 "We’re seeing many decision makers. We’re also seeing the tier that may be below the decision makers but are very important decision influencers, and we want to see those people here. We have found that that timing and the venue, what it affords in terms of comparability with the customers – other vendors, our competitors – really provide a very good combination. It’s a powerful business tool. I recommend it."
Henry Palacci
Viskase Corporation
Darien, IL
 "Worldwide Food Expo is a focal point for our industry. All the decision makers from our customer base come to this show. We need to be here to see what the latest developments are with our competition, but more importantly to make that connection with our customer base. In this industry, this is the place to be and the time to be here."
Steve Kingeter
Koch Equipment
Kansas City, MO
 "It gives us an avenue for both international customers or domestic customers, and whether it’s meat or cheese, it gives us an opportunity in one location to show them any of the five machines that we have displayed here."
Tim O’Brien
Urschel Laboratories
Valparaiso, IN
 "[AMI] supports the industry as a whole, not just the manufacturers, and provides a good avenue for them to get together at events like this as well as conferences throughout the year. They do a great job creating that synergy between all of us. This is where all the meat people are. You can’t go anywhere else."
Mark Sherwood
Stellar
Jacksonville, FL
 "The best thing about coming to these shows is dealing with people, we have distributors worldwide and they have customers come here specifically for us that we’ve never met. [Attendees are] the engineers, the directors of engineering, the operations managers, those are the three main people we like to talk to because they know the designs of their conveyors, they know their existing conveyors, their existing customers, they know everything that we need them to know, those are the main guys that we’re seeing a lot of and that’s why we’re here."
Nichole Brenedis
Conveyor Systems
Woodbridge, Ontario CANADA |
 "We got a lot of quality leads from the show. We met a lot of customers that we were dealing with over the phone or by email, we actually got to meet them here, they got to see our product working. The return on investment was definitely there."
Ryan Titmas
Sartorius Mechatronics Corporation
Edgewood, New York
 "90% of our activity is in meat, and we come to Worldwide Food Expo because most of the big people in the major companies come here to purchase equipment. [Worldwide Food] gives [attendees] a chance to come to a central location and put their hands on the equipment and get a better understanding of the equipment without having to go all the way to Midland."
Dave Austin
Ross Industries
Midland, VA
"We do see our target market here at AMI. There’s really no other trade show that you can come and see all of your customers in one sitting. It would take you months to go out and see all of your customers, but you can come down and sit down with them for three to four days."
Mike Hesse
Director of Sales
BPI Technology Inc.
Dakota Dunes, SD
 "Well, I think the biggest differentiator is this is a must-come-to show also for the SMBs, whereas a lot of other opportunities are optional for these guys, but this is one that everybody needs to come to."
Jan Erik Kuhlmann
CEO
Multivac, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
"I think they come to see innovation. I think they want to come and see the trends in the industry, and I think they want to come and re-associate relationships with other key people so that they can learn to grow their own businesses. We have a lot of good friends with the equipment side and other packaging material companies, and we continue to build those relationships because it strengthens the industry as a whole."
Paul Walter
Vice President, Sales
Vista International Packaging
Kenosha, WI
 "Representing the meat industry is important to our client base. We come here to interact with those customers, we come here to support AMI, and we come here to further our growth within the meat industry through AM. It’s very good for us financially to be here in front of the decision makers. The show opens up local opportunities for us, and also opens up a lot of opportunities for us globally as well."
Doug Latreille
Director of Marketing
Curwood
Oshkosh, WI |
