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2008
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North America’s premier show in
our industry has built upon a solid
foundation.
The existence of Las Vegas
represents the kind of triumph
over recalcitrant conditions and
materials that is very familiar to the
professionals who will be streaming
to Fabtech 2008 in October.
Over 950 exhibitors have already
been confirmed, a testament to the
decision of the organizers to locate
the show at the gateway to the
USA’s west coast region.
To help the show along for
its first time in the area, new
show Metalform – dedicated to
stamping technology – will be
held alongside Fabtech and the
AWS Welding Show.
Much has changed in the history of
Nevada and Las Vegas; but fortune
still favours those who get the best
knowledge from the finest sources.
Come October, many thousands
of such people will be found in the
halls of the Las Vegas Convention
Centre.
Moves to
The Winning
I
t is possible to write ‘Las Vegas’
without adding an exclamation
point – but just barely. The town
carved out of a desert was a fabled
place from the beginning. The town
became the city – bigger, higher,
glossier – but at no sacrifice of a
semi-magical quality.
At first glance the choice of
Las Vegas as the site of North
America’s largest metal forming,
fabricating, tube and pipe, and
welding trade show is an apparent
instance of casting against type.
Over the course of its own history,