AeroDef Manufacturing 2019 Post Show Report

AERODEF MANUFACTURING® 2019

POST-SHOW REPORT APRIL 29–MAY 2 | LONG BEACH [CA] CONVENTION CENTER | aerodefevent.com

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AUDIENCE PROFILE Verified Attendance*

2,647

Total Event Attendance Total Exhibit Attendees (excluding conference delegates) Total Conference Delegates Total Exhibiting Companies Total Square Footage

JOB FUNCTIONS

1,242 533 199 22,151

Business Development Owner/Company Management/ Corporate Executive Manufacturing Engineering (non-management)

*Does not include students or media

Product Design and R&D Other

COMPANY SIZE Representatives from hard-to-reach job shops to major OEMs sought new products and technologies at AeroDef Manufacturing.

Design Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Management Manufacturing Production Management Control Engineering/Automation Purchasing

12% 6%

Quality Assurance & Control

2.5K+ Employees

Educator/Instructor Manufacturing Production (non-management)

34%

>20 Employees

1K-2.5K Employees

Government Representative

6%

Information/IT Systems

500-599 Employees

30% 16% 9% 7% 7% 6% 6% 4% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1%

6%

250-499 Employees

13%

13%

100-249 Employees

20-49 Employees

10%

50-99 Employees

AERODEF ATTRACTS BUYERS READY TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY

37

%

of the AeroDef audience had equipment and services budgets exceeding $200,000.

NEW PROSPECTS FOR YOUR BUSINESS

62

%

of the AeroDef audience were first-time attendees to the event.

AERODEF CONNECTS YOU WITH FINAL DECISION MAKERS AND PURCHASE INFLUENCERS

73

%

of attendees influence the equipment and services purchase decisions for their companies.

78

%

TOP TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED Attendees identified the following technologies as key areas of interest to evaluate at AeroDef Manufacturing 2019.

3D Printing/ Additive Manufacturing 3D Scanning

of AeroDef attendees indicated they are likely to attend the event again in the future.

Advanced Materials Artificial intelligence Assembly & Joining Assembly Equipment & Systems

TOP ATTENDING COMPANIES

Automation

AeroDef ManufacturingÂŽ 2019 delivered high-quality attendees from the top companies in aerospace and defense manufacturing.

Casting

3D Infotech 3M ACE Clearwater Enterprises Additive Rocket Corp.

Advanced Composite Products and Technology Advanced Integration Technology Aerojet Rocketdyne Aerospace Corporation Airbus Applied Aerospace Structures Corp.

Applied Aviation Arconic Engines ArmorStruxx LLC ArmorWorks Army Research Laboratory Bell Flight Blue Origin Bosch Rexroth Corp.

Collins Aerospace a UTC Co. Dassault Falcon Jet Department of Defense Department of the Navy Elite Aerospace Corp.

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest Flightware General Atomics Aeronautical Systems General Atomics Eletromagnetic Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems GKN Aerospace Global Aerostructures Honeywell Aerospace Jet Propulsion Lab NASA L3 Technologies LISI Aerospace Lockheed Martin - Sikorsky Aircraft Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. Meggitt Engine Systems Milacron Millennium Aerospace and Defense Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries NASA

National Aerospace Supply Co. NAVAIR NCDMM Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Northrop Grumman Space Systems Parker Hannifin Phase Four Inc. Plataine PPG Aerospace Pratt & Whitney Pratt & Whitney Canada Raytheon Co. Rocket Lab Safran Aerosystems Safran Electronics & Defense Avionics SGL Carbon Sikorsky Helicoptors Solar Atmospheres Solar Turbines Inc. Southern California Edison SpaceX Systems and Materials Research Corp.

Textron Systems Textron Systems Unmanned Systems The Aerospace Corp.

The Boeing Co. The Spaceship Company ThyssenKrupp Aerospace Tinker AFB Triumph Aerospace Structures U.S. General Services Administration U.S. Small Business Administrataion USAF USAF 448 Supply Chain Management Wing Varation Reduction Solutions Inc. Vector Launch Virgin Hyperloop One Virgin Orbit Visioneering Inc. Visual Components W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. WL Gore

Boring Ceramics

47% 22% 33% 14% 20% 19% 30% 8% 11% 10%

Cleaning & Pretreatment Equipment

7% CNC Controls & Accessories 20% Composites Manufacturing 28% Contract Manufacturing Services

13% Controls CAD/CAM Software 12% Coolants & Lubricants 7% Cybersecurity 6% Design & Simulation 14% Digital Manufacturing 15% Drilling & Tapping 14% EDM 9% Electronics Manufacturing 12% Energy & Environmental Efficiency

6%

Environmental Equipment & Protection Fastening Finishing & Coatings Flexible Manufacturing Systems Forming & Fabrication Grinding IIoT Industry 4.0 Lasers & Laser Systems Machine Vision Machining Material Handling Measurement, Inspection & Testing Metals Metrology Micromanufacturing Milling Nanotechnology PLM Quality RFID Robotics Sensors Software Machine Control Software/Simulation Thermoplastics Tooling Turning Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality Water Jet Cutting Welding

5% 14% 17% 12% 16% 13% 8% 12% 16% 11% 33% 13% 18% 18% 12% 9% 18% 9% 4% 12% 7% 24% 14% 8% 10% 14% 25% 12% 8% 13% 12%

Workholding Systems & Devices

9%

Workplace Safety & Ergonomics

7%

BUDGET

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ATTENDEES REPRESENTED

37%

Up to $20,000

11% 15% 11% 8% 9% 9%

$20,001– $50,000 $50,001– $200,000 $200,001– $500,000 $500,001– $1,000,000 $1,000,001– $5,000,000 Over $5,000,000

Aircraft/Aerospace Other Manufacturing Consulting/Engineering Services (Financial and Other) Defense Industrial and Commercial Machinery Automotive Electronics/Computers Academic Institution Research & Development Government/Military Plastic Products

ATTENDANCE BY REGION

1%

70% CA, OR, WA

KS, MN, MO, NE, SD

7%

4%

CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

IL, IN, MI, OH, WI

INTERNATIONAL

6%

4% 3%

AL, DE, FL, GA, KY, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV

AZ, CO, ID, NV, NM, UT, WY

5% AK, LA, OK, TX

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REPORT CONTACT: Dave Morton

Sr. Event Manager 800.733.3976 Ext. 3142 | dmorton@sme.org

Source for all statistics: AeroDef Manufacturing 2019 Registration and Survey Data

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