11-04-06
NCAM Attends FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show
Numbers show that manufacturing is strong in the Southeast.

NCAM was represented by Bruce Brailsford, Executive Director, at the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show October 31 through November 2 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Brailsford

The show represented the largest showcase of metal forming, fabricating, tube & pipe, and welding equipment and technology in North America this year.

It was the first FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show to be held in the Southeast.

More than 21,000 attendees from around the world visited the show to evaluate, purchase and explore innovative technologies. A total number of 873 companies exhibited at the event, taking over 300,000 net square feet of exhibit space in Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center. This represents a more than six percent increase in the total number of exhibiting companies over the 2005 FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show in Chicago, Illinois.

Mark Hoper, FMA Show Manager, stated "the move to Atlanta from a traditional Midwestern region was a culmination of many factors, including input from exhibitors and extensive research to determine new markets of metal fabricators and welders that had previously never been to our event."

John Catalano, SME Show Manager. added, "We are very pleased with the turnout in Atlanta, which far exceeded our expectations. The positive response and high level of excitement at this year’s event clearly indicates the strength of manufacturing not only in the Southeast but also around the globe," added Jeff Weber, AWS Show Manager.