Exhibit Update
The International Microwave Symposium (IMS) vendor exhibition is the largest yearly gathering of microwave-specific component manufacturers worldwide. Boston has historically been one of the most heavily attended shows and we believe this year will be no exception. We are currently on target with the number of vendors anticipated to have signed up for booth space by September; however premier booth locations are being reserved fast and booth assignments are decided on a first come first served basis. To ensure your company gets maximum visibility, reserve your booth location from among the remaining booth spaces as early as possible. Contact MP Associates at:
Nancy Cummings
Exhibit Manager
MP Associates, Inc.
nancy@mpassociates.com
Tel: +1 303.530.4562 ext. 124or
Richard Knight
Sales Manager
MP Associates, Inc.
rich@mpassociates.com
tel: +1 303.530.4562 ext. 130A list of marketing and sponsorship opportunities for exhibitors is available online at: http://www.ims2009.org/pdfs/sponsmktgopps.pdf
A map of the BCEC floor plan and available booths is also available in PDF format online at: http://www.ims2009.org/pdfs/exhibitfloorplan.pdf
IMS Exhibitor Perspectives
reprinted by permission of Microwave Journal IMS2008 Online Show Daily (http://www.mwjournal.com/2008/IMS/)OMMIC: A First Time Exhibitor’s View
June 11, 2008
While OMMIC has a truly global market (more than half of the company’s sales come from outside Europe), 2008 wasthe first time that OMMIC has participated as an exhibitor at the MTT-S IMS event. Our reasons for doing so were twofold. Firstly, over the past couple of years OMMIC has been developing technologies and products that have a real advantage compared to what is currently available from either European or North American suppliers, making North America more interesting as a market place. Secondly is the recognition that the MTT-S IMS is an international show where we not only expect to meet our current and potential North American customers and partners but also, and equally important, it offers the opportunity to meet customers and partners from across the globe. Our presence has been ‘missed’ by our customers in the past – even our partners from Europe – and we intended to set that right in 2008.
At OMMIC we see the main challenge for the company over the next year as one of successfully expanding the company – we have launched new products and entered new markets with success and have a healthy order book. The difficulty now is how to expand our operations at a time, when for example, it is increasingly difficult to find engineers and technicians interested in the fields of microwave engineering (or even electronics) and semiconductor processing. This is a problem for our whole industry – at least it is certainly the case in Europe – and we need to get the best young people into engineering and keep them.
Our expansion also means finishing our transfer to the six inch wafer line, but this is the sort of problem that any Fab manager dreams of. While the current exchange rate hurts companies exporting from the Euro Zone it does help us when it comes to investing in new equipment. And this growth is being driven by our customer needs, not on a hypothetical future market prediction. I think OMMIC has made the right choices over the last few years with a slow but continuous investment over the long term and a dynamic technology roadmap. Our slogan of a few years ago-Growing with the Needs-and our present slogan-Innovating with III-Vs-really sums up this successful strategy.
The MTT-S IMS Show has always been a great place to meet all our customers and as an exhibitor we expect it to be even better. We look forward to seeing you there.