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Oct. 3 - 5, 2017, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, KY

ICUEE Returns, Bigger Than Ever

The 2017 ICUEE is expected to
be the biggest in the event's long
history.
Billed as the utility industry's
largest trade show for utilities and
utility contractors, ICUEE (International Construction and Utility
Equipment Exposition) will be held
Oct. 3 - 5 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY.
ICUEE will have a record-setting
28 acres of indoor and outdoor exhibits, where more than 950 exhibitors will present the latest equipment and services available to the
world's utility providers. Not only
that, ICUEE provides networking
opportunities with thousands of
professional attendees. Twenty
percent of the exhibitors are new
to ICUEE, said the event owner
and producer (Association of
Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

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Long known as a "Demo Expo,"
ICUEE features live demonstrations, both outside and at modern
indoor convention facilities. Trams
will transport visitors around the
exposition grounds.
The 2017 ICUEE will have specialized exhibit pavilions for fleet
management, safety and green
utilities. A two-mile Test Drive
Zone will highlight on-road equipment and technologies, and indoor
interactive product demonstrations will complement in-booth
product presentations.
There will be Chinese and Korean exhibit pavilions, and a Lift
Safety Zone sponsored by the
National Commission for the
Certification of Crane Operators
(NCCCO).
While efforts have been made to
broaden the scope of ICUEE, "dry"

utilities - electrical power and
telecommunications - continue to
dominate the event.

From the beginning
The origins of ICUEE date from the
mid-1960s when field events were
held on farmland near Elburn, IL,
west of Chicago. From then until
now, demonstrations have been
the heart of ICUEE, and manufactures serving the underground
construction market have taken
maximum advantage of the opportunity. Indeed, the underground
construction industry has been a
key to the success and growth of
ICUEE. Vermeer, Ditch Witch and
McLaughlin were at the first Elburn show and have been at every
event ever since.
As at past ICUEEs, "K" Area
again will be bustling with

demonstrations of horizontal
directional drills, auger boring machines, pipe bursting equipment,
trenchers, backhoe-loaders, skidsteers with multiple attachments,
other excavation equipment and
support products.
Show attendees include contractors and utility construction
personnel. They can operate equipment in the demonstration areas,
discuss product capabilities with
company technical experts, and
compare various brand products
and identify the ones that best
meet the needs of their work.
Targeted industry education opportunities and quality networking events round out the ICUEE
experience.
New in 2017, Field Classrooms
will provide an overview on topics geared for those new to the

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