The sold-out event brings together leading safety industry manufacturers, distributors, reps, and end users from all over North America to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF).

What is your assessment of the U.S. market for safety products thus far in 2014 – is it on a par with overall U.S. GDP growth, or better or worse?

Safety manufacturers and distributors sourcing products from China, competing against products from China, or selling to China, will find no drop-off in the boom times in the Middle Kingdom in 2013.

Safety manufacturers and distributors have been targeting the oil and gas industry (as well as mining and alternative energy industries) as one of the strongest markets coming out of the Great Recession of 2008.