Equipment suppliers weigh in on Hillhead

The producers of Hillhead 2012 released attendance numbers three weeks ago for their June 19-21 show, which included 17,083 visitors – a 9-percent increase over their 2010 show – and a record 459 exhibitors. Now, equipment suppliers who exhibited at Hillhead are weighing in with their impressions of the show.

According to Hillhead producers, Sandvik Construction enjoyed its best Hillhead ever with nearly 3,000 people visiting its stand during the three-day show.

“Hillhead has always been the perfect opportunity for us to showcase our product lines and meet our customers, but this year we were truly staggered by [the] vast number of potential new customers and general visitors who came to the Sandvik stand,” says Hugh Glandfield, Sandvik vice president for the United Kingdom and Ireland. “We launched three new products this year, as well as the latest upgrades from our tracked jaw crusher range, but the real star of the show was the stand itself. It seemed to act like a magnet to visitors to the exhibition.”

Val Ledden, managing director of Volvo Construction Equipment, was also pleased with Hillhead.

“Hillhead 2012 offered the opportunity to both strengthen existing partnerships and establish new relationships – and I’m delighted to say we were not disappointed,” Van Ledden says. “Even the torrential rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of visitors on the last day – a tremendous effort by all in challenging conditions.”

Dates for Hillhead 2014 have not yet been announced but are expected to be soon.