Executive Summits · by the Future of Manufacturing Alliance
Demand Response Summit for Manufacturing Plants
Meet the plant leaders who could get paid to cut load for an hour.
Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors. Talk to Joe before it fills.
Who’s coming so far
21 manufacturers have confirmed they will send people. The target is 100+ plant leaders in the room by each summit.
- Honda
- GE Aerospace
- General Motors
- Stellantis / Jeep
- Procter & Gamble
- Cleveland-Cliffs
- Whirlpool
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber
- Parker Hannifin
- Swagelok
- Crown Equipment
- Lincoln Electric
- Sherwin-Williams
- + 8 very large manufacturers, not named at their request
Two days with energy, plant, operations and finance leaders from Midwest manufacturers in PJM and MISO with loads they could flex. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.
The people who sign the PO for demand response projects.
Invited from plants across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Every delegate is screened by title and plant.
1,470plant leaders from 495 manufacturers have come to past FMA summits.1,033 of them pick the vendor, own the budget or sign off.
Who decides a plant purchase, and how many came
- Step 1287Find the problem, write the specEnergy Engineer, Facilities Engineer, Environmental Engineer
- Step 2560Pick the vendorFacilities Manager, Environmental Manager, Energy Manager
- Step 3337Own the budgetDirector of Engineering, Director of Operations, Director of Manufacturing
- Step 4136Sign offPlant Manager, General Manager, President
Who we invite to this summit
Each title, and what that person owns.
- Energy ManagerPrograms, peaks, payments
- Plant ManagerDecides what can pause
- VP of OperationsProduction schedule
- Utilities ManagerChillers, compressors, furnaces
- VP of FinanceCapacity charges, revenue
Where past delegates worked
Plant leaders at past FMA summits, by industry.
Industries we are inviting to this summit: Metals and foundries (melt and furnace loads) · Plastics and packaging (grinders, extruders) · Food and beverage (cold storage can coast) · Chemicals (large pumps and motors) · Building products (kilns, crushers, mills).
Counts are past FMA delegates, each counted once. They show who this audience is; they are not 2027 attendees.
Past speakers and delegates, by industry
Food and beverage
12 speakers · 161 delegates
Automotive
10 speakers · 192 delegates
Machinery, equipment and electronics
7 speakers · 209 delegates
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
6 speakers · 120 delegates
Steel and metals
2 speakers · 82 delegates
Aerospace, pharma, building and consumer products
29 speakers · 667 delegates
They came back.
Past FMA sponsors, and how many summits each one sponsored, from the printed programs.
- 5Constellation EnergyDemand response · 5 summits
- 2EnerNOCDemand response · 2 summits
- 2GDF SUEZ Energy NADemand response · 2 summits
- 2North America Power PartnersDemand response · 2 summits
- 2Viridity EnergyDemand response · 2 summits
- 18US LED18 summits
- 17Kaeser Compressors17 summits
- 14Covanta14 summits
- 14Solution Dynamics14 summits
- 10Advanced Power Technologies10 summits
- 8Smardt Chiller Group8 summits
- 7LG Electronics7 summits
See the other 102 companies that sponsored two or more FMA summits
3M 2 · Acuity Brands 4 · Advanced Green Technologies 3 · Advantix Systems 8 · AERCO International 5 · AgriPower 6 · Air Balance 2 · AmbiRad 3 · Ameresco 2 · Armstrong Fluid Technology 5 · Badger Meter 2 · BASF 7 · Be Power Tech 2 · Bio-Reaction Industries 2 · BLUEFIN 4 · Bosch Thermotechnology 2 · Burns & McDonnell Engineering 3 · Camfil 2 · Capstone Turbine 2 · Chelsea Group 2 · Cleaver-Brooks 4 · ConDex Energy 2 · Control Instruments 2 · CopperTree Analytics 3 · Cushman & Wakefield 2 · Cypress Envirosystems 5 · Doosan Fuel Cell America 3 · DTE Energy Services 2 · Dyson 4 · Eaton 3 · EcoSafe Zero Waste 2 · EDF Renewable Energy 2 · Edison Energy 2 · Emerson Climate Technologies 2 · Energy Management Systems 4 · Energy Source 2 · Enertech Global 2 · EnterSolar 2 · Environmental Resources Management 2 · EQUIDEX Energy 7 · ERS International 3 · ETwater Systems 2 · Every Watt Matters 2 · Eye Lighting International 3 · Facility Solutions Group 2 · FacilityConneX 2 · Fellon-McCord & Associates 3 · GE Distributed Power 2 · GE Solar 2 · Gexpro 3 · GI Energy 2 · Green Ballast 2 · Greenstar Recycling 6 · Greenworks Energy Solutions 3 · Harris Lighting 2 · Heritage Interactive Services 2 · Hurst Boiler & Welding Co. 2 · IBM 4 · ICETEC Energy Services 2 · ICONICS 3 · Invensys Operations Management 2 · JLL 4 · Jorgensen Facilities Services 5 · K+S Services 2 · KDC Solar 2 · KERAMIDA 2 · Knauf Insulation 2 · KVAR Energy Savings 3 · LEDtronics 2 · Lutron Electronics Co. 3 · MaxLite 2 · MCEnergy 2 · MEP Associates 2 · MPC Energy 5 · Munters 2 · Newton Distributing Company 2 · Nortec 3 · North American Roofing 2 · OAKLEAF 4 · Optimum Energy 2 · Orion Energy Systems 2 · OSRAM SYLVANIA 5 · Pfister Energy 2 · PowerSecure 5 · Rinnai America 2 · Rockwell Automation 2 · ROXUL 2 · Rubicon Global 2 · SAP America 2 · Schneider Electric 6 · Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure 5 · Sloan 2 · Solar UV Solutions 3 · Solatube International 3 · Steril-Aire 2 · Synergy Investment 6 · The Dow Chemical Company 2 · Thermal Energy International 3 · Trane 2 · Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance 2 · Wahaso - Water Harvesting Solutions 2 · Zurn Industries 2
In writing, from past sponsors and delegates.
Their words, not ours.
“FMA was extremely valuable to CPower.”
Past sponsorChris CantoneChief Sales & Marketing Officer, CPowerRead the whole quote
“FMA was extremely valuable to CPower. Not only was this an opportunity to meet current customers and future prospects, but also allow us to meet partners so that we can deliver a holistic solution to our customers.”
“Every year we are able to find new partners to develop breakthrough projects”
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“FMA Summit has been a very friendly business event for General Motors. Every year we are able to find new partners to develop breakthrough projects”
Past delegateBreitner MarczewskiDirector of Energy Engineering, General Motors“We will be partnering with a couple of the presenters at the Summit”
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“…The expertise represented at this Summit (solar, lighting, etc.) was impressive and very informative. We will be partnering with a couple of the presenters at the Summit…”
Past delegateScott CullenAmericas Environmental Compliance Manager, Bostik“…full of opportunities to network with vendors I was interested in”
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“I found the experience well organized and full of opportunities to network with vendors I was interested in.”
Past delegateWarren VoughtCorporate Facilities Manager, Archer Daniels MidlandSee 8 moreShow fewer
“…FMA is an extremely flexible, and very accommodating group. It’s been outstanding after I gave my presentation, the enthusiasm of the people, the questions continue even now, people wanting to know more details. It’s that sharing between people and myself. I’ve learned a lot myself so that’s been a great aspect of being here. The people that have come and I had interaction with have been the right kind of people I want to talk to.”
Past delegateKevin ButtGeneral Manager and Chief Environmental Officer, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.“Very well organized! Great topics and great speakers. Spoke to vendors regarding current initiatives and met vendors regarding their initiatives and how they can provide guidance and services to UniFirst…”
Past delegateCarrie BertolinoEnergy Analyst, UniFirst Corporation“The FMA Energy and Sustainability Summit provides valuable insight into where leaders in various industries are finding success in systems and processes that drive overall efficiencies and organizational sustainment.”
Past delegateBrian SkrobarcekCorporate Director of Environmental Affairs, StandardAero“…We enjoyed attending your event and definitely appreciated presenting our LEED gold plant and our sustainability programs. … We definitely learned some things as well.”
Past delegateGregory ClarkDirector of Construction & Facilities Management, White Castle Management Co.“First time here, was impressed by many of the presenters and the issues they brought up and their solutions.”
Past delegateSteven JonesElectrical Engineer, ITW Hi-Cone“First time Summit attendee. Great introduction to a number of topics important to Facility Managers of the Future.”
Past delegateAlec BartolaiSustainability Program Manager, Sargento Foods, Inc.“I feel that a Summit like this adds to the tools needed to elevate my abilities and my company, to enable a better building/company.”
Past delegateReed GibsonFacilities Manager, Pall Corporation“I very much enjoyed participating in the summit…”
Past delegateKurtis JetselDirector - Facilities/ESH, Lockheed MartinSet up Wednesday. Two full days of meetings. Home Friday afternoon.
Same schedule in Columbus and Detroit.
- Wednesday afternoonSponsors set up their exhibits. Everyone checks in.
- ThursdayThe full day: plant case studies, booked 1-on-1s, the reception and dinner.
- FridayMorning case studies, more 1-on-1s, closing lunch. On the road by mid-afternoon.
The hour-by-hour plan and the venues
| Time | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast at your company table | Breakfast at your company table | |
| 8:00–10:00 AM | Plant case studies | Plant case studies | |
| 10:00 AM | Coffee and shop talk in the exhibit room | Pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s at your table | |
| 11:00 AM | Plant case studies | Plant case studies | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch with your booked 1-on-1 meetings | Closing lunch with your booked 1-on-1 meetings | |
| 1:00 PM | Plant case studies | Plant case studies, then head home | |
| 2:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s at your table | |
| 3:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Coffee and shop talk in the exhibit room | |
| 3:30 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Plant case studies | |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Reception and dinner, with more 1-on-1s |
The full package's 15 pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s run Thursday and Friday: in the meeting blocks above, at lunch, and at the reception. Each is with a plant leader who asked to meet you, at your company table. You get your meeting schedule before you arrive, and the delegate list, with names, titles and companies, 30 days before the summit.
Venue photos via Wikimedia Commons: Hilton Columbus Downtown by Ɱ (CC BY-SA 4.0); Renaissance Center by Crisco 1492 (public domain).
The program: plant leaders come to hear how other plants fixed it.
The program is built from projects plants actually finished, presented by the plant and the company that did the work. Every demand response category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.
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Virtual power plants & load flexibilityInvited
How Metal Technologies’ Indiana and Michigan foundries flex for the grid
The largest solely electric-melt foundry operator in North America uses site optimization software to maximize grid revenue and on-bill savings in PJM, powering down when demand is high; won CPower’s 2024 Flexibility Award; no figures published (as reported by CPower).
The problem: Electric-melt foundries are among the most energy-intensive plants on the PJM grid.
Published result: The largest solely electric-melt foundry operator in North America uses site optimization software to maximize grid revenue and on-bill savings in PJM, powering down when demand is high; won CPower’s 2024 Flexibility Award; no figures published (as reported by CPower).
Invited: CPower, with Metal Technologies · Read the published case
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Peak & demand-charge managementInvited
How Vuteq Canada in Woodstock, Ontario took 3.6 MW off its peak
A 3.6 MW / 7.2 MWh battery, owned and financed by Madison Energy Infrastructure, came online to offset up to 3.6 MW of grid demand in peak periods and join demand response; no savings figure yet (as reported by Peak Power).
The problem: An expanding automotive interiors plant faced rising Global Adjustment charges during the province's peak hours.
Published result: A 3.6 MW / 7.2 MWh battery, owned and financed by Madison Energy Infrastructure, came online to offset up to 3.6 MW of grid demand in peak periods and join demand response; no savings figure yet (as reported by Peak Power).
Invited: Peak Power, with Vuteq Canada · Read the published case
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Demand response & curtailmentInvited
How an aerospace manufacturer pays for plant LEDs with demand response
Moved from occasional events to more frequent dispatch programs across more than a dozen facilities on one regional grid, using pre-cooling, and used the payments to install LEDs at its plants; no dollar figures published (customer not named; as reported by CPower).
The problem: Curtailment had to fit large-scale manufacturing without hurting comfort or production at more than a dozen plants.
Published result: Moved from occasional events to more frequent dispatch programs across more than a dozen facilities on one regional grid, using pre-cooling, and used the payments to install LEDs at its plants; no dollar figures published (customer not named; as reported by CPower).
Invited: CPower · Read the published case
See all 8 stories, in 4 categories, and how a session runs
- 1The problemWhat was happening at the plant.
- 2The costEnergy, maintenance, downtime or lost output.
- 3The decisionThe options they weighed, and why this one.
- 4The workWhat changed, how long it took, what went wrong.
- 5The resultsMeasured before and after. Achieved, estimated or identified, said plainly.
- 6The lessonsWhat another plant should check first.
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Demand response & curtailment
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
How an aerospace manufacturer pays for plant LEDs with demand response
Moved from occasional events to more frequent dispatch programs across more than a dozen facilities on one regional grid, using pre-cooling, and used the payments to install LEDs at its plants; no dollar figures published (customer not named; as reported by CPower).
The problem: Curtailment had to fit large-scale manufacturing without hurting comfort or production at more than a dozen plants.
Published result: Moved from occasional events to more frequent dispatch programs across more than a dozen facilities on one regional grid, using pre-cooling, and used the payments to install LEDs at its plants; no dollar figures published (customer not named; as reported by CPower).
Invited: CPower · Read the published case
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Why Voltus named Cardinal Glass its top manufacturing grid partner for 2025
Winner in the Manufacturing category of the 2025 Customer Peak Performance Awards for its grid-reliability participation; no figures published (as reported by Voltus).
The problem: Glass plants run hot around the clock, so every curtailment has to be planned.
Published result: Winner in the Manufacturing category of the 2025 Customer Peak Performance Awards for its grid-reliability participation; no figures published (as reported by Voltus).
Invited: Voltus, with Cardinal Glass · Read the published case
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Invited
How Trident Seafoods in Anacortes, Washington gets paid to idle cold storage
During events the plant shuts down evaporation and the main cold-storage compressor, then pulls the rooms back down at night: 178 kW on average in the peak program and 464 kW on average in the emergency program, at 100% of nominations; set to receive $27,304.16 after a mid-season enrollment (as reported by Enel North America; the summary box says $24,300+).
The problem: The plant had an aggressive energy reduction plan and wanted to earn from the grid without touching production.
Published result: During events the plant shuts down evaporation and the main cold-storage compressor, then pulls the rooms back down at night: 178 kW on average in the peak program and 464 kW on average in the emergency program, at 100% of nominations; set to receive $27,304.16 after a mid-season enrollment (as reported by Enel North America; the summary box says $24,300+).
Invited: Enel North America, with Trident Seafoods · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a plant problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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Peak & demand-charge management
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
How Vuteq Canada in Woodstock, Ontario took 3.6 MW off its peak
A 3.6 MW / 7.2 MWh battery, owned and financed by Madison Energy Infrastructure, came online to offset up to 3.6 MW of grid demand in peak periods and join demand response; no savings figure yet (as reported by Peak Power).
The problem: An expanding automotive interiors plant faced rising Global Adjustment charges during the province's peak hours.
Published result: A 3.6 MW / 7.2 MWh battery, owned and financed by Madison Energy Infrastructure, came online to offset up to 3.6 MW of grid demand in peak periods and join demand response; no savings figure yet (as reported by Peak Power).
Invited: Peak Power, with Vuteq Canada · Read the published case
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How Bock North America cut its Ontario peak demand factor by 40%
AI peak prediction plus equipment-level meters let the engineer take single machines offline in peak hours: peak demand factor lowered by over 40% in the first year, on track for over $100,000 to $120,000 in energy savings (projected; period not stated; as reported by Edgecom Energy).
The problem: Ontario's Global Adjustment charges depend on a plant's load in the grid's five peak hours, and the plant couldn't see which machines set its peaks.
Published result: AI peak prediction plus equipment-level meters let the engineer take single machines offline in peak hours: peak demand factor lowered by over 40% in the first year, on track for over $100,000 to $120,000 in energy savings (projected; period not stated; as reported by Edgecom Energy).
Invited: Edgecom Energy, with Bock North America · Read the published case
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How Bimbo Canada’s Hamilton bakery cut its power bill with a battery
A financed 3,000 kW, 2-hour battery with no upfront capital shifts load out of Ontario's peak hours and can earn IESO demand response revenue: nearly 30% reduction of electricity bill expenses (period not stated; as reported by Enel North America).
The problem: Global Adjustment peak charges made up a significant share of the flagship bakery's electricity bills.
Published result: A financed 3,000 kW, 2-hour battery with no upfront capital shifts load out of Ontario's peak hours and can earn IESO demand response revenue: nearly 30% reduction of electricity bill expenses (period not stated; as reported by Enel North America).
Invited: Enel North America, with Bimbo Canada · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a plant problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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Virtual power plants & load flexibility
2 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
How Metal Technologies’ Indiana and Michigan foundries flex for the grid
The largest solely electric-melt foundry operator in North America uses site optimization software to maximize grid revenue and on-bill savings in PJM, powering down when demand is high; won CPower’s 2024 Flexibility Award; no figures published (as reported by CPower).
The problem: Electric-melt foundries are among the most energy-intensive plants on the PJM grid.
Published result: The largest solely electric-melt foundry operator in North America uses site optimization software to maximize grid revenue and on-bill savings in PJM, powering down when demand is high; won CPower’s 2024 Flexibility Award; no figures published (as reported by CPower).
Invited: CPower, with Metal Technologies · Read the published case
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How a PJM steel plant sheds 20–30 MW on short notice
Controls link CPower's dispatch signal to the plant SCADA to shed as much as 20-30 MW, including blast furnaces and lines, then restart production: earned several million dollars and cut energy costs by millions over the last decade (customer not named; exact figures not stated; as reported by CPower and Energy IQ).
The problem: PJM's Synchronous Reserve program can call for large cuts in as little as 8 minutes, too fast for a 100 MW mill to do by hand.
Published result: Controls link CPower's dispatch signal to the plant SCADA to shed as much as 20-30 MW, including blast furnaces and lines, then restart production: earned several million dollars and cut energy costs by millions over the last decade (customer not named; exact figures not stated; as reported by CPower and Energy IQ).
Invited: CPower, with Energy IQ · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a plant problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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Submetering & load controls
Open: no story invited yet
"Invited" means invited: none of these companies has confirmed. Results are as published by the supplier; we ask every presenter for dates, baseline costs and verified results before the program is final.
Real FMA Summit rooms. No stock photography.
Get in front of the decision makers, not the crowd.
Full package
- 15 guaranteed pre-scheduled meetings
- A 20-minute case-study session
- A fully furnished exhibit
- Your corporate dining table
- Three people at full access
Add meetings up to 40 at $1,500 each.
- Any booked meeting that doesn’t happen is added to your next summit, written into your sponsor agreement.
- Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors, each solving a different problem for the people in the room.
Want the category to yourself? Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors. To talk about your category, .
- Plant leaders ask to meet you. We seat the ones who asked at your table.
- Your booked meeting schedule arrives before the summit.
- Any booked meeting that doesn't happen is added to your next summit: miss 3, and you get 15 plus 3. It's written into your sponsor agreement.
- You get the delegate list 30 days before the summit: names, titles and companies.
- Three people are included with full access. Extra passes are $2,900 each.
Or pick only what you wantMeetings from $15,000, talk $15,000, exhibit $15,000, dining table $10,000
One category, one summit. Prices in USD. Whatever you pick includes three people with full access. Meetings are booked on an opt-in basis before the summit; any booked meeting that doesn't happen is added to your next summit.
No vendor walks the show. Solution providers attend only as sponsors. A vendor that has not sponsored cannot register, attend or work the room, so the plant leaders you meet are not being chased by your competitors in the hallway.
The ten questions every sponsor asks.
Past sponsors answer all ten in one 5-minute film. Pick a question and the film jumps to its answer.
Now ask your own questions.
Answered on camera by past FMA sponsors. Recorded at past FMA summits.
Who's behind it.
Started FMA in Montreal in 2007 and has run every summit himself: 35 of them, 17,000+ meetings. Capped at 20 sponsors per summit, meetings booked before anyone arrives, and no vendor walks the show.
Read the full story
Demand response sponsors were in 10 of the 35 summits. Every sponsor and speaker, as printed.
Open any programCapped at 20 sponsors per summit. Plant leaders, not other aggregators.
Twenty minutes with Joe Piazza: who is coming to your summit, where your company fits among its 20 sponsors, and what the agreement says. The sponsor brief has the delegate profile, the full agenda and the itemized pricing.
35 summits since 2007. Joe Piazza, who founded FMA, runs every summit himself. The videos on this page are from past summits.