2017 Post Show Report

Contact Julie Duda, NECA Exposition Sales Manager • 770-632-0044 • julduda@necanet.org

www.necashow.org

2017 NECA Show by the Numbers

2017 Attendee Onsite Survey Results & Registration Statistics

• 95.2% of all attendees rated the NECA Show as

Excellent or Very Good

• 96% of all attendees are Very Likely or Likely to

recommend the NECA Show to a colleague

• 52% of NECA Show attendees do not go to any other

trade show

• Attendees came from all 50 states and 13 countries

•21,768 total leads were generated on the NECA Show

floor in Seattle

2017 NECA Show by the Numbers

2017 Attendee Survey Results

Is this the First Time You are Attending the NECA Show?

No 62.06%

Yes 37.94

Size of Attending Firms

100+ Employees 45.96%

20 – 99 Employees 25.92%

1 - 4 Employees 14.67%

10 - 19 Employees 13.45%

Owner, Pres,Key Exec:

47.5%

Proj Mgr/Super/

Foreman:19%

Other: 19% Journeyman:8%

Educator/Instructor:

6%

Inspector:.5%

Who Attends

2017 NECA Show by the Numbers

2017 Attendee Onsite Survey Results

How likely are you to purchase a product or service seen during the 2017 NECA Show?

Highly likely: 48.20%

Somewhat likely: 41.37%

N/A: 7.55% Not likely: 2.88%

How likely are you to recommend the NECA Show to an industry colleague, staff member or friends?

Very likely 76.62%

Somewhat likely 19.42%

Neutral 2.52%Somewhat unlikely 1.44%

What Products & Services are You, or Other Company RepresentativesLooking for During the 2017 NECA Show?

Category Percentage

Back Up Power 25.18%

Boxes & Enclosures 35.97%

Building Automation & Controls 24.10%

Codes, Standards, Certification 19.06%

Computer Hardware & Equipment 28.42%

Conduit, Raceway, Wireway 41.01%

Connections & Terminations 31.65%

Energy Efficiency 33.45%

Energy Storage 23.02%

Fasteners, Hangers, Clamps & Supports 31.29%

Fire/Life Safety 24.46%

Grounding & Bonding 28.78%

Heavy Equipment 11.51%

Home Automation 17.99%

Labels, Marking Systems 20.50%

Ladders Lifts & Platforms 20.86%

LED Lighting 48.56%

Lighting & Controls 49.64%

Low Voltage: Voice, Data, Video, Fiber Optics 26.62%

Medium Voltage Splicing 17.99%

Motors & Motor Controls 29.50%

Online & Web Services 16.55%

Outdoor Products 18.71%

Category Percentage

Outside Line Equipment 11.15%

Power (Traditional) 24.82%

Power Quality & Distribution 21.94%

Pre-Fabrication 23.38%

Recycling Services 9.35%

Safety Equipment & Apparel 28.06%

Security Equipment 15.11%

Services: Financial, Insurance Retirement, other 6.83%

Software: Estimating, Management, BIM, other 22.30%

Solar Energy 28.42%

Substation Equipment 8.27%

Switches & Switch Gear 24.46%

Testing Equipment 29.14%

Tools 50.00%

Traffic 7.19%

Training 34.17%

Transformers 21.94%

Transmission & Distribution Equipment 9.71%

Underground Equipment 21.22%

Vehicles & Vehicle Equipment 23.38%

Wind Energy 15.11%

Wiring Cabling 44.60%

2017 Attendee Onsite Survey Results

Proof Positive • Just a few of the Many Comments Received

“This year’s NECA Show in Seattle has been one

of the best yet for Milwaukee Tool. Our

partnership with NECA continues to be very

successful at both the national and local level.”

Bill Hughes, Sr. Vice President, Milwaukee

Tool

“The 2017 NECA Convention has provided me numerous opportunities to gain knowledge of labor savings ideas on new tools, safety, processes, and software to gain a competitive advantage in our industry. Best NECA Convention yet, they continue to raise the bar each year.” David Gross, President, Henderson Services

“Just had to say again, as I completed my pass thru your NECA website, looking at the educational and various workshops (convention education and technical workshops) you are offering; unbelievable! You guys have managed to touch on virtually every topic that is such a "value add" to your members.

If I was attending this as an electrical professional, I would be worried that the number of opportunities to improve my business outweigh the energy I could muster for 3-4 straight days. Well done! I’m excited to have been a part of this.” Jim Donald, former CEO of several major companies including Starbucks, Pathmark Stores and Haggen Food & Pharmacy. Oct. 9 Keynote Speaker

“The Showstopper Showcase is where they put all the newest products for you to view in one area. So, if you don’t have as much time to spend at the show, you can spend it very efficiently here. The NECA Show is a great event.” Brian Dew, Mid-City Electric Company

“The best thing about the NECA Show is that

everything and everyone is so approachable.”

Laura Lacombie, Sprig Electric Co.

“I just wanted to reach out to you and let you know after 20 years attending the NECA show, the 2017 show was awesome, best show ever, well attended by decision makers. We at iTOOLco are already excited for next year! Thanks to you for all the hard work that I know went into making it a successful show for all.” Mike Jordan, Executive Vice President, iTOOLco

2017 NECA Show by the Numbers

2017 NECA Convention and Trade Show Registration Statistics

Total Participants: 6,263Total Professional Attendees: 4,160

Children/Staff: 205Total Exhibitor Personnel 1,692

2017 Participation Numbers

2017 Totals 6263

2016 Totals 6320

2015 Totals 6543

2014 Totals 6626

2013 Totals 5111

History

Year Location # of Companies Net Sq. Ft.

2017 Seattle 260 78,900

2016 Boston 298 86,600

2015 San Francisco 268 68,000

2014 Chicago 276 76,150

2013Washington DC 290 66,930

2012 Las Vegas 306 70,600

Exhibit History

2017 Technical Workshops• 3D Laser Scanning to Prefabrication: An Electrical Perspective, Trimble

• Applying Construction Fall Protection Concepts to General Industry, WESCO

• Connecting the Knowledge of the Engineer with the Knowhow of the Contractor, Southwire

• Design Build Using the Latest Technology Trends for Productivity, McCormick Systems

• Electric Motor System Diagnostics, ALL-TEST PRO

• Firestop Compliance for Overfilled Sleeves, Specified Technologies, Inc.

• Forecasting Manpower, Labor Chart

• Increasing Efficiency for BIM Using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Sanveo, Inc.

• Let Energy Monitoring Do the Heavy Lifting, Schneider Electric

• Living in a Network Economy, Project Doc Control

• Loading and Tracing Electrical Circuits, Tasco, Inc.

• Modern Solar System Design, Aurora Solar, Inc.

• NEC 2017: To Torque, or Not to Torque. That is the Question, Ilsco

• Protecting Workers and Business from Common Safety Issues, 3M

• Saving Time & Money: Utilizing a Customized Factory-Built Substation, DIS-TRAN

• Smart Buildings: Integrating PoE with the IoT, Cree

• The Digital Difference, Sonepar

• The Evolution of Temporary Lighting, Milwaukee Tool

• Training the Next Generation Successfully, Eaton

Over 50 Submittals Received for Consideration• 50 Minute Sessions • 19 Topics Chosen by NECA Committee

New! NECA Presentation Theater• A New Angle On Pulling Wire, Pentair

• Compression - Colorful Solutions, IlSCO

• Driving Revenue Through Innovation, Schneider Electric

• Gain control Over the Entire Estimating Process, Viewpoint

• Southwire Solutions with Equipment Ergonomics, Southwire

• Distributed Low-Voltage (DLVP) System - The Solution that Eliminates Resourcing Dilemmas and Wiring Errors, Eaton

• NextGen Construction for Electrical Contractors, Sanveo, Inc.

• NIMBUS® - Insulated Multi Tap Connector, ILSCO

• Proven Solutions to Increasing Your Productivity + Profitability, Gexpro

• Southwire Solution University, Southwire

• FRC Programs: How to Improve Comfort, Happiness & Compliance and Eliminate Complaints. Tyndale

• Estimating & Design, McCormick Systems

• The evolution of safety switch design for a growing emphasis on personnel protection, Eaton

• How FLIR IGM™ Can Make Your Job Safer & Faster, Flir

• Specifying intelligent panelboards to meet ASHRAE & IECC Energy Codes, Eaton

• Overview of Southwire's Contractor Solutions Services, Southwire

• Compression Grounding - The All-Weather Solution, ILSCO

• Training Effective Field Leaders, American Technical Publishers

Presented by Electrical Contractor Magazine • Short 18 minute “Ted Talk” type sessions • Available for Purchase

2017 Showstopper Showcase• Presented by Electrical Contractor Magazine

• Entries must have been introduced in the market between October 1, 2016 ‐ October 1, 2017

• Independent Panel of Judges

• 164 Showstopper Entries

• 23 Winners

•Winners listed on www.ecmag.com now

• Winners featured in the January 2018 magazine issue

•Hilti (1921) KWIK Cast wood form anchors and setting tool

• iTools (831), Ground Rod Dawg

• Legrand (705), Legrand outdoor ground box

• Milwaukee (504), Milwaukee personal lighting

• Milwaukee Tool (504), M18 Rover mounting flood light

• Orbit Industries (1015), hight adjustable box installation template

• Pentair (1231) Angled trough

• Probuilt Professional Lighting (1301), Wobblelight V3 LED

• Schneider Electric (907), Wiser Energy

• Southwire (2103), LED string light, 100 feet

•Ugly’s Electric References (1021), Ugly’s electric reference app

• 3M (805), GoggleGear Safety Glasses

• Acuity Brands (2117) EPANL Series LED Edge-Lit flat panel

• Bridgeport Fittings (917), Mighty-Bite Push-EMT fittings

• Cable Ferret (2034), Ferret wireless inspection camera and cabling tool

• Construction Electric Products (1720), Barricade Box

• DeWalt & Powers Fasteners (1121), SDS rotary hammer with dust collection, 20V

• Eaton (641), Distributed Low-Voltage Power (DLVP) system

• Eaton (641), Pow-R-Command intelligent panel board

• Fluke Corp. (2507), T6 Electric Tester

• Graybar (1005), Graybar SmartWire cart

• Greenlee (531), Next Generation Tool bags/backpacks

• Greenlee (531), Turbo 6,000-pound puller

2017 Showstopper Award Winners

Sampling of NECA 2017 SEATTLE Attendees

Abbott Electric • Ace Electrical Contractors • Alcan Electrical & Engineers • Allison-Smith • A.L.M. Electric • American Electrical Construction • Bana Electric • Blackwater Electric • Brown Electrical • Bruce & MerrileesElectric • Cache Valley Electric •Cavanaugh Electrical Contracting • Chapel Electric • Chapel-Romanoff Technologies • Christenson Electric • Cleveland Electric • Coastal Electric Corp • Cogburn Bros Electric • Coghlin Electrical Contractors • Collins Electrical • Connelly Electric • Contra Costa Electric • Cranston Electric • Crescent Electric • Cupertino Electric • D. Suehiro Electric • Dagostino Electronic Services • Delta Services •Dixie Electric • Driscoll Electric • Dynalectric • Eckardt Electric • Eldor Contracting • EMCOR Construction Services • ERMCO • Ferguson Electric Constructiono • Ferry Electric • Fisk Electric • Fuller Electric • Grand-Kahn Electric • Granite City Electric • Grant-Neil Electric • Gulf Electric Company • Hewitt Young Electric • Hilscher-Clarke Electric • Holmes Electric •Industrial Electric • Industrial Power and Lighting • JBL Electric • J RanckElectric • John Mills Electric • Kelso-Burnett • Kilian Electrical Service • KND Licensed Electrical Contracting & Services • Lan-Tel Communications • Lighthouse Electric • M. L. Schmitt • Massbay Electrical Corp • Miller Electric • Mona Electric Group • Morgan Mechanical Contractors • Morrow-Meadows • Napp Electric • Nelson Electric • O'Connell Electric • Oneida Electrical Contractors • Ostrow Electrical Company • Pacific Lighting and Electrical • Palmeri Electric • PAR Electrical Contractors •Patterson Company • Paulson Electric • Pieper Electric • Prime Electric • Progressive Electric • Pueblo Electrics • Quanta Services • Rivers Plumbing & Electric • Roman Electric Company • Romanoff Electric Co LLC • Rosendin Electric • Royal Electric Construction • S & L Electric • Sachs Electric • Sequoyah Electric • Shaw Electric • Shelley Electric • Southern Contracting • Sprig Electric • T & T Electric • Thompson Electric •Tirone Electric • Tri-City Electric Company • Tricomm Services • United Electric • Universal Electric • Valley Electrical Consolidated • Wasatch Electric Div. of Dynalectric • West Side Hammer Electric • Wheeler Electric • W R O'Neal Electric • Yates Electric Service • Yellowstone Electric • York River Electric • Young Electric • Zwicker Electric

NECA 2017 SEATTLE Final Exhibitor List

3MAboutTime TechnologiesAccess Hardware SupplyACME Construction SupplyAcuity BrandsAdvanced Test Equipment RentalsAEMC InstrumentsAGGREKOalliantgroupALL-TEST Pro, LLCAmerican ConduitAmerican Polywater CorporationAmerican Technical Publishers, Inc.AmprobeAnixterA-Rise Pipe SupportArlington IndustriesAtkore InternationalAurora SolarAutonomy TechnologyBergen Industries, Inc.BICSIBidtracer - Specialty Software Group LLCBIG BILLBlue Pier International LLCBolt Star LLCBoyett PetroleumBrass Copper & Alloy (I) LTD - HEXBREX LightingBridgeport FittingsBroadlyBuildingConnectedBulldog Manufacturing LLCBurndyCAB (Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped)Cable Ferret, Inc.Cal Am ManufacturingCalifornia Service ToolCalpipe Industries, Inc.Capital One Services, LLCCarson Technology CompanyCatavolt

CEAS Attachments/ISAT SeismicCementex Products, Inc.Cert-In Software Systems, Inc.Chalfant Manufacturing CompanyChatsworth Products, Inc.CintasClearline Engineering, IncClear-Vu LightingCOINSCommerce BankConduit Repair Systems, Inc.ConEst Software SystemsConnect-Air, Genuine Cable GroupConnector Manufacturing CompanyConntek ISIConstruction Electrical ProductsConstruction Financial Management Association (CFMA)Construction MonkeyContractors Choice Inc.ContractorSelling.comCopper Development Assoc. Inc.Cree, Inc.Crescent Electric SupplyCrestron Electronics, Inc.Current Tools, Inc.Dale Fastener SupplyDatum Tech SolutionsDay & Night SolarDeWALT Tools & POWERS FastenersDexter + ChaneyDIS-TRAN Packaged Substations, LLCDuPontDYMO Industrial LabelingEatonEC&M Electrical Wholesaling (Penton Media, Inc.)eGauge Systems LLCElectrical Contractor MagazineElectrical Products & SolutionsElectrical Safety Foundation Intl. (ESFI)Electrical SolutionsElectrical Training Alliance formerly the NJATCElectricTV.net

Emergent Safety SupplyEmpire LevelEncore Wire CorporationEnergy Storage & Microgrid Training & CertENERGY worldnet, Inc.Energyficient Systems, IncEnerlites, Inc.Enovative TechnologiesEricson Manufacturing CompanyeSUB Construction SoftwareFederated InsuranceFilamentoFLIRFluke CorporationForterra Building ProductsFoundation SoftwareFull Spectrum SolutionsG&G LED LightingGardner BenderGarvin IndustriesGE Industrial SolutionsGeneral CableGenErgy Power, LLCGensco EquipmentGEOMIST LLCGexproGibson Stainless & Specialty, Inc.GM Fleet and CommercialGranite IndustriesGraybarGreenlee, A Textron CompanyGTP Services, LLCHansen Supply Co.Harger Lightning & GroundingHiltiHitachi Cable AmericaHubbell Commercial ConstructionI-80 EquipmentIdeal Industries, Inc.IllumagearILSCOIMS ElectroliToolco

NECA 2017 SEATTLE Final Exhibitor List cont.

Jameson, LLCJonas Construction SoftwareJoral LLCKailo EnergyKing Heating Mfg. Co.Kist CorpKlein Tools, Inc.KNIPEX Tools LPL.H. Dottie CompanyLaborChartLEDxpert Lighting IncLegrandLeviton Mfg. Co., Inc.Lind EquipmentLowe's CompaniesLS Cable & System U.S.A., Inc.Lutron ElectronicsMacurco Gas DetectionMaddox Industrial TransformerMadison Electric ProductsMag Daddy LLCMakita USAMaterial Management Software, Inc.McCormick Systems, Inc.Metro LED Sign and LightMilspec IndustriesMilwaukee ToolMiro Industries IncMobile Electrical Distributors, Inc.Mosaic LearningMount Vernon MillsMr. ElectricMusco LightingMyLEDLightingGuideNational Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED)National Purchasing PartnersNational Real Estate AdvisorsNAVFACNECANFPA (National Fire Protection Association)NICHIFU AMERICA INCNicolaudie America Inc.NJATC FR ApparelNLMCC

OEL Worldwide IndustriesOrbit Industries, Inc.Otto Trading Inc.OutBack Power TechnologiesPatriot Aluminum ProductsPemsa Cable ManagementPentairPhiladelphia Convention & Visitors BureauPhilipsPinnacle Infotech Inc.PlanGridPower & TelPowerCETPrime SolutionPro Leasing ServicesPro Referral Powered By The Home DepotProBuilt Professional LightingProcoreProduct Innovations LLC aka Banner StakesProfessional PlasticsProject DocControl a Kahua CompanyPuget Sound Electrical Apprenticeship & Training TrustRack-A-Tiers Mfg. Inc.Raychem RPGReliance ControlsReprographic Services AssociationRepublic ConduitRIDGIDRipley Tools, LLCRough-In ReadySalisbury by HoneywellSanveo IncSchneider Electric (Square D)ScorpionSecure VoltageSelterm Ltd.Snake TraySnapPowerSonepar USASouthwireSP ProductsSpecified Technologies, Inc.StarlineStarTek Lighting America

Sunbelt Transformer Ltd.Superior Tray SystemsT & R Electric SupplyTasco Inc.Technostruct, LLCTecnotray LLCTerraTrench USA, Inc.The Electrical AdvertiserThe Utility SourceThomas & BettsThompson Brown IncToolWatch Corp.Topaz Lighting & ElectricTradePEERSTrimbleTrinity PowerTUV RheinlandTyndale CompanyUgly's Electrical ReferencesUL LLCU-Mark, Inc.Underground Devices Inc.United RentalsUtility One SourceVericom VoltVerizon TelematicsVFC Lightning ProtectionViewpoint Construction SoftwareVision Engraving & Routing SystemsVision InfoSoftWalravenWerner Co.WESCO Distribution, Inc.Western Tube, a division of ZekelmanIndustriesWestex by MillikenWheatland Tube, a division of ZekelmanIndustriesWiha Premium ToolsWindsor WireZircon Corporation

Thank you to the NECA Premier Partners & Sponsors for their Support