Between 2nd and 4th October, the International Airport GSE Expo, or IAGSE – was held once again at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The biennial show was another big success for the industry
This year’s IAGSE Expo, organised by the International Airport Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (IAEMA) in collaboration with Ground Support Worldwide, attracted no less than 1,308 attendees, welcomed by 232 exhibitors.
IAEMA describes itself as ‘where aviation equipment manufacturers come together to share information and grow their business’, and the IAGSE Expo is the perfect event for those manufacturers to meet their customers and other players in the GSE segment.
Says Virginia Salas, IAEMA board president: “We had good international representation from Asia/Pacific, Europe and Latin American countries – in fact, 39 countries in all.”
The number of attendees was slightly more than last time the event was held, two years ago. And, says Salas, the show was “very well attended – judging primarily not by numbers but by the quality of the attendees.
“I talked to many, many exhibitors – small, medium and large – and they all expressed their 100% agreement that this show was the best,” she adds.
All in all, IAEMA was “very pleased with the outcome of the show”.
As for what might be done differently in two years’ time, for which the Rio All-Suite has once again been booked, “We are in the process of surveying our exhibitors and attendees to get their feedback and see what we could modify/change for the next one,” Salas confirms.
Over the following pages, Airside looks back at the event, and the various exhibitors’ news and displays.
