The folks who do ISH are taking over NEX. Who's next?
You could have rolled a bowling ball down the aisles at October's NEX Show in Chicago without hitting a soul. Many exhibitors vowed they would never come back, and many predicted it would be the last NEX show.
They were prophetic, even though they didn't know that Messe Frankfurt Inc. was negotiating with the NEX partners to take over the show, which had been co-sponsored by PHCC-NA and the American Supply Association since 1984, joined by the Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating in recent years. As of this writing, an agreement in principle has been reached. Messe Frankfurt has scheduled a press conference in Chicago Dec. 5, and it's a good bet this agreement will be a done deal by then.