SME's Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing event heads to Cincinnati in 2001
SME's Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing event heads to Cincinnati in 2001
Keywords: Rapid prototyping, Manufacturing
Following a successful showing of 2,163 attendees recently in Rosemont, IL,the Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Conference and Exposition heads to Cincinnati, one of the hottest markets for selling and doing business.
According to Sales & Marketing Management, magazine, Cincinnati ranks 10th in its "Top 20 hottest markets for selling and doing business". Sponsored by the Rapid Prototyping Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (RPA/SME), the 2001 event will be held next 15-17 May at the Cincinnati Convention Center.
"Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing supports the needs of diverse midwest manufacturing markets. A Cincinnati location puts the event at the hub of one of the region's fastest growing industrial areas", says Gary Mikola,SME director of Expositions.
Manufacturing in the area includes transportation equipment, metalworking and industrial machinery, and fabricated metals. Top industries are biotechnology,pharmacology, paper packaging, advanced materials, consumer products and computer software.
The three-day conference opened with keynote speaker Peter Marks, managing director of Design Insight, discussing "Rapid prototyping in the new economy". Marks' presentation reported on research suggesting that the near term belongs to a new breed of Web-centric rapid prototyping services. "Many believe that RP is at a crossroads, caught between extravagant projections for the future and current realities of slower growth for equipment manufacturers and service providers", says Marks.
Terry Wohlers, president of Wohlers Associates, Inc., followed Marks with his annual State of the Industry Report. A state of the industry panel discussion concluded the morning plenary session.
RPA/SME hosted a member meeting during RP&M 2000. One of the meeting highlights was the introduction and distribution of the RPA/SME Industry Trends document as well as the latest Tech Trends documents from the Plastics Molders and Manufacturers Association of SME (PMMA/SME) and the Machining Technology Association (MTA/SME) of SME. Members had an opportunity to meet and network with representatives from each association to learn more about the many resources available through SME membership.
For more information on the Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing 2001 Conference and Exposition, contact: SME Customer Service at 800/733-4763 or 313/271-1500, ext. 1600, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, M-F or Fax: 313/271 2861. For the latest updates, check out the SME home page: www.sme.org/rpa. Enquiries may also be e-mailed to rapid@sme.org..
RPA/SME, founded in 1993, is dedicated to the advancement of rapid prototyping technologies in manufacturing.
