Look for changes at IFPE 2020 By Paul J. Heney, VP, Editorial Director
Expanded education options and a tweaked Tech Experience are just some of the new highlights for IFPE 2020 attendees. Every three years, fluid power and mobile machinery users and
manufacturers descend on the Las Vegas Convention Center as IFPE and CONEXPO-CON/AGG take over the city for five days. The next iteration of these events will take place from March 10-14, 2020, and changes are coming to the event. The Las Vegas Convention Center is in the midst of a huge renovation, and that means that for this event, the Gold Lot will be unavailable. So, the CONEXPO-CON/AGG portion of the show is expanding its 2020 footprint to include the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, adjacent to the Circus Circus hotel. Organizers are calling this the connected campus, and there will be new and expanded transportation options — including more buses to help get attendees to and from the show. Additionally, there will be more golf carts and Pedicabs to shuttle people around. Organizers are also offering more food outlets and other creature comforts to help enhance the attendee experience. The types of exhibits in the festival grounds 48
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will include aerial equipment and cranes, including NCCCO’s Lift Safety Zone; earth-moving; hauling; and underground construction. Exhibitors in the festival grounds include brands such as Caterpillar; JLG Industries; Manitou, North America; and Volvo Construction Equipment, North America. In all, there will be 2,800 exhibiting companies and 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space. More than 400 exhibitors will be showcasing their latest products and innovations in the South Hall at the IFPE show. IFPE exhibits showcase the latest technologies and innovations in equipment, products and services for fluid power/motion control/power transmission. The show also features product-focused exhibit pavilions and international exhibit pavilions. In 2017, the shows introduced a “tech experience” and accompanying exhibit dedicated solely to presenting new construction innovations and emerging technologies that will drive change and improvement across the construction industry. In 2020, that journey to the future of the construction industry will continue in a slightly different way.
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