FABTECH 2013 This year’s show set marks as the biggest ever, both in terms of square footage of exhibit space and in the number of attendees FABTECH 2013 will take a place in history as the most successful metal forming, fabricating, finishing, and welding exhibition ever in North America. A record 650,000 sq ft total of exhibition space was utilized by a total 1573 exhibitors. Also, a record 40,667 visitors streamed onto the exhibition floor see the latest technology that industry has to offer. The exhibition space was 191,565 sq ft for 505 welding companies. This year, the exhibition was a four-day event that filled both the North and South Halls of McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill. This impressive event is cosponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers; American Welding Society; Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International; Precision Metalforming Association; and Chemical Coaters Association International. BY ANDREW CULLISON, KRISTIN CAMPBELL, AND MARY RUTH JOHNSEN ANDREW CULLISON (cullison@aws.org) is publisher, KRISTIN CAMPBELL (kcampbell@aws.org) is associate editor, and MARY RUTH JOHNSEN (mjohnsen@aws.org) is editor of the Welding Journal. 44 JANUARY 2014
Welding Journal | January 2014
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