Asphalt paving and aggregates professionals filled in a sold-out Music City Center exhibition floor in Nashville as World of Asphalt’s 20th anniversary and AGG1 brought the industry back together.
Organizations from across the country sent representatives ranging from C-Suite executives to field operators to view specialized exhibits and product unveilings, take in the latest education offerings, learn about the latest innovations in the asphalt and aggregates industries and make purchasing decisions.
"We’re so proud of the teams that came together to put this event together after the longest hiatus in its history,” said AEM’s Brittany Weltcheff, show manager for World of Asphalt. “As a result, we were able to bring together more than a record-breaking 11,400 asphalt paving and aggregates professionals to learn, experience everything that’s new and important in our industries and make more than 30,000 connections.”
Largest Nashville World of Asphalt Ever
This year marked the fourth return of World of Asphalt to Nashville, and the largest iteration of the show in the Music City ever, with more than 440 companies spread across more than 193,000 net square feet of show floor space.
“The last time World of Asphalt and AGG1 came to Nashville, in 2016, we sold approximately 150,000 net square feet of space in the Music City Center,” said Dr. Audrey Copeland, president and CEO of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), majority-owner of World of Asphalt. “The fact that we were able to use every single square foot of exhibit space the Music City Center had to offer this time, while safely bringing the manufacturers and end users together, speaks volumes about the strength of the asphalt paving industry.”
“The record-breaking attendance at this AGG1 Academy & Expo and the co-located World of Asphalt shows the enthusiasm of the aggregates industry to be back in-person again. Each day the tradeshow floor and educational opportunities have been fully attended. We are thrilled to provide this top-notch experience for our exhibitors and attendees as we return to fully in-person events,” said National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) President & CEO Michael Johnson.
The first World of Asphalt was held in February 2001 at the Wyndham Palace Resort in Orlando, Fla. as a cooperative effort between NAPA and AEM, and it has run every year except CONEXPO-CON/AGG years since. The show has grown quite a bit in 20 years. The 2001 show had 3,200 asphalt paving pros seeing 28,000 square feet of displays from 86 exhibitors.
View Day 1 Highlights of World of Asphalt 2022
View Day 2 Highlights of World of Asphalt 2022
Record-Breaking Education Offerings
Education at both World of Asphalt’s People, Plants and Paving Conference and the AGG1 Academy broke records as well. The two most popular sessions were “Compaction 101: Doing the Right Things the Right Way” and “Best Practices for Residential and Commercial Paving.”
“The networking opportunities at World of Asphalt are invaluable for attendees and fellow exhibitors,” said Kevin Kelly, NAPA lifetime member and 2022 chair of World of Asphalt. “We pride ourselves on being able to provide the kinds of connections to our members that help them grow their businesses and careers, and those connections can only come at events like World of Asphalt.”
World of Asphalt will return to Nashville and the Music City Center March 25-27, 2024. For more information, visit worldofasphalt.com.
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