To celebrate the golden anniversary of that monumental occasion, Case — the maker of the Astronaut Knife M-1 — debuted its commemorative model marking the event at SHOT Show 2019 in Las Vegas at the the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
Conventions
Conventions are big business in Las Vegas. • Expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a $1.4 billion project, will keep the city on pace to compete for the top shows. • CES tops the list. (See Top 10 below, and follow the link to a full list.)
Top 10 Las Vegas conventions
(ranked by attendance)1. CES — Consumer Technology Association
2. NAB — National Association of Broadcasters
3. MAGIC — Marketplace Spring Show
4. SHOT Show — Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show
5. World of Concrete
6. International Builders Show
7. Las Vegas Market (winter)
8. Las Vegas Market (summer)
9. ASD Market Week
10. (tie) Mr. Olympia.
10. (tie) PMMI — Pack Expo Las Vegas
See the full list of Las Vegas conventions.
The gun-mounted camera automatically records when it is pulled from its holster.
The process of moving in trucks that weigh up to 60,000 pounds takes multiple days.
Zippo, known for its butane lighters, unveiled its latest rechargeable hand warmer, the HeatBank 9s, Tuesday at the Shooting, Hunting Outdoor Trade Show, better known as SHOT Show, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
Though overall U.S. guns sales have been weak since President Donald Trump took office in Nov. 2016, easing concerns about tighter gun legislation, the slump hasn’t been felt equally around the country, SHOT Show participants say in Las Vegas.
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Construction machinery company Caterpillar makes more than just giant, yellow machinery; some of its newest tech can fit inside workers’ pockets.
Women made up 9.9 percent of construction employees in 2018 compared to 9.7 a decade prior, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
When gunmakers and dealers gather this week in Las Vegas for the industry’s largest annual conference, they will be grappling with slumping sales and a shift in politics that many didn’t envision two years ago when gun-friendly Donald Trump and a GOP-controlled Congress took office.
About 1,600 people, including industry media, fired the latest handguns, shotguns and rifles by some of the biggest gun makers, making the normally quiet Mojave desert terrain sound like a war zone.
The four-day trade show is the industry’s business-to-business equivalent of Black Friday, as manufacturers and wholesalers pen multi-million dollar deals with retailers and law enforcement agencies for firearms, ammunition and accessories such as holsters and scopes.
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From glasses that correct posture to a breast pump that quietly collects milk inside a nursing mom’s bra, advancements in health tech swept the show floors at CES 2019.