Why Exhibit?

Why Exhibit? -
Now in its eighth year, the MoldMaking Expo provides a showcase for the technologies used in moldmaking and rapid manufacturing. With a reputation for attracting the serious buyer, this industry event brings an international audience to its trade show, conference and networking programs. Moldmakers, molders and original equipment manufacturers, all come to exchange information, attend authoritative technical sessions, meet with trusted suppliers, examine the industry's latest product offerings, and make important purchasing decisions.
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Who Should Exhibit?
The only exposition of its kind in the U.S., MoldMaking Expo is for sellers of products, equipment, systems and services used for moldmaking and rapid manufacturing. If you sell any of the following, don't pass up the opportunity to get your prodcuts in front of qualified prospective buyers:

Mold Design and Engineering Equipment
CAD/CAE/CAM/CIM Systems
Cleaners
Cooling Equipment
Coatings
EDM Equipment
Heating Equipment
Hot Runner Systems
Machining Equipment, Tools and Accessories
Mold Bases
Mold Accessories
Mold Components
Mold Handling and Storage Equipment
Mold Material
Moldmaking Service Providers
Machining Tools
Polishers
Prototype Equipment
Quality Control/Inspection Equipment
Rapid Tooling Equipment
Welding Equipment
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Promotion -
Reaching buyers in more than forty industries that depend on moldmaking and rapid product development technology, the marketing of MoldMaking Expo is a year-long campaign, involving comprehensive trade magazine advertising and editorial coverage, direct mail, telemarketing, electronic media promotion and collaborative efforts with industry organizations and exhibitors.
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Expanded Marketing -
Along with the support and promotion of MoldMaking Technology magazine, the 2008 Expo will be the fourth managed by Gardner Publications Inc. Two of Gardner's premier publications, Modern Machine Shop, covering the metalworking industry and Plastics Technology, covering the plastics processing market, will support the event. Both publications will promote and cover the show to a combined circulation of more than 150,000 subscribers.

This increased expousre will undoubtedly increase awareness and further raise the profile of an already succesful exposition. By expanding our target audience to include moldmakers in metalworking and plastics, we aim to generate interest in new markets, attract more qualified attendees to the show and, most importantly, to introduce your products to a larger pool of prospective buyers.
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Expo Testimonials*
"The MoldMaking expo continues to generate good leads for us and gets us in front of the right people. Brush Wellman will be in attendance in Rosemont in 2007."
Scott William Monteith, Global Product Manager, Brush Wellman, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)

"We received some good leads not only for ourselves, but for our distributors. Some quality leads."
Bill Horn, Sales, Hotset Corp. (Battle Creek, MI)

"The traffic was good. It was a very productive show with quality leads."
Scott Hopkins, Sales Engineer, International Mold Steel, Inc. (Florence, KY)

"It was a very good show. We had a lot of quality leads. I really think we will see a lot of positive opportunities from the leads we generated."
Scott Lukacs, National Sales Manager, National Tool & Manufacturing Co. (Kenilworth, NJ)
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Attendee Profile
MoldMaking Expo is known for the quality of its technical sessions. We carefully select experts that address all facets of moldmaking and rapid manufacturing. As a result, the Expo audience is made up of professionals not only interested in, but armed with the influence to purchase products and services.

In fact, 87% of the attendees have a role in buying the equipment, systems and services used by their respective firms.

Based on 2007 statistics, these attendees indicated the following job titles and occupational functions.

General/Corporate Management
CAD/CAM Operations
Moldmaking
Engineering: Mold/Design/Project
Mold Quality Control/Assurance
New Product Research/Development
Product Design/Engineering
Product Management
Product Market Analysis
Prototyping/Tooling
Purchasing
Shop/Plant Management
R&D Management
Test Engineering/Research
Toolmaking

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Complementary Activities
MoldMaking Expo is an opportunity for buyers to examine the equipment, systems and services that influence their purchasing plans. It also serves as a networking and educational forum by offering technical conference sessions on moldmaking and rapid product development. In addition to a three-day exhibition, complementary networking events give exhibitors further contact with buyers in a social setting.
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Booth Space Fees
Standard and Premium booths are 10' x 10'. Island booths are 20' x 20' and 20' x 30'.

SPI non-members: $29.00/sq ft
SPI members: $22.50/sq ft

Fees include 8-foot-high background and 3-foot-high piping and draping (in-line booths only), identification sign, exhibit hall security, complimentary passes for customers, exhibitor badges and a free listing in the official show directory. Furniture, carpeting and other services can be obtained at additional costs. Order forms for these items are included in an exhibitor manual distributed approximately four months prior to the show. (Manuals are shipped only to exhibitors whose fee for booth space is paid in full.) Registration forms for booth personnel, along with travel and hotel information, also are included in the exhibitor manual.