SC Manufacturing Summit

Event Details

Due to Hurricane Helene's impact, the SC Manufacturing Summit has been rescheduled for December 2-4, 2024. Registration will remain valid for the rescheduled event. If you have any questions or concerns please email Katharine Keller at keller@myscma.com

The SC Manufacturing Summit offers a robust program featuring training in four separate tracts: Plant Operations, Human Resources, Finance/Tax, and Legal/Policy. This event is planned by manufacturers, for manufacturers, and includes dynamic speakers and industry leaders, training, professional education credits, and more.

Member Registration

Must be a manufacturer to register for this event as an attendee. Non Manufacturers can attend and participate as a sponsor or exhibitor

Member Price$525

Non-member Registration

Must be a manufacturer to register for this event as an attendee. Non Manufacturers can attend and participate as a sponsor or exhibitor

Public Price$625

Exhibitor 1

• 1 complimentary Summit registration
• Exhibit space with a 6’ skirted table
• 2 chairs
• 1 wastebasket
• Access to power and Wi-Fi

• Additional attendees at reduced registration (must send add'l to Katharine Keller at keller@myscma.com for registration)
• Attendee list 1 week before the event
• Post attendee list within 3 days of event completion
• Exhibitor ribbon on name badge
• Logo displayed in the SC Manufacturing Summit program
• Logo displayed on electronic scroll
• Logo linked to company website on event website

Public Price$1,250

Exhibitor 2

• 2 complimentary Summit registrations
• Exhibit space with a 6’ skirted table
• 2 chairs
• 1 wastebasket
• Access to power and Wi-Fi

• Additional attendees at reduced registration (email Katharine Keller at keller@myscma.com to register add'l attendees)
• Attendee list 1 week before the event
• Post attendee list within 3 days of event completion
• Exhibitor ribbon on name badge
• Logo displayed in the SC Manufacturing Summit program
• Logo displayed on electronic scroll
• Logo linked to company website on event website

Public Price$1,500

Electricity for Exhibit Booth

Public Price$50

Exhibitor/ Sponsor Additional Registration

Public Price$270

Gold

• 3 complimentary Summit registrations
• 2 High-profile announcements during program sessions
• Logo displayed on main stage banner
• Signage w/ company logo displayed
• Logo in email communications
• Exhibit space
• Digital ad displayed on electronic scroll

• Additional attendees at reduced registration
• Attendee list 1 week before the event
• Post attendee list within 3 days of event completion
• Sponsor ribbon on name badge
• Logo displayed in the SC Manufacturing Summit program
• Logo displayed on electronic scroll
• Logo linked to company website on event website
• Social media promotion
• Sponsor spotlight email

Public Price$3,500

Silver Sponsor

• 2 complimentary Summit registrations
• 1 High-profile announcement during program sessions
• Signage w/ company logo displayed
• Exhibit space

• Additional attendees at reduced registration
• Attendee list 1 week before the event
• Post attendee list within 3 days of event completion
• Sponsor ribbon on name badge
• Logo displayed in the SC Manufacturing Summit program
• Logo displayed on electronic scroll
• Logo linked to company website on event website
• Social media promotion
• Sponsor spotlight email

Public Price$2,000

Presenting Sponsor

• Recognition as 2024 Presenting Sponsor of SC Manufacturing Summit
• Digital ad displayed on electronic scroll
• Advanced selection of complimentary exhibit space
• High-profile announcement during 3 Summit program sessions
• Logo displayed as Presenting Sponsor including:
• Main stage banner
• Podium sign & additional signage
• 10 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$15,000

Tract Sponsor

4 Available, Pick 1

> Plant Operations
> Human Resources
> Finance/Tax
> Legal/Policy

• Digital ad displayed on electronic scroll
• Advanced selection of complimentary exhibit space
• High-profile announcement during 2 Summit program sessions
• Logo displayed as Tract Sponsor including:
• Main stage banner
• Podium sign & additional signage
• 6 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$7,500

Kickoff Reception Sponsor (Sept. 30)

• Host reception for Summit attendees at Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
• Welcome greeter at reception entrance
• Complimentary exhibit space
• Announcement during 1 program session
• Logo displayed as Reception Sponsor including:
• Main stage banner
• Poster displayed at reception
• 4 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$5,000

Exhibit Showcase Reception Sponsor (Oct. 1)

• Host reception for Summit attendees at Columbia Convention Center
• Welcome greeter at reception entrance
• Complimentary exhibit space
• Announcement during 1 program session
• Logo displayed as reception sponsor including:
• Main stage banner
• Poster displayed at reception
• 4 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$5,000

Lunch Sponsor (October 1)

• Logo on lunch tables
• Opportunity for table giveaway (provided by sponsor)
• Complimentary exhibit space
• Announcement during 1 program session
• Logo displayed as Lunch Sponsor including:
• Main stage banner
• Poster displayed at Awards Lunch
• 4 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$5,000

Awards Lunch Sponsor (Oct. 2) (Sold Out)

• Logo on lunch tables
• Opportunity for table giveaway (provided by sponsor)
• Complimentary exhibit space
• Announcement during 1 program session
• Logo displayed as Awards Lunch Sponsor including:
• Main stage banner
• Poster displayed at Awards Lunch
• 4 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$5,000

Awards Lunch Table Sponsor (Oct. 2)

• Logo on lunch tables, event website, and electronic scroll
• Awards lunch-only registration for up to 6 attendees

Public Price$1,000

Awards Lunch Only

Public Price$100

Wi-Fi Sponsor (Sold Out)

• Complimentary exhibit space
• Announcement during 1 program session
• Logo displayed as Wi-Fi Sponsor including:
• Main stage banner
• Logo on Wi-Fi table tent cards
• 4 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$5,000

Welcome Gift Sponsor

• Complimentary exhibit space
• Logo displayed as Welcome Gift Sponsor on main stage banner
• 3 complimentary Summit registrations
• NOTE: Welcome gift chosen with sponsor input

Public Price$4,000

Breakfast Sponsor

• Complimentary exhibit space
• Logo displayed as Breakfast Sponsor including:
• Poster w/ logo displayed at break
• Opportunity to provide customized cups/napkins with sponsor logo
• 3 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$3,000

Coffee Connections Networking Break Sponsor (Sold Out)

• Complimentary exhibit space
• Logo displayed as Coffee Connections Sponsor including:
• Poster w/ logo displayed at break
• Opportunity to provide customized cups/napkins with sponsor logo
• 3 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$3,000

Koozie Sponsor (Sold Out)

• Logo on koozies
• Complimentary exhibit space
• Announcement during reception
• Logo displayed as Koozie Sponsor on main stage banner
• 3 complimentary Summit registrations

Public Price$3,000

Sustaining Sponsor

• 1 complimentary Summit registration
• Additional attendees at reduced registration (must send add'l to Katharine Keller at keller@myscma.com for registration)
• Sponsor ribbon on name badge
• Logo displayed in the SC Manufacturing Summit program
• Logo displayed on electronic scroll
• Logo linked to company website on event website

Public Price$900

Agenda

Thank you for your patience and understanding with the reschedule of the SCMA Manufacturing Summit. We are working with speakers to determine availability with the new dates. We will be updated the agenda as we move forward and it is subject to change. Thank you!

December 2, 2024
December 3, 2024
December 4, 2024

December 2, 2024

Main Schedule

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM

Welcome

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Exhibitor Check-in & Set Up

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Kick-off Reception Sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield

Tin Roof 1022 Senate St, Columbia, SC 29201

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Dinner on Your Own

We recommend making reservations at one of the many locations in Columbia. Check out Experience Columbia's site for a variety of options https://www.experiencecolumbiasc.com/food-drink/

Track 1

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Track 2

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Track 3

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Track 4

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Agenda PDF

Download Agenda Here

Hotel Information

Two room blocks have been reserved for the South Carolina Manufacturing Summit from December 2-4, 2024. Each hotel is conveniently located near the event venue, the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

Please note: all previous reservations for the September and October dates were canceled. All reservations must be rebooked for the new dates.

Hilton Columbia Center

For the group room rate of $200 per night at the Hilton, please use the booking link to make your reservations by November 9, 2024.

Hampton Inn Downtown Historic District

For the group room rate of $189 per night at the Hampton Inn, please use the booking link to make your reservations by November 9, 2024.

Sponsors and Partners

Exhibitors

InTandem Promotions

The Kiosk & Display Company

SW Funk Industrial Contractors

Republic Services

Cisco-Eagle

www.cisco-eagle.com

We are a leading provider of material handling systems and equipment, offering innovative solutions to help businesses efficiently move, store, retrieve, control, and protect their products throughout their entire lifecycle.

Our comprehensive services provide our clients with end-to-end support, including sales, system design, implementation, service, and maintenance. We cater to a range of industries, including warehousing, distribution, manufacturing, and commercial operations that require efficient product handling.

Our solutions include conveyor systems, warehouse racks, mezzanines, automation and more. Safety is our top priority, and we offer exclusive equipment such as AisleCop and AisleAlert intelligent forklift safety systems to ensure that our client's operations are safe and secure.

With locations in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Austin, Little Rock, Florida, Charlotte, Michigan, Missouri and Tennessee, we serve customers nationwide and in over 70 countries.

GEL Engineering LLC

www.gelengineering.com/

GEL Engineering, LLC has focused on Manufacturing and Industrial clients in the Carolinas for over 40 years. GEL’s staff members are recognized as experts in the areas of Environmental Permitting and Compliance including Air Permitting, Civil Design and Permitting, Industrial Hygiene, Wastewater Design and Permitting, and Emissions Testing. GEL has a deep understanding of the unique needs that industrial facilities have – allowing GEL to better manage, control, and expedite project schedules for new plant construction and plant expansion. GEL’s focus on the regulatory and operational requirements of industrial facilities helps ensure that projects meet each client’s unique requirements while satisfying aggressive budget and schedule constraints. This expertise and our regulatory relationships have assisted our clients to be successful when negotiating with Federal, State, and Local regulatory agencies. GEL Engineering, LLC is a member of The GEL Group, Inc. - a privately held firm with deep roots in the Carolinas. Established in South Carolina in 1981, The GEL Group, Inc. employs over 350 people today and provides professional services to clients worldwide in the following primary lines of business: Analytical Testing, Environmental Consulting and Monitoring, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Surveying, and Subsurface Utility Engineering.

Prototyping Solutions

SUPPLYPOINTe, Charleston SC

supplypointe.com/pallet-supplier-location-charleston-south-carolina/

SUPPLY POINTe is a unique network of select trucking, freight forwarding, pallet and packaging companies that connect to form a wide menu of choices and savings for a rapidly growing list of customers nationwide.

Whether you need packaging for your product, a pallet to put it on, a reliable trucking service to deliver to all 48 states, Canada and Mexico, or even overseas, SUPPLY POINTe can take that task off of your hands—and do it economically. Just one phone call connects you to the one and only network of its kind.

SUPPLY POINTe has developed a host of services that address fundamental issues facing manufacturers and operations managers every day. Our team is dedicated to helping customers lower their total procurement costs through improved efficiency, better design and enhanced productivity, all while providing the best customer experience possible.

MTC Federal Credit Union

TM Floyd & Company

Hughes Networks

Gemba Systems

www.gemba.systems

Gemba Systems helps Manufacturing companies to successfully select, implement, and integrate Smart Manufacturing (I4.0) technologies. We have special expertise around real-time locating systems (RTLS), advanced planning and scheduling (APS), AR/VR solutions for Operator training and Remote Assistance, digital work instructions, no-code custom shopfloor applications, Vision AI for quality inspection and process automation, AI-enabled digital twins for process automation and optimization, and industrial data (IT/OT) connectivity platforms. Through our consulting arm, Execution Partners, we also offer data analytics, process improvement, and project management services. Our goal is to empower people with smarter solutions that boost productivity and drive top-and bottom-line results!

South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA)

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Event Details

Tickets

Member Registration

Non-member Registration

Exhibitor 1

Exhibitor 2

Electricity for Exhibit Booth

Exhibitor/ Sponsor Additional Registration

Gold

Silver Sponsor

Presenting Sponsor

Tract Sponsor

Kickoff Reception Sponsor (Sept. 30)

Exhibit Showcase Reception Sponsor (Oct. 1)

Lunch Sponsor (October 1)

Awards Lunch Sponsor (Oct. 2) (Sold Out)

Awards Lunch Table Sponsor (Oct. 2)

Awards Lunch Only

Wi-Fi Sponsor (Sold Out)

Welcome Gift Sponsor