Let’s talk a little about the stats for IFPE 2014. This year’s show will feature more than 400 exhibitors, and AEM, the show’s owner, says that will make this the largest IFPE in history! There will be product concentration areas, which will make it easy for you to locate specific products, services and exhibitors.

IFPE also will feature more than 100 cutting-edge educational sessions, focusing on brand-new technologies, best practices, the latest research and developments. Plus, you’ll get to network with thousands of industry professionals from all sectors of the fluid power, power transmission and the motion control industries.

And for the fifth time, IFPE will be co-located with the massive CONEXPO-CON/AGG shows. These are considered the largest international gathering place for the construction industries, and together, this is one of the largest trade shows in the world.

According to AEM, the following sectors of the fluid power and motion control industries/technology areas will be represented at the show:

Aerospace
Agricultural engineering
Amusement machinery
Automotive manufacturers and suppliers
Chemical & petroleum processing
Construction
Defense
Distribution
Electrical machinery
Engineering services
Factory automation
Industrial truck tractors and stackers
Instruments and controls
Logging/forestry
Machine tools
Material handling
Metal processing
Mining
Off-highway vehicles
On-highway vehicles (non-automotive)
Plastics and rubber working machinery

This year’s show runs from March 4-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visit www.ifpe.com for details.