Recent Tradeshows: HPG and Metrocon

HealthTrust Purchasing Group is a group purchasing organization supporting nearly 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices and alternate care sites. Interior Design Services (IDS) of Brentwood, TN, is the authorized vendor for furniture for HPG members.

Check out Elvis in the background! Vegas baby!

The IDS booth at the vendor fair was the hot spot of the exhibit hall at the MGM Grand Conference Center. Elvis was on hand to greet the attendees and offered photo ops as a keepsake of their experience at the IDS booth at the conference. HPG members were lined up to meet Elvis and while waiting they could interact with the Nurture products on display. Elvis had a backdrop of the Folio, complete with a solid surface top and sink. The counter was a “real” setting, complete with tongue depressors, cotton balls, bandaids and swabs. 

Pocket proved useful for many purposes in the space.  “Versatile”, “quiet”, “intuitive” and “sturdy” were words used by the attendees as they interacted with Pocket.  The casters were an “ahhh” factor for the driver of Pocket.

Nurture also exhibited at the Metrocon 10′ Expo and Conference at the Dallas Marketplace in Texas. For the eighth year in a row, interior designers, architects, design students, and other design industry members in the Southwest took advantage of this premier two-day event, which focuses on introducing the latest in product and innovative ideas.
Metrocon 10′ attracted over 250 diverse manufacturers and service-oriented companies as exhibitors. Attendees were exposed to a multitude of cutting-edge products (everything from the newest in soft- and hard-surface flooring, open office systems furniture, upper-end casegoods, advanced acoustical applications and security measures to the latest in window treatments for both home and business) and valuable services (from consulting to project management). The total attendance was over 3,000 during the two-day show.

At this year’s conference Nurture featured a Pocket cart, Sync 72″ workspace with two Amia chairs, Folio casegoods, Davenport casegoods and a Cura recliner. Several key customers stopped by including Parkland Hospital, Baylor Healthcare, and Dallas VA along with our key designers from the healthcare community. Steelcase dealers also came in from a five state area.