2014 Post Show Report

Where Brilliant Ideas and People Intersect
MAY 6-8, 2014 | CONNECTICUT CONVENTION CENTER | HARTFORD, CT
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2014 Post Show Report
AUDIENCE PROFILE | EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | EXHIBITOR FEEDBACK
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Audience Profile
VERIFIED ATTENDANCE
Total Event Attendance........................................................................... 4,028 *
Total Exhibiting Spaces............................................................................... 234
Total Exhibiting Companies......................................................................... 264
Total Square Footage........................................................................... 38,501
Total Leads Collected.............................................................................. 8,604
*Does not include students or media
JOB FUNCTIONS
Owner/Company Mgmt./Corporate Executive...............................................22%
Sales & Marketing....................................................................................21%
Event Highlights
Manufacturing Production Management.........................................................8%
•Six keynote speakers focused on
Manufacturing Engineering Management........................................................6%
the Aerospace, Defense and Medical
industries
•Over 20 presentations focused on
the technologies on display on the
event floor
•More than 900 people attended the
complimentary education opportunities
•Student programs that exposed over
400 students to manufacturing as
a career
Product Design and R&D.............................................................................8%
Manufacturing Engineering Department.........................................................4%
Manufacturing Production Department..........................................................4%
Quality Assistance & Control........................................................................3%
Purchasing................................................................................................2%
Control Engineering/Automation...................................................................1%
FIRST TIME ATTENDEES
65% of the Mfg4 audience was a first time visitor to the event,
connecting you with many new companies and prospects.
COMPANY SIZE
Mfg4 attendees represented small shops to large OEMs.
The Opportunities were
Endless at Mfg4!
“Mfg4 was an extremely good experience for
us. We came out of the event with many more
35%
16%
leads than we expected and have been discussing
new business with multiple qualified prospects
13%
16%
since the event. The mixture of machinery and
50 - 99
part manufacturers on the event floor created
numerous opportunities for collaboration and
innovation. We were also encouraged to see
100 - 249
20 - 49
Number of Employees
students at the event with a huge interest in
manufacturing as a career.”
Kristen Maier
Peerless Precision
7%
250 - 499
Less than 20
5%
2,500 and Over
3%
1,000 - 2,499
5%
500 - 999
Mfg4 Delivered Northeast Decision Makers
ATTENDEE’S PRIMARY TYPE OF BUSINESS
“We exhibit at many events and we were pleased with
Academic Institution............................................................... 2%
the quality of the attendees at Mfg4. We made several
Aircraft/Aerospace............................................................25%
high-level contacts from many Northeast manufacturers,
Automotive........................................................................... 4%
who were ready to discuss their challenges and the
Communications.................................................................... 1%
solutions we had to offer. We also liked the positioning
Consulting/Engineering.......................................................... 6%
of the keynotes and conference sessions on the event
Defense..............................................................................4%
floor. It allowed the attendees to easily visit the exhibits
Electronics/Computers.......................................................... 3%
and attend the educational offerings.”
Fabricated Metal/Stampings................................................... 6%
Spiro Spiliadis
Government/Military............................................................1%
Jesse Garant & Associates
Industrial & Commercial Machinery........................................ 10%
Medical Manufacturing/Surgical/Dental/Pharmaceutical.......10%
Research & Development....................................................... 3%
Services (Financial/Other)....................................................... 5%
Wind Energy......................................................................... 1%
Other Manufacturing............................................................ 19%
ATTENDANCE BY REGION
1%
Northeast ......................... 93%
93%
3%
Southeast ........................ 1.5%
Midwest.............................. 3%
Northwest........................... 1%
Southwest.......................... .5%
Outside the US..................... 1%
.5%
1.5%
TOP ATTENDING COMPANIES
Apple
GE
Kamatics Corp.
Pitney Bowes
Barnes Aerospace
GE Aviation
Mastersons Manufacturing Corp
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Bosch Rexroth
GE Healthcare
Medtronic
Pratt & Whitney
Bose Corp
General Dynamics
Mitsubishi Electric
Raytheon
Boston Scientific
GW Plastics
Morgan Advanced Materials
Sikorsky Aircraft
Colt Defense LLC
Hamilton Sundstrand
New England Boatworks
Smith & Nephew
New England Small Tube
Smith & Wesson
Cooper Surgical
Space Systems
Covidien
Honeywell
Newell Rubbermaid
Spartan Aerospace LLC
Curtiss Wright
Henke Sass Wolf of America
Noritake
Stanley Engineered Fastening
Decker Machine Works, Inc.
Hypertherm
Northrop Grumman
The Lee Co
Depuy Synthes Mitek
IBM
Otis Elevator Co
Triumph
Deringer-Ney Inc.
Jacobs Vehicle Systems
Oxford Industries
United Technologies Corp.
Eaton
Johnson & Johnson
Palmer Foundry
…and many more
Electric Boat
Kaman
Parker Hannifin
Role in Buying
Buyer Behavior
79%
+5M
of attendees provide input into
the equipment purchase decisions for their
companies. These are the decision-makers
1M- 5M
28%
of the
Mfg4 audience had
equipment budgets that
exceeded $200,000.
These are buyers
with serious purchase
intentions.
TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED
and influencers you need to meet.
500-1M
BUDGET 200-500k
Up to $20,000
20k-50k
$20,001 - $50,000
$50,001 -50k-200k
$200,000
$200,001 - $500,000
20k
37%
14%
21%
10%
$500,001 - $1,000,000
$1,000,001 - $5,000,000
Over $5,000,000
9%
5%
4%
Mfg4 attendees evaluated the following technologies (multiple responses):
Microelectromechanical Systems
3D Imaging............................... 31%
Finishing & Coatings................... 13%
Additive Manufacturing .............. 19%
Flexible Manufacturing Systems..... 8%
(MEMS)................................... 2%
Advanced Materials................... 21%
Forming & Fabrication.................. 9%
MicroManufacturing................... 16%
Assembly & Joining.................... 17%
GD&T...................................... 10%
Milling...................................... 23%
Assembly Equipment.................. 19%
Grinding................................... 13%
Moldmaking.............................. 12%
Automated Manufacturing
Grinding Machines..................... 12%
NanoTechnology.......................... 9%
& Assembly........................... 25%
Honing....................................... 6%
NC, CNC & DNC........................ 19%
Automation............................... 24%
Imaging Technologies.................. 10%
Nickel, Nickel Alloys...................... 9%
Boring...................................... 10%
Lasers & Related Equipment....... 20%
Parts Cleaning Equipment............. 9%
Casting.................................... 10%
Lean Manufacturing................... 21%
Plastics Molding
Ceramics.................................... 8%
Liquid Coating............................. 5%
& Manufacturing.................... 11%
Circuit Board Assemblies.............. 7%
Machine Vision Systems............. 13%
Product Data Management........... 5%
Cleaning & Pretreatment
Machining Centers, Milling
Quality & Testing........................ 13%
Equipment............................... 7%
& Boring Machines................. 24%
Reverse Engineering................... 10%
CNC Controls & Accessories....... 25%
Machining, Plastics.................... 14%
Robotics................................... 18%
Composite Manufacturing........... 10%
Measurement Inspection & Test.. 20%
Sawing & Cut Off Machines........... 7%
Composites................................. 9%
Metal Forming & Fabricating
Screw Machining....................... 11%
Equipment............................. 12%
Sensors..................................... 8%
Metrology Equipment.................. 14%
Software/Simulation.................... 9%
Controls, CAD/CAM Software..... 18%
Micro Assembly........................... 3%
Surface Coating Equipment........... 7%
Coolants & Lubricants................ 12%
Micro Drills................................. 4%
Surface Treatment
Cutting Tools & Accessories........ 23%
Micro ECM................................. 2%
& Cleaning Equipment............... 7%
Deburring & Edge Finishing......... 16%
Micro EDM................................. 3%
Thermoplastics............................ 5%
Design & Simulation................... 11%
Micro Laser Equipment................. 4%
Titanium and its Alloys................ 10%
Digitizers.................................... 3%
Micro Forming............................ 3%
Tooling..................................... 26%
Drilling & Tapping Machines.......... 9%
Micro Machines & Mills................ 7%
Turning Machines, Lathes
EDM........................................ 14%
Micro Molding Equipment.............. 3%
Contract Manufacturing
Services................................ 11%
Electronics Manufacturing............. 7%
Engineering Materials................. 12%
Micro Workholding Equipment
& Accessories......................... 3%
Fastening................................... 8%
& Turning Centers.................. 18%
Waterjet Cutting........................ 12%
Welding.................................... 10%
Workholding Systems & Devices.. 15%
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE POST-SHOW REPORT, CONTACT: 800.733.3976
Kim Farrugia, Event Manager, ext. 3103 | kfarrugia@sme.org
Chris Long, Sales Representative, ext. 3225 | clong@sme.org
Bruce Parker, Sales Leader – Events ext. 3125 | bparker@sme.org
Lauralyn McDaniel, MicroManufacturing Manager, ext. 3108 | lmcdaniel@sme.org