2013 A3 Annual Review

2013 A3 HIGHLIGHTS ANNUAL REVIEW AUTOMATE :CHICAGO :10,975 ATTENDEES UP 62% UP :197 EXHIBITORS AUTOMATE 10% "APPROXIMATELY 50% OF ATTENDEES DO NOT ATTEND ANY SHOW ATTENDEES CONFERENCE ATTENDEES OTHER AUTOMATION RELATED TRADE SHOWS." - SURVEY RESULT "WE GENERATED MANY SOLID LEADS WITH POTENTIAL USERS, SOME OF WHOM WERE ALREADY ASKING FOR QUOTES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY." -AUTOMATE EXHIBITOR MEMBERSHIP MILESTONES REACHED ENDED WITH Association for Advancing Automation 750 MEMBER MARK OUR GOAL 102 MEMBERS! OF 100 323 MEMBERS IN RIA, 7% МЕMBERS IN MCA. 38% 326 MEMBERS IN AIA, 3% AVERAGE RETENTION RATE AMONGST THE GROUPS IS 87%, BEATING OUR GOAL OF 85%. A3 BUSINESS FORUM :ORLANDO, FLORIDA *GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A 21Arm LOT AND NETWORK WITH PEOPLE IN ala BUSINESS CONFERENCEI 20th Annual Robolies lndusin mca :385 ATTENDEES FORUM BUSIMESS CONFERENCE OUR INDUSTRY." Hadetatira ATTENDEE Business Day A3 PUBLICITY/MEDIA The New lork Times A3 RECEIVEDA CONSIDERABLE "A VERY LARGE SEGMENT OF SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZE COMPANIES WHO MAY HAVE THE MOST TO GAIN ARE JUST NOW AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY AND BEGINNING TO SERIOUSLY INVESTIGATE ROBOTICS." MEDIA INTEREST IN 2013. -JEFF BURNSTEIN QUOTED IN FAST COMPANY 9/13/13 WEBSITE TRAFFIC/SOCIAL MEDIA TRAFFIC TO A3 WEBSITES HIT HIGH MARKS! INTERNET MARKETING A3 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING WAY UP! CAMPAIGN IN 2013 HELPED DRIVE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ROBOTICS ONLINE VISION ONLINE MOTION CONTROL ONLINE ORGANIC A: UP 57% V: UP 141% in: UP 33% AND WILL CONTINUE INTO ORGANIC TRAFFIC: UP 42% : UP 100% UP 113% in: UP 30% ORGANIC TRAFFIC: UP 4% f: UP 47% : UP 46% in: UP 30% 2014. TRAFFIC: UP 43% OVER A HALFA MILLION VISITORS BETWEEN ALL THREE SITES IN 2013! WEBINARS FREE WEBINAR| Introduction to Robotic Welding September 12, 201 Koon 1 PM. EDT RIA, AIA AND MCA HELD A TOTAL OF 31 EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS RANGING IN TOPICS FROM "HUMAN AND ROBOT COLLABORATION TO "MACHINE VISION SOFTWARE" TO "ADVANCED SERVO TUNING TECHNOLOGY" Harket Tends OVER 12,000 PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THESE WEBINARS OVER BY ALMOST 8,000 PEOPLE. THE COURSE OF THE YEAR ROBOT SAFETY CONF/ICVGR HATIONA ROBOT SAFETY CONFERENCE 9 :INDIANAPOLIS, IN "GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRY LEADERS AND NETWORK WITH VARIOUS VENDORS." :278, UP 89% -ATTENDEE THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 9 :ATLANTA, GA IC VGR ON VISION GUIDED ROBOTICS: :109, UP 38% Intemational Conference for Visinn Guided Robotics STANDARDS -R15.06/USB3 ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS AND ROBOT SYSTEMS APPROVED! AIA RELEASED THE NEW USB3 VISION CAMERA INTERFACE STANDARD. USB VISION USB3 VISION WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE GLOBAL VISION AND IMAGING MARKET. AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE USB 3.0 PARTS THAT WILL BE STANDARD ON MOST PCS. CERTIFIED INTEGRATORS/CVP ED VISION ala PROFESS +9 CERTIFIED INTEGRATORS IN 2013 NEARLY 500 PEOPLE ATTENDED AIA'S CERTIFIED CVP VISION PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES IN BASIC CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; BEIJING, CHINA; AUSTIN, TEXAS; CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. PROFESSIO VISION ala Y ON-SITE AUDIT Y TESTING OF KEY PERSONNEL ADVANCED ADDITIONALLY IN 2013, 51 PEOPLE ACHIEVED TOTAL: CVP-BASIC LEVEL CERTIFICATION AND 17 PEOPLE 19 ACHIEVED THE CVP-ADVANCED LEVEL CERTIFICATION. THERE ARE NOW 171 PEOPLE WITH CVP-BASIC STATUS RIA CERTIFIED ROBOT INTEGRATORS AND 60 PEOPLE WITH CVP-ADVANCED STATUS. A3 WEBSITE/WHY I AUTOMATE VIDEOS WHY I IN ORDER TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION TO BE THE GLOBAL ADVOCATE FOR AUTOMATION, A3 LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE. OUR WEBSITE AND BLOGS WILL TELL THE STORY ABOUT WHY AUTOMATING IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS. AUTOMATE WATO Vo MARLIN STEEL VIDEO SERIES TITLED "WHY I AUTOMATE" THESE VIDEOS WILL SHARE THE STORIES ABOUT COMPANIES THAT ARE USING AUTOMATION TO SUCCEED AND COMPETE EFFECTIVELY IN TODAY'S MARKETPLACE. american national standerd FIED L