Early Spring 2023

Since its inception, CONEXPO/CON-AGG has been a show of progress toward building our great nation, the United States of America. Originally dubbed the “Road Show”, the first CONEXPO was aheld in Co- lumbus, OH in 1909. The construction industry was in its infancy and has since grown exponentially, hitting some amaz- ing milestones along the way. In 1926, a new tractor company called Caterpillar hit the scene and exhibited for the first time. In 1928, the first CON-AGG (Construction Aggregates) show was held in Detroit, Michigan. Then in 1948, the first Road Show post-World War II was held at Soldier Field in Chicago, which topped the size and diversity of all other Road Shows be- fore it. In 1996, CONEXPO and CON-AGG joined forces for the first time in fabulous Las Vegas, eventually becoming the largest “show” ever, in terms of attendance and exhibit space in 2005. That year, the show had more than 120,000 industry pro- fessionals from around the world in attendance, covering over 1.8 million square feet of exhibit space. CONEXPO 2017 filled a record 2.8 million square feet with more than 128,000 attend- ees witnessing the first 3-D printed excavator in action at the “Tech Experience”. The project was a collaboration between the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and researchers and students from Georgia Tech, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. So many other advances in technology have led the construction industry to where it is today.