“Each year the show has grown and each year OPEX has achieved its goals in attending. Leads and digital impressions have improved in both quality and quantity. People are looking for solutions and everybody is looking for something better. I love the conversations we have.” — Tim Osman, Director of Marketing, OPEX Corporation
“We were thrilled to showcase two newly released warehouse scale products at ProMat to the record-breaking sellout crowd. Traffic was great and interest in our solutions was high.” — Greg Bredahl, OEM Sales Manager, Product Inspection, Thermo Fisher Scientific
“Being named as an Innovation Award finalist was great recognition for our team, who have been working so hard to bring autonomous robotic piece-picking to bear on real-world problems. Winning our category from among the various innovations that were under consideration was both gratifying and humbling. We appreciate MHI’s efforts to highlight innovation and to create a culture of shared achievement across the industry.”— Leif Jentoft, Co-Founder, RightHand Robotics
“Thank you to MHI and the full team who made ProMat 2019 possible. The Seegrid team had a fantastic experience connecting with many of our valued customers, talking with thousands of prospective customers about their material flow challenges and, most importantly, seeing current customers talking with our prospective customers about their experiences with Seegrid. The Seegrid booth showcased the new Raymond Courier 3030 Automated Stacker that we launched as part of our strategic partnership with Raymond just this week. The 3030 Stacker combines Seegrid’s expertise in automation with Raymond’s end-to-end warehouse solutions and lift truck proficiency. Visitors to the Seegrid booth also learned about Seegrid’s production mile odometer. Seegrid vision guided vehicles have logged nearly 2 million infrastructure-free production miles. We are extremely proud of our odometer, and even more so given every mile is accident-free. Seegrid looks forward to sharing our latest innovations next year at MODEX 2020!” — Jeff Christensen, VP of Product, Seegrid
“We were here to demonstrate we have a value proposition from end to end. We exceeded our expectations for collecting leads. Very good discussions.” — Mark R. Cohen, Americas Vice President, Datalogic
“We were pleasantly surprised (by how busy it was). Sometimes it was five-six people deep around our booth. Tuesday, we were busy all day; we were slammed! We love this show.” — Richard Kat, Engineered Lifting Systems and Equipment, Inc.
“We talked to a lot of engineers. The show was busy. We were busy! There was a good steady flow of people. We also participated in Student Days and we’ve had a bunch of students come back to visit with us.” — Elizabeth Dempsey, Marketing Supervisor, DMW&H
“While we haven’t had a chance to fully analyze all ProMAT results yet, it’s clear that this year’s event was another success, with strong footfall on our booth from day one. As a provider of reliable IT hardware and services to the logistics and warehousing sector, ProMAT is a key event on our US trade show calendar and an ideal platform to connect with both existing customers and new prospects. We also see it as a great place to learn about new market developments and stay tuned to evolving customer challenges. This year we saw a lot of interest in our added service offering as customers are looking for ways to increase their efficiency." — Matt Meersman, VP Sales, JLT Mobile Computers, Inc.
“Where else can our company meet with customers, prospects, partners, media, analysts and suppliers all in the space of four days in one busy swirl of material handling and automation conversations? ProMat is the place to be – and we’re grateful to MHI for helping promote our business and others across the industry.” — Vince Martinelli, Head of Product, RightHand Robotics
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This first gathering of minds at ProMat 2019 was opened by Brett Wood, President of MHI and President & CEO at Toyota Material Handling North America, who set the stage for Harvard Business School’s Karim R. Lakhani with his introduction: “They always say surround yourself with smart people. I am going to be standing next to one in a few minutes!” Lakhani started his presentation with a call for audience participation. It seemed fitting, as it is many of the attendees who will also have to actively participate in the implementation of the presentation’s topic for it to work: blockchain. Lakhani’s asked the audience if they thought blockchain would impact their companies or businesses in the next five year, 10 years or never.
Every year, the MHI Annual Industry Report reveals some interesting and even surprising results. This year’s report – the sixth in the series – lived up that expectation. The 2019 survey results and the digital and printed versions of the report were released Wednesday morning during a session moderated by Scott Sopher, Principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Supply Chain practice, and George W. Prest, CEO of MHI. “The most surprising data point we had in the survey: planned investment,” said Sopher. The survey, titled MHI 2019 Annual Industry Report—Elevating Supply Chain Digital Consciousness, revealed that after a trend of declining investment from 2015 to 2018, the 2019 numbers show a 95% increase in projected spending. That was just one of the WOW moments presented in the survey results.
Prior to Craig Ferguson taking the stage, a few well-deserved awards were given out at Industry Night:
Young Professional Award (YPN)
Rosales Brown, Rasco Industries Inc.
Outstanding Young Professionals Award
Ben Moyer, Hytol Conveyor Co.
Trip of a Lifetime
Elizabeth Buza, Raymond Corp.
Trip of a Lifetime #2?
Also,it was shared that this is the last MHI show for Tom Carbott, MHI Senior Vice President - Exhibition. "He is the ultimate professional and has done an absolutely incredible job," said Prest. As a token of appeciation for his 27 years with MHI, Tom was also awarded a Trip of a Lifetime.
As for the Craig Ferguson show...
Suffice it to say, Craig had the audience rolling in his "coveted 6 o'clock in the evening spot" with corporate America. A Scottish-American actor and comedian, Craig is best known as the host of the CBS late-night talk show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. But, after spending an hour with the ProMat crowd, he might be remembered as the RightHand Robotics jokester who doesn't cuss. "No cussin’, I wasn’t cussin!...I’ll say fudge, but you’ll know what I mean." And you might want to watch your tweets about "hola, amiga," too. If you were there, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about!
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