METALFORM visitors are CEOs, engineering managers, and production decision makers from contract manufacturing, job shops, and OEMs. They use sheet metal stamping, tool and die, sheet metal fabricating, and forming processes and come from an array of metal forming industries including automotive, appliance, electronics, and consumer products. They visit METALFORM with serious buying intentions as attendee surveys reveal that 50% of them will make buying decisions within a year after the show, with average expenditures in excess of $800,000.
| Automotive/Truck | 61% |
| Appliance | 37% |
| Consumer Products | 24% |
| Off-Highway/Agriculture | 20% |
| Electronics | 21% |
| Aerospace | 16% |
| Government/Military | 16% |
| Transportation-other | 17% |
| Telecommunications | 14% |
| Computer and Business Equip | 10% |
| Medical/Health Care | 13% |
| Other | 17% |
| (All statistics verified by ExpoExchange) | |
The following METALFORM attendee demographics were taken from the METALFORM Regional 2004 trade show, held in Louisville, KY. All statistics were compiled and verified by ExpoExchange.
| End Product Manufacturer/OEM | 39% |
| Contract Manufacturer/Job Shop | 35% |
| Other | 13% |
| Non-Manufacturing | 8% |
| Recommend | 46% |
| Specify | 27% |
| Approve | 22% |
| Tool & Die | 46% |
| Assembly | 45% |
| Progressive Stamping | 44% |
| Welding | 41% |
| Machining | 37% |
| Transfer Stamping | 24% |
| Deep Draw Stamping | 22% |
| High Speed Stamping | 18% |
| Precision Sheet Metal Fabricating | 16% |
| Coil Processing | 15% |
| Finishing | 14% |
| Roll Forming | 12% |
| Tube/Pipe | 12% |
| Perforating | 6% |
| Slide Forming | 6% |
| Spinning | 4% |
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