Canon's South Shows Move to Orlando, Florida In 2011After producing events in the Southeast U.S. for nearly 10 years, CANON has changed the approach to better serve the market–our exhibitors and attendees throughout the region. Given the size of the market in the South, both geographically and from a business perspective, our customers (attendees and exhibitors) will be best served by an event that moves throughout the region delivering a new audience from a new region each year. On this basis, CANON invites you to move with us next year to Orlando, Florida, where the 2011 event will take place at the Orange County Convention Center. Florida, the 4th largest state in population, is also 4th in gross domestic product (GDP), labor force, AND high-tech employment. The state ranks 3rd in the nation in high-tech exports, exceeding more than $14.6 billion. Florida industry has nearly 18,000 manufacturers who employ close to 371,000 workers across the state. Metro Orlando alone is home to 2,200 manufacturing companies. 75% of Florida's industrial manufacturing technology business activity is conducted in the major trading area between Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville. The 2011 event in Orlando will include SouthPack, Design & Manufacturing South, ATX South, PLASTEC South, and Green Manufacturing Expo South. In addition, the 2011 shows will be joined by the new MD&M (Medical Design & Manufacturing) Southern Regional Series and AeroTec events.
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Exhibitor Testimonials
"The show was fantastic. There was good buzz on the show floor, and the traffic was very steady throughout the show. Charlotte is a great location to host this event, as there are strong industries around that area that produce a high-level prospect." "Our company has been in business for several years and is well known south of the border, but our entry into the domestic market has been limited. Recent participation in the exposition provided us with new opportunity to open the U.S. market, exposing to us many new contacts and clients. In fact, we have already had several sales from the leads obtained during the expo." "I was pleasantly surprised by the number of exhibitors and attendees, considering the state of the economy. Also, the quality of the attendees. Companies are only sending decision makers to shows, which means there are fewer attendees but better quality. I took more leads than last year, which was also very satisfying." "The turnout was good, despite the condition of the economy, and the leads were solid and were well worth the trip to Charlotte." Great attendees—they were interested in our products and engaged us in positive conversations to create solutions using our products to cut costs or create a new product." |
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The premier trade show for the Southeast's packaging marketplace, SouthPack features the leading suppliers of packaging equipment, materials, and contract services used to package and process a wide range of consumer and industrial products. 
The Green Manufacturing Expo returns as the one-of-a-kind showcase for the software, materials, products, and technologies that enable manufacturers to achieve sustainable manufacturing. This feature also includes the Green Packaging Pavilion.
Your gateway to the Southeast's advanced manufacturing marketplace, ATX South features leading suppliers of custom automation/assembly systems, robotics, vision inspection systems, control software and hardware, sensors, motion control, drives, motors, and more used to enhance manufacturing productivity and quality to help manufacturers compete in today's global marketplace.
Design & Manufacturing South features leading suppliers of CAD/CAM systems and software, enterprise software, rapid prototyping, design services, custom molding, machining and components, fastening and joining systems, and turnkey contract services used in the design and manufacture of a wide range of industrial and high technology products.
The dedicated resource to more than 3,500 custom and captive molders in the Southeast, PLASTEC South features the top suppliers of processing machinery, auxiliary equipment, molds, molding components, materials, and services providers.
Florida has one of the country's largest medical device sectors ranking 2nd in the U.S. for the number of FDA-registered medical device establishments. Florida’s medical devices, products, equipment, and supplies companies employ some 21,000 people with estimated annual sales of $6.3 billion. Attendees to the show include R&D managers, design engineers, production/manufacturing managers, manufacturing engineers, product managers, project managers, purchasing managers, and QA/QC staff. Exhibitors are suppliers of the materials, software, manufacturing machinery, components, subassemblies, and contract services used to design and produce medical devices.
Introducing the new conference and exhibition for the aerospace, aviation, defense, and related industries. Attending companies include Boeing, General Atomics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and more.
