Las Vegas perspective: to get a view of the US scaffolding industry, Patrick Hill took advantage of Conexpo/ConAgg last March to talk with the Scaffolding Industry Association, with a major US manufacturer with expansion plans, and with a major European manufacturer that wants to increase its US presence

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is clear that globalisation, regulation and safety, and market conditions are major influences on--and from--the scaffolding industry in North America. Let's start with globalisation: the [...]