EASTEC 2015 Post Show Report

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post show report Audience Demographics Exhibitor Feedback

AUDIENCEPROFILE VERIFIED ATTENDANCE Total EASTEC Show Attendance:................................................ 13,203 Total Exhibit Personnel: .............................................................. 4,307 Total Exhibits:............................................................................... 585 Total Exhibiting Companies: ........................................................... 784 Total Square Footage: ............................................................. 146,135

First Time Attendees

More Attendees!

EASTEC 2015 attendance was

up 5% over

the 2013 event.

37

% of EASTEC attendees were first time visitors to the event, providing you access to many new companies and prospects.

JOB FUNCTIONS Owner/Company Management/Corporate Executive .........................19% Manufacturing Engineering Department ........................................13% Manufacturing Production Management ........................................13% Manufacturing Production Department .........................................11% Sales & Marketing.......................................................................11% Manufacturing Engineering Management.........................................6% Product Design and R & D .............................................................6% Design Engineer............................................................................4%

EASTEC is the Place to Meet Buyers “EASTEC is a great investment for Zeiss, both monetarily and in brand awareness.

We get to expose the market to all of our technologies and equipment and demonstrate what differentiates us from our competition.

EASTEC is a great event for doing that.�

Kevin Santilli Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC

Larger Event!

EASTEC posted a

10% increase

in square footage in 2015.

Quality Assurance & Control ...........................................................4% Educator/Instructor .......................................................................2% Purchasing ...................................................................................2% Control Engineering/Automation .....................................................1% Other ...........................................................................................8%

COMPANY SIZE EASTEC connects you with small job shops, mid-size companies and large OEMs, giving you access to the entire Northeast supply chain.

1,000 - 2,499 500 - 999

250 - 499

100 - 249

3% 3 % 5

%

8%

16%

50 - 99

2,500 & Over

14%

33

%

Less than 20

Number of Employees

18% 20 - 49

Source for all statistics unless otherwise stated: EASTEC 2015 Registration Data

ATTENDEES’ PRIMARY TYPE OF BUSINESS

Attendees Want to See New Products

92

% of trade show attendees say they are looking for new products. It has been the number one reason to attend for 25 years! EASTEC is a great place to introduce or feature your newest products.

EASTEC attendees represent many diverse Northeast business sectors including aerospace, medical, automotive and defense.

Aircraft/Aerospace...... 24% Medical/Surgical......... 10% Fabricated Metal/ Stampings................... 7% Automotive/Motorsports/ Other Transportation..... 6% Defense/Government/ Military ....................... 5% Plastic Products........... 4% Consulting/ Engineering ................. 3% Electronics/ Computers................... 3%

Academic Institution .... 2% Oil & Gas/Petroleum ..... 2% Research & Development ............ 2% Services (Financial and Other).... 2% Communications .......... 1% Energy (Wind/ Renewable/ Alternative).................. 1% Other Manufacturing ........... 28%

Source: CEIR: The Role and Value of Face to Face

Even the Digital Generation Values Trade Shows

61

% of Millenials (age 18-27) believe that exhibitions are more valuable than they were two years ago. That’s the highest percentage of any generation.

Source: Center for Exhibition Industry Research, 2013.

2

%

9

%

.5%

85.5% 2%

ATTENDANCE

BY REGION 1% of the EASTEC® audience visited from other countries.

TOP ATTENDING COMPANIES Addax Technologies American Sleeve Bearing Barnes Aerospace BorgWarner Bosch Rexroth Bose Corp Covidien CSI Manufacturing Darco Manufacturing DePuy Orthopaedics Eaton Corp EDAC Technologies Electric Boat Energizer Excello Tool

Fairview Machine Co GE Aviation General Dynamics General Electric GKN Aerospace Jacobs Vehicle Systems Kimber Manufacturing Leipold Inc. Lenox Magellan Aerospace MB Aerospace Medtronic Metso Automation MIT Lincoln Laboratory Morgan Advanced Materials

Mountain Base Manufacturing Newell Rubbermaid New Hampshire Ball Bearings North Easton Machine Nova Biomedical NyproMold Osram Sylvania Otis Elevator Pratt & Whitney Raytheon Rock Valley Tool Saint-Gobain Saliga Machine Co Savage Arms

Sikorsky Aircraft Smith & Nephew, Inc Smith & Wesson Stanley Black & Decker Stone Machine Stryker Orthopaedics Supreme-Lake Manufacturing TE Connectivity Tegra Medical The Lee Company Timken Aerospace Turbocam International Westminster Tool

BUYERBEHAVIOR ROLE IN BUYING

78

% of attendees influence equipment purchase decision in their companies. This means you’re having quality conversations with evaluators, recommenders, specifiers and final approvers.

BUDGET

29

% of the EASTEC audience has equipment budgets that exceed $200,000. EASTEC is an excellent way to connect with companies looking to invest in capital equipment.

TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED EASTEC attendees indicated they came to the show to evaluate the following technologies (multiple responses): 3D Imaging/Scanning............... 19%

Machine Vision........................ 10%

3D Printing............................. 30% Additive Manufacturing............ 17%

Machining Centers, Milling & Boring Machines.................. 31%

Advanced Materials.................. 11%

Machining, Plastics................. 13%

Assembly & Joining.................. 11%

Material Handling.................... 12%

Assembly Equipment............... 13%

Measurement Inspection & Test..................................... 19%

Automated Manufacturing & Assembly............................. 17% Automation............................. 18% Boring.................................... 12% Casting..................................... 7% Ceramics.................................. 7% Circuit Board Assemblies............ 3% Cleaning & Pretreatment, Equipment................................ 7%

$1,000,001 - $5,000,000 $500,001 - $1,000,000

$200,001 $500,000

$50,001 $200,000

Over $5,000,000

8 6 4 %

%

%

33

Coolants & Lubricants.............. 15% Cutting Tools & Accessories...... 29%

Drilling & Tapping Machines..... 13%

16

Up to $20,000

$20,001 - $50,000

EDM....................................... 15% Electronics Manufacturing ......... 5% Engineering Materials.............. 10% Fastening.................................. 8% Finishing & Coatings................ 10% Flexible Manufacturing Systems.................................... 6%

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Forming & Fabricating................ 8% GD & T..................................... 8%

For questions regarding this report, contact: Kim Farrugia, Senior Event Manager 800.733.3976, ext. 3103 kfarrugia@sme.org

NC, CNC & DNC...................... 22%

Plant Engineering & Maintenance.......................... 6%

Digitizers.................................. 2%

%

Nano Technology....................... 5%

Composite Manufacturing........... 6%

Design & Simulation................ 10%

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Moldmaking.............................. 9%

Parts Cleaning Equipment........ 11%

Deburring & Edge Finishing...... 20%

%

Milling.................................... 30%

Component Manufacturers.......... 8%

Controls, CAD/CAM Software..... 20%

%

Micro Manufacturing.................. 7%

Nickel & Nickel Alloys................ 6%

Contract Manufacturing Services.................................... 6%

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Metrology Equipment............... 19%

CNC Controls & Accessories...... 28%

Composites............................... 5%

%

Metal Forming & Fabricating Equipment.............................. 12%

Grinding Machines................... 16% Honing..................................... 7% Imaging & Technologies.............. 6% Laser & Laser Systems............. 15% Lasers & Related Equipment..... 11% Lean Manufacturing................. 20% Liquid Coating........................... 3%

Plastics Molding & Manufacturing........................ 6% Product Data Management......... 4% Quality & Testing..................... 14% Reverse Engineering.................. 7% Robotics................................. 13% Sawing & Cut Off Machines...... 10% Screw Machining..................... 10% Sensors.................................... 6% Software/Simulator.................... 7% Solar/Photovaltaic...................... 3% Surface Coating Equipment........ 5% Surface Treatment & Cleaning Equipment............... 6% Thermoplastics.......................... 4% Titanium and its Alloys............... 7% Tooling................................... 32% Turning Machines, Lathes & Turning Centers.................... 22% Waterjet Cutting...................... 14% Welding.................................. 14% Workholding Systems & Devices............................... 17% Workplaces Safety & Ergonomics.......................... 11%