Show of the Week, Jan. 29

Where: Dallas Convention Center (rotates)
When: Jan. 29–31 (annual)
Show manager: Intl. Exposition
General service contractor: Freeman
Who exhibits: Manufacturers of air-conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment
Who attends: Contractors, distributors, wholesalers and facility managers
2006 show statistics: 410,415 net sq. ft.; 1,989 exhibiting companies; 37,292 buyers
Position on the 2006 TSW 200: 48
First year of show: 1930
New this year: For the first time, expecting to sell 350,000 net sq. ft. of exhibit space, AHR Expo has booked the entire Dallas Convention Center. When last held in Dallas in 2000, it had a 315,000 net sq. ft. showfloor.
The bottom line: Although the estimated showfloor size is reduced from last year's edition at the much bigger McCormick Place in Chicago, this should be the largest AHR Expo ever held in Dallas. Texas — and particularly the Dallas-Fort Worth area — has been somewhat immune to the downturn in the national real estate market, meaning there are likely to still be buyers looking for the latest in air-conditioning and heating systems.

Sources: 2007 TSW Data Book, 2006 TSW 200, Intl. Air-conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition

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