GlassBuild America will include a British Pavilion with four UK companies united under one banner; Georgian Bar Company, UAP, Ciilock and EDM.
“It’s likely to be a busy stand,” said Sarah Ball, organiser of People in Glazing Society and joint MD at Balls2 Marketing. “We have wanted to do something within the halls as we have close ties with the management at GlassBuild America, but the pandemic had scuppered the last two years. It makes it even sweeter to know that we have managed to get a space on the floorplan this year.”
The British Pavilion will also be hosting an afternoon soiree, sponsored by Quickslide, just before PIGS on 19 October.
Phil Dewhurst Jr from Georgian Bar Company is an experienced exhibitor at the show. He said: “Sarah and I discussed the idea of bringing together potential UK exhibitors at Glassbuild in a ‘pavilion’ three years ago, I’m glad that we persevered with it to bring it to Vegas this year.”
The ‘L’ shaped stand is in the first hall and is designed to show the best of British. It will attract US companies looking further afield to UK experts and serve as an ideal meeting point for UK visitors.
For People In Glazing Society members, GlassBuild America has offered free tickets to encourage more visitors to the show. Sarah added: “If it’s anything like previous years, there will be lots to see for glazing geeks. The make up of the US supply chain is significantly different to the UK model, which makes it massively interesting and can offer big opportunities for componentry and service led products.”
Barry Halpin, national sales director for UAP, said: “UAP has ambitious growth plans both within the UK and overseas. Exhibiting at GlassBuild America is a chance for us to learn more about entering the US market and will enable us to identify key trends, opportunities and challenges. The event also provides an ideal platform for us to demonstrate the breadth and quality of our range. We’re hoping to speak with potential distributors to explore how we could work together and what UAP products could meet the needs of their customers now and in the future.”
Sarah added: “Vegas is a popular location. We are expecting a big crowd to the networking event we are running alongside GlassBuild America. We have booked an English pub, the Crown and Anchor on W Spring Mountain Road, people in the glazing industry on both sides of the Atlantic are welcome. As ever, we can only run these events through the generosity of sponsors, and we would welcome more sponsors for our PIGS in Vegas networking.
“As ever, thanks go to our wonderful sponsors, who at the time of writing are: Georgian Bar Company, Wintech, UAP, Ciilock, EDM, The Consultancy, Quickslide, Extrudaseal, RegaLead, Emplas, Supalite, Yale DWS, Inagas and Glass Build America organisers, the National Glass Association.”
For more info or to sponsor, call Sarah on 07540 049655 or email [email protected]
