METALCON 2026 · on the floor now at Booth 570

Walk the floor ready.

RapidTradeshow turns an exhibitor list into a game plan: who's there, who matters, where they'll walk, and exactly where your booth catches them. Before the doors even open.

Find your booth's recon file See how it works

Exhibitors researched: 258
Leaders identified: 601
Public sources cited: 2,385

Booth visits 0 walk-ups this session

258 recon files one for every booth

1 QR per page opens their live file

Psst. Row 500 gets the lunch rush. Stand up front at 11:45.

Scout the exhibitors✦ Map the floor✦ Plan the booth✦ Work the room✦ Follow up fast✦ Never sit in your booth✦ Scout the exhibitors✦ Map the floor✦ Plan the booth✦ Work the room✦ Follow up fast✦ Never sit in your booth✦

The playbook

From a list of exhibitors to a booth nobody walks past.

Four moves, in the order you need them. Each one is a screen in RapidTradeshow, fed by the same research.

01

Scout

Every exhibitor researched: what they make, what they sell, how big they are, and whether they're a prospect, ally or synergy partner, with sources and a confidence score.
258 companies profiled
02

Map

A 3D twin of the hall, built from the real floor plan and satellite imagery. You get walking routes from the hotels and parking, plus simulated foot traffic down every aisle.
South Hall A, booth by booth
03

Plan

A booth game plan: where every person stands, the hook that stops traffic, and who covers which zone at the lunch rush and after the keynote.
Roles, zones & flow
04

Work the room

Know who's actually walking in. Each company comes with its leaders, the reason it is at the show, and what to say when someone stops at your booth.
601 leaders identified

The recon walk

Market intelligence opens the door. Appointments are the point.

Every exhibitor at METALCON 2026 gets a one-page recon file about their own company, handed over at their booth. The QR code on that page opens the live version, where booking a meeting takes one tap and passing it to a colleague takes two.

01
Research
258 recon files
Every exhibitor researched from public sources before the doors open.
02
Hand it over
20 seconds a stop
Each booth gets its own page, walked to the table in about 85 minutes.
03
Scan or type
rapiddashboard.ai/metalcon
A QR code, or the booth number typed into the short address.
04
Their live file
Plus all 258 on a map
They read about their own company, and see where everyone else is.
05
Book or share
Two taps
A meeting at Booth 570 or a call after the show, and a link for the colleague who signs.

Why a recon file books meetings

It is about them. People read a page with their own company name, leaders and systems on it, and they keep it.
It is specific. "What we'd build for you" names the dashboards and the systems that would feed them, so the meeting starts halfway through.
It travels. The share button reaches the owner or the CFO who was back at the office, which is who signs.
It ends at our booth. Every page points to Booth 570 and the golf challenge, where a cash prize turns a maybe into a visit.

See booth 549's live file Find yours

Recon file · METALCON 2026 RoMac Building SupplyBooth
549 Central Florida building materials supplier and truss manufacturer Founded1945 HeadquartersLeesburg, FL People~650 est. Leadership we found Dan Robuck III Chief Executive Officer Jake Trapp President What we'd build for you Margin and sales by location and business unit, including acquired yards Truss/door/millwork plant throughput and on-time delivery Book 20 minutes Share with a colleague Golf challenge at Booth 570. Win cash.

How we built it

Market intelligence on a whole trade show, before the doors opened.

Every exhibitor got a one-page recon file. This is how all 258 were produced, and why the same pipeline works on any company's own data.

Exhibitors researched: 258
Public sources cited: 2,385
Leaders identified: 601
Technology signals: 1,883

1

Collect The organiser's exhibitor list and floor plan

258 booths, every booth number placed on the floor plan.
2

Research AI research agents, one company at a time

Websites, LinkedIn, trade press, SEC and ownership filings, job postings, show lists. Every person and ownership claim keeps its source; confidence is high only when a primary source confirms it.
3

Scan Coulee Tech's Market Intelligence engine

Reads only what every company publishes to the world: DNS records, certificates, homepage tags. That is how we know who hosts the email or runs the analytics.
4

Load RapidDashboard datalake

Everything lands in one database: a CRM row per exhibitor, contacts, tech stack, sources and confidence. One source of truth in place of hundreds of browser tabs.
5

Use Dashboards, a 3D map, and these pages

The same data drives a 3D walk-through of the venue with a foot-traffic model, our booth game plan, the printed recon pages and the live files they link to.

The show at a glance: 167 of 258 exhibitors (65%) run email on Microsoft 365

Who is exhibiting

Roofing & Rooftop50

Rollforming & Plant Equipment39

Walls, Panels & Architectural31

Building Systems & Structures29

Fasteners & Accessories24

Ownership

Privately held94

Subsidiary53

Family-owned48

Founder-owned18

Nonprofit12

Email security in front of the inbox

Proofpoint23

Mimecast15

KnowBe414

Barracuda12

CRM visible from outside

HubSpot45

Salesforce23

Microsoft Dynamics2

Counts of exhibitors, from public DNS, web tags and research. Every company that looks itself up can see where it sits.

Explainer images

How RapidTradeshow builds a recon file

From a printed page to a booked meeting

What an exhibitor sees after scanning

The floor, before the floor

Every booth in South Hall A, a tap from its file.

The organiser's floor plan, with all 258 exhibitors coloured by what they sell. Tap any booth to open its recon file. Ours is the orange one.

Orange County Convention Center, South Hall A 9899 International Dr, Orlando FL 32819

Who is where

What each exhibitor sells

Coulee Tech · Booth 570

Tap a category to light up its booths.

Foot traffic

Peaks you can plan around

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Simulated from the floor plan, entrances, sessions and lunch.

Find your booth

Your company is in here. Type your booth number.

The number on your booth sign opens your recon file. You can also search by company, or browse all 258.

258 exhibitors

On the calendar

The doors are open.

Oct72026

Up next

METALCON 2026

Orange County Convention Center, South Hall A · 9899 International Dr, Orlando FL 32819

258 recon files
Our booth 570
Golf challenge, all three days

Floor map Find your booth

Oct282026

On deck

Manufacturing First 2026

Resch Expo · 820 Armed Forces Dr, Green Bay WI

217 exhibitors
Our booth 531
Recon files in progress

Tap Lanny for another tip

Meet your floor captain

This is Lanny.

Lanny is a show badge who has hung around more expo halls than anyone you know. He's seen every mistake: the empty booth at 2 PM, the follow-up email that went out three weeks late. Now he lives in RapidTradeshow and nags you, nicely, until you're ready.

Floor rule #1

Never sit in your booth. A seated booth is a closed booth.

ShoesSneakers. Always.

Steps per show~18,000

Favourite hour10:40 AM

Your file is ready.
Come find us at 570.

Type your booth number and read what the public internet says about your company.

Find your booth

Walk the floor ready.

Scout

Map

Plan

Work the room

Research

Hand it over

Scan or type

Their live file

Book or share

Why a recon file books meetings

Collect The organiser's exhibitor list and floor plan

Research AI research agents, one company at a time

Scan Coulee Tech's Market Intelligence engine

Load RapidDashboard datalake

Use Dashboards, a 3D map, and these pages