WESTPORT, CT — The numbers for the 2001 Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating (AHR) Expo in Atlanta, GA, have been tallied up and broken down. Manufacturer agents/reps made up the largest registered group of attendants, numbering 5,042, or 18.82% of the total of 26,785 registered attendants.
Contractor/dealers (hvacr) were the next-largest attending group, with 4,910 registered, according to the International Exposition Co. here. This is a substantial drop in contractor numbers, which had been holding steady at around 30% of the total. This year they numbered 18.33%.