The Stars of the Show - ELEVENT, VIPERVEX, WELDSHELL
Recapping our Trip to ACTE CareerTech VISION Trade Show 2025
This past December, the IAP team packed up our gear and headed to Nashville for the ACTE CareerTech VISION trade show. If you’ve ever been to an ACTE event, you know the energy is on another level—it’s a massive gathering of people who are genuinely passionate about vocational training and getting the next generation ready for the workforce.
For IAP Air Products, this show felt especially productive. We set up our booth with one goal in mind: showing educators that "shop air" doesn’t have to be a health hazard. We brought along a heavy-hitting lineup of equipment to show exactly how we do it.
The star of the show for many of the welding instructors was our Weld Shell Welding Booth paired with our Fume Arm Filtration unit. It’s one thing to see a photo of a booth in a catalog, but seeing the combo in person—feeling the build quality and seeing how the arm moves—really makes it click. It’s a complete "plug-and-play" setup that takes the guesswork out of keeping a welding lab safe.
We also had our EleVent Mobile Fume Extractor on the center stage—showing off its versatility. A lot of the instructors we talked to are dealing with limited space or multi-purpose classrooms where they can’t always have a fixed station. Being able to wheel professional-grade extraction exactly where the work is happening is a game-changer for them.
On the cleaner side of things, we showcased our Polypro Lab Snorkels. These are perfect for those high-tech lab environments or chemistry shops where you need precision extraction that can handle corrosive fumes without breaking a sweat. It was great to chat with science and tech coordinators about how these can be integrated into their specific lab layouts.
But honestly, the best part of the trip wasn't just showing off the hardware; it was the conversations. We spent three days talking to people from all over the country—instructors who are in the trenches every day teaching kids how to weld, fix engines, and build the future. Hearing their challenges firsthand helps us realize why we do what we do.
Nashville was a blur of neon lights and great music, but the real highlight was the connections we made at the booth. We left feeling more motivated than ever to help schools across the country create cleaner, safer environments for their students.
If you didn’t get a chance to stop by and see us in person, simply reach out to us at
sales@iap-airproducts.com
so we can give you the personal tour. We’re already looking forward to the next one!
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