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MARCH 2014
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
Successful show
World of Concrete celebrated
40 years, Jan. 21-24 in Las
Vegas.
ALH
was on hand and
reports from the show.
K
icking off the 2014 trade show season,
World of Concrete brought in 48,000
attendees and 1,250 exhibiting
companies, Jan. 21-24 at the Las Vegas
Convention Center.
Tom Cindric, vice president at Hanley Wood,
said the exhibition - which this year marked its
40th anniversary - was a success.
“We have seen 11,500 people attend our
seminars this year, which tells us that there is a
real thirst for knowledge in the sector,” Cindric
Sullivan's forecast is based upon the loosening
of credit availability, steady job creation and
decreasing consumer debt burdens.
“At no time in our history has there been this
level of pent up demand,” Sullivan said.
According to Sullivan, non-residential and
residential will continue upward gains for the
next three years, with new housing starts seeing
the most activity due to old properties no longer
being a market strength. “Housing affordability
levels are still extremely favorable and mortgage
lending standards are starting to ease,” Sullivan
said. “Housing starts increased 18 percent
last year and will be 18 percent this year, plus
double digit gains will continue through 2015.
Even with all that growth, we’re not near our
previous levels.”
Sullivan forecasts gains in housing from
now through 2018, where the market will
finally rest at 80 percent recovery from 2009’s
levels. However, the gains will not always be
said. “People are ready to grow their businesses
and improve their skills.”
World of Concrete Europe
Hanley Wood told
ALH
it plans to launch a
European version of the World of Concrete show.
Next year, it will partner with SE Intermat, which
organises the tri-annual Intermat construction
equipment exhibition in Paris, France.
Intermat Paris will take place from April 20-25,
2015, at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition
center. World of Concrete Europe will be situated
at the front of Hall 7 of the exhibition, with a
demonstration area on the plaza outside the hall.
“Our goal is to establish a standalone event in
Europe 18 months after next year’s Intermat,”
Cindric said. “Most likely this would also be in
Paris in the autumn of 2016. Then in 2018 we
would partner with Intermat again in the same
format, and the plan would be to alternate the
standalone event and the Intermat collaboration
like this.”
Show highlights
Speaking at World of Concrete 2014, PCA
chief economist Ed Sullivan said cement
consumption will grow 8 percent in 2014 due
to U.S. residential, non-residential and public
construction sectors “all beating positive.”
World of Concrete pulled in
48,000 attendees and 1,250
exhibiting companies this year.
As always, Las Vegas-based Xtreme
Manufacturing showed its wide range
of telehandler offerings, pictured here,
during the exhibition.
The Scaffold & Access Industry Association
held its annual Safety Boot Camp during
World of Concrete. EZ Scaffold donated
equipment, pictured here, for the event.
Manitou showcased its rotating
telehandler, the MRT 2150.
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