DlG—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26,1980 Exhibitors make do with less space HARRISBURG - Com mercial exhibitors at the 1900 F arm Show made do with 10 percent less space than they bad in previous years. Most of the exhibitors said they were able to adjust their displays accordingly. But several of the major equipment manufacturers were upset at the exhibit space given one particular farm equipment dealer. Farm Show Director Hugh Coffman last year decided to cut all space alottments by 10 percent in order to allow as many commercial exhibitors as possible to display merchandise at the Show. Most firms echoed the comments by New Idea Equipment executives who said they were not ones to complain. They simply cut the number of machines on display. International Harvester showed the same number of machines but crammed them into a smaller area. In general they agreed with John Deere exhibitors who said they got along. Most said there was no problem as long as all exhibitors were treated equally. But there lies the rub. Many exhibitors said they felt Sperry-New Holland Equipment Company un fairly took the aisle as part of their exhibit. Gene Walker, Lancaster, President of the Penn sylvania Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, said the other commercial exhibitors feel the aisles are DEUTZ FORMULA DX... THE NEW POWER . IN THE COUNTRY. Four exciting new models; Turbocharged DX 160 and 140, rated 140 and 131 PTO hp. DX 110, rated 100 PTO hp. 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But New Holland Ad vertising Services Manager A 1 Porsche said his company had the Show’s permission to carpet the aisle and use what was formerly an aisle to display equipment. “We followed the blue tape lines laid down exactly,” he said, referring to the lines put on the floor to show the extent of any one exhibit. “IH raised an exception,” he said. But IH was just one of many protesting this year’s move by New Holland. Porsche, who is in charge of New Holland’s Farm Show exhibit, said his company paid for every inch of space they used. He said Farm Show gave them the aisle space to make up for a 20 by 65 foot area they lost. “We didn’t pave the aisle they gave it to us,” he said. He pointed out that Van Dale Equipment and Girton also got part of the aisle. “If there is any fault they should go after the Farm PHONE: 717 354-4181 Show Commission, not us,” Porsche said. The State Farm Equip ment Manufacturers said they felt the commission should not alter aisleways without changing the whole floorplan. Saying they disagree with the Commission’s judgement, FEMA members called the move a dangerous precident. Show Director Coffman has indicated he would be willing to consider other ideas, Walker said after the Show. Walker said the exhibitors would prefer square exhibit areas rather than horizonal as they were this year. Walker, a Deere representative, said his company would not be op posed to redoing the whole Hoorplan. A company like White, with the big combine they had on display, lost a lot of space since the machine had to be displayed at an angle. A square space, rather than a long thin one, might have eliminated the problem. Several dealers pointed out that the main aisles run the length of the floor. So they are parallel to, but not leading to, the fire corridors. When the Pennsylvania Farm Equipment Manufacturers meet with the Farm Show Commission m early March, they are probably going to recom mend the mam aisles run crosswise. They also will ask the main aisles be slightly wider to allow movement of bigger machinery. “Maybe by the 1982 Show, if they have completed the big new building, the problems will be eliminated,” Walker said. Among other changes the FEMA group would like to see is the elimination of one aisle, with the extra space going back to exhibitors. All of those improvements would make life easier for the exhibitors, and for 1, visitors, too. “No one likes to raise a ruckus,” one exhibitor said. “But right is right and we can’t see one firm gaining an advantage when everyone else is sacrificing for the common good.” Whether adjustments will START WITH THE BEST! 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