COLLABORATION FOR THE FUTURE OF AEROSPACE More than 2,600 individuals from around the world gathered for four days at aerospace and defense manufacturing’s most influential event, with 20 countries represented. The AeroDef 2018 exhibit floor spanned more than 27,000 square feet and hosted 233 exhibiting companies. Countless valuable business connections were made, products were introduced, ideas were born, and visions became reality.
TOTAL PARTICIPANTS
AERODEF 2018 BY THE NUMBERS Exhibit Attendees (excluding conference attendees) Conference Attendees (including speakers) Number of Exhibiting Companies Represented Number of Conference Tracks Number of Conference Sessions Number of Conference Presentations
1,200 459 233 6 29 101
ATTENDEE JOB FUNCTIONS Manufacturing Engineering & Production
18% 17%
42%
Owner/Company Management/ Corporate Executive
Other
13%
Purchasing
2% 3% 5%
Design Engineer/Product Design/R&D
Control Engineering/Automation/IT/Quality Assurance Government/Education
74 PERCENT
of AeroDef 2018 attendees were first-time AeroDef attendees
AeroDef ManufacturingÂŽ 2018 delivered high-quality attendees from the top companies in aerospace and defense manufacturing. 3M Aerospace Aerojet Rocketdyne Aerospace Corporation Air Liquide Airbus Group Airbus Helicopters Applied Aerospace Structures Corp. Applied Composites Engineering ATI-Advanced Technology International Bell Helicopter Textron Boeing Research & Technology Bosch Rexroth Curtiss-Wright DLA Aviation Eaton Aerospace Fleet Readiness Center Southwest General Atomics ASI General Dynamics Mission Systems GKN Additive GKN Aerospace Sweden Gulfstream Aerospace HITCO Carbon Composites Honeywell Infosys JPL Kellstrom Defense Leonardo DRS Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. MDA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Moog
TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED
National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining (NCDMM) Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Naval Surface Warfare Center NIST Northrop Grumman Aeropsace Systems Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Northrop Grumman Space Systems Division Northrop Grumman Technology Services Orbital ATK Parker Aerospace PPG Raytheon Company Space and Airborne Systems Rolls-Royce Corporation SAFRAN Sikorsky Aircraft SpaceX Spirit AeroSystems TE Connectivity The Aerospace Corporation The Boeing Company Triumph Group Aerospace Structures U.S. Air Force U.S. Army AMRDEC U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Navy U.S. Navy NAVAIR United Airlines United Technologies Aerospace UTC Aerospace Systems Virgin Orbit Zodiac Aerospace
3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing Machining
Advanced Materials Composites Manufacturing Automation
Automotive Communications
Electronics Manufacturing
Metals
28% 25% 24% 23%
CNC Controls & Accessories
20%
Casting
Robotics Tooling 3D Scanning
Measurement Inspection & Testing Assembly & Joining Assembly Equipment & Systems Milling Finishing & Coatings Forming & Fabrication
2% 43%
Aircraft/Aerospace
3%
Lasers & Laser Systems Fastening Design & Simulation
1%
Drilling & Tapping
Consulting/Engineering
7%
Sensors
Government/Military/ Defense
7%
Digital Manufacturing
Electronics/Computers Fabricated Metal/Stampings Industrial and Commercial Machinery
3%
Thermoplastics
2%
Material Handling Quality
5%
Medical/Surgical
1%
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Oil & Gas/Petroleum
1%
Welding
Plastic Products
2%
Grinding
Research & Development
3%
Metrology
Services (Financial and Other) Other
Contract Manufacturing Services
6% 14%
50% 34% 34% 33% 29%
TOP TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED
TOP AREAS OF BUSINESS/INDUSTRY Academic Institution
5
TOP
TOP ATTENDING COMPANIES
Water Jet Cutting
20% 20%
Machine Vision Controls CAD/CAM Software Artificial intelligence Turning Ceramics Software/Simulation
19% 19% 19% 19% 18% 16% 16% 16% 16% 15% 14% 14% 14%
Nanotechnology
14% 13% 13% 13%
Cleaning & Pretreatment Equipment
13% 13%
Micromanufacturing IIoT Boring Industry 4.0 Workholding Systems & Devices Software Machine Control EDM Workplace Safety & Ergonomics Coolants & Lubricants Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality RFID
13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 12% 12% 11% 11% 11% 11% 10% 10% 10% 9% 9% 9% 8% 8% 8%
Cyber Security
8% 6%
Energy & Environmental Efficiency
4%
Environmental Equipment & Protection PLM
4% 4%
25
EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES BUDGETS
70
%
38% $20,001–$50,000 12% $50,001–$200,000 15% $200,001–$500,000 10% $500,001–$1,000,000 8% $1,000,001–$5,000,000 8% Over $5,000,000 9% Up to $20,000
PERCENT
HAVE BUDGETS
>500K
of attendees influence purchasing decisions
ATTENDANCE BY REGION
2%
71%
CA, HI, OR, WA
IA, KS, MN, MO, NE
6%
7%
CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
INTERNATIONAL
4% 4%
AZ, CO, ID, NV, NM, UT
2%
Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA
4% OK, TX
JOIN US IN 2019
EXHIBIT SPACE IS FILLING UP FAST! Conference: April 29–May 2, 2019 | Exhibits: April 30–May 1 Long Beach [CA] Convention Center
TO RESERVE YOUR EXHIBIT SPACE & FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS, CONTACT 800.733.3976 OR EXPOSALES@SME.ORG Chris Long
Companies #s–J Ext 3225 clong@sme.org
Mike Matkovich
Companies K–Z Ext 3121 mmatkovich@sme.org
Dave Morton
Sr. Event Manager Ext 3142 dmorton@sme.org
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