PLACE BONAVENTURE | MONTREAL, QUEBEC | CANADA

canweldexpo.com

Canada’s premier metal fabricating, welding & finishing industry event

SEPTEMBER 13 & 14, 2017

2017 Event Overview

Organized By : Official Media Partner:

Exhibit space, sponsorship & advertising:

Christy Leroux, dmg::events, (403) 984-5438,

christyleroux@dmgevents.com

ABOUT CANWELD EXPO & CONFERENCECanWeld is Canada’s premier trade show and conference for the welding, fabricating, metal forming and finishing industry. The event is organized in partnership between the CWB Group and dmg::events.

Entering its eighth year in 2017, the world-class CanWeld Conference and Expo will feature even more live working equipment and technology, top industry speakers and unparalleled industry networking for decision‐makers ready to do business.

CanWeld 2017 will serve Eastern Canada’s aerospace, automotive, mining, agriculture, life sciences, chemical and electronics manufacturing industries.

62,000 CWB members represented

4,000+ expected attendees

2,000+ companies doing business

150 exhibitors

60+ speakers

50+ business & technical sessions

8 conference tracks

CANWELD

BY THE NUMBERS

ATTENDEE PROFILE

Improving efficiency is the top business need for

38% of attendees.

Industries• Agriculture• Aircraft/Aerospace• Appliances• Chemicals/Petroleum• Communications• Construction• Consulting/Engineering• Defense• Electronics/Computers• Energy

• Government/Military• Industrial and Commercial

Machinery• Medical/Surgical• Mining• Oil & Gas• Plastic Products• Research & Development• Transportation• Utilities

LocationVisitors in 2017 will travel from across Canada and US, with the majority coming from Canada’s largest manufacturing industries in Quebec and Ontario.

Job Titles• Owner/Company Management• Corporate Executive• Sales & Marketing• Manufacturing Production• Foreman/Leader/Supervisor• Manufacturing Engineering• Design Engineer

Products & Services in Demand• Arc Welding• Assembly• Bending & Forming• Brazing & Soldering• Coil Processing• Cutting• Fastening & Joining• Finishing/Paint &

Powder Coating• Finishing/Plating• Gases & Gas Equipment• Hydroforming

• Inspection and Testing• Job Shop/Contract Mfg.• Lasers• Lubrication• Maintenance & Repair• Material Handling• Metal Suppliers• Plate & Structural Fabricating• Press Brakes• Punching• Resistance Welding• Robotics

• Safety & Environmental• Saws• Software, Machine Controls• Stamping• Tool & Die• Tooling• Tube & Pipe Fabricating

or Welding• Tube & Pipe Producing• Waterjet• Welding Consumables• Welding Machines

EXPO FEATURES

• Fabricating, Welding & Finishing Zones• Industry Specific Meet ups• Hands-on Tech Demo Zone• CanWeld’s Best Welder Competition• New Product Program• Welding Simulator Zone• One-to-One Meeting Program

CanWeld Exhibitors Include:

WELDING AND CUTTING AUTOMATION®

GULLCO.COM

www.kasi.ca

THE ART OF WELDING

TOTAL CUT CNC

AGT-Group

Taipan Canada

Top reason to attend CanWeld:

evaluate new products/technology.

CONFERENCE FEATURES

NETWORKING FEATURES

• 60+ speakers offering sessions geared towards the application of technology, equipment and knowledge to provide solutions to real world problems.

• Top industry presenters• Poster Presentations• Exhibitor Pitch Sessions

• Over 20 hours of networking • Keynote Luncheons• Industry Reception• One-to-one meetings • CWB Industry Dinner & Awards Ceremony • CWA Foundation Gala & After Party • Mid-day Mixers• Employment Roundtables• Early Career & Student Program

Applus RTDEuroweld Fluor Canada Liburdi

Lincoln Electric Linde Canada National Steel Car PCL Construction

Praxair RBCWalter Surface

Technologies

Past Speakers Include:

66% of visitors identify their

companies as early adopters of

technology.

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

AEROSPACE

• One of the world’s top three aeronautics hubs • Over 250 companies, employing 40,000 people• Grossing $15.5 billion in 2015, 80% exported

internationally

Top companies: Bell Helicopter Bombardier CAE Canadian Space Agency Esterline CMC Electronics GE Aviation Héroux-Devtek Lockheed Martin MDA Messier-Dowty Pratt & Whitney Rheinmetall Rolls-Royce Stelia Aerospace Thales Avionics

GROUND TRANSPORTATION

• Major producer of automotive parts• Supply of parts and systems to assembly plants in

the northeastern United States• 650 companies and over 31,000 workers

Top companies: BRP Bombardier Transportation BRP Deutschman Design FPInnovations Kargo Lito Green Motion Micro Bird MG Surface Motrec International Nova Bus Paccar Précicad Prévost Car SCP 89 Volvo Wattman Trains & Trams

AGRI-FOOD

• 2,200 agri-food businesses, employing almost 65,000 workers

• $24 billion in annual shipments • Dairy products and meats account for over 40% of

total shipments

Top companies: Agropur Bridor Cargill Coca-Cola ConAgra Foods Danone Dare Goods DuBreton Frito-Lay Kraft Canada Krispy Kernels Labatt Breweries Leclerc Biscuits Maple Leaf Foods Molson Coors Parmalat Pepsi Saputo Weston

LIFE SCIENCES MANUFACTURING

• Wide range of biopharmaceutical manufacturing activities

• Over 30 manufacturers producing a vast array of drugs

Top companies: Alexion/Enobia Analogic Angiochem Bayer BD Galderma GlaxoSmithKline Medicago Medtronic Merck Mitsubishi Pfizer Pharmascience Roche Diagnostics Sandoz Tyco Healthcare Vertex Zimmer

MICROELECTRONICS

• One of the industry’s largest hubs in the world• Main activities: semiconductors, assembly services,

specialized circuits and systems for design, inspection and manufacturing

Top companies: Averna Technologies C-MAC Esterline CMC Electronics Excelitas Technologies Gentec IBM Matrox MPB Technologies Octasic Teledyne DALSA Varitron Technologogies

MINING

• 25 mines in production • 350 surface mineral mining operations in progress• $8.7 billion in mineral shipments in 2014• Canada’s biggest producer of iron and zinc• Second-largest producer of gold

Top companies: ArcelorMittal Century Global Cliffs Natural Resources Glencore Goldcorp Iamgold Osisko Mining Québec Cartier Mining Rio Tinto Alcan Royal Nickel Corporation SOQUEM Tata Steel

Support over 2,000 metal fabrication & welding companies

servicing Quebec’s sectors

WHY QUÉBEC?The fabricated metal product manufacturing industry is present in all spheres of economic activity in Québec. Machine shops account for approximately 35% while manufacturers of architectural and structural metal products made up about 30%. Opportunities are plentiful for suppliers to support the shops servicing Québec’s varied industry sectors.

EXHIBIT IN 2017Consolidate your business activities to two daysPut your innovative products and services serving the metal fabricating and welding industries in front of professionals visiting the show to network, learn and to explore what’s new.

Booth investment includes:

• Access to 4,000+ high-quality attendees from across Canada and US

• A comprehensive marketing plan and exhibitor marketing tools

• One-to-one matching program • Promotion of your products through the New

Technology Program• Pipe & drape• Material handling• Unlimited client invitations• Unlimited booth staff • Exhibitor rates for conference sessions and

networking dinners• Company listing on the event website

Exhibit space starts at $22 CDN/sq.ft.

SPONSORAlign your brand with CanWeld and expand your brand’s positioning beyond your booth. Work with us to build a package to meet your specific objectives. Options are available for every budget.

Sponsorships start at $2,500 CDN

ADVERTISEStand out before, during and after the event. Advertising is available in the Official Event Guide (Special Edition of the CWA Journal), Event Website and Event E-newsletter.

Advertising starts at $1,000 CDN

“A top-notch day. We were busy with customers until 4:00 in the afternoon. We will 100% see new business as a result of exhibiting at CanWeld.”

Mark McGuire, General Manager, Mag Tool Inc.

“We have some good leads to follow up on, some new customers, not only in the Edmonton area, but across Alberta. They will bring a new customer base and some new customer types our way. We’ll be back next year.”

Shane Nider, Sales Manager, Inland Industrial Supply Ltd.

“We saw CanWeld as a great opportunity to meet Canadian welding industry and see how we can help out. We talked to a lot of people and learned a lot about this market. We’ll be following up as soon as we’re done.”

Scott Stanley, National Marketing Manager, Lincoln Electric

CONTACT US

Exhibition Space, Sponsorship & Advertising

Christy Lerouxdmg::events(403) 984-5438christyleroux@dmgevents.comcanweldexpo.com

Conference

Ian CampbellCWB Group(800) 844-6790 ex 243ian.campbell@cwbgroup.orgcwbgroup.org

ORGANIZERS

dmg :: events is the name behind many of the largest energy events in the world such as Global

Petroleum Show (Calgary, Canada); ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi, UAE); International Pipeline Exposition (Calgary, Canada); Heavy Oil Latin America Conference & Exhibition (Mexico); Oil Sands Trade Show & Conference (Fort McMurray, Canada); and GasTech (Japan). Headquartered in London, UK with offices in key locations including Calgary, Canada; Abu Dhabi, UAE, Houston, Texas and Dallas, Texas, dmg::events brings more than 100 years’ experience in organizing exhibitions and conferences around the world.

For more information visit dmgevents.com

The CWB Group is an industry supported private sector organization providing welding certification, management systems registration and training services to over 7600 companies in 34 countries. Supported through the Canadian

Welding Bureau, CWB Institute, QUASAR, and the Canadian Welding Association membership, the CWB Group provides a comprehensive and integrated service to the welding and joining industry.

Recognized as one of the largest and most innovate welding organizations in the world, CWB Group’s reach is unique in the fact that we are a national mandated organization that has successfully transitioned into international markets, bringing with us our high standards with respect to welding certification, education, safety and membership.

For more information visit cwbgroup.com