“It's been excellent. Certainly the quality of the participants has been excellent. The level of executives here are decision makers necessary to understand the technology and hopefully go back and implement or suggest implementation. The set up was flawless. The participation by companies you brought in today made it well worth our time being here. “

Lattice3D , Martin Nowakowski, National Account Manager.

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“This was a very exciting forum. We are very proud to be sponsors. Virtus has done a very good job of arranging this forum with everyone we really wanted to meet with. “

ActiveWave Inc. , Omid Ghaffari, Director of Sales and Marketing.

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“Since I spend a great deal of my time thinking about future manufacturing systems, the forum was very well targeted. It's been a very pleasant experience. “

Intelligent Manufacturing Systems , Jack Purchase, Head of Delegation.

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“I would like to congratulate the Virtus Group for coordinating this particular conference. A very productive one…”

Baxter , Luis Alvarado, General Plant Manager.

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“With Virtus International, this is our first experience here. Overall I have to say that I am generally pleased. We do a lot of event conferencing over the year. We have used quite a few different types of companies and I have been happy with the attentiveness, the attention to detail, and also helping us get maximum value from this event. Virtus, I think, in the future will be a very good partner for AIT. “

The AIT Group , Kevin Egan, VP International Marketing

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“I think it's been a great forum. The presentations have been thought provoking. Very good speakers, very good topics, and the informal networking and discussions have been very interesting. I look forward to future Forums. Virtus has done a very good job. Virtus is professional, well run, well organized. I am very happy. “

PTC , Anil Chitkara, VP Global Product Development Strategy.

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“We are proud to be a sponsor at the Future Manufacturing Forum. It's been very good. We've had several appointments. We had an Economic Developer's dream appointment yesterday. The gentleman sat down and said I want to put a lab in Hurlock, Maryland on the eastern shore of Maryland … one of the places that could certainly use more developments. It's been excellent.

“That's definitely what attracted us to it … the size of the forum … the level of the people here. Typically we go to some of the larger conferences. They take a shotgun approach, this is more of a rifle approach. “

Virtus was excellent. They worked very closely with us. It's all flowed very smoothly. We are very pleased. “

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Frieda McWilliams, Director, Manufacturing and Distribution Group

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“I've had a good time. It's a great environment. The thing that stood out most was that there was a lot of senior executives here. “

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Chris Foster,

Deputy Secretary - DBED and State Chief Technology Officer.

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“I really enjoyed it. It's been an excellent forum. Virtus, the people, were very much on top of getting the program together, very helpful with information related to hotels, accommodations. Actually, the facility you utilized for this particular forum is excellent. “

Cargill , Tom Luallen, AVP Applied Science and Support.

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“I think the people we interfaced with from Virtus were very professional. Kept us very much informed on timelines for which things were needed. Also helping us gage what would be most valuable for the constituents attending. “

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Rockwell Collins , Kent Statler, SVP Operations.

“I think it's a very interesting gathering. My experience with Virtus is really great. The communication was perfect and everything that was promised has been executed. “

Kraft Foods , Dragan Filipovic, Assoc. Principal Scientist.

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“I like the open exchange of ideas, everyone coming together for a common goal.

So far, so great! ”

Boeing Commercial Airplane , Kenneth D. Porad, Program Manager, Auto ID Program.

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“The audience has been superb. They are very senior in the manufacturing industry They are exactly who we are trying to see and thank you guys for putting on this show and enabling us to show our products here. Our experience working with Virtus International has been excellent … superb. All the people we've worked with have been just great. Very consistent, very simple, very straightforward and thoroughly well organized. “

Lattice3D , Jeff Drust, VP Business Development.

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“I think Virtus were great … very professional company. “

NanoDynamics Inc. , Doug DuFaux, Director – ND Innovations.

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“The forum has been very good technically. The talks have been very excellent …

It's been very good. Virtus kept me well informed along the entire way. Information was very good and we knew what we were going to do once we got here. “

National Institute of Standards and Technology , Michael T. Postek, Program Manager Nanomanufacturing.

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“I found the forum quite interesting … some interesting topics. I think the early morning topics on the general technology areas were very good. “

Motorola , Marc Chason, Director, Motorola Labs Physical Realization Research Center

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“The experience was well. We had a nice turnout of folks that match certain needs that we supply to the community. It's a well run event. I am looking forward to participating in some future events with Virtus International. I think most of the speakers gave us a real good insight into some of the pains of manufacturing and logistics that the US is currently facing. It's good to see people collaborate. When you are at the same level you understand how a certain community can move forward and remain competitive in this business. “

ProModel Corporation , Carl Napoletano, VP Manufacturing Solutions.

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“If you compare this forum to a regular tradeshow, I found that the individuals that are here are here to specifically meet corporations such as ourselves and the high level contacts that you have brought to this event are remarkable. Hat's off! It's been a great forum … All positive. Individuals here have all been helpful. I think your organization is fabulous and Federal Express, I am sure, if the possibilities are there, is going to entertain this idea again. “

Federal Express Canada Ltd ., Eric Brea, Worldwide Account Executive.

 

“I think it's a good broad representation of a number of things going on in manufacturing today. From a standpoint of governmental kinds of things that are happening and the challenges that people have from a technical point of view, as well as a human resource point of view. There's no question all of that needs to be done well. The competitor that wins is the one that does all of it and not just part of it. It was well done. “

NACFAM , Eric Mittelstadt, CEO.

 

 

“Very good. Actually, this is the first time I have done a talk for an organization like this. Part of the reason I did was because I was contacted so far in advance and that, in itself, told me the quality of the organization and the planning behind it versus 6-8 weeks ahead of time because given my schedule I just don't have any free time. So this is the first time I have done it. I thought it was very well organized, very good communication and I am very pleased with it. “

Becton, Dickinson and Company , Johnathan Macy, VP Global Operations.