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EAST Session: Abstract : In today's highly competitive manufacturing landscape, operational efficiency is more critical than ever. Yet, excessive energy consumption and unplanned downtime remain major challenges, significantly impacting productivity and costs. Traditional maintenance strategies often fail to address the root causes of inefficiencies, leading to unnecessary energy waste and unexpected failures. This session explores Energy-Centered Maintenance (ECM)—a data-driven, AI-powered approach that goes beyond conventional reliability-centered maintenance by integrating energy efficiency as a key decision-making factor. By leveraging advanced IoT sensors, AI-driven analytics, and real-time machine health monitoring, manufacturers can proactively detect faults, minimize energy loss, and extend asset life. Through real-world case studies and industry insights, attendees will learn how ECM enables manufacturers to reduce operational expenses, prevent unplanned downtime, and achieve sustainability goals—all without compromising productivity. The session will also highlight how machine learning and AI-driven predictive analytics help manufacturers make smarter maintenance decisions, optimizing energy use while ensuring equipment reliability. Whether you're looking to cut energy costs, enhance machine uptime, or align with Industry 4.0 and sustainability initiatives, this session will provide practical takeaways to help you transform your maintenance strategy. Significance/Importance : Learning Objectives Understand the limitations of traditional maintenance strategies and how excessive energy waste and unexpected downtime impact manufacturing costs and efficiency. Explore the principles of Energy-Centered Maintenance (ECM) and how AI-driven predictive analytics can optimize machine performance, reduce energy waste, and prevent costly breakdowns.

EAST Session: Abstract : Manufacturers are keen and pragmatic on how their capital is used to advance their state of manufacturing.  And it is clear to them how investments in physical assets bring operational value.  What is not so clear is the value-add of technology to their operations.  In this session, you will learn how to translate the value of technology to operations to facilitate internal planning and justification for technology investments. You will learn how to build a business case around technology to show the expected value and ROI of that investment. Using this approach, the project team can report the financial gains to key constituents to help with continued funding and support.  Significance/Importance : Manufacturers are keen and pragmatic on how their capital is used to advance their state of manufacturing.  And it is clear to them how investments in physical assets bring operational value.  What is not so clear is the value-add of technology to their operations.  In this session, you will learn how to translate the value of technology to operations to facilitate internal planning and justification for technology investments. 

Speaker at EAST: James Cooper, Senior Account Executive, SmartSights

EAST Session: Wednesday, May 14 from 5-7PM Sponsored by the Eastern States Exposition and West Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau. This event, featuring appetizers and beer, will take place outside between buildings 3 & 5.

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EAST Exhibitor: Mitee-Bite Products, LLC began in 1986 in an oversized 2 car garage with the original Mitee-Bite hex clamp created to save time on a reoccurring production job and grew to become the innovator of compact, low-profile edge clamps for CNC machining. Fast forward more than 30 years later and we continue to develop new products providing customers with a wide assortment of high-density low profile clamping solutions and assistance with clamping recommendations. We have expanded to also provide top level CAD designs and complete turn-key projects. We place our focus on what matters most on your shop floor… making chips! Keeping the spindle running, cutter engagement, reducing idle spindle time, saving on material cost, reducing set-up times and standardization, all contribute to our belief “let the machines work harder while you lower your labor cost and increase capacity.” Mitee-Bite Products are available through many qualified distributors around the world. For contact and product information visit our website at MiteeBite.com.

EAST Exhibitor: Pinpoint Laser Systems is the leading manufacturer of precision laser alignment and measurement systems. Our innovative products, found in factories throughout the United States and the world, will help you solve manufacturing problems, improve manufacturing efficiency, reduce downtime and increase profitability. Pinpoint’s products are easy to use, highly versatile, compact and solidly built. You can set up our products right on your machinery and start gathering information that will allow you to solve production problems and optimize your workflow. Pinpoint’s measuring equipment is used in aerospace, machine shops, paper mills, shipbuilding, plastic production and electronics, to name a few. Pinpoint has worked closely with many manufacturers to develop custom alignment solutions for medical scanning devices, aircraft assembly, electronic part fabrication and numerous other applications. Call 800-757-5383 to speak to an Alignment Specialist and learn what Pinpoint can do for you.

EAST Exhibitor: Pearse-Bertram+ Streamline Contract Manufacturing  For more than 70 years, Pearse Bertram+ has been committed to providing the highest-quality automation and process control products and contract manufacturing services. A Globally Recognized Automation Distributor and Contract Manufacturer Pearse Bertram+ Streamline Contract Manufacturing is a provider of end-to-end innovative automation and process control solutions and contract manufacturing services. We serve a broad range of industries, including medical and life sciences, military, semiconductor, robotics, industrial equipment and automation, test and measurement equipment, and warehouse logitstics. We leverage our established supply chains, highly experienced professionals, and industry-leading technical capabilities to provide customers with high-quality products and comprehensive contract manufacturing services.

EAST Exhibitor: The mPower line includes the SpeedLoc™ precision mounting system, ModLoc™ modular tooling columns and SpinLoc™ indexers, the SpinSelect™ Multi-pocket Selectable Tool Holder, and the advanced technology engineered into this unique product line offers you numerous exclusive benefits including: • SpeedLoc Pricision Ficture Mounting System gives you the power to make set-up and fixture changes in just seconds • ModLoc Modular Tooling Columns are quick change hydraulic fixtures that allow you to construct a precision tooling column from existing fixture plates in less than 30 minutes. • SpinLoc Indexing Systems help eliminate operations by getting at more surfaces of the part. •

EAST Exhibitor: Our services We provide accredited certification, training and support services to help you improve processes, performance and products and services. We have issued over 50,000 certificates to clients in over 90 countries. We help organizations of all sizes perform better in quality, environment, energy, sustainability and health and safety management. Moreover, we make sure that these improvements continue year in, year out. Often, we will work in close partnership with consultants who can play a crucial role in helping to implement these management systems. We specialize in management systems certification for:  quality (including automotive and aerospace sectors) energy & environment health & safety information security