APREX Solutions and Trade Shows 2022: 
Exploring quality control automation projects.

With over 40,000 km traveled across France and Europe to visit our clients’ industrial sites as part of their vision projects, and having participated as exhibitors at no fewer than six trade shows, it’s safe to say that at APREX, we are committed to fostering a hands-on, client-focused approach.

1.    Trade shows: prime opportunities to connect with a targeted audience.

Which trade show for which objective?

This year, APREX Solutions has confirmed its participation in six major trade shows.

A first half of the year marked by:

FIP - France Innovation Plasturgie / April 5–8 in Lyon
We were there to meet with key players in the Plastics, Composites & Rubber industry as affiliates of the Polyvia Grand Est branch (link), of which we are a member.
https://www.f-i-p.com/

Global Industrie / May 17–20 in Paris
Visit the website

Sepem Colmar / June 14–16 in Colmar
As a member of the Grand Est Solutions Providers community and a certified “Industry of the Future” Solutions Provider. Visit the website

Starting in September, we will continue with:

Sido / September 14 and 15 in Lyon
Affiliates of the Hub France IA platform, of which we are also membe
Visit de website

  Salon Mesures Solutions Expo /
   les 5 et 6 octobre à Lyon
   Voir le site

BE 4.0 / November 29 and 30 in Mulhouse
Affiliates in the Grand Est Solutions Providers section
Visite the website

This selection is designed to enhance visibility by combining regional (SEPEM, BE 4.0), national, and even international (GI, FIP) focuses, and. Choosing a specific market focus, such as this year’s FIP for the plastics industry, or a technical and innovation focus (SIDO, Salon Mesures Solutions Expo), highlights our area of expertise tailored to the specific needs of different markets.

2.   Trade shows: a significant investment—but what are the benefits?

As we all know, there’s no denying it: participating in a trade show takes time, energy, and money!
Between stand design, marketing materials, logistics and setup, travel, and mobilizing a team on-site for several days… the cost of a booth represents a significant budget. So what is the real added value of investing in these events as an exhibitor?

Let’s meet to better understand your machine vision project.

Several promising benefits:

• A satellite office set up to welcome our clients and suppliers located outside the regions served by our physical offices, and to showcase our products, services, and latest offerings. It provides a special setting and opportunity to host our clients and partners.
• A practical, specialized tool for tracking technological developments and market trends. Exploring the booths at these showcases of the industry of the future allows you to identify the latest innovations—products, materials, suppliers—and to gain insight into the specific production methods and techniques unique to each industrial sector: metallurgy, mechanical engineering, glass manufacturing, textiles, plastics processing…
• The opportunity to visit the world’s largest factory and meet clients from around the globe:

TRADE SHOWS BY THE NUMBERS

GLOBAL INDUSTRIE : 100 000 m2 / 2300 exhibitors, 40% of whom are international / visitors from 85 countries / 2,500 machines in operation / 40,000 visitors
FIP : 10 000 visitors / 800 exhibitors
SEPEM Colmar : about 350 exhibitors / 3000 visitors
SIDO Lyon : 250 exhibitors / 7000 visitors
Mesures Solutions Expo : 130 exhibitors / about 2000 visitors
BE 4.0 : 270 exhibitors / 3300 visitors / 10 000 m2

• Visibility :

Through the communications and publications associated with each trade show.
Through cross-network interactions and exchanges with other exhibitors in affiliated shared spaces: Polyvia, Hub France IA, COS…

Thanks to the key moments of representation and recognition that these networks have fostered—and to which we were invited to contribute:

"How can we harness the technological potential of public research?"

Conference organized by the Sayens Network:
Romain Baude, CEO and co-founder of APREX, shared his experience as an entrepreneur and former researcher in the field of constructive support research in Sayens with the SATT network, from which APREX Solutions benefited in its early days.                          Read the article and watch the replay of the roundtable discussion

"IoT, mobility, data logging, AI, experimentation, RFID:
How can I upgrade my production line from a technical standpoint?"

One of the roundtable discussions organized by the Greater East Solutions Providers Community : Watch the replay of the roundtable discussion

See other panel discussions
"Limited natural resources: rethinking customer offerings, manufacturing, and usage."
Learn more
"Dare to transform your industry"
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"Decarbonization, shortages… we need to adapt our industries"
Learn more

• A vibrant community for sharing experiences:

On one hand, the sales representatives and technicians on the APREX team are familiarizing themselves with manufacturing techniques. Their interactions with technical specialists from various industrial sectors—including textiles, glass, and metal—enable them to gain a better understanding of the context and specific requirements of each manufacturing process.
On the other hand, visitors can learn about new technologies and the latest innovations in automated vision inspection. To help inform their project planning, they have the opportunity to attend our demonstrations and receive detailed explanations, such as:
o   Which vision application is best suited for which type of inspection,
o    Which artificial intelligence technology is best suited for which level of detection accuracy,
o    For which inspections should 3D vision be considered,
o    What are the best practices for developing project specifications for computer vision or machine vision projects,
o    … 

There’s no better way to demonstrate your expertise than by showing it in action!

From meetings to brainstorming sessions!

All in all, each trade show provides an ideal platform for showcasing our areas of expertise to a highly targeted audience. It’s the perfect opportunity to meet with prospects, clients, suppliers, and partners to discuss practical solutions for quality control automation in the industry.

 

... Our visitors include managers, quality engineers or technicians, plant managers, innovation managers, and buyers—all of whom share the same drive to find a solution, or even *THE* solution, or simply to stay up to date on the latest technological developments."

In a collaborative and interactive setting, sketches of vision system installations on the production line are drawn on a corner of the table. Specifications are being drafted. It’s a real brainstorming session!
Because our visitors—whether they are managers, quality engineers or technicians, plant managers, innovation managers, or buyers—all share the same motivation: to find a solution, or even *THE* solution, or simply to stay up to date on the latest technological developments.
Some visitors come specifically to our booth to discuss an automated defect detection challenge. Others stop by “by chance,” driven by curiosity... which, contrary to the saying, is a great thing and often sparks new ideas.
Many leave with the information they need to develop or confirm their plans for automating their inspection processes, such as : 

• For defect detection—whether continuous or intermittent, at high speeds or during static inspection…
• For robot guidance: de-batching, palletizing and depalletizing, assembly, part sorting…
• For monitoring manufacturing processes: tool breakage, environmental conditions, traceability… 

Discover our demonstrators:
- High-speed, continuous defect detection
- Defect detection, localization, and classification

Watch the booth tour interview at Global Industrie 2021

Our demonstrations at trade shows give them a sense of what’s possible, encouraging them to potentially come back to us for a detailed feasibility study.

In conclusion, from one trade show to the next and from one edition to the next, connections are forged, strengthened, and enriched with new topics, often becoming lasting and even opening up exciting opportunities for collaboration.
Thus, trade shows provide real opportunities to meet business objectives, enhance the recognition of our expertise, and facilitate the promotion of our technologies.

Getting out there and connecting with people helps us step back and gain perspective! 

See you soon at our upcoming trade shows to check out our new products.