More than 3,600 Quality Managers, Quality Engineers, Business Managers and Manufacturing Engineers make the latest discoveries on inspection, process improvement and measurement in the biennial Quality Exhibition was held last week at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.
Trade shows and seminars produced by BNP Media, the publisher of Quality Magazine, have provided new products from hundreds of exhibitors, an insightful presentation and dozens of educational sessions, focusing on Big Data, Industry 4.0, Robotics and Machine Learning as well as connectivity technology.
“We are delighted to welcome a lot of quality professionals to the biennial event and give them the opportunity to see the latest equipment, technology and solutions throughout our expansion stage.” , says Buck Bicek, publisher of Quality Magazine. We thank our exhibitors, attendees, sponsors and partners for their hard work and dedication this year.
Highlights of the event, including:
- Quality engineers, managers, production specialists and executives from all 50 states and 20 countries attended Quality Exhibits representing leading companies including Abbot Lab Laboratory , Caterpillar Inc., Cisco Systems, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Nissan, Parker Hannifin, Siemens, and hundreds of others.
- The exhibition floor has 125 exhibitors occupying 28,600 square feet including ZEISS Gold Sponsor; Silver sponsors BSI as well as Mahr, Minitab, ASQ, CMSC, Metrologic Group and others. Over 70% of exhibitors in 2019 have renewed their booth space in place for the 2021 Exhibition scheduled for October 26-28, 2021 in Rosemont, IL.
- Deb Andree, Vice President, Mission Assurance Global Mission Excellence, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems delivered an important speech on Building a Quality Culture, where she gave attendees an insight into the importance. It is important for employees to put quality first and foremost to ensure a positive impact. Prior to the keynote address, Quality Magazine awarded Gary Griffith, president of Griffith Training with the Professional of the Year Award and the Northrop Grumman Palmdale Aircraft Center of Excellence with the Factory of the Year Award.
- Prior to the opening event, ECM organized a customized preparation course and two separate 1st level CMS exams – one for mobile 3D metrologists and one for CMM experts.
- More than a dozen exhibitors have demonstrated their company’s expertise related to the latest technological advances in Quality in the Learning Theater in the Gallery Room. Topical experts shared their knowledge on topics such as calibration settings, 3D inspection solutions, large-scale manufacturing, advanced industrial measurement, test-related data, supply chain quality and more. BSI Learning Theater speakers, ASQ Inspection Department, ETQ, ZEISS, PQ Systems, Measurement Team, DISCUS Software Company, Veeva Systems, CMS, Renishaw, Block Graphics, Applied Technology Systems ATS, ANAB, and many others.
- Attendees and exhibitors enjoy two networking receptions including the Welcome Reception and on Wednesday evening Quality Exhibitors attended ASSEMBLY to connect in the Banquet. night sponsored by Ingersoll Rand.
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