27th International Battery Seminar 2010

Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

March, 2010

Judging from the attendance, the number of exhibits and the presentations, this year’s mid-March show in the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was a smashing success. In spite of the current economic conditions, the attendance was strong with more than 500 people, more than 50 exhibits and about 70 presentations. Attendees came from around the world: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, England, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Switzerland and the USA. The 2011 Seminar will be in the same venue and the same part of March, 14 to 17. Tom Reddy is writing a Meeting Report of this year’s seminar which will appear in ABT along with more photos like these.

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in CELGARD green are: Holli Hughes, Masaya Sugafuji, Charlie Odom and Paul Peterson.
Taking a lunch break to smile for ABT’s camera are Dexmet’s sales star Steve Tucker and Coatema’s V.P. Thomas Kolbusch.
A two-man crew from Houston’s Scientific Climate Systems are sales engineer Jeff Mitchell and company president Ben Bell.
Making a first booth appearance at the Florida Battery Seminar are Carestream/Tollcoating’s Maria Koomen and Bruno Merry.
The lone man from Hudson Technologies of Ormond Beach, Florida, John Marfiak, shows off a tableful of battery enclosures.
Metal welding products are SONICS’ specialty, represented by John Van Volkenburgh, John Corsi and Mike Patrikios.
AmTech’s national sales manager, Connecticutter Joe Stacy, holds down the booth with the help of Missouri sales rep Mike Durnin.
Greeting Martin Vagues, (center) engineering manager of STS green in Milpitas, California are Bitrode’s Laura Schacht and Terry Hartman.
Having fun hyping Digatron Firing Circuits’ products are present and past company presidents Jeff Snell and John Mills.
A handsome three-panel booth shows three areas where Pred Materials makes an impact, as shown by Steve Pred himself.
Innovative Machine’s father and son act, Danny and Don Nielsen of Birmingham, Alabama, get a chuckle out of their annual photo.
This colorful Intertek booth keeps account managers Coleen Oppat of Livonia, Michigan, and Kevin Conley of Plano, Texas, on their toes.
Showing his best North Carolina smile for ABT’s camera is Daniel Smith of Maag Pump Systems.
With a slogan "Global Leaders in Portable Power Solutions," David Gunderson, senior EE, and Greg Webster, sales director, are ready.

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