Re: NAMES and PRIME

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "imserv1" <imserv@v...> wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "stevenson_engineers" <machines@n...>
> wrote:
> > Is it true that NAMES and PRIME are only two day shows?
>
> Names is not very commercial. In the past the number of "for sale"
> areas has been severly restricted due to the size of the venue.
>This
> year the facility is larger, but I suspect that there was not a lot
> of push to add more commercial spaces.
>
> We have much larger and more expensive regional and national
> commercial trade shows in the US, like Westec and IMTS at which the
> crowds are larger and the entire focus is on the machine, tool, and
> accessory exhibitions.
>
> At Names the focus is the craftsmen and their models.
>
> Fred Smith

Thanks Fred and Paul,
I thought NAMES was along the same lines as our shows, Didn't realise
it was so small that's why the 2 days was throwing me.
We also have the larger industrial shows and the smaller specialised
ones. There has just been a regional two day show for solid's
programming and machining in Birmingham, UK that is not Alabama {g}

So if the UK can basically fill a hall for a month in a year[ 4 big
shows @ 1 week ] then there must be a big gap in the US market ??

John S.