Expectations for this year's Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology's (FSCT) ICE Show had been much lower because of the ailing economy and the tragic events of Sept. 11. However, despite lighter attendance at this year's ICE, many show participants said they were pleasantly surprised by the turnout.
"I'm very pleased with how everything is going," commented Dick Mullen, FSCT president and vice president of marketing at Rampart Coatings, during the show. "I heard about other conventions, which are down 40-50%, and we're not down that far. It seems that the people here are the attendees the exhibitors want to see."
"We weren't quite sure what was going to happen with the attendance, while advance registration was low, the on-site registration probably equals what we normally get," said Robert Ziegler, FSCT executive vice president, during the exposition.
According to FSCT, total registration at ICE 2001 was 5,544. Attendance, excluding exhibitor registration, was down 13% from 1999 in Dallas and 30% from record-breaking results tallied at ICE 2000 in Chic
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