AED HOLDS 2021 SUMMIT, CONDEX SHOW IN LAS VEGAS

John Lamprinakos (L), president of Screen Machine and Diamond Z, and Timothy Miller, director of inside sales, were on hand to present Diamond Z’s line of tub, horizontal and solid waste grinders and sister company Screen Machine’s portable jaw, impact and cone rock crushers, screening plants and trommels. CONDEX opens with its formal ribbon cutting.

The 2021 AED Summit was held at the Mirage Casino and Resort in Las Vegas from May 24 to 26.

The most obvious news at this year’s event was that the rules have changed and attendees could see each other’s faces with the relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions. For most in attendance, the last time they have been able to attend a public event had been just a little more than one year ago, at ConExpo in Las Vegas.

The big buzz at this year’s AED event was the dwindling inventories and lack of availability of the industry’s lifeblood — equipment — and dealing with the stark reality that this situation is not going to change anytime in the near future.

see AED page 60 Witzco Challenger, a Fla.-based manufacturer of lowboy trailers, was represented at AED by President Josh Weinstein (L) and Shami Jimenez, sales manager. AUSA, a global manufacturer of compact industrial vehicles for moving materials and road maintenance, displayed its line of machines to an interested crowd of attendees at AED. (L-R) are Regional Sales Manager Steve Paley, Ignasi Moner and Anthony Buccini, all of AUSA.