NOCOM 2016 Manufacturing Trade ShowA Show for Colorado Manufacturers by Manufacturers, Highlighting Our Vast Available Industries and Expertise

S P O N S O R E D B Y

Thursday, April 28

The Ranch Events Complex 5280 Arena Circle Loveland, Colorado www.nocomfg.com

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INNOVATIVE.

DIVERSE.

GROWING.

Colorado-Made for Manufacturers.EKS&H is a Colorado-based professional services fi rm providing audit, tax and consulting services to more than 150

manufacturing clients in Colorado and around the world. Our commitment to the industry has resulted in the continuous

growth of our manufacturing practice. With the largest number of CPAs of any fi rm headquartered in the Rocky Mountain

region, we are ranked in the top 50 U.S. fi rms and have been named a Best Place to Work by the Great Place to Work

Institute and FORTUNE Magazine. If you’d like to grow right along with us, visit: www.eksh.com.

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In 2016, your NoCo Manufacturing Partnership will turn three years old! The partnership is a volunteer organization representing a loose affiliation of about 150 manufacturing companies, primarily in Northern Colorado. Together with our public partners and other like-minded manufacturing organizations, we seek to work together to help manufacturers and their communities thrive. In the organization’s brief history, we’ve already accomplished a great deal. If you visit our website, www.nocomfg.com, you’ll see what we mean.

As we look forward, we have ambitious plans to maintain our momentum. Our three standing committees, Manufacturing Rocks!, Manufacturing Talent, and Manufacturing Networks will keep working hard for you and for our greater manufacturing community. Our next major effort is NocoM 2016, our second annual manufacturing trade show for Northern Colorado.

If you attended last year’s NOCOM event, we don’t need to tell you what a great success it was. With nearly 60 exhibitors and 600 attendees, it was definitely the place to be. This year’s event promises to be even bigger and better. Scheduled for April 28th at The Ranch in Loveland, NOCOM 2016 will once again show the strength and diversity of manufacturing in our great region. We want to recognize and thank our trade show sponsors for their continued support: EKS&H, First National Bank, Aerotek and Flood & Peterson.

New for NOCOM 2016 is the NOCOM Women in Manufacturing Forum presented by Flood & Peterson and the City of Fort Collins. Students and trade show attendees will have the opportunity to hear from women working in a variety of capacities in the industry. A NOCOM Women in Manufacturing Luncheon, presented by Flood & Peterson and the City of Fort Collins, will be hosted at The Budweiser Events center where students and guests can network with women working in the industry. An additional luncheon ticket and pre-registration is required.

NOCOM will conclude with the B2B Lounge - a reception with beer, wine, and hors d’oeuvres. Please join us at the B2B Lounge to wrap up your experience at NOCOM! B2B Lounge is presented by CAMA and EWI.

Put NOCOM 2016 on your calendar as a “must attend” event, or better yet, come as an exhibitor and share what you’re all about.

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Paul A. Harter Chairperson of the Board of Directors, NoCo Manufacturing PartnershipPresident/CEO, Aqua-Hot Heating Systems, Inc. Frederick, Colorado

Mike snyder Committee Chair for NOCOM 2016Sales Manager, Epocs Manufacturing, Inc. Longmont, Colorado

NocoM coMMITTEEMike snyder, NOCOM Event Chairman – Sales Manager, Epocs Manufacturing

Amanda Miller – NOCOM Event Coordinator, Director of Details, The Place Setting Company

chelsie Beller – Business Consultant, UNC BizHub Collaborative/East Colorado SBDC

Flint Jamison – Chief Operating Officer, Ability Composites

stacy Johnson – Director of Economic Development, Town of Windsor

seonAh kendall – Economic Health Manager, City of Fort Collins

Daron Linton – Events & Programs Manager, Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance

Nathan Morimitsu – Marketing Manager, Manufacturer’s Edge

Robert seybert – Plant Manager, Whip Mix Corp. Dental Mfg.

Tony Wampler – Senior Business Development, Springs Fabrication, Inc.

Noco MANuFAcTuRINg PARTNERsHIP

Making Things … Makes Things HappenPartners working passionately to ensure Northern Colorado Manufacturers and our communities thrive

The NoCo Manufacturing Partnership is an all-volunteer partnership between public and private organizations to further the interests of manufacturers in northern Colorado. Working side-by-side, professionals in economic development, workforce development, education, and industry are doing great things in our region. Partnership members meet semi-annually in various locations throughout Northern Colorado.

The Partnership was originally designated for Larimer and Weld counties. However, the Partnership has had manufacturers from Brighton, Boulder, Longmont, Arvada and Colorado Springs attend events and the all-manufacturers meetings. The Partnership is inclusive and welcomes all manufacturers who would like to engage.

The Partnership currently has three committees pursuing initiatives

driven and led by the manufacturing community:

• Manufacturing Talent - Working with educators to prepare the next generation of manufacturers

• Manufacturing Networks - Working to build stronger business-to-business connections in our manufacturing community

• Manufacturing ROCKS! - Engaging students early for manufacturing careers

To learn more or register to be a member of NoCo Manufacturing Partnership visit www.nocomfg.com

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AdvANCed MANufACTuriNg iN COlOrAdO2015 jobs

2013-2015 change

2013-2015 % change

2005-2015 change

2005-2015 % change

Current wages, salaries, propri-etor earnings

2014 establishments

Avg. employees /

establishmentAge 55-64

% of industryAge 65+

% of industry

141,486 7,263 5% -11,277 -7% $60,905 5,885 24% 19% 4%

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FOR EVERY $1 OF GOODS PRODUCED, MANUFACTURINGGENERATES AN

ADDITIONAL$1.37 FOR THE

ECONOMY

MANUFACTURINGCONTRIBUTES $2.09

TRILLION DOLLARS TO

THE ECONOMY

MANUFACTURERS ARE

RESPONSIBLE FOR ALMOST

THREE-FOURTHSOF ALL PRIVATE

SECTOR R&D

EACH MANUFACTURING

JOB CREATES ANOTHER

2.5 MORE JOBS IN LOCAL GOODS AND

SERVICES

THe diSCONNeCT BeTWeeN PerCePTiON & fACTS

90% oF AMERIcANs Believe MAnufACturing isiMportAnt for A strong

nAtionAl eConoMy

BuT oNLy 37% of pArents enCourAge

their Kids to enter MAnufACturing

75% oF AMERIcANs feAr the loss of doMestiC

MAnufACturing JoBs to other nAtions

BuT oNLy 18% of people vieW

MAnufACturing As A top CAreer ChoiCe

References: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Industry Economic Accounts, 2014; Bureaus of Economic Analysis, National Economic Accounts by Industry, 2013; Milken Institute and Economic Planning Institute; Annual Index, “Leadership wanted, U.S. Public Opinions on Manufacturing,” by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, 2014; Annual Index, “Leadership wanted, U.S. Public Opinions on Manufacturing,” by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, 2014; Economic & Statistics Administration, “The Benefits of Manufacturing Jobs,” 2012; cnn.com, Money, April 2013; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employee Tenure Summary, September 2014; Manufacturing Institute, 2014; The Skills Gap in U.S. Manufacturing 2015 and Beyond, Deloitte and Manufacturing Institute

MOre THAN $77K: AnnuAL AVErAGE SALAry OF mAnuFACturInG WOrKErS

$60K: AnnuAL SALAry FOr Entry-LEVEL mAnuFACturInG EnGInEErS

EnGInEErInG: HigHeST PAid mAnuFACturInG DEGrEE FOr

nEW GrADuAtES

mAnuFACturInG WOrKErS HAve HigHeST JOB SeCuriTY

In PrIVAtE SECtOr

72% OF mAnuFACturInG WOrKErS hAVE mEDICAL BEnEFItS

78% OF mAnuFACturInG WOrKErS GEt rEtIrEmEnt COntrIButIOnS

FrOm EmPLOyErS

source: lauren e. victor, ph.d., talent development research and policy Analyst

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Thursday, April 28, 20169am to 5pm, The Ranch

5280 Arena Circle, Loveland COExhibitor Pricing: $275 for 10x10 and $375 for 10x20

Each reserved booth space includes guest passes!

Attendee Pricing: $10 pre-registration, $15 at the door, $5 student

Registration includes $5 food/drink coupon

$10 add-on ticket for the NOCOM Women in Manufacturing Luncheon

For more attendee information or to register as an exhibitor, please visit www.nocomfg.com

• Ability Composites

• AIA Plastics, Inc.

• APICS Northern Colorado

• Aqua-Hot

• ARC Group Worldwide

• Avid 3D Printing

• Blackfox

• CAMA

• Caroba Plastics

• City of Loveland / EWI

• Colin Spencer Productions

• Colorado WaterJet Company

• Denver Electric Motor

• Denver Precision Products

• Design Metal Manufacturing

• Dynamic Design & Manufacturing

• Epocs Manufacturing

• Erickson Metals of Colorado, Inc.

• Front Range Community College

• Frontier Metal Stamping

• General Air

• H2 Manufacturing/Temperature Processing

• Hartwig Inc.• Huebner Marketing Communications

• Industrial Battery Service, Inc• Joy Controls

• Linear Manufacturing• Manes Machine & Engineering

• Manufacturer’s Edge• Manufacturing Marketing Institute

• Marketing Systems Inc.• Moyer Machine & Tool, LLC

• MSC Industrial Direct• Neenan Archistruction

• Omnicon Technical Sales• Palmer Drives, Systems,

and Controls• Paradigm Research Optics

• Parasoleil• Parkway Products• Phoenix Weaponry• PQA International

• Predictive Safety

• Proto-Tel, Inc.

• Qualtek Manufacturing Inc.

• Rocketship Systems, Inc.

• RPC Manufacturing Solutions

• Rubadue Wire Co., Inc.

• Ryerson

• Scion Aviation

• Springs Fabrication

• St. Vrain Manufacturing, Inc.

• Triad Tooling, Inc

• Vergent Products

• Video Accessory Corp

• VSI Parylene

• WeatherCall Services, LLC

• Whip Mix Corporation

• Wolf Robotics

• Woodward

• Workwell Occupational Medicine

• X-CAL

• Zebulon Solutions, LLC

Look for the following companies and more exhibiting in the trade show hall at NOCOM

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B2B LOUNGE

First National Bank Exhibition Hall at The RanchEnter for a chance to win a variety of

Door Prizes & Giveaways from exhibitors including:WeatherCall Services will donate a FREE year of their WeatherCall Enterprise, a state of the art, weather risk management service used by hundreds of Fortune 500 companies throughout severe weather prone areas of the country— valued at $500!

Hale Pet Door from Manufacturer’s Edge

— valued up to $1000!

Neenan Archistruction

will be giving away a

Leatherman — valued at $90!

Polar water bottles and waterproof/crushproof cases

from Caroba/Pozzetta — a $10- to $12-dollar value!

SponSored byThank you To The noCoM Lanyard SponSor:

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NOCOM SCHedule, APril 28, 2016

LAuRA DAvIs Automation Technician

laura is a 2010 graduate of Mechanical engineer-ing from Csu who chased her love of automobiles through internships with 3 car manufacturers, eventu-ally deciding on full time employment with Ford Motor Company. She continues to wish ford had a plant closer to her hometown of Berthoud. After a move to Colorado and a year teaching at frCC, laura has found a new home with new Belgium Brewing as an Automation Technician on nights supporting Brewing, Cellaring, and Packaging.

kAREN gERWITz President

Karen brings 25 years’ expe-rience in international busi-ness and communications to the organization. She recently served as director of Communications for the Colorado department of regulatory Agencies and Director of Board Relations for the State Board of Education. She was also Manager of Communications for Raytheon in Aurora. Her international experience includes Chief of Protocol for the Colorado International Trade Office, where she planned the official visits of the emperor and empress of Japan and the g8 summit.

DR. LoRI guAsTA VP of Organizational Behavior and Training lori created the innova-tive Behavioral, Leader-ship, and Organizational Culture (BloC) program for use across a variety of industries. She has 15 years of experience as a researcher and college instructor. she is published and has delivered numerous presentations at professional meetings and industry conferences. dr. guasta also has experience with secondary data analysis concerning safety and health in several skilled blue-collar industries.

kIM HAgEL Director, Human ResourcesKim has over 30 years experience in Human Re-sources, including 20 years in management. Kim joined reo in 2007. Kim has en-gaged reo with the denver Metro Manufacturing partnership group and is on the Youth Task Force Committee which is working to rebuild the workforce pipeline to meet the needs of growing Colorado manufacturers. prior to joining reo, Kim was the vice president of human resources for north America at sunrise Medical.

HEIDI HosTETTER Vice Presidentheidi has more than 20 years of experience in Technical Sales, Market-ing and Operations. Her expertise spans across many different industries and commodities. Her business development interests remain focused on mechanical commodities and the support/emerging manufacturing technologies. she sits on various different committees including Board Member of loveland Creator space, Co-Chair of the MMP Youth Taskforce, MMP Legisla-tive and Regulatory committee, and OEDIT AIA Advanced Subcommittee.

sARAH JoHNsoN Manufacturing Process Engineersarah has used 10+ years of process engineering experience doing Continu-ous Improvement to make peoples’ jobs easier and products cost less to make. Sarah has com-pleted her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in industrial engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University and has also earned six Sigma Black Belt and Certified lean Master status. sarah helps people un-derstand how to approach waste reduction systematically and share the knowledge of how to think critically with data.

cHRIs kIMINAs Vice President, Marketing and SalesChris has more than 30 years of executive manage-ment, sales, marketing, and business development experience. Focusing on technology and consulting services, he has worked with organizations ranging from high growth start-ups to fortune 1000 compa-nies. Chris is the co-founder of BizLogx LLC, a Columbus, Ohio based regional consulting firm focused on strategy, consulting, and sales enablement services. he’s led global marketing efforts for brands including Ford, GM, Chrysler, Union Switch and Signal, British Airways, dAnone, ConAgra, and unilever.

Daria Kotys-schwartz, PhD Idea Forge Director; Design Center Colorado Co-Direc-tor; Senior Instructordaria is the director of the Idea Forge—a flexible, cross-disciplinary design facility at university of Colorado Boulder (Cu Boulder). she is also Co-director of design Center Colorado and a senior instructor in the department of Mechanical engineering. dr. Kotys-schwartz has several National Science Foundation sponsored research projects studying how students learn design in engineering. she teaches undergraduate and graduate design and manufacturing courses in the depart-ment of Mechanical engineering.

TIME EvENT/PREsENTATIoN sPEAkERs

9am NocoM Trade show opens to public

9:30am- 10am using your Northern colorado R+D Resources: EWI & FourFront Jahr turchan, Chris Kiminas

10am- 10:30am small Manufacturers AdvantEDgE Program glen plagens, sumer sorensen-Bain

10:30am- 11am 3 Key ideas that will revolutionize your Marketing strategy Bruce McDuffee

11am - 12pm NocoM Women in Manufacturing Forum presented by the city of Fort collins and Flood & Peterson Facilitator: Daria Kotys-Schwartz, PhD

Malia Miller, sarah Johnson, Mary O’Neill, Laura Davis, Heidi Hostetter

12pm - 12:30pm Lunch & Networking at NocoM

12pm - 1pm NocoM Women in Manufacturing Luncheon at the Budweiser Event center presented by the city of Fort collins and Flood & Peterson

12:30pm -1pm impairment testing in a changing workplace Environment lori guasta, ph.d.

1pm -2pm Keynote: colorado National center of Excellence to lead the nation in additive technology Heidi Hostetter, Aaron Stebner

2pm -3pm caMa west simulcast: innovative approaches to health care cost

3pm-3:30pm From good Widgets to A culture of Quality: understanding the change to Iso 9001:2015 Mark McCulley

3:30pm-4pm Export opportunities for colorado Manufacturers Karen gerwitz

4pm-4:30pm Workforce Development - Real Need, Real opportunity Kim hagel

4pm-5:30pm B2B Lounge presented by cAMA and EWI

5pm NocoM Trade show closes to public

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New for 2016 is the NOCOM Women in Manufacturing Luncheon presented by Flood & peterson and the City of fort Collins. hosted at the Budweiser events center where stu-dents and guests can network with women working in the manufacturing industry. In addition to NOCOM registration, a $10 luncheon ticket and pre-registration is required.

Register for the luncheon at nocomfg.com

NOCOM WOMeN iN MaNufaCturiNg LuNCheON

MARk MccuLLEy VP MarketingMark is passionate about quality, having led teams through process improve-ment and customer service gains in the business and non-profit world for 40 years. His first experiences in process improvement led to successes in the conference-management industry. he is Vice President of Marketing for Professional Quality Assessments International, an ISO certification body in Denver.

BRucE McDuFFEE Founder and Executive DirectorBruce brings 20+ years of business, marketing and sales experience within the manufacturing industry including electronics manufacturing, printing, air compressors and US Navy shipboard plant operation and maintenance. As the Executive Director and principal Consultant at the Manufacturing Marketing Institute, his mission is to help marketers in the manufacturing industry advance the practice of marketing within their companies.

MALIA MILLER Machine Operator/ 2nd Shift LeadMalia’s career in the manu-facturing industry began with specialty more than two years ago, process-ing and packing products. from there she began her training to become a machinist. Today she is the 2nd Shift lead for the team that runs SPC’s multi axis CNC machines.

MARy o’NEILL Senior Vice President Lean ManufacturingMary has been with gates since september, 2014 and has the responsibility for globally driving continuous improvement and health and safety activities. Mary previously held senior roles in Supply Chain, Operations and Enterprise Excellence at Hospira Corpora-tion, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. she was previously with General Motors and Delphi Corporation where she held various roles in engineering, Operations and Human Resources.

gLENN PLAgENs Senior Directorglenn is a small business specialist with more than 25 years of experience as a small business owner. he began his role as senior director in 2011 and has overseen a 400-percent increase in consult-ing at the north Metro denver sBdC. he is dedicated to helping small business start, grow and prosper. plagens has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a marketing major from Eastern Michigan university.

suMEr sorENsEN-BaiN Chief of Programs and OperationsManufacturer’s edge is the Colorado federal Manufacturing Extension partner of the department of Commerce. in her role, Sumer is responsible for revenue generation, marketing, and program operations, includ-ing consultants and service delivery. she also doubles as the regional Business develop-ment director for the denver Metro region. she has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with emphasis in information systems from Mesa state university.

AARoN sTEBNER, PhD Assistant ProfessorAaron has a phd from northwestern and to post-doc at the graduate Aerospace laboratories of California Institute of technology, where he specialized in advanced characterization and modeling of the mechanics of metals. his role as the technical director for AdApt is the culmination of these academic and industry experiences, unifying his knowledge of materials mechanics, microstructures, and processing together with his engineering experiences in automation and design for manufacturing.

JAHR TuRcHAN Director – Southern Colo-rado Fuse Impact CenterJahr has 15+ years of experience manufacturing components for virtually every major market. He has owned and oper-ated manufacturing firms that serviced the automotive, aerospace, medical devices, Department of Defense, telecommunications and other consumer markets. Jahr’s B.S. in Computer science from the university of Michigan gives him a strong background in helping Colorado Manufacturers embrace the digital Manufacturing era.

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noCoM will conclude with the B2B lounge — a reception with beer, wine, and hors d’oeuvres providing an opportunity for Colorado manufacturers to further connect with each other and develop new business in a fun environment. CAMA’s ability to introduce businesses through the B2B has resulted in millions of dollars in new sales to Colorado companies that could have gone to manufacturers outside the state.

Please join us at the B2B Lounge between 4pm and 5:30pm to wrap up your experience at NocoM!

B2B Lounge is presented by CAMA and EWI.

SUPPORTINg PARTNERS

B2B Lounge

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Our People Are Everything.

Our mission is as simple today as it was thirty plus years ago: to bring great people and great organizations together. This drive to connect people and make them successful is what we mean when we say: Our People Are Everything.

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To learn more about partnering with Aerotek, visit Aerotek.com.

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