I attended the 2004 WESTEC Advanced Production Exposition, North America’s largest annual manufacturing & metalworking event held on the Los Angeles convention center (1201 Figueroa St. Los Angeles) from March 22 to 25 with show hours from 10am to 6pm Monday to Wednesday and 10am to 3pm on Thursday. The WESTEC annual trade show is not open to the general public. Attendee entrance must be setup through mail-in or online registration with a business or organization. Once registered a packet containing show badge, presentation tickets and event preview brochure is sent to the attendee’s mailing address. The attendee must present the show badge at the registration booth