On June 20 - 21, 2007, Everything is bigger in Texas including our 2nd Annual Sourcing Summit which grew over 50%. Representatives from 13 OEM Companies met with nearly 40 Supplier Organizations at the luxurious Houston St. Regis Hotel to network and identify additional resources to expand supply chains.
Rodney Frazier (left) Norm Youngberg (center) and Brad Baker (right) of Bronco Manufacturing meet with Mick Weiss of GMT Corp
Members enjoy an evening out at an authentic Mexican Restaurant (left to right)
Vic Rachels, Rachels, Machine and Fabrication, Scott Verboncouer and Keith Danielski, Robinson Metal and Tom Dang, Dynatec Manufacturing
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Tim Brooks from Energy Equipment Corp meets with Rod Mitchell of Las Cruces Machine (right) and Matt Landolfi of First Index (left)
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Mick Weiss, GMT Corp (left) and Shane Steele, First Index (right)
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Randy Rohrer (left) and Kevin Lessard (right) from Ebara International Corp meet with Michelle Richter of LA Aluminum Casting
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Buyers, Suppliers and First Index Staff network at the Opening Night Reception/Dinner
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The results are in…
- 100% of Buyers and Suppliers polled at the Houston Summit would have interest in attending future First Index Sourcing Events.
- 100% of attendees would recommend their colleagues to attend First Index Sourcing Events.
- Buyers reported that they met an average of 4 suppliers that had solid potential of becoming a vendor to their company
- All of the Supplier polled felt that they met 3 or more solid leads generating 1 or more Buyers who have solid potential to turn into a customer.
Here’s what attendees have to say:
Generally it takes a good amount of time for us to get to this point with a Supplier. For us to meet this many Suppliers in 1 day and to get this many solid leads, it’s just amazing.
-Kevin Lessard, Ebara International Corp
I saw over 6 Buyers today, we’ll get something going with at least one of them
- Dan Weinberger, EK Machine
The emphasis is on relationships. This is something that First Index is really doing right. I met 3 Suppliers that I plan to visit this week. Last year, we developed a relationship with 2 of the Suppliers that we met at this summit last year.
-Norm Youngberg, Bronco Manufacturing
The conference was a huge success. I will be sending quote packages to several of the vendors we met this week. Once again, thanks.
-Allen Coogler, Ashbrook Simon-Hartley
If you want to participate in future First Index Sourcing Events, contact Felicia Hom, Meeting Planner at (973)331-2661 or email at events@firstindex.com