It's Show Time! In just over three short weeks, move-in will begin. To help make sure your plans are on schedule, please read the items below. Looking forward to seeing you in Birmingham!

Linear Booth Package Forms
Just a reminder, if your booth is smaller than a 20' x 20', you are entitled to select from a package that includes carpet, furnishings, and electric as part of your booth space cost. Please see the Linear Booth Package Order Form, or contact Amy Primiano with any questions. These orders are due ASAP.

Move-In and Booth Planning
To help facilitate an efficient and safe move-in, please communicate to the General Contractor, Freeman Decorating Company, any intentions to display machinery or heavy products. Each exhibitor should have received a targeted move-in date from Freeman. This date represents the date when your freight should arrive at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center. To avoid off-target charges, make sure your freight arrives on it's assigned date. For questions regarding move in, please contact the Exhibitor Services Department at Freeman at 404-253-6494.

Exhibitor Registration, Badges & Lead Retrieval Boxes
Exhibitor Registration Counters, located in East Hall 1 of the convention center, will be open Monday, March 31 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and throughout the show. Before then, please make sure to wear an Exhibitor Work Pass (located in your Exhibitor Manual) to gain entrance to the show floor. The counters for the Lead Retrieval boxes will be located by Exhibitor Registration. Please remember to return rented readers to the same area on Thursday afternoon before 5:00 p.m.

Admission During Non-Show Hours
Exhibitors with exhibitor badges are allowed to enter the exposition area as early as 7:00 a.m. Special permission must be obtained from Show Management on the previous day for earlier entrance or to remain on the show floor after the scheduled closing time each day.

Rules Reminder about Photography
Exhibitors are permitted to take pictures only of their own booth. News media and technical press are permitted to use cameras on the show floor to photograph exhibitors’ booths with such exhibitors’ permission. Attendees are not permitted to take cameras on the show floor. Press cameras must be registered at the newsroom. For approvals or inquiries, contact the Show Management. No cameras are allowed during move-in and move-out. Any violations will result in confiscation of photographic equipment, including cell phones.

Press Kits – Your Company’s Message to the Media at Regional METALFORM
A press kit is the one source an editor or publisher can turn to for information about your company, products and exhibit. For tips and guidelines on press kits, view the Public Relations & Promotions Manual and check out the Pressroom and Press Kits pages. Press kits may be sent directly to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex after Thursday, March 27. Contact Pam Pirogowicz with any questions.

Hold A Press Conference
Have you considered holding a press conference at Regional METALFORM Birmingham to assist in your efforts to get the word out? A press conference is the ideal way to increase the odds that your company and its products will receive editorial attention. If you’d like to reach the press at METALFORM, please complete the Press Conference Request Form and fax to 216-901-9190. The deadline to submit press conference requests is February 11. Contact Pam Pirogowicz at 216-901-8800 for more information.

Order Your Supply of VIP Tickets
You should have already received a supply of 100 VIP tickets to distribute to your customers. If you require more than 100 tickets, please use this handy online form to order additional quantities at no cost.

Exhibitor Service Kits
Exhibitor Manuals are now available to you from Freeman, the official general show contractor. It is in a user-friendly, online format and accessible via password. This environmentally-friendly and cost-effective upgrade will also save on printing and distribution costs.

Access the exhibitor service kit in three easy steps:

1. Log in, create a username, and Freeman will assign you a temporary password, which they will email to you almost immediately.
2. Log back in with this temporary password and create a unique password of your own.
3. Access all of your show forms under FORMS & BROCHURES

If you have questions regarding your payment status, or need help accessing the exhibitor service kit, please contact Pam Pirogowicz.

Security Tips On Safeguarding Booth Property
Exhibitions are very unique in nature due to their fast-pace and limited time-frame for production. In order to accomplish the best results in safety and loss prevention, a combination of both general and specific approaches to the overall security program is required. What follows are security tips on safeguarding booth property.

How Are You Going to Draw Attendees Into Your Booth?
Select a METALFORM sponsorship. Be everywhere attendees will be before, during and after the show. You have several choices from low-cost to high-profile. View all choices at http://www.metalform.com/CD/ or contact Roger Judson with questions.

Dates to Remember

Thank you for including Regional METALFORM Birmingham in your marketing plans. 
Looking forward to a great show! 

Questions or Comments? Contact a member of the METALFORM Team for assistance.

  is sponsored by:
Precision Metalforming Association
6363 Oak Tree Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio 44131-2500
Phone: 216-901-8800---Fax: 216-901-9190