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Who will be attending the Opening Night Dinner?
The Texas Consilium Opening Night Dinner on Monday, May 13 is a unique addition to the Smart Manufacturing Summit (SMS) event for 2019. We expect several hundred Texas manufacturing and other business leaders to attend, in addition to many of the expected 250+ national SMS event attendees. We expect most Texas manufacturing companies represented to have annual revenues of $10 million to $1 billion+ and be represented by their CEO, President or other top leader.
Here are the latest attendance plans as of late April 2019. Additions and other changes will occur since registrations will continue until the week prior to the event, subject to space limitations.
Speakers, Panelists & VIPs
| Person | Organization | Role |
| Senator Ted Cruz | US Senate | Welcome from Washington DC |
| Gov Greg Abbott | State of Texas | Joining by Video from Austin |
| Congressman Van Taylor | US House of Representatives | Welcome |
| Chair Ruth Hughs | Texas Workforce Commission | Welcome |
| Jerry Jones | Dallas Cowboys | Business Excellence Award |
| Scott Murray | Television and Radio Host | Emcee |
| Brint Ryan | Ryan LLC | Panel Moderator |
| Avi Kahn, CEO | Hilti North America | CEO Panelist |
| Jose Sanchez, President | Epiroc Drilling Solutions LLC | CEO Panelist |
| Jim Ratchford, Executive Director | Texas Consilium, Inc. | Host |
| Raj Batra, President | Siemens | SMS Speaker |
| Marc Braun, President | Cambridge Engineering | SMS Speaker |
| David Farr, Chairman & CEO | Emerson Electric Company | SMS Speaker |
| John Hartner, COO | ExONE | SMS Speaker |
| Travis Hollman, President & CEO | Hollman Inc. | SMS Speaker |
| John Kramer Jr., Chairman & CEO | Cambridge Engineering | SMS Speaker |
| James Radous, President & CEO | UniCarriers Americas | SMS Speaker |
| Jason Skoog, General Manager | Peterbilt Motors Company | SMS Co-Host |
| Wayne Cooper, President | Chief Executive Group | SMS Organizer |
| Scott Budd, COO | Chief Executive Group | SMS Organizer |
| And top leaders of Texas Consilium and high-level sponsors | ||
National & Texas Attendees
Prior year national SMS attendees are shown below and we expect a similar profile for 2019, both nationally and from our outreach to Texas manufacturing and related companies. Most companies are represented at the event by their CEO, President or other C-level leader.
Companies Represented at the 2018 Smart Manufacturing Summit
AARP
Accuform Manufacturing
AIP
Ajinomoto Althea
Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
Allied Motion
Allied Motion Technologies Inc.
Amazon
American Honda
Anomatic
APEG
API Technologies Corp
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Astec Industries, Inc.
ATEK Companies
ATEK Metal Technologies
AUSCO, Inc.
Barnes Group Inc
Bauer Compressors
Bonfiglioli USA
Bullfrog Spas
Burnham Holdings.com
CABLCON
Cap & Seal LP
Charter Manufacturing
Chiron America
Cintas Corporation
Columbus 2020
Corrugated Replacements, Inc.
Creative Extruded Products LLC
Cumulus Companies, Inc.
Darktrace Industrial
Delta Systems, Inc.
Derrick Corporation
Detroit Manufacturing Systems
DMW&H
Eastridge Workforce Solution
EGC Critical Components
Elkay Mfg. Co.
Entrust Manufacturing Technologies
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.
Falstrom Company
Fenner
Fisher Unitech
Flexfab
Fluid Components International
GE Additive
Greenbrier Maxion
Halma plc
Haltec Corporation
Hampton Hydraulics
Helena Industries
Hematite
Heraeus Medical Components
Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors
Hobbs Bonded Fibers NA
Honda of America Mfg., Inc.
Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
Horizon Ag-Products
Hydro Electronic Devices
Jackson Lewis P.C.
JobsOhio
Kadant Inc.
KCF Technologies, Inc.
Keihin
Kimray, Inc.
King & Prince Seafood
Kohler Co.
Kountry Wood Products
Kwik Lok Corporation
L&L Products
Lean Your Way
Leigh Fibers
Lewis Tree Service
MASABA, Inc.
MCL Industries
MCL Industries & Bay Tek Games
Means Industries
MPW Industrial Services
National Center for the Middle Market
Nercon Eng. & Mfg. Inc.
NPC, Inc.
Oetiker Inc
Ohio Development Services Agency
Ohio MEP at CIFT
Ohio MEP at FASTLANE
Ohio MEP at MAGNET
Ohio MEP at PolymerOhio
One Energy
Onyx
Overhead Door Corporation
PCS Inc.
PG LifeLink
PNC
Protolabs
ProVia LLC
PUC Services Inc.
Pureflow, Inc.
QA1 Precision Products
Rain Bird Corporation
REDI Cincinnati
Reell Precision Manufacturing
Reko International Group Inc.
Richmond Baking
Rockline Industries
RSM
Saint-Gobain Corp.
Saint-Gobain Corporation
Schneider Electric
Seegrid
Shimadzu Precision Instruments
Sioux Corporation
Skyline Windows
Spartan Light Metal Products, Inc.
Specification Rubber Products, Inc.
SSW Holding Company, LLC
Standard Textile Co., Inc.
Steel Warehouse
Superior Air Parts
SWM International
Synapse Wireless
Talon Group LLC
Team NEO
Technical Rubber Company, Inc.
Technicon Acoustics
The Bradbury Co., Inc.
The Columbus Partnership
The Greenbrier Companies
TItan International
Uber Technologies, Inc.
UniCarriers Americas Corporation
UPB
Vic Firth Company
Vision Ease
Vogt Ice LLC.
Walbro LLC
Webster Industries Inc.
Zildjian Company
