Leaving Las Vegas

摘要

Conexpo-Con/Agg 2008 scored as one of the most exciting exhibitions in recent memory, if not in its history. Leaving Las Vegas, we had several reasons to consider the previous 10 days some of the best the equipment industry has ever experienced. 1) Upbeat attitudes. Although the residential markets continue soft and headline-grabbing, overall market expectancies were anticipatory rather than retreating. More than one attendee wondered if all the national concern about recession were nothing more than a 24/7 electronic-media creation. The verdict's still out, but more end-users were anticipating increased activity than were not.