ISS Long Beach Preview and Twitter Participants

Commentary from Aaron Montgomery…….The buzz surrounding the upcoming ISS Long Beach Show is pretty strong, and I’m very excited to attend. I wanted to have a booth this year, but as a startup company, capital is tight and we just could not justify the expense. But I am still going to make it to the show to see old friends, hopefully meet new ones and take in all the cool stuff.

The size of the show seems to be much improved and Long Beach is always a very good show for our industry. Check out this tweet by a shipping company regarding the show:

“Delivering into ISS Long Beach today and tomorrow, 10 shipments at 9,472 pounds. Double vs last year, I think the economy is improving…” (via @ExhibitTransfer 1/19/2010 6:33AM)

So what things will you be there looking for? What things would you like me to check out if you can’t make it and review for you?

Also, in anticipation of the show, I have been searching Twitter to see who is going and to connect with folks I want to see. I thought it might be fun to put together as close of a list of all of the people I have seen mention that they will be there. They are in no particular order, just how they made it to the page. The information for the Exhibitors is just the information I could find on their website. Obviously some are better than others but that is for another blog.

I’m sure that I have missed some and I’m really hopefully my #ISSLB Hash tag will take off so I can keep up with the happening! If I did miss someone, or have someone in the wrong category, just add it to the comments section.  I’m looking forward to seeing you all there.

Exhibitors

@EnMartian – EnMart is a supplier of thread, ink, transfers, sublimation blanks and equipment and other garment decoration supplies and accessories. – Booth 932

@BeaconFunding – Beacon Funding is a leading company providing equipment financing and leasing services to businesses throughout the United States. – Booth 1436

@Impressionsmags – Impressions is the one-stop source for authoritative business and technical information crucial to building and sustaining a profitable decorated apparel business. – Booth 2247

@copyartwork – CopyArtwork.com we can do your job at a fraction of the cost of a full time vector graphics designer or a digitizer for your vector artwork services. – Booth 2054

@Brownmfg – Brown Manufacturing Group, Inc. – Booth 153

@EasiwaySystems – EasiWay Systems is committed to the development of screen cleaning and reclaiming products for the screen printing and graphic arts industry. – Booth 1732

@MelcoUSA – Melco is the embroidery industry leader in modular commercial embroidery machines and commercial embroidery machine design software. – Booth 1127

@RolandDGA – Roland DGA Corporation is a worldwide leader in the sign, graphic arts, fine art, vehicle graphics, UV, photography, engraving and 3D modeling industries. – Booth 1731

@deconetwork – DecoNetwork is the outcome of research and development that looked at all aspects of printing and embroidering onto merchandise. Booth 1147

@sanmar_corp –Family-owned since 1971, the Seattle-based SanMar® is an award-winning supplier of 17 retail and private apparel brands. Booth 1401

@Charles_River – Charles River Apparel is an active wear manufacturer selling exclusively through a nationwide network of distributors and retail stores. Booth 1014

@shurloc – shur-loc Fabric System is a family owned and operated business with products that help screenprinters prepare and stretch their screens easier and faster than ever before. – Booth 1718

Attendees

@acetransco
@TerryCombsAZ
@PurpleCatJewels
@50champ
@theNIN
@Color3yNumbers
@SUKEBEinc
@NoDivision1998
@LoKnows
@joshellsworth
@zeusprinting
@Rawfreedom
@tshirtforums
@PalomarPrinting
@CityFitted
@esther657
@jovenville
@GoGSG
@tshirt123
@GraphicElephant
@Badalou
@eternitemedia
@How2screenprint
@zeusprinting
@SnarkyMcF
@dudsbydudes
@oglsc