FASTENER FAIR USA 2025 Music City Center, Nashville, TN Fastening 101 at Fastener Fair USA Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Sponsored by Star Stainless 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Instructor: Laurence Claus, IFI Director of Education and Training View the class flyer COURSE OVERVIEW Fastening 101 at Fastener Fair USA is an all-day class brought to you by the Fastener Training Institute. Explore the nuances of fastener applications and design concepts to understand why certain head styles, drive features, thread forms, materials, heat treatments and plating and coatings are used. Come for the class and stay for the show – or come to the show and take the class - and boost your fastener knowledge well beyond the basics. Fastener expert Laurence Claus, Industrial Fasteners Institute’s Director of Education and Training, will engage attendees of all levels and across all specialties, with a special emphasis on OEM’s. By day’s end, attendees will have a vast appreciation of the diversity and breadth of fastener designs, understand how fasteners are produced and recognize cost variations across fasteners. CURRICULUM INCLUDES • How fasteners are made • Fastener production methods • Fastener design and material options • Head styles and drive features • Heat treatments • Platings and coatings • Fastener engineering concepts • Torque, tightening, tension, stress and bolt strength • Market segments WHO SHOULD ATTEND This class is ideal for OEM’s, engineers, sales professionals, quality assurance professionals, purchasers, those in sourcing & quoting, marketing or management as well as anyone interested in learning more about fasteners. REGISTRATION AND PRICING OPTIONS Class + Exhibit Hall: $399 Includes all-day training on May 27 with exhibit hall access on May 28- 29. The price increases to $499 on May 6, 2025. Class + Exhibit Hall + Networking Party: $469 Includes all-day training on May 27, exhibit hall access on May 28-29 plus a ticket to the Fastener Fair USA networking party on May 28 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Honky Tonk Bar. Food, drinks and activities are included. The price increases to $569 on May 6, 2025. Visit the FTI Booth Stop by booth #641. Let FTI help your business with in-person, online, on demand and on-site training classes. Join FTI for Additional Learning in the Exhibit Hall Ask the Experts Panel: Wednesday, May 28, 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Cancellations must be made in writing. Individuals will receive a written confirmation of cancellation from Fastener Training Institute. All no-shows will be invoiced for full registration fees. The Fastener Training Institute reserves the right to change instructors or cancel seminars and cannot be held responsible for costs incurred other than the registration fee.