2019 POST SHOW REPORT

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February 26 - 28, 2019George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas

A Manufacturing Technology Series Event

If you want your business to grow using the most futuristic products and equipment; go to HOUSTEX.“

SAVE THE DATEHOUSTEX 2021 | February 23-25

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

FIRST-TIME ATTENDEESAUDIENCE PROFILEVerified Attendance*Total Event Attendance ............................ 5,496Total Exhibiting Spaces ................................220Total Exhibiting Companies ...........................287Total Square Footage ..............................65,610

*Does not include students or media

Source for all statistics: HOUSTEX 2019 Registration and Survey Data

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

JOB FUNCTIONS18% Owner/Company Management/Corporate Executive

11% Manufacturing Production Management

8% Manufacturing Engineering Department (non-management)

6% Manufacturing Engineering Management

5% Manufacturing Production Department (non-management)

4% Quality Assistance & Control

4% Product Design and R&D

4% Design Engineer

4% Purchasing

2% Control Engineering/Automation

2% Educator/Instructor

10% Other

22% Sales & Marketing

59% of the HOUSTEX audience were first-time attendees to the event. These are new prospects for your business.

37% Less than 20 employees

16%20-49

9% 250-499

13% 50-99

14% 100-249

2% 1,000 - 2,499 4%

2,500 and over5%

500-999

Worth the time to get to know local companies and to keep up with technology advances.

3A Composites - BaltekAequs Oil & GasAlconAtlanta Drive SystemsAWC Frac ValvesBaker Hughes a GE CompanyBASFBell HelicopterBlack HorseBoeingBPCaterpillarCumminsDixie MillDow Chemical

Downhole Drilling DynamicsEatonEmersonExxonMobilFiat Chrysler Automobiles MexicoFluorGeneral DynamicsGeospace TechnologiesGurecky ManufacturingHalliburtonHarley DavidsonHoneywellHubbell Inc.Igloo Products CorpIngersoll Rand/Trane

JabilJohnson ControlsLENOXLockheed MartinMahindra USAMIC GroupMoog, IncNational Oil Well VarcoNokiaNorthrop GrummanOtis ElevatorPaccarParker HannifanPhillips 66PPG Industries

PSI Pressure SystemsSchlumbergerShellSiemens Energy IncSnap-on Specialty ToolsSouthWest Machine WorksStanley Black & DeckerStar PrecisionTam InternationalTenarisThomas InstrumentThrustmaster of TexasTMK IPSCOUnited AirlinesWeatherford

BOTH EXHIBITORSAND ATTENDEES VALUE THE HOUSTEX EXPERIENCE

HOUSTEX EXHIBITORS INDICATE THEY WILL RETURN IN 2021

of HOUSTEX exhibitors are likely to return to HOUSTEX in 2021.

of HOUSTEX attendees indicated they are likely to recommend the event to an industry colleague or professional peer.

ATTENDEES RECOMMEND HOUSTEX TO THEIR COLLEAGUES

ATTENDEES ALREADY HAVE HOUSTEX 2021 ON THEIR CALENDAR

of HOUSTEX attendees are planning to return in 2021.

76%

68%

85%

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ATTENDEES REPRESENTAcademic InstitutionAircraft/AerospaceAutomotiveConsulting/EngineeringDefenseElectronics/ComputersFabricated Metal/StampingsIndustrial and Commercial MachineryMedical/SurgicalOil & GasOther ManufacturingPetroleumPlastic ProductsResearch & DevelopmentServices (Financial and Other)

TOP ATTENDING COMPANIES

ATTENDANCE BY REGION

87%

2% 4%

5%

1%

1%International

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3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing .....36%

3D Scanning .....................................18%

Advanced Materials ............................17%

Assembly & Joining ............................15%

Automated Manufacturing & Assembly .25%

Boring ..............................................16%

Casting .............................................11%

Ceramics .............................................8%

Cleaning & Pretreatment Equipment ......7%

Cloud Computing .................................4%

CNC Controls & Accessories ................32%

Composites Manufacturing ..................10%

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) ........9%

Contract Manufacturing Services ...........8%

Controls, CAD/CAM Software ...............21%

Coolants & Lubricants ........................16%

Cutting Tools & Accessories ................29%

Cybersecurity .......................................3%

Data Acquisition ..................................5%

Data Translation/Interoperability ............3%

Deburring & Edge Finishing ................16%

Design & Simulation ..........................10%

Digital Transformation ..........................4%

Digitizers ............................................2%

Drilling & Tapping Machines ...............16%

EDM .................................................13%

Electronics Manufacturing ....................7%

Energy & Environmental Efficiency ........5%

Environmental Equipment & Protection ..4%

Fastening ..........................................10%

Finishing & Coatings ..........................14%

Flexible Manufacturing Systems ............9%

Forming & Fabricating ........................13%

Grinding ............................................18%

Honing ................................................9%

IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) .........7%

Industry 4.0 ........................................6%

Information Technology (IT) ..................5%

Lasers & Laser Systems ......................20%

Lean Manufacturing ...........................21%

Machine Vision ..................................10%

Machining Centers .............................27%

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) 7%

Material Handling ..............................20%

Measurement, Inspection & Testing .....22%

Metals ..............................................21%

Metrology Equipment .........................10%

Micromanufacturing .............................6%

Milling ..............................................29%

Modeling and Simulation ......................9%

Moldmaking ........................................7%

Nanotechnology ...................................5%

Networking Equipment .........................3%

Operations Technology (OT) ...................5%

Plant Engineering & Maintenance ..........8%

Plasma Cutting ..................................12%

Plastics Molding & Manufacturing .......10%

Product & Process Design Management .6%

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ....4%

Quality ..............................................16%

RFID ..................................................6%

Robotics ...........................................21%

Sawing & Cut Off Machines ................15%

Screw Machining .................................7%

Sensors ...............................................7%

Software - ERP/MRP/CIM......................7%

Software, Machine Control ....................9%

Software/Simulation .............................9%

Supply Chain Integration ......................7%

Tooling ..............................................31%

Turning .............................................23%

Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality ......4%

Waterjet Cutting .................................17%

Welding ............................................20%

Workholding Systems & Devices ..........14%

Workplace Safety & Ergonomics ..........11%

HOUSTEX CONNECTS YOU WITH FINAL DECISION-MAKERS AND PURCHASE INFLUENCERS

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

For questions regarding this report, contact: Cathy Kowalewicz at ckowalewicz@sme.org or 800.733.3976 ext. 3165

75% of attendees influence the equipment purchase decisions for their companies.

HOUSTEX ATTRACTS BUYERS READY TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY

34% of the HOUSTEX audience had equipment budgets exceeding $200,000.

Budget

34% Up to $20,000

13% $20,001 - $50,000

19% $50,001 - $200,000

12% $200,001 - $500,000

9% $500,001 - $1,000,000

8% $1,000,001 - $5,000,000

5% Over $5,000,000