for industry practitioners to connect, exchange ideas, and achieve mutual development.

As a fastener industry platform, we understand the importance of professional exhibitions. They are not only windows for companies to showcase their capabilities and expand markets but also important vehicles for conveying industry trends, driving technological innovation, and promoting industrial chain collaboration. After fifteen years of refinement, the Shanghai Fastener Expo has grown from an initial industry exchange platform into one of the three largest professional fastener exhibitions in the world. It has become an important bridge showcasing the strength of China's fastener industry and connecting global industry resources. Each edition attracts industry professionals from home and abroad to discuss industry development and seek cooperation opportunities.

This year's exhibition has achieved comprehensive upgrades in scale and specifications, presenting the vitality and development potential of the fastener industry through broader exhibition space, richer product categories, and more professional supporting services. The expo is located at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, an international venue in the core area of the Yangtze River Delta with convenient transportation and complete facilities. Its excellent location not only facilitates domestic practitioners to attend but also attracts overseas buyers and exhibitors, laying a solid foundation for international exchange.

According to reports, this edition will use Halls 1.1, 2.1, and 3 of the convention center, with total exhibition area expected to reach 70,000 square meters, an increase of nearly 17 percent from the previous edition, reaching a record high. This scale increase reflects the exhibition's expanding industry influence as well as the strong demand from fastener companies for exhibiting, exchanging, and sourcing. It also provides exhibitors with ample space to comprehensively present their products, technologies, and solutions.

The authority and professionalism of the exhibition are supported by its strong organizers and supporting institutions. This edition is co-organized by Shanghai Shangso Exhibition Co., Ltd. and China Luosi Network. The two organizers respectively leverage their strengths to ensure the successful execution of the exhibition. Shanghai Shangso Exhibition has years of experience in the fastener exhibition field, with rich operational expertise and deep industry resources. China Luosi Network, as a well-known vertical service platform in the fastener industry, covers substantial global industry resources and can effectively connect exhibitors with professional visitors, enhancing matchmaking efficiency and value.

The exhibition also receives strong support from the Fastener Branch of China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters. As an authoritative industry organization, the branch has always guided the standardized and international development of the fastener industry. Its support not only enhances the exhibition's industry recognition but also brings high-quality industry resources, propelling the exhibition to new heights in terms of specifications and quality, making it an important link between domestic and international fastener industries. In addition, well-known domestic fastener industry clusters such as Haiyan, Jiashan, Yongnian, Daishan, and Suzhou will organize companies to exhibit as groups, showcasing regional industry development achievements and distinctive advantages.

As scale increases, the exhibitor lineup continues to grow. This edition is expected to attract over 1,400 exhibitors covering the entire upstream and downstream fastener industry chain, including both leading industry companies and promising small and medium enterprises. Exhibitors come from multiple domestic industry clusters and various overseas countries and regions, comprehensively presenting the industry ecosystem and development vitality. These exhibitors will bring their latest products, cutting-edge technologies, and complete solutions, providing professional visitors with a one-stop sourcing and exchange experience.

The exhibition will focus on showcasing key segments of the fastener industry chain, with exhibits covering the entire chain and precisely matching the needs of practitioners from different fields, achieving full-scene coverage from research and development to production to application to upgrading. The exhibits are divided into four main categories.

The first category is finished fasteners and standard parts, including various standard fasteners, non-standard fasteners, special-shaped fasteners, and anti-loosening fasteners, suitable for multiple end-use applications such as automotive, rail transit, construction, new energy, aerospace, and electronics. Exhibitors will present their latest achievements in material selection, performance improvement, and customized solutions to meet assembly requirements across different scenarios. Whether high-strength bolts for infrastructure, micro fasteners for electronics, or high-performance fasteners for aerospace, suitable products can be found at the exhibition.

The second category is raw materials and wire products. As the core foundation of fastener production, raw material quality directly determines fastener performance. This edition will bring together raw materials for fastener production, including carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium alloy, high-temperature alloy, and various wire and bar products. Exhibitors will showcase high-quality, cost-effective raw material products, helping fastener manufacturers optimize raw material sourcing, improve product quality, and reduce production costs.

The third category is fastener production equipment and molds, including intelligent and automated equipment such as cold heading machines, thread rolling machines, packaging machines, tapping machines, heat treatment equipment, inspection instruments, as well as various molds and consumables. As the fastener industry transforms toward intelligence and efficiency, equipment upgrades have become key for companies to enhance competitiveness. This edition will focus on showcasing industry-leading production equipment and molds, helping companies improve production efficiency, optimize product precision, and promote transformation of production models.

The fourth category is surface treatment and smart manufacturing technology, including various surface treatment processes such as zinc plating, chrome plating, Dacromet, phosphating, surface treatment equipment, as well as smart manufacturing systems, digital production lines, and inspection technologies. Under policy directions promoting green manufacturing and smart construction, environmental friendliness and durability of surface treatment, as well as intelligence and digitalization of production processes, have become important industry trends. The exhibition will focus on showcasing relevant cutting-edge technologies and solutions, helping companies achieve green, smart, and efficient production.

In addition to the rich product exhibits, this edition is expected to attract approximately 25,000 professional visitors for networking and sourcing. These visitors come mainly from downstream industries such as automotive manufacturing, aerospace, rail transit, construction engineering, electronics and appliances, and mechanical equipment, including procurement professionals, engineers, corporate executives, and industry practitioners. They precisely match the presentation and promotion needs of exhibitors, building an efficient supply-demand matching bridge.

To further enhance exhibition value and promote industry technology exchange and cooperation, this edition will continue the advantages of previous editions by holding multiple professional forums and special events concurrently. Planned activities include a fastener anti-loosening technology forum, a fastener steel forum, a distributor conference, and a B2B buyer matching session. Industry experts, corporate executives, and downstream end-user representatives will be invited to share industry trends, technical achievements, and application experience, providing practitioners with in-depth learning and exchange opportunities. Additionally, a China Luosi fastener equipment procurement festival will be established, with dual support from organizer subsidies and exhibitor discounts, driving on-site purchasing and helping exhibitors improve order conversion rates.

After fifteen years of development, the Shanghai Fastener Expo has become one of the important professional exchange platforms in the global fastener industry, playing a significant role in promoting technological progress, market development, and international dialogue in China's fastener industry. Since its founding in 2010, the exhibition has consistently adhered to its original intention of being professional, practical, and open. It has witnessed the transformation of China's fastener industry from scale expansion to quality improvement and has built a regular bridge for exchange and cooperation between domestic and international fastener companies.

For exhibitors, this edition is an excellent window to showcase company capabilities and enhance brand influence. Companies can use the exhibition platform to comprehensively present their innovative products, core technologies, and solutions, connect with global professional buyers, and expand domestic and international market channels. At the same time, they can gain close understanding of cutting-edge industry technologies and market demand changes, learn from peers' advanced experience, and drive their own product upgrades and technological innovation to achieve high-quality development. For small and medium enterprises, the exhibition is an important opportunity to break through development bottlenecks and expand cooperation channels, using the platform's advantages to quickly enhance brand awareness, connect with high-quality resources, and achieve leapfrog development.

For professional visitors, the exhibition is an important window to obtain industry information, connect with high-quality resources, and optimize supply chains. Visitors can survey global high-quality fastener products and technologies in one place at the exhibition, compare and select suitable suppliers, and optimize their supply chain systems. At the same time, through the exhibition, they can learn about the latest technology trends and product innovation directions in the fastener industry, study advanced industry application experience, and help their own companies improve product quality and production efficiency.

Currently, the fastener industry is in a critical period of transformation and upgrading. Proactive fiscal policies, the rise of emerging industries, and the direction of high-quality development have brought unprecedented development opportunities to the industry. The 16th Shanghai Fastener Expo arrives at an opportune time, further integrating industry resources, driving technological innovation, promoting industrial chain collaboration, and helping the fastener industry seize policy opportunities to achieve high-quality development.

As a fastener industry platform, we will continue to monitor exhibition developments and deliver the latest exhibition information, visitor guides, and product highlights to practitioners, helping everyone efficiently participate in the exhibition and seize cooperation opportunities. From June 24 to 26, let us meet at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai to attend this annual fastener industry event, exchange cutting-edge technologies, connect with high-quality resources, discuss cooperation opportunities, and work together to achieve new breakthroughs and new development for the fastener industry in 2026, jointly building a new pattern of high-quality development for the global fastener industry.