After participating at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) over the last four years, along with two fire sprinkler manufacturers, HFSC will have a major presence at the 2004 IBS thanks to the sprinkler industry.

Since 2000, HFSC has participated in IBS with an exhibit during the convention and through sponsorship in Show Village, an outdoor exhibit located near the main entrance of the convention where a fire sprinkler system is installed and showcased in a partially built home.

Representatives from HFSC, along with sponsors BlazeMaster Fire Sprinkler Systems (Noveon) and The Viking Corporation, talked to builders. They provided the information in their 300-square-foot exhibit as well as inside the Show Village home.

Last January, 1,300 exhibitors displayed their products to more than 90,000 members of the home building industry who attended IBS to see and learn about the latest in building products and technologies.

Through collective support from the fire sprinkler industry, residential fire sprinklers will have a stronger and more credible presence at the 2004 show. Thanks to the sponsors, there will be a 900-square-foot HFSC booth in the main convention center and all five Show Village homes will have fire sprinkler systems.

At the center of the island-shaped booth will be a miniature, built-to-scale house with an automatic residential fire sprinkler system. Some rooms will be finished, while others will be framed out exposing the pipe and the system design. Individual manufacturers will have the opportunity to display their products through high-profile individual kiosks spaced around the perimeter of the exhibit.

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