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We had great traffic. There was a large diversity of people, including architects, contractors, engineers, and manufacturers. We even had an architect drop off some drawings so we could bid on a job for him.
Brian Nelson of Knight Wall Systems
Deer Park, WA |
| This is our first trade show ever and it was very successful for us. The first day of the show we had so many visitors we couldn’t talk with everyone who stopped by our booth. We have leads from architects, vendors and contractors, which represent all of our primary audiences.
Andy Russo, founder and CEO of Sierra Metals
Henderson, NV |
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We had great traffic and a high quality of visitors. Although it was our first time exhibiting, we had walked METALCON several times before and then decided it was a good show for our Titebond metal roof sealant. It’s a green product and bonds to Kynar so this is a great spot for us.
David Braun, Director of Market Development, Construction Products Division
Franklin International - Columbus, OH |
| Our leads from this show surpassed last year’s and the level of interest was much higher than before.
Bill Coleman, VP of Sales for MBCI
Houston, TX |
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This is the most productive show for us in the United States. We again had a great show this year with many well qualified leads and great networking.
Ray Smith, Managing Director, Applicad
Blackburn, Victoria, Australia |
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We had inquiries from all over the world and many from U.S.-based companies working in countries such as Africa where our compact machines can easily be moved from site to site. One of our major targets is the lowincome housing market, particularly in Central and South America. So we were pleased to also have visitors from El Salvador and Mexico, as well as Israel, Russia, and Taiwan. Until last year we were exhibiting in 24 international trade shows a year. Now we’ve decided that METALCON is our best show and will be our only U.S. one. It’s a better value for us because every lead is good. This year we have several hot ones and one confirmed sale. The response has been well above my expectations.
Nader Elhajj, P.E.
Director of Middle East and Africa for FRAMECAD Solutions USA Inc.
Fairfax, VA |
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There was standing room only for Solar Bay presentations and the questions from visitors to were all about how to get into the market and how to fund the systems. There definitely is more interest in solar this year. We could tell that by the number of people who stopped at our booth asking about solar.
Keith Lipps, VP of sales and marketing for Colorado Springs-based S-5! |
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METALCON 2010 was one of our better shows. We had great traffic and the visitors’ upbeat attitudes were definitely a sign that things are changing for the better. They have money approved in their budgets and are ready to buy. In fact, we can relate at least three orders directly to being at METALCON. Having the show in Vegas was also good for us because we saw a lot of people from Central and South America, which are important markets for us. This show also gave us a great opportunity to display a new product area. We’re now working with Samesor Oy from Finland so we used METALCON to show what SAMCO and Samesor are doing for each other in our respective markets. They are strong in Russia and Europe and we’re strong in the America’s so it’s a good combination. Plus, the more products you have to offer the more attention you’ll get at a show like this.
Bob Repovs, President Samco Machinery Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario |
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