Executive Summits · by the Future of Manufacturing Alliance
Lighting Summit for Manufacturing Plants
Meet the plant leaders still paying to light empty aisles.
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 plant engineering, facilities, maintenance and energy leaders from Midwest manufacturers planning lighting and controls upgrades. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.
The people who sign the PO for lighting 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.
- Plant Engineering DirectorSpecifies the retrofit
- Facilities ManagerOwns the fixtures
- Energy ManagerkWh and rebates
- Maintenance ManagerReplacement burden
- EHS ManagerTask lighting, safety
Where past delegates worked
Plant leaders at past FMA summits, by industry.
Industries we are inviting to this summit: Automotive and parts (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana) · Warehousing and distribution (high bays, long hours) · Food and beverage (washdown, cold areas) · Metals and fabrication (inspection visibility) · Plastics and packaging (24/7 operation).
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
Download the sponsor brief (PDF, 2 pages)They came back.
Past FMA sponsors, and how many summits each one sponsored, from the printed programs.
- 18US LEDLighting · 18 summits
- 10Advanced Power TechnologiesLighting · 10 summits
- 6Synergy InvestmentLighting · 6 summits
- 5OSRAM SYLVANIALighting · 5 summits
- 4Acuity BrandsLighting · 4 summits
- 4Energy Management SystemsLighting · 4 summits
- 17Kaeser Compressors17 summits
- 14Covanta14 summits
- 14Solution Dynamics14 summits
- 8Smardt Chiller Group8 summits
- 7BASF7 summits
- 7LG Electronics7 summits
See the other 102 companies that sponsored two or more FMA summits
3M 2 · 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 Source 2 · EnerNOC 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 · 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 · 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 America Power Partners 2 · North American Roofing 2 · OAKLEAF 4 · Optimum Energy 2 · Orion Energy Systems 2 · 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 · 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
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 |
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 lighting category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.
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LED fixturesInvited
How Matandy Steel in Hamilton, Ohio nearly eliminated lighting maintenance
About 175 Dialight LED fixtures, chosen after testing samples from several manufacturers: 352,294 kWh saved a year, $31,706 a year in electricity at 2018 rates, a 30% lower electrical load and a 4.3-year payback including installation and disposal (as reported by Dialight).
The problem: 1,000-watt and 400-watt metal halide fixtures failed so often that crews replaced lamps and ballasts several times a week, and the light quality had deteriorated.
Published result: About 175 Dialight LED fixtures, chosen after testing samples from several manufacturers: 352,294 kWh saved a year, $31,706 a year in electricity at 2018 rates, a 30% lower electrical load and a 4.3-year payback including installation and disposal (as reported by Dialight).
Invited: Dialight, with Matandy Steel · Read the published case
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Hazardous and food-grade areasInvited
Explosion-proof LEDs for the paint booths at Toyota’s Princeton, Indiana plant
92 explosion-proof 150-watt LED fixtures installed in three phases from 2021 to 2023; projected maintenance savings of $6,440 in the first year and $13,953 over five years (projected; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
The problem: End-of-life fluorescent lighting lit the plant’s Class I, Division 1 paint booth areas unevenly, raising visibility, inspection-quality and compliance concerns.
Published result: 92 explosion-proof 150-watt LED fixtures installed in three phases from 2021 to 2023; projected maintenance savings of $6,440 in the first year and $13,953 over five years (projected; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
Invited: LED Lighting Supply and C & E Advanced Technologies, with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana · Read the published case
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Lighting-as-a-serviceInvited
No capital needed: how Berry Global upgraded 26,992 fixtures across 38 sites
26,992 fixtures across 7.6 million sq ft at 38 locations, funded and installed by Redaptive with digital measurement and verification: $16M in gross energy savings and 237M kWh less over 10 years (projected; as reported by Redaptive).
The problem: Lighting upgrades competed for internal capital, financing would have added debt, and piecemeal projects risked safety and disruption in complex plants.
Published result: 26,992 fixtures across 7.6 million sq ft at 38 locations, funded and installed by Redaptive with digital measurement and verification: $16M in gross energy savings and 237M kWh less over 10 years (projected; as reported by Redaptive).
Invited: Redaptive, with Berry Global · Read the published case
See all 8 stories, in 5 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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LED fixtures
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
How Matandy Steel in Hamilton, Ohio nearly eliminated lighting maintenance
About 175 Dialight LED fixtures, chosen after testing samples from several manufacturers: 352,294 kWh saved a year, $31,706 a year in electricity at 2018 rates, a 30% lower electrical load and a 4.3-year payback including installation and disposal (as reported by Dialight).
The problem: 1,000-watt and 400-watt metal halide fixtures failed so often that crews replaced lamps and ballasts several times a week, and the light quality had deteriorated.
Published result: About 175 Dialight LED fixtures, chosen after testing samples from several manufacturers: 352,294 kWh saved a year, $31,706 a year in electricity at 2018 rates, a 30% lower electrical load and a 4.3-year payback including installation and disposal (as reported by Dialight).
Invited: Dialight, with Matandy Steel · Read the published case
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Fixing poor light in a manufacturing area: 140 LED high bays at Siemens Energy in Norwood, Ohio
140 LED high bays, one for one at 25 feet: 48 foot-candles on average in the manufacturing work area against 50 planned, 54% less energy, and a projected $27,300 a year and $125,900 over five years (projected savings; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
The problem: T5 fluorescent lighting gave poor, uneven light, added heat that strained the HVAC system and needed frequent repairs and bulb changes.
Published result: 140 LED high bays, one for one at 25 feet: 48 foot-candles on average in the manufacturing work area against 50 planned, 54% less energy, and a projected $27,300 a year and $125,900 over five years (projected savings; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
Invited: LED Lighting Supply and CBRE, with Siemens Energy · Read the published case
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Fluorescent to LED with occupancy controls: Clarios in Florence, Kentucky
Orion high bays and troffer retrofits with motion and occupancy controls: $54,869 and 814,084 kWh a year, a 66% cut in lighting electricity spend (expected; as reported by Orion Energy Systems).
The problem: Outdated, inefficient fluorescent lighting throughout a 100,000 sq ft Clarios facility in Florence, Kentucky.
Published result: Orion high bays and troffer retrofits with motion and occupancy controls: $54,869 and 814,084 kWh a year, a 66% cut in lighting electricity spend (expected; as reported by Orion Energy Systems).
Invited: Orion Energy Systems, with Clarios · 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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Hazardous and food-grade areas
2 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Explosion-proof LEDs for the paint booths at Toyota’s Princeton, Indiana plant
92 explosion-proof 150-watt LED fixtures installed in three phases from 2021 to 2023; projected maintenance savings of $6,440 in the first year and $13,953 over five years (projected; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
The problem: End-of-life fluorescent lighting lit the plant’s Class I, Division 1 paint booth areas unevenly, raising visibility, inspection-quality and compliance concerns.
Published result: 92 explosion-proof 150-watt LED fixtures installed in three phases from 2021 to 2023; projected maintenance savings of $6,440 in the first year and $13,953 over five years (projected; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
Invited: LED Lighting Supply and C & E Advanced Technologies, with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana · Read the published case
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Food-grade LEDs replace failing metal halides at Perdue’s Rockingham, North Carolina plant
74 food-grade 150-watt fixtures replaced 400-watt metal halides from 2023 to 2025: energy use from about 149,000 to about 48,600 kWh a year, an estimated $16,182 saved in the first year and a 1.19-year payback (estimated; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
The problem: Failing metal halide fixtures raised sanitation and food-safety concerns, and light on the work floor was low and inconsistent.
Published result: 74 food-grade 150-watt fixtures replaced 400-watt metal halides from 2023 to 2025: energy use from about 149,000 to about 48,600 kWh a year, an estimated $16,182 saved in the first year and a 1.19-year payback (estimated; as reported by LED Lighting Supply).
Invited: LED Lighting Supply and Motion Industries, with Perdue Farms · 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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Lighting-as-a-service
2 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
No capital needed: how Berry Global upgraded 26,992 fixtures across 38 sites
26,992 fixtures across 7.6 million sq ft at 38 locations, funded and installed by Redaptive with digital measurement and verification: $16M in gross energy savings and 237M kWh less over 10 years (projected; as reported by Redaptive).
The problem: Lighting upgrades competed for internal capital, financing would have added debt, and piecemeal projects risked safety and disruption in complex plants.
Published result: 26,992 fixtures across 7.6 million sq ft at 38 locations, funded and installed by Redaptive with digital measurement and verification: $16M in gross energy savings and 237M kWh less over 10 years (projected; as reported by Redaptive).
Invited: Redaptive, with Berry Global · Read the published case
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When lighting projects miss the payback hurdle: Saint-Gobain’s 30-site upgrade
26,258 fixtures across 6.5 million sq ft at 30 facilities, fully funded by Redaptive, which managed design, installation and utility incentives: $19.5M in gross energy savings and 258M kWh less over 10 years (projected; as reported by Redaptive).
The problem: Many proposed lighting retrofits did not meet Saint-Gobain’s internal payback thresholds, so they could not go ahead under its capital budget.
Published result: 26,258 fixtures across 6.5 million sq ft at 30 facilities, fully funded by Redaptive, which managed design, installation and utility incentives: $19.5M in gross energy savings and 258M kWh less over 10 years (projected; as reported by Redaptive).
Invited: Redaptive, with Saint-Gobain · 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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Task and inspection lighting
1 story invited · 1 open slot-
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Inspection lighting that ended rework at a heavy-truck cab plant
An engineered inspection-lighting tunnel exceeds the target foot-candles and has eliminated product rework (as reported by Horner Lighting Group; no figures published; customer not named, a maker of cabs for Peterbilt vehicles).
The problem: T8 lights in the paint and body inspection area made flaws and imperfections hard to see.
Published result: An engineered inspection-lighting tunnel exceeds the target foot-candles and has eliminated product rework (as reported by Horner Lighting Group; no figures published; customer not named, a maker of cabs for Peterbilt vehicles).
Invited: Horner Lighting Group · 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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Lighting 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.
One P.O. and seven requests for quotes from one summit.
“…You and your team are simply amazing. … Once again the assembly of delegates you brought together was outstanding. … so far USLED has begun doing business with Lockheed Martin, Volvo, Cummins Diesel. Also, that this latest FMA resulted in one actual P.O. and seven requests for quotes. This was achieved because we had a display of our own, a speaking role, a break out session and a corporate table. …”
Past sponsorPaul JeziorowskiVice President Business Development, US LED
The US LED team with FMA founder Joe Piazza, at a past FMA summit.
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
Lighting sponsors were in 25 of the 35 summits. Every sponsor and speaker, as printed.
Open any programUS LED sponsored 18 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.