Executive Summits · by the Future of Manufacturing Alliance

EHS & Sustainability Software Summit for Manufacturing Plants

Meet the EHS leaders still running safety and carbon data on spreadsheets.

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

Who from each plantEHS Director, Sustainability Manager, Plant EHS Manager, VP of Operations and Energy Manager. Every delegate is screened by title and plant.

Where fromPlants across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Invitations are going out now.

The roomEvery meeting is booked before you arrive. No expo hall. Your furnished exhibit sits in the meeting room, next to the tables.

Two days with EHS, sustainability and plant leaders from Midwest manufacturers who answer to OSHA, auditors and customers asking for carbon numbers. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.

or email for pricing

Columbus, OhioApril 29–30, 2027Hilton Columbus Downtown167 days to goSee the hotel

Detroit, MichiganOctober 28–29, 2027Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center349 days to goSee the hotel

The people who sign the PO for EHS software projects.

Invited from plants across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Every delegate is screened by title and plant.

A full session room at a past FMA summit

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.

EHS DirectorOwns the system
Sustainability ManagerCarbon and ESG reporting
Plant EHS ManagerIncidents, audits, permits
VP of OperationsApproves the rollout
Energy ManagerScope 1 and 2 data

Where past delegates worked

Plant leaders at past FMA summits, by industry.

Automotive & vehicles200
Building products & furniture191
Aerospace & defense176
Food & beverage164
Chemicals & materials125
Industrial & equipment115
Pharma & medical devices111
Paper, packaging & printing106
Electronics & semiconductors98
Metals85
Consumer products75
Oil, gas & mining24

Industries we are inviting to this summit: Automotive and parts (supplier carbon requests) · Chemicals and plastics (permits, PSM, SDS) · Food and beverage (many sites, many audits) · Metals and fabrication (injury rates, exposure) · Multi-plant manufacturers (one system across sites).

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

See every company and the titles it sent, by industry

They came back.

Past FMA sponsors, and how many summits each one sponsored, from the printed programs.

2SAP AmericaEHS and sustainability software · 2 summits
2Environmental Resources ManagementEnvironmental consulting · 2 summits
2KERAMIDAEnvironmental compliance services · 2 summits
18US LED18 summits
17Kaeser Compressors17 summits
14Covanta14 summits
14Solution Dynamics14 summits
10Advanced Power Technologies10 summits
8Smardt Chiller Group8 summits
7BASF7 summits
7EQUIDEX Energy7 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 · 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 · Constellation Energy 5 · 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 · EnerNOC 2 · Enertech Global 2 · EnterSolar 2 · ERS International 3 · ETwater Systems 2 · Every Watt Matters 2 · Eye Lighting International 3 · Facility Solutions Group 2 · FacilityConneX 2 · Fellon-McCord & Associates 3 · GDF SUEZ Energy NA 2 · 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 · 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 America Power Partners 2 · 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 · 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 · Viridity Energy 2 · Wahaso - Water Harvesting Solutions 2 · Zurn Industries 2

In writing, from past delegates.

Their words, not ours.

**Breitner Marczewski**Director of Energy Engineering, General Motors

**Scott Cullen**Americas Environmental Compliance Manager, Bostik

**Warren Vought**Corporate Facilities Manager, Archer Daniels Midland

**John Shewmaker**Facility Maintenance Manager, Hitachi Automotive Systems

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**Larry Glaser**AVP, Director of Operations Support, OSI Industries

**Russ Delozier**Director of Sustainability, J+J Flooring Group

**Ed Hagerstrom**Director EHS, Refresco Beverages US Inc.

**John DeVinney**Senior Project Manager, Perdue Farms

**Brendan Sullivan**Executive Director, Facilities, Estée Lauder

**Chris Wendt**Facilities Manager, Standard Motor Products, Inc.

**Maria Watson**Sr. Manager Global Energy, Pall Corporation

**Brian Skrobarcek**Corporate Director of Environmental Affairs, StandardAero

What sponsors closed, and what buyers said.

Past sponsors on the business that came from an FMA introduction, and past buyers on the vendors they met there.

Set 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

Your meetings

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.

Columbus, April 29–30, 2027Hilton Columbus Downtown

Detroit, October 28–29, 2027Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center

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 EHS and sustainability software category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.

EHS & compliance softwareInvited
How Carhartt cut OSHA recordables by more than half at its Kentucky and Tennessee plants
VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics with AI assessments and plant ergonomics committees: OSHA recordables down by over 50 percent over a 24-month period across three plants. OSHA claims at Irvine, KY went from 16 to 8 in 2022, and Camden, TN from 27 in 2022 to 11 in 2023 (as reported by VelocityEHS).

The problem: Forceful exertions, poor postures and repetitive motions were injuring associates at Carhartt's sewing plants.
Published result: VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics with AI assessments and plant ergonomics committees: OSHA recordables down by over 50 percent over a 24-month period across three plants. OSHA claims at Irvine, KY went from 16 to 8 in 2022, and Camden, TN from 27 in 2022 to 11 in 2023 (as reported by VelocityEHS).
Invited: VelocityEHS, with Carhartt · Read the published case
Sustainability & carbon reportingInvited
How Albany International covered nearly half its Scope 2 target with one power deal
In early 2025 Albany joined a Watershed-led virtual power purchase agreement cohort: five years of fixed clean-power pricing covering nearly half (about 50%) of its scope 2 target, plus solar RFPs at several sites (as reported by Watershed).

The problem: European customers pressed Albany to cut emissions, and solar proposals from its sites could not be compared with each other.
Published result: In early 2025 Albany joined a Watershed-led virtual power purchase agreement cohort: five years of fixed clean-power pricing covering nearly half (about 50%) of its scope 2 target, plus solar RFPs at several sites (as reported by Watershed).
Invited: Watershed, with Albany International · Read the published case
EHS & compliance softwareInvited
How Hitachi Energy in Jefferson City, Missouri cut workplace injuries 95%
VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics, fully deployed in 2023: a 95% reduction in workplace injuries, including neck, shoulder and back, within two years, and a $1,000 hydraulic retrofit of a metal punch that cut its risk by 83.4% (as reported by VelocityEHS).

The problem: A small health and safety team was only meeting basic ergonomics requirements and had no way to scale the work.
Published result: VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics, fully deployed in 2023: a 95% reduction in workplace injuries, including neck, shoulder and back, within two years, and a $1,000 hydraulic retrofit of a metal punch that cut its risk by 83.4% (as reported by VelocityEHS).
Invited: VelocityEHS, with Hitachi Energy · Read the published case

See all 6 stories, in 2 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.

EHS & compliance software
3 stories invited · 1 open slot
- Invited
  How Carhartt cut OSHA recordables by more than half at its Kentucky and Tennessee plants
  VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics with AI assessments and plant ergonomics committees: OSHA recordables down by over 50 percent over a 24-month period across three plants. OSHA claims at Irvine, KY went from 16 to 8 in 2022, and Camden, TN from 27 in 2022 to 11 in 2023 (as reported by VelocityEHS).
  
  The problem: Forceful exertions, poor postures and repetitive motions were injuring associates at Carhartt's sewing plants.
  Published result: VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics with AI assessments and plant ergonomics committees: OSHA recordables down by over 50 percent over a 24-month period across three plants. OSHA claims at Irvine, KY went from 16 to 8 in 2022, and Camden, TN from 27 in 2022 to 11 in 2023 (as reported by VelocityEHS).
  Invited: VelocityEHS, with Carhartt · Read the published case
- Invited
  How Hitachi Energy in Jefferson City, Missouri cut workplace injuries 95%
  VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics, fully deployed in 2023: a 95% reduction in workplace injuries, including neck, shoulder and back, within two years, and a $1,000 hydraulic retrofit of a metal punch that cut its risk by 83.4% (as reported by VelocityEHS).
  
  The problem: A small health and safety team was only meeting basic ergonomics requirements and had no way to scale the work.
  Published result: VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics, fully deployed in 2023: a 95% reduction in workplace injuries, including neck, shoulder and back, within two years, and a $1,000 hydraulic retrofit of a metal punch that cut its risk by 83.4% (as reported by VelocityEHS).
  Invited: VelocityEHS, with Hitachi Energy · Read the published case
- Invited
  How Piston Automotive in Marion, Ohio cut vehicle safety incidents 86% in three months
  Voxel detection on the plant's security cameras, used for coaching: vehicle safety incidents down 86% within 3 months, and no-stop incidents at aisle ends from 5 a day to 0.4 a day (as reported by Voxel).
  
  The problem: To keep up output, people walked on rollers, forklifts pushed several pallets at once and drivers skipped stops at aisle ends.
  Published result: Voxel detection on the plant's security cameras, used for coaching: vehicle safety incidents down 86% within 3 months, and no-stop incidents at aisle ends from 5 a day to 0.4 a day (as reported by Voxel).
  Invited: Voxel, with Piston Automotive · Read the published case
- Open slot
  Your customer's story goes here.
  Solved a plant problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
Sustainability & carbon reporting
3 stories invited · 1 open slot
- Invited
  How Albany International covered nearly half its Scope 2 target with one power deal
  In early 2025 Albany joined a Watershed-led virtual power purchase agreement cohort: five years of fixed clean-power pricing covering nearly half (about 50%) of its scope 2 target, plus solar RFPs at several sites (as reported by Watershed).
  
  The problem: European customers pressed Albany to cut emissions, and solar proposals from its sites could not be compared with each other.
  Published result: In early 2025 Albany joined a Watershed-led virtual power purchase agreement cohort: five years of fixed clean-power pricing covering nearly half (about 50%) of its scope 2 target, plus solar RFPs at several sites (as reported by Watershed).
  Invited: Watershed, with Albany International · Read the published case
- Invited
  From utility bills by hand to monthly carbon data: equipment maker Energy Recovery
  Workiva Carbon pulls utility data automatically: about four hours a month saved on Scope 1 and 2 data (estimated), and Scope 3 now done within a few weeks at the start of each year, saving months of time each year (as reported by Workiva).
  
  The problem: One analyst gathered utility bills by hand for a consultant to calculate emissions, and a full Scope 3 inventory took several months.
  Published result: Workiva Carbon pulls utility data automatically: about four hours a month saved on Scope 1 and 2 data (estimated), and Scope 3 now done within a few weeks at the start of each year, saving months of time each year (as reported by Workiva).
  Invited: Workiva, with Energy Recovery · Read the published case
- Invited
  How Trane tracks renewable energy credits across 700+ facilities
  REC tracking and emissions calculations moved into Benchmark Gensuite: 121 RECs allocated across 24 facilities and more than 136,000 metric tons of market-based Scope 2 CO2 eliminated (period not stated) (as reported by Benchmark Gensuite).
  
  The problem: Applying renewable energy credits to sites and calculating market-based Scope 2 emissions across more than 700 facilities needed audit-ready data.
  Published result: REC tracking and emissions calculations moved into Benchmark Gensuite: 121 RECs allocated across 24 facilities and more than 136,000 metric tons of market-based Scope 2 CO2 eliminated (period not stated) (as reported by Benchmark Gensuite).
  Invited: Benchmark Gensuite, with Trane Technologies · Read the published case
- Open slot
  Your customer's story goes here.
  Solved a plant problem in this category? Propose it for the program.

Propose a case study

Have a customer story you're proud of?

Tell us about one project you finished for a plant. If it fits the program, we'll send you a proposed session outline and the sponsorship details.

"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.

A smiling guest at numbered dining table 8 at a past FMA summit — Meetings at numbered tables

Delegates taking notes in a full session room at a past FMA summit — 20-minute talks to a full room

Four people talking and laughing at the Doosan Fuel Cell exhibit at a past FMA summit — Exhibits in the reception room

Four people smiling around a cocktail table at the evening reception at a past FMA summit — The cocktail hour

Delegates and sponsors at numbered round tables over a meal at a past FMA summit — Meals, with assigned seating

Real FMA Summit rooms. No stock photography.

Get in front of the decision makers, not the crowd.

Best value

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.

Your total investment$39,000~~$62,500 if bought separately~~About $2,600 per guaranteed meeting, with the talk, exhibit and table included

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.

Is $39,000 worth it? Do the math with past sponsors.“If I did all these cold calls, or hired a salesperson for this amount of money, would that pay off?”Patricia Baumann, Partner, All Tech Energy

Book both 2027 summits: $29,000 eachThe full package in Columbus in April and in Detroit in October, 15 guaranteed meetings at each. $58,000 for the two, $20,000 less than booking them one at a time. About $1,900 per guaranteed meeting.

Want the category to yourself? Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors. To talk about your category, .

How your meetings work

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

Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings10 to 40 at $1,500 each ($15,000 minimum)Sit down with plant leaders who asked to meet you, booked before the summit. No chasing anybody down an aisle.Hear a sponsor on this

20-minute case-study session$15,000Present a project you finished for a plant: the problem, the decision, the measured result. Best with your customer beside you.

Fully furnished exhibit$15,000Set up and waiting in the room where the cocktail hour happens. The people you meet that night come by your booth the next day.

Corporate dining table$10,000Breakfast, lunch and dinner with the plant leaders you came to meet, at your own table. Shop talk, not sales talk.Hear a sponsor on this

Three people, full accessIncludedComes with anything you pick: every session, every meal and the evening cocktail reception in the exhibit room. Plus the delegate list, with names, titles and companies, 30 days before the summit.

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.

Answered on camera by past FMA sponsors. Recorded at past FMA summits.

Who's behind it.

The FMA team at the registration desk of a past FMA summit

Joe Piazza, founder.

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

Future of Manufacturing Summit, Montreal, QC, 2007

Progressive Energy, Environment & Sustainability Congress, San Antonio, TX, 2011

Progressive Energy, Environment & Sustainability Congress, Chicago, IL, 2011

Progressive Energy, Environment & Sustainability Congress, Weston, FL, 2011

Future Facilities Summit, Chicago, IL, 2015

Future Facilities & Power Summit, Tampa, FL, 2019

The printed programs since 2007.

30 printed programs, with every sponsor and speaker as printed.

Open any program

Columbus and Detroit, 2027

BASF sponsored 7 times. The summit is capped at 20 sponsors.

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.