HERE WE COME,
HOTLANTA!
It was named Atlanta because it’s not too
far from the Atlantic Ocean; many call it
Hotlanta because that’s what it is. That
would be 89.4 degrees F hot according to
the National Weather Service. That’s the
average high temperature in the hottest
month, July.
If you visit Atlanta in early November,
the weather won’t be particularly
hot (the average high temperature is
63.3 degrees F), but you’ll be able to
visit the world’s largest and hottest
annual metal forming and fabricating
equipment tradeshow, FABTECH®. The
expo’s co-founders, the Fabricators &
Manufacturers Association International® (FMA) and the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers (SME), have
been joined by the American Welding
Society (AWS), the Precision Metalforming
Association (PMA), and the Chemical
Coaters Association International (CCAI).
The expo has joining, stamping, coating,
and just about any other process you could
want if you work with sheet metal, plate,
barstock, tube, or pipe. That’s really hot (in
a cool sort of way).
The tradeshow runs Nov. 2-4 at the
Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).
The organizers are forecasting 22,000 visitors and 1,000 exhibitors.
Bear in mind that FABTECH is much
more than an equipment exposition.
• Two keynote panel discussions will
cover strategies for diversification and sustainable manufacturing. For more information, gotowww.fabtechexpo.com,
click on Education & Events, then click on
Special Events.
• The expo offers more than 100 conferences, seminars, and instructional programs to broaden your knowledge base or
sharpen your skills. See www.fabtechexpo.
com/ schedule-at-a-glance.cfm.
• The AWS welding trials competition
helps to foster students’ interest in manufacturing careers. Six will compete in the
AWS welding phase at FABTECH. Go to
www.fabtechexpo.com, click on Education
& Events, then click on Special Events.
• Want to meet the editors? You can
shake hands and chat with Tim Heston,
Vicki Bell, Amanda Carlson, Kate
Bachman, Dan Davis, and yours truly.
The fun doesn’t have to end when the
show closes for the day. Atlanta offers lots
to do after hours:
• Visit the world’s largest drive-in
restaurant, The Varsity, which can accom-
modate 600 cars outside and has seating
for 800 diners inside. On a typical day it
serves 2 miles of hot dogs, a ton of onions,
2,500 lbs. of potatoes, 5,000 fried pies, and
300 gallons of chili. I bet the chili is hot.
• Watch the world’s best sport. If you’re
in town until Friday, why not and see the
Atlanta Thrashers play on Thursday night?
A game of ice hockey is guaranteed to be
not hot.
• I am almost out of room, so I’ll leave
it to you to browse a list of other things to
do in Atlanta. See http://atlanta.night
guide.com and wwww.alanta.net/50fun/
completelist.asp.
See you there, regardless of the weather!
What do Lincoln Industries, Plymouth
Tube Co. and H & H Tube have in common? All are past winners of TPJ’s Industry
Award, which goes to the person or company that best exemplifies a specific set of
industry goals—business success, safety,
new developments, philanthropy, and so
on. Who will win the 2011 award? It could
be you! Entering is as easy as logging onto
http://www.fmanet.org/members/
industry-award-tpj.cfm.
ericl@thefabricator.com
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