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Reported by Marlous Schoemaker

Al Monsouri, Garcia, Jackson, Kumar, Rossi, Wu and so on. It might only have been 07:10 in the morning, but even so the first visitors were queuing to pick up their badges from the assembled Valve World staff. Now, three hours later, people are still joining the row. Everyone wants to see the latest valves, meet old friends and glean fresh technical insights. And that’s exactly what seems to be happening. Throughout the exhibition hall and in the conference rooms, people are getting together. Everywhere you turn you see warm hugs and heart-felt handshakes, quickly followed by smiling faces and interested nods when the conversations get going. And between times, visitors are carefully appraising all the wares. In short, the atmosphere is great and the show only started a few hours ago. The rest of the world can surely learn a lot from our mini society called Valve World…

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