2008 SHOW PREVIEW - Specialty Fabrics Review
2008 SHOW PREVIEW - Specialty Fabrics Review
2008 SHOW PREVIEW - Specialty Fabrics Review
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IFAI eXpo 2009<br />
6 Expo guIdE<br />
The best of the best<br />
The opening five minutes of the movie “Top Gun” always gets<br />
me jumping. I’ve probably watched the opening scene twenty<br />
times. It’s amazing to see the flight operations crew perform<br />
orchestrated hand instructions and on-deck maneuvers that enable<br />
a high performance aircraft to take off and land in rough seas.<br />
If you’ve seen the movie, you already know that the pilot, Maverick,<br />
was selected to attend the U.S. Navy’s Top Gun training program.<br />
Top Gun is a real program the Navy uses to select and train the best<br />
of the best. Until 1997, it was headquartered just outside of San Diego<br />
at Miramar Naval Air Base.<br />
Thinking back on that scene, it’s is fitting to be here in<br />
San Diego this week for IFAI Expo 2009. Gathered here are<br />
the best of the best in the industry.<br />
In this worldwide economic downturn, in the turmoil of<br />
possibly the worst recession in United States’ history, the<br />
staff of IFAI and the show exhibitors have been carefully<br />
making plans to help our attendees—the best of the best—<br />
successfully pilot their companies past the rough economic<br />
seas and into the blue sky beyond.<br />
We all dream of being “Maverick.” By attending or exhibiting<br />
at IFAI Expo 2009, you’ve selected yourself to be a member<br />
of the fabric industry’s “Top Gun” team. Nobody had to choose you. You<br />
made the decision to join. Congratulations, you are among the textile<br />
industry’s best of the best!<br />
I have no doubt that the economy will flourish again, or of this<br />
industry’s resolve in the face of today’s challenges. Consumers will<br />
spend again. There will be projects to create, designs to become reality.<br />
By choosing to be here, you are already in the cockpit, your plane is<br />
clearing the carrier’s deck, and you are heading to blue sky.<br />
Thank you for participating here in San Diego, and we look forward<br />
to seeing you again in Orlando in 2010!<br />
Todd Lindemann<br />
Vice President, Conference Management<br />
Industrial <strong>Fabrics</strong> Association International<br />
IFAI EXPO ’09<br />
Published by the Industrial <strong>Fabrics</strong><br />
Association International<br />
800 225 4324, +1 651 222 2508<br />
Fax +1 651 631 9334<br />
Web site www.ifai.com<br />
president<br />
Stephen M. Warner<br />
smwarner@ifai.com<br />
vice president of<br />
conference management<br />
Todd Lindemann<br />
tvlindemann@ifai.com<br />
Director of events<br />
Jill Rutledge<br />
jmrutledge@ifai.com<br />
educational programs<br />
& conference specialist<br />
Barbara J. Connett<br />
bjconnett@ifai.com<br />
publisher<br />
Mary Hennessy<br />
mjhennessy@ifai.com<br />
editorial Director<br />
Susan R. niemi<br />
srniemi@ifai.com<br />
production editor<br />
Jeff Sculthorp<br />
jasculthorp@ifai.com<br />
Art Director<br />
Marti naughton<br />
circulation manager<br />
Mary Moore<br />
circulation coordinator<br />
a Lo<br />
subscriptions@ifai.com<br />
new Business Development<br />
Sarah Hyland<br />
schyland@ifai.com<br />
Ad coordinator<br />
Kristen Evanson<br />
kmevanson@ifai.com<br />
Advertising Sales<br />
Jane anthone, Terry Brodsky,<br />
Vivian Cowan, Julia Heath,<br />
Mary Mullowney, Sandy Tapp,<br />
Elizabeth Welsh<br />
1801 County Road B W., Roseville, MN 55113 USA<br />
+1 651 222 2508 | 800 225 4324 | www.ifai.com<br />
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