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FIT Show – Where The Action Is On Late Night Wednesday
The middle day of the FIT Show is now established as the busiest day with installers and fabricators arriving early and staying late as the event gets...
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We're The PiGS In America…Woah
GlassBuild America will include a British Pavilion with four UK companies going a bit wild (if not Kim Wilde) under one banner. Georgian Bar Company, UAP Limited, Ciilock and EDM Limited make up the British quartet. There will be a PiGS event too.
“It’s likely to be a busy stand,” says Sarah Ball, Organiser of People in Glazing Society and Joint MD at Balls2 Marketing. “We have wanted to do something within the halls as we have close ties with the management at GlassBuild America , but the pandemic had scuppered the last 2 years. It makes it even sweeter to know that we have managed to get a space on the floorplan this year.”
The British Pavilion will also be hosting an afternoon drinks event, sponsored by Quickslide, just before PiGS on 19 October.
“Sarah Ball and I discussed the idea of bringing together UK exhibitors in a ‘pavilion’ pre-pandemic. I’m glad that we persevered with it to bring it to Vegas this year.”
– Phil Dewhurst Jr
Director, Georgian Bar Company
“After two PiGs events at Glassbuild Atlanta and Vegas that this one should be the best one yet,” continues Dewhurst. “With what’s planned and the British Pavilion at the show I’m sure it won’t disappoint and both will provide an excellent opportunity for British companies looking at the vast opportunities the US market has to offer.”
Best of British
The ‘L’ shaped stand is in the first hall and is designed to show the best of British. It will attract US companies looking further afield to UK experts and serve as an ideal meeting point for UK visitors.
For People in Glazing Society members, GlassBuild America has generously offered FREE tickets to encourage more visitors to the show.
Sarah Ball adds: “If it’s anything like previous years, there will be lots to see for glazing geeks. The make-up of the US supply chain is significantly different to the UK model, which makes it massively interesting and can offer big opportunities for componentry and service led products.
UAP
Barry Halpin, national sales director for UAP, says: “UAP has ambitious growth plans both within the UK and overseas. Exhibiting at GlassBuild America is a chance for us to learn more about entering the US market and will enable us to identify key trends, opportunities and challenges. The event also provides an ideal platform for us to demonstrate the breadth and quality of our range. We’re hoping to speak with potential distributors to explore how we could work together and what UAP products could meet the needs of their customers now and in the future.”
English pub setting
Ball adds: “Vegas is a popular location. We are expecting a big crowd to the networking event we are running alongside GlassBuild America. We have booked an English pub, the Crown and Anchor on W Spring Mountain Road, people in the glazing industry on both sides of the Atlantic are welcome. As ever, we can only run these events through the generosity of sponsors, and we would welcome more sponsors for our PiGS in Vegas networking.
“As ever, thanks go to our wonderful sponsors, who at the time of writing are: Georgian Bar Company, Wintech, UAP Limited, Ciilock, EDM, The Consultancy, Quickslide, Extrudaseal, RegaLead, Emplas, Supalite, Yale DWS, Inagas and Glass Build America organisers, the National Glass Association.”
For more info or to sponsor, call Sarah Ball on 07540 049655 or email sarah@balls2marketing.co.uk
Picture: If you head to Las Vegas for GlassBuild America, you could be on to a winner at the British Pavilion and the PiGS event afterwards one evening.
Article written by Cathryn Ellis
18th August 2022