When it comes to trade shows for the awards and engraving industry in the United States, the Awards & Recognition Association’s (ARA) International Awards Market, held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada, is The Greatest Show on Earth!
This year, the show will be held from Feb. 25-Feb 29, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Whether you’re looking for equipment and suppliers for sublimation, mechanical engraving, laser engraving, glass etching, or materials for awards, including plaque boards, trophy figures, medals or ad specialty items, you’ll find it all under one roof at ARA Las Vegas.
The show is also the venue for educational seminars, ranging from Free to ARA members, to those which charge for admission. For details on the show, go to www.ara.org
ARA Las Vegas is also when many of the members of www.engravingetc.org converge to hold a free Show and Tell event at the Imperial Palace, 6:30-9:30 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 26th and their annual get-together, appropriately named the “Family Reunuion” where good food, prizes and meeting each other face-to-face is the order of the day.
If your New Years resolution included finding ways to break away from your day job and find a profitable career, this is a golden opportunity to do so!
David Lavaneri
Engraving Etc. Founder
Engraving Etc.
Tags: ad specialties, award plaques, awards, computer engraving, engraving, glass etching, laser engraving, medals, profitable career, seminars, sublimation
June 27, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Thanks for the information. We do high definition etching and have done trade shows, but I have never done an award show. I will hopefully get a chance next year.
Thank you.
Mark
June 28, 2008 at 1:05 am
Mark,
Even though you haven’t attended an awards show, have you used etching to produce awards?
Lots of opportunity there. Hope you can make it to ARA Las Vegas 2009.
David