SOUTH-TEC 2015 Post Show Report

2015 post show report

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October 27-29, 2015 Charlotte Convention Center | Charlotte, North Carolina

VERIFIED ATTENDANCE Total SOUTH-TEC Show Attendance:....................... 5,531

Meet a Quality Audience “This show has been unique in the fact that the quality of the participants has been way, way up. People are here on a specific mission looking to solve specific problems and it’s been very, very good for us.”

Steve Burleson Tool & Gage House

Total Exhibiting Companies:............................................ 435 Total Square Footage:................................................. 71,700

COMPANY SIZE SOUTH-TEC connects you with the smallest job shops to the largest OEMs, giving you access to the entire Southeast supply chain.

34% Less than 20 employees

16% 100-249 employees 10% 250-499 employees 5% 500-999 employees

18% 20-49 employees

More Attendees!

SOUTH-TEC 2015 attendance was up

18% over the prior event.

3% 1,000-2,499 employees

2% Over 2,500 employees

12% 50-99 employees

JOB FUNCTIONS 20% Manufacturing Production Management/Department 19% Owner/Company Management/Corporate Executive 17% Manufacturing Engineering Management/Department 17% Sales & Marketing 4% Product Design and R&D 3% Design Engineer 3% Quality Assurance & Control 3% Educator/Instructor 3% Purchasing 1% Control Engineering/Automation 10% Other

TOP ATTENDING COMPANIES Akebono Brake Corp Baldor Electric BorgWarner Bosch Rexroth Caterpillar Club Car Continental Automotive Daimler Trucks NA Duke Energy

Eaton Federal Mogul General Electric GKN Driveline Goodyear Tire & Rubber Hendrick Motorsports Honda Aircraft Ingersoll Rand Joe Gibbs Racing

Lockheed Martin Michelin Northrop Grumman Parker Hannifin RBC AeroStructures Richard Childress Racing Roush Yates Racing Siemens SMW Autoblok

Snap-on Tools Stanley Black & Decker StarHagen Aerospace Stewart Haas Racing Timken Triad Racing Technologies Volvo Truck ...And many more!

ATTENDANCE BY REGION

First Time Attendees

61%

of SOUTH-TEC attendees were first time visitors to the event, providing you access to thousands of new buyers and purchase influencers.

2%

3% 1% 1% of attendees came from countries outside of the U.S.

93%

ATTENDEES’ PRIMARY TYPE OF BUSINESS SOUTH-TEC attendees represent many diverse Southeast business sectors including automotive, aerospace, motorsports and commercial machinery.

Aircraft/Aerospace Automotive Consulting/Engineering Defense Education/Academic Electronics/Computers Industrial & Commercial Machinery Medical/Surgical Motorsports

Other Transportation Petroleum/Renewable Energy Plastic Products Research & Development Services (Financial and Other) Other Manufacturing

Source for all statistics unless otherwise stated: SOUTH-TEC 2015 Registration Data

Connect With Current Customers and New Prospects “SOUTH-TEC is a great opportunity for us to reach new customers in an environment where they have time to talk about projects and we have time to talkto them about innovations. SOUTH-TEC provides a good chance to do that.”

Bill Greenleaf Greenleaf Corp.

BUYER BEHAVIOR ROLE IN BUYING

31% 13%

$20,001 - $50,000

24% 12% 9% 7% 4%

Up to $20,000

Attendees across all management levels expressed the same top three reasons to attend trade shows: shop, buy and learn

$50,001 - $200,000

$200,001 - $500,000 $500,001 - $1,000,000

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

Over $5,000,000

32%

of the SOUTH-TEC audience has equipment budgets that exceed $200,000. SOUTH-TEC attendees visit the event with specific, budgeted projects in mind.

Source: Attendee Preferences

by Job Title, Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), 2014

75%

of attendees influence equipment purchase decision in their companies. These are qualified buyers who can accelerate the buying process of your products.

TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED SOUTH-TEC attendees indicated they came to the show to evaluate the following technologies (multiple responses): 3D Imaging.......................................... 24% Additive Manufacturing/ 3D Printing....................................... 25% Advanced Materials............................ 15% Assembly & Joining............................. 14% Assembly Equipment.......................... 14% Automation......................................... 28% Boring.................................................. 17% Ceramics................................................ 8% Circuit Board Assemblies...................... 4% CNC Controls & Accessories............... 30% Composites........................................... 7% Contract Manufacturing Services........ 11% Controls, CAD/CAM Software............ 25% Conveyors & Conveying Systems........ 10% Design & Simulation............................ 14% Digitizers............................................... 4% EDM.................................................... 17% Electronics Manufacturing .................... 7%

Engineering Materials......................... 13% Environmental Equipment & Protection....................................... 4% Forming & Fabricating........................ 17% Fastening............................................. 12% Finishing & Coatings........................... 15% GD & T.................................................. 9% Grinding Machines.............................. 24% Imaging Technologies........................... 8% Lasers & Related Equipment............... 17% Liquid Coating....................................... 6% Machine Vision.................................... 13% Machining............................................ 54% Material Handling................................ 17% Measurement Inspection & Analysis... 22% Metrology Equipment......................... 13% Micro Manufacturing............................. 7% Milling.................................................. 39% Nano Technology.................................. 6%

NC, CNC & DNC................................. 29% Nickel & Nickel Alloys........................... 6% Parts Cleaning Equipment.................. 12% Product Data Management................... 6% Quality & Testing................................. 15% Reverse Engineering........................... 10% Robotics.............................................. 20% Sensors.................................................. 9% Software/Simulation............................ 11% Solar/Photovaltaic................................. 4% Surface Coating Equipment.................. 8% Surface Treatment & Cleaning Equipment.......................................... 7% Thermoplastics...................................... 6% Titanium and its Alloys.......................... 7% Tooling................................................. 42% Turning................................................ 29% Waterjet Cutting.................................. 18% Welding............................................... 20%

For questions regarding this report, contact: Cathy Kowalewicz, Event Manager | 800.733.3976, ext. 3165 | ckowalewicz@sme.org