ISN Show - Part III

Another cool design from Waterloo Toolboxes. Sometimes a sale starts with the outward appearance. Northcoast Tool (Filmtec) had a large booth and stayed busy throughout the two days of the show.

George Stockin, of Lock Technology, insisted he had the coolest booth on the show floor. Tests performed by Steve White of Electronic Specialties indeed proved that George had the coolest booth temperature, by 10 degrees. An advertising specialist was called in for an unbiased confirmation. This is not how Steve typically demonstrates the effectiveness of his tools.

Rich Hulden, Sunex, just forked over a ton of cash to this mobile distributor, in exchange for a very nice order. Before he could pocket the cash, another person arrived at the scene, looking for a handout. I don't think he met Rich's criteria for a "cash-back" exchange.

More orders were written than at any previous ISN show. These gentlemen wrote them wherever they could find a flat surface. This happened to be a tool cart in the Mountain booth.

What was everyone from Lisle doing? Writing orders as fast as possible of course. They had ISN Select Extreme Deals.

Another shot of the expansive Sunex booth.

This show had everything. Even live alligators!

More from the Matco Show

The Matco Tool Fair was held at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, FL this year. The sun was shining hot outside and the tools were hot on the inside of the show as well.

With more than 920 distributors, 90,000 sq. ft. of expo space, 110 suppliers and 170 new products with more than 65 New & Exclusives — Matco rocked Orlando. While the Expo floor was filled with celebrities — including Top Fuel Dragsters Cory McClenathan, Tony Schumacher, “Hot” Rod Fuller and Antron Brown — the real stars of the show were the Matco distributors who came from across the country to see what the suppliers and Matco had new to offer. Matco also rewarded the Top 200 distributors with a sneak preview hour on the Tool Expo floor.
Courtney Hansen, host of Spike TV’s “Powerblock” and new spokesperson for Matco, interviewed suppliers throughout the show, including Bill Fletcher from Mayhew Tools and Jon Bielfeldt of Lisle Tools. A compilation of those interviews will be produced into a DVD that will be played on Matco distributors’ trucks.