Inaugural Top Shops Expo Highlights Benchmarking Survey Data

Gardner Business Media will present and analyze the results of its annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey at the inaugural Top Shops Expo. The expo takes place October 13-14, 2021 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, OH.

Founded in 2010, the Top Shops Benchmarking Survey is conducted by Gardner Business Media’s Intelligence division and is distributed to thousands of North American manufacturers. The survey’s data, which spans everything from lead times to workforce development, is used as a business intelligence, development and improvement tool by thousands of contract manufacturers across the country.

This exclusive data will first be available to attendees and exhibitors at the Top Shops Expo, where it will be explained and examined by experts across four education tracks and presented by four different Gardner Business Media Brands — Modern Machine Shop, Plastics Technology, CompositesWorld and Products Finishing. This is the first time all four brands will be presented together, and the first time Plastics Technology and CompositesWorld data will be shared publicly. Leading shops and businesses from around the country will also present sessions based on the findings of this report, giving attendees a unique and informed perspective from industry leaders.

Top Shops Expo registration will also include access to:

• Technology Displays: Innovative product and process technology vendors of machinery, software, materials and more
• Sourcing Pavilion: Leading contract manufacturing companies displaying production and service capabilities from product design and prototyping to scale production to post-processing and finishing
• Awards & Networking: Annual Top Shops awards program and a range of business networking events

Attendees who work in CNC machining, plastics processing, composites fabrication and products finishing will attend, exhibit and network at the event.