Austin TX
February 15-16, 2011 - Lester E. Palmer Events Center
The first AmCon show of 2011 will be held at the Lester E. Palmer Events Center in Austin. Austin was chosen for its central location and the diverse range of OEMs in the region. The show will be promoted to buyers from throughout Texas, and draw most heavily from Austin and San Antonio (just 80 miles to the south). The show will attract attendees from all along I-35 and from the Houston area as well. Austin was named by Forbes magazine as one of the top metropolitan areas to lead the economic recovery.
As unemployment rates climbed higher in every major city across the nation during the recession, the jobless rate in Austin only rose to 7.1% in March 2010. During the same period, the U.S. unemployment rate spiked to 9.7%. A decade ago, Austin worked to attract hightech companies, and while some manufacturing jobs in the sector have since diminished, companies are still expanding their workforce. Samsung Electronics recently announced a $3.6 billion project that boosts the company’s payroll by 500 permanent positions.
Read a few comments from exhibitors after the 2008 Austin Show:
“Austin was excellent. I was surprised to see all that is going on in Austin. It’s definitely a city worth some attention.”
- Hartie Spence, Ash Industries, www.ashindustries.com
“I was VERY pleased with the business we generated from the Austin show.”
- Bill York, Allis Tool & Machine, www.allistool.com
“We were pleasantly surprised by the amount of traffic and the quality of the personnel that attended.
- ” Scott Cain, Insulfab Plastics, www.insulfab.com
“Great show. We already have meetings set up next
week with some of the hot prospects we met at
the show.”
- Mike Lopez, Electric Motor & Actuator Technologies, www.emamotion.com
Below is just a sampling of the major OEMs that have attended:
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APC (Advanced Power
Conversion)
Active Power
Alcon Labs
Amphenol
Apollo Endosurgery
Applied Materials
Applied Research Labs
CRA International
Chevron Phillips
Coherent Logix
Dell Computer
Delstar Technologies
ELO Touchsystems
Emerson Process
Management
Freescale
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GE
General Dynamics
GIT Satellite
Halliburton
IBM
LifeSize
Communications
Luminex
Multimedia Games
NASA
NXP Semiconductors
National Instruments
National Oilwell Varco
OI Analytical
OYO Geospace
Omron Oilfield & Marine
Oxford Instruments
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Powell Industries
Qualcomm
Sigma Tel
Simpson Performance
Products
Sony Computer
Entertainment
Sony Electronics
Spansion
Stephen Gould Packaging
Tanknology
Texas Hydraulics
Thermon Mfg.
Trelleborg CRP
TxDOT
Ultra Clean Technology
United Launch Alliance
Weatherford Int’l
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