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AERODEF MANUFACTURING® 2019

POST-SHOW REPORT

Featuring

AUDIENCE PROFILE

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

Verified Attendance*

Total Event Attendance 2,647Total Exhibit Attendees (excluding conference delegates) 1,242Total Conference Delegates 533Total Exhibiting Companies 199Total Square Footage 22,151

*Does not include students or media

Business Development 30%Owner/Company Management/ Corporate Executive 16%Manufacturing Engineering (non-management) 9%Product Design and R&D 7%Other 7%Design Engineering 6%Manufacturing Engineering Management 6%Manufacturing Production Management 4%Control Engineering/Automation 3%Purchasing 3%Quality Assurance & Control 2%Educator/Instructor 2%Manufacturing Production (non-management) 2%Government Representative 2%Information/IT Systems 1%

JOB FUNCTIONS

34%

13%13%

10%

6%

6%

12%

6%250-499 Employees

500-599 Employees

>20 Employees

20-49 Employees100-249 Employees

50-99 Employees

1K-2.5K Employees

2.5K+ Employees

of attendees influence the equipment and

services purchase decisions for their companies.

73%

AERODEF CONNECTS YOU WITH FINAL DECISION MAKERS AND PURCHASE INFLUENCERS

of the AeroDef audience

had equipment and services budgets exceeding $200,000.

37%

AERODEF ATTRACTS BUYERS READY TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY

of the AeroDef audience

were first-time attendees to the event.

62%

NEW PROSPECTS FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Business Development 30%Owner/Company Management/ Corporate Executive 16%Manufacturing Engineering (non-management) 9%Product Design and R&D 7%Other 7%Design Engineering 6%Manufacturing Engineering Management 6%Manufacturing Production Management 4%Control Engineering/Automation 3%Purchasing 3%Quality Assurance & Control 2%Educator/Instructor 2%Manufacturing Production (non-management) 2%Government Representative 2%Information/IT Systems 1%

JOB FUNCTIONS

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

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

3D Printing/ Additive Manufacturing 47%3D Scanning 22%Advanced Materials 33%Artificial intelligence 14%Assembly & Joining 20%Assembly Equipment & Systems 19%Automation 30%Boring 8%Casting 11%Ceramics 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 5%Fastening 14%Finishing & Coatings 17%Flexible Manufacturing Systems 12%Forming & Fabrication 16%Grinding 13%IIoT 8%Industry 4.0 12%Lasers & Laser Systems 16%Machine Vision 11%Machining 33%Material Handling 13%Measurement, Inspection & Testing 18%Metals 18%Metrology 12%Micromanufacturing 9%Milling 18%Nanotechnology 9%PLM 4%Quality 12%RFID 7%Robotics 24%Sensors 14%Software Machine Control 8%Software/Simulation 10%Thermoplastics 14%Tooling 25%Turning 12%Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality 8%Water Jet Cutting 13%Welding 12%Workholding Systems & Devices 9%Workplace Safety & Ergonomics 7%

TOP ATTENDING COMPANIESAeroDef Manufacturing® 2019 delivered high-quality attendees from the top companies in aerospace and defense manufacturing.3D Infotech3MACE Clearwater EnterprisesAdditive Rocket Corp.Advanced Composite Products and TechnologyAdvanced Integration TechnologyAerojet RocketdyneAerospace CorporationAirbusApplied Aerospace Structures Corp.Applied AviationArconic EnginesArmorStruxx LLCArmorWorksArmy Research LaboratoryBell FlightBlue OriginBosch Rexroth Corp.Collins Aerospace a UTC Co.Dassault Falcon JetDepartment of DefenseDepartment of the NavyElite Aerospace Corp.Fleet Readiness Center SouthwestFlightwareGeneral Atomics Aeronautical SystemsGeneral Atomics Eletromagnetic SystemsGeneral Dynamics Mission SystemsGKN AerospaceGlobal AerostructuresHoneywell AerospaceJet Propulsion Lab NASAL3 TechnologiesLISI AerospaceLockheed Martin - Sikorsky AircraftLockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.Meggitt Engine SystemsMilacronMillennium Aerospace and DefenseMitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & CompositesMitsubishi Electric Corp.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries NASA

National Aerospace Supply Co.NAVAIRNCDMMNorthrop Grumman Aerospace SystemsNorthrop Grumman Innovation SystemsNorthrop Grumman Space SystemsParker HannifinPhase Four Inc.PlatainePPG AerospacePratt & WhitneyPratt & Whitney CanadaRaytheon Co.Rocket LabSafran AerosystemsSafran Electronics & Defense AvionicsSGL CarbonSikorsky HelicoptorsSolar AtmospheresSolar Turbines Inc.Southern California EdisonSpaceXSystems and Materials Research Corp.Textron SystemsTextron Systems Unmanned SystemsThe Aerospace Corp.The Boeing Co.The Spaceship CompanyThyssenKrupp AerospaceTinker AFBTriumph Aerospace StructuresU.S. General Services AdministrationU.S. Small Business AdministrataionUSAFUSAF 448 Supply Chain Management WingVaration Reduction Solutions Inc.Vector LaunchVirgin Hyperloop OneVirgin OrbitVisioneering Inc.Visual ComponentsW.L. Gore & Associates Inc.WL Gore

78%

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ATTENDANCE BY REGION

INTERNATIONAL 6%

4%4%

4%4%

7%7%1%1%

5%5%3%3%

70%70%CA, OR, WA KS, MN,

MO, NE, SD

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

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

IL, IN, MI, OH, WI

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

OK, TX

Dave MortonSr. 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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BUDGET Up to $20,000 37%$20,001–$50,000 11%$50,001–$200,000 15%$200,001–$500,000 11%$500,001–$1,000,000 8%$1,000,001–$5,000,000 9%Over $5,000,000 9%

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ATTENDEES REPRESENTED

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