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AUDIENCE PROFILE

MI

NY

NJ

MDDC

PA

OHIN

IL

TX

LA

CA

NV UT

OR ID

WA

KY

TN

MO

IA

MN

VA

VTNH

MACT

FL

GA

SC

NC

WI

ATTENDANCE BY REGION

VERIFIED ATTENDANCE

2,055 EVENT ATTENDEES

181 EXHIBITING COMPANIES

21,750 SQUARE FOOTAGE

TOP ATTENDING COMPANIES American Axle & Manufacturing

BAE Industries Inc. BorgWarner Continental Automotive Denso International America

Dow Automotive Eaton Corporation Festo Corporation Ford Motor Company GE Global Research Georgia Pacific Gonzalez Design Group Grand Rapids Controls

Harman International Haworth IBM Incoe John Deere Kostal of America, Inc. Merrill Technologies Group

MTS Seating Nexteer Corp Northrop Grumman Panasonic Parker Hannifin Plastipak Packaging

Pratt & Miller Engineering

Robert Bosch Shinola Steelcase TARDEC TATA Technologies Tenneco The Boeing Company The Dow Chemical Company

The Oakwood Group Tower International U.S. Manufacturing Valiant Corporation

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BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES. ADVANCING MANUFACTURING.THE BIG M connected the innovative leaders and technology experts to the solutions that are shaping the future of manufacturing. The exhibit floor allowed attendees to evaluate new technology by seeing it in person, touching it, and speaking directly to the people who design and manufacture it.

“There are other shows that just don’t have ‘it’ anymore – they’re not really pushing the boundaries in terms of the technology in the marketplace bringing everyone together. This show did a good job in that area. We had some good connections with people we weren’t already talking to that could be a good fit for our product.”

Bill Rodriquez Marketing Manager Plex Systems

78% of THE BIG M attendees are from the Great Lakes states.

16% of attendees are from other states.

5% of attendees are from Canada.

1% of attendees are from outside North America.

BUYER BEHAVIORBUDGET

TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED (Multiple responses allowed)

3D Imaging/Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32%Advanced Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%Assembly Equipment & Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%Automated Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33%CAD/CAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%Engineered Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%Engineering Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%Flexible Manufacturing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%Lasers & Laser Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%Lean Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%Machine Tooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%Machining & Subtractive Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . 14%Manufacturing Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%Manufacturing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%Measurement, Inspection & Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%Metal Forming & Fabricating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%Process Design & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%Quality & Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%Rapid/Additive Manufactung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%Research & Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%Reverse Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%Robotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23%Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%Tooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%

Up to $20,000

$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

of THE BIG M audience had equipment, technology or services budgets that exceeded $200,000.

34%

38%

11%

17%11%

7%8%

8%

JOB FUNCTIONSSales & Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33%Owner/Company Management/Corporate Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24%Manufacturing Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16%Product Design & R&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12%Manufacturing Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8%Control Engineering/Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3%Purchasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2%Quality Assurance & Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2%

INDUSTRIES

AUTOMOTIVE

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE

FABRICATED METAL/STAMPINGS

ENGINEERING/CONSULTING

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL MACHINERY

GOVERNMENT/MILITARY

CONSUMER GOODS

ELECTRONICS/COMPUTERS

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

OTHER MANUFACTURING

38%13%

11%7%

5%5%4%4%3%3%3%4%

“The people who visited the booth are definitely who we want to talk to. We’ve got OEM relationships we were able to dig a little deeper into as well.”

Mallory Beane Marketing Coordinator SigmaTEK Systems LLC

“We talked with the right engineers, the right executives. They see the value and they’re helping drive our products into their organizations.”

Don Licht Sales Manager RapidFit

“We got a lot of good leads – people who were looking for solutions. We got a lot of people to follow up with.”

Joel Jones Business Manager Acra Cast

78% of THE BIG M attendees are from the Great Lakes states.

16% of attendees are from other states.

5% of attendees are from Canada.

1% of attendees are from outside North America.

THE BIG M LIGHTS UP THE MANUFACTURING TWITTERSPHEREOne Point Solutions @onepointdata

Thanks, @bigMevent for helping us keep up w/the #mfg trends and letting us show #IoT #sensors and #bigdata #bigMevent

Consumers Energy @ConsumersEnergy

By partnering w/ @PureMIbiz , we’ve increased spending with #MI suppliers and contractors by $1 bil, creating 5,000+ jobs. #bigMevent

Plex Systems @PlexSystems

We’re having a great time at the #BigMEvent! gjprater is here talking about #manufacturing technology https://instagram.com/p/3e14kNnT9L/

Cobo Center, Detroit @cobocenter

The Big M is connecting manufacturing leaders and innovators who all have Big Ideas! #bigMevent #cobocenter

PTC @PTC

Great event - thrilled to take part today! #bigMevent @AutomationAlley

R. Bennett Steury @RachelBSAAM

Happy to see our #keepitmadeinusa buttons on the cover of the #bigmevent directory!

Plex Systems @PlexSystems

Thanks - we’re meeting lots of great people at the #BigMEvent! RT @googleglass: @PlexSystems Have an awesome time at the event!

Kristi VW @kveedub

Build a vehicle in a day? Sure! Teamwork yields innovation at the #bigMevent in Detroit.

Commercial Progression @comprodrupal

Big M Event underway, so many manufacturing companies in one space! #bigmevent @bigmevent

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Christine LongroyEvent Manager800.733.3976 ext. 3137clongroysme.org

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