The big American show
Cranes & Access|February 2020
This year’s it’s the USA’s turn to host the big international construction equipment exhibition, Conexpo 2020, which opens in Las Vegas on Tuesday March 10th and runs through to Saturday 14th March. The event looks as though it will be a particularly good one for cranes but a little weaker for aerial work platforms. With Bauma taking place less than 12 months earlier, don’t expect too many radical new product launches - many are just north American launches of Bauma prototypes. That does not mean to say there are none. Most companies have something new to show and we may well get some last minute surprises.
The big American show
All of the crane manufacturers are exhibiting along with all the major aerial work platform companies. The same applies to telehandlers but unlike the other two sectors, most north American telehandler models are completely different to those sold elsewhere, although most of the manufacturers are the same.

The following is a brief outline of some of the major exhibitors that had revealed their products or services as we went to press. For the aerial lift manufacturers it is the ARA rather than Conexpo that is on their minds. Perhaps at this stage the full brand listing of exhibitors and their stand numbers is more useful, and we hope to have a little more product details in the Vertikal Guide to Conexpo.

This year the old Gold Lot which has been home to most of the lifting related stands for many years, is closed for construction work, and has been replaced with a new, temporary area dubbed the Festival Grounds with its Festival Hall pavilion. The Cranes & Access/ Vertikal stand will be just inside one of the pavilion entrances close to the products we cover.

In addition to this preview we will be publishing our separate bi-lingual - English and Spanish - Vertikal Conexpo Guide to the show. This will be available online the week prior to the show with a print version handed out at the event itself. It will include large scale maps and detailed lists by product type and display area as well as an alphabetical listing. If you want to make sure you do not miss anything and get around the show in the most efficient way, you can simply download a copy in advance in order to plan your visit, see who is there this year and who is not. If you prefer to have a printed version, pick one up as you enter the Festival Lot or come and see us in the pavilion.

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