Executive Summits · by the Future of Manufacturing Alliance
Maintenance Software Summit for Manufacturing Plants
Meet the maintenance leaders whose technicians still run on text messages.
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 maintenance, reliability and plant engineering leaders from Midwest manufacturers with real work-management problems. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.
The people who sign the PO for maintenance software 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.
- Director of Maintenance & ReliabilityOwns the system
- Maintenance ManagerWork orders, PMs
- Reliability EngineerAsset data, analysis
- Plant Engineering DirectorIntegration, capital
- VP of OperationsApproves the rollout
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) · Food and beverage (sanitation, uptime) · Metals and fabrication (heavy assets) · Chemicals and plastics (24/7 reliability) · Pharma and life sciences (documented maintenance).
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 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
- 6AgriPower6 summits
- 6Greenstar Recycling6 summits
- 6Schneider Electric6 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 · 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 · Environmental Resources Management 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 · 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 · OSRAM SYLVANIA 5 · Pfister Energy 2 · PowerSecure 5 · Rinnai America 2 · Rockwell Automation 2 · ROXUL 2 · Rubicon Global 2 · SAP America 2 · 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 sponsors and delegates.
Their words, not ours.
“We met people at the right level in knowledge and decision making.”
Past sponsorHarry SimCEO, Cypress EnvirosystemsRead the whole quote
“We met people at the right level in knowledge and decision making. FMA did a great job scheduling the meetings. We had a lot of good quality interaction between us and potential 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
“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 Summit was truly ‘eye-opening’. I got an excellent sense of momentum building for companies and institutions making significant changes for the future. Woe betide those organizations who turn a blind eye to the need and benefits of changing how they manage and operate their facilities.”
Past delegateChris WendtFacilities Manager, Standard Motor Products, Inc.“As a global leader, it’s extremely important for me to stay current on technological advances. The FMA Summit brought current advances and best practices to me in an efficient 1.5 day event”
Past delegateMaria WatsonSr. Manager Global Energy, Pall 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“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 MartinWhat 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 |
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 maintenance software category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.
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CMMS and mobile work ordersInvited
Maintenance ready before the first part: PCC Fasteners’ new West Chester, Ohio plant
Preventive maintenance routines, AI-generated procedures, safety workflows and centralized work orders set up in Tractian before production; internal audits passed with praise for how maintenance was managed. No figures published yet (as reported by Tractian).
The problem: A new aerospace-fastener plant needed its whole maintenance system in place before production started, and the tool the team already had wasn’t meeting expectations.
Published result: Preventive maintenance routines, AI-generated procedures, safety workflows and centralized work orders set up in Tractian before production; internal audits passed with praise for how maintenance was managed. No figures published yet (as reported by Tractian).
Invited: Tractian, with PCC Fasteners · Read the published case
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Connected-worker toolsInvited
AI agents on the candy line: how Hershey connects its frontline workers
Augmentir’s connected-worker platform runs digital workflows with step-by-step instructions, corrective-action insights, quality and training agents, and agents that schedule machine maintenance routines. No figures published (Automation World, July 2026).
The problem: Hershey wanted guidance, training and corrective actions to reach the workers on its factory floors.
Published result: Augmentir’s connected-worker platform runs digital workflows with step-by-step instructions, corrective-action insights, quality and training agents, and agents that schedule machine maintenance routines. No figures published (Automation World, July 2026).
Invited: Augmentir, with The Hershey Company · Read the published case
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Enterprise asset managementInvited
Thirteen food plants, one maintenance system: Nortera
HxGN EAM, implemented with Stratum (now part of Total Resource Management) and connected to Coupa purchasing, now links all 13 sites; teams find and share spare parts across plants and have moved from reactive to preventive work. Reduced downtime is reported without figures (Hexagon-sponsored article, October 2025).
The problem: Each of Nortera’s 13 vegetable-processing facilities ran maintenance, inventory and purchasing in its own legacy system, so plants couldn’t share spare parts or coordinate preventive maintenance.
Published result: HxGN EAM, implemented with Stratum (now part of Total Resource Management) and connected to Coupa purchasing, now links all 13 sites; teams find and share spare parts across plants and have moved from reactive to preventive work. Reduced downtime is reported without figures (Hexagon-sponsored article, October 2025).
Invited: Hexagon and Total Resource Management, with Nortera · Read the published case
See all 8 stories, in 6 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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CMMS and mobile work orders
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Maintenance ready before the first part: PCC Fasteners’ new West Chester, Ohio plant
Preventive maintenance routines, AI-generated procedures, safety workflows and centralized work orders set up in Tractian before production; internal audits passed with praise for how maintenance was managed. No figures published yet (as reported by Tractian).
The problem: A new aerospace-fastener plant needed its whole maintenance system in place before production started, and the tool the team already had wasn’t meeting expectations.
Published result: Preventive maintenance routines, AI-generated procedures, safety workflows and centralized work orders set up in Tractian before production; internal audits passed with praise for how maintenance was managed. No figures published yet (as reported by Tractian).
Invited: Tractian, with PCC Fasteners · Read the published case
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Data that justified a new hire: how Cornerstone Building Brands reached 99% PM completion
Limble rolled out from Weston to Rocky Mount and other plants, and its labor data showed the team was understaffed, which justified a dedicated PM technician: 99% PM completion, 80% planned maintenance and 63% fewer downtime events (as reported by Limble, March 2026).
The problem: Spreadsheets and paper work orders kept maintenance reactive at Cornerstone’s plants in Weston, North Carolina and Rocky Mount, Virginia, with little visibility into why equipment went down.
Published result: Limble rolled out from Weston to Rocky Mount and other plants, and its labor data showed the team was understaffed, which justified a dedicated PM technician: 99% PM completion, 80% planned maintenance and 63% fewer downtime events (as reported by Limble, March 2026).
Invited: Limble, with Cornerstone Building Brands · Read the published case
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How Future Foam cut reactive maintenance by over 30% across 22 sites
MaintainX at four sites from 2021 and all 22 from 2023, with over 19,000 work orders: reactive maintenance down over 30% (30–35% by the equipment and supply manager’s count) and rush parts orders and expediting fees avoided (as reported by MaintainX).
The problem: Missed preventive maintenance, no history when machines went down and little view of spare parts led to unplanned downtime and rush orders.
Published result: MaintainX at four sites from 2021 and all 22 from 2023, with over 19,000 work orders: reactive maintenance down over 30% (30–35% by the equipment and supply manager’s count) and rush parts orders and expediting fees avoided (as reported by MaintainX).
Invited: MaintainX, with Future Foam · 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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Connected-worker tools
1 story invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
AI agents on the candy line: how Hershey connects its frontline workers
Augmentir’s connected-worker platform runs digital workflows with step-by-step instructions, corrective-action insights, quality and training agents, and agents that schedule machine maintenance routines. No figures published (Automation World, July 2026).
The problem: Hershey wanted guidance, training and corrective actions to reach the workers on its factory floors.
Published result: Augmentir’s connected-worker platform runs digital workflows with step-by-step instructions, corrective-action insights, quality and training agents, and agents that schedule machine maintenance routines. No figures published (Automation World, July 2026).
Invited: Augmentir, with The Hershey Company · 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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Enterprise asset management
2 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Thirteen food plants, one maintenance system: Nortera
HxGN EAM, implemented with Stratum (now part of Total Resource Management) and connected to Coupa purchasing, now links all 13 sites; teams find and share spare parts across plants and have moved from reactive to preventive work. Reduced downtime is reported without figures (Hexagon-sponsored article, October 2025).
The problem: Each of Nortera’s 13 vegetable-processing facilities ran maintenance, inventory and purchasing in its own legacy system, so plants couldn’t share spare parts or coordinate preventive maintenance.
Published result: HxGN EAM, implemented with Stratum (now part of Total Resource Management) and connected to Coupa purchasing, now links all 13 sites; teams find and share spare parts across plants and have moved from reactive to preventive work. Reduced downtime is reported without figures (Hexagon-sponsored article, October 2025).
Invited: Hexagon and Total Resource Management, with Nortera · Read the published case
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Invited
Failures halved and €360,000 a year saved at Castrol’s Ghent lubricant plant
IFS Ultimo, rolled out in phases with MaxGrip: failures halved, time on malfunctions from about 300 to 115 hours a month, maintenance maturity from 40% to 82% in five years, and a structural saving of €360,000 a year, nearly 20% of the maintenance budget (as reported by IFS Ultimo).
The problem: Reactive maintenance, poor data and processes run in Excel caused unplanned downtime and repeated audit findings at Castrol’s lubricant plant in Ghent, Belgium.
Published result: IFS Ultimo, rolled out in phases with MaxGrip: failures halved, time on malfunctions from about 300 to 115 hours a month, maintenance maturity from 40% to 82% in five years, and a structural saving of €360,000 a year, nearly 20% of the maintenance budget (as reported by IFS Ultimo).
Invited: IFS Ultimo and MaxGrip, with Castrol · 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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Reliability and predictive software
1 story invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Rising drive amps and a $70,000 parts order canceled: USG’s Jacksonville ball mill
Prometheus predictive maintenance software flagged rising drive amps; the plant reversed the mill to run on the unworn side of the gears, corrected the oil and updated PMs and training. It avoided a major rebuild, canceled more than $70,000 in parts orders and prevented hours or days of downtime (as USG’s VP of manufacturing told Plant Services, October 2025).
The problem: The ball-mill drive at USG’s Jacksonville gypsum plant was wearing its gears, because the automatic lubrication system used oil with the wrong viscosity for the pressures in the gear drive.
Published result: Prometheus predictive maintenance software flagged rising drive amps; the plant reversed the mill to run on the unworn side of the gears, corrected the oil and updated PMs and training. It avoided a major rebuild, canceled more than $70,000 in parts orders and prevented hours or days of downtime (as USG’s VP of manufacturing told Plant Services, October 2025).
Invited: Prometheus Group, with USG · 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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Spare parts and MRO inventory
1 story invited · 1 open slot-
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$2.5 million in three months from spare-parts data at a Fortune 500 drug maker
Verusen’s AI inventory optimization avoided about $470,000 of spend in the first week and realized $2.5 million in savings in three months, with projected long-term savings above $34 million (as reported by Verusen, June 2025; customer not named).
The problem: Spare-parts data for a $161 million inventory across 28 sites sat in separate ERP, EAM, CMMS and purchasing systems, hiding duplicate, overstocked and obsolete materials.
Published result: Verusen’s AI inventory optimization avoided about $470,000 of spend in the first week and realized $2.5 million in savings in three months, with projected long-term savings above $34 million (as reported by Verusen, June 2025; customer not named).
Invited: Verusen · 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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Planning, scheduling and shutdowns
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
30 printed programs, with every sponsor and speaker as printed.
Open any programYour next customers already know they have a problem. 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.