Exhibitor List
SOUTHWEST Exhibitor: Started in 1971, Crescent Gage & Tool Sales has been in business selling, supporting and servicing dimensional inspection and measuring equipment. Quality is the most important entity in our business. Our commitment is to satisfy our customers, the companies we represent, and our co-workers, by providing error-free products and services that exceed their expectations every time.
SOUTHWEST Exhibitor: Hexagon Metrology offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all industrial metrology applications in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy and medical. We support our customers with actionable measurement information along the complete life cycle of a product – from development and design to production, assembly and final inspection. With more than 20 production facilities and 70 Precision Centers for service and demonstrations, and a network of over 100 distribution partners on five continents, we empower our customers to fully control their manufacturing processes, enhancing the quality of products and increasing efficiency in manufacturing plants around the world. Hexagon Metrology is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B; www.hexagon.com). Hexagon is a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.
SOUTHWEST Exhibitor: Mr Washerman is a Custom Metal Stamping manufacturer located in Houston, TX We work with wide range of materials, from .001” to 1/4" thick. Our presses range from 22 to 160 tons. We ran single stage, multiple stages, compound and progressive operation processes.We design and build tools and dies in house
SOUTHWEST Exhibitor: Established in 1959, RobbJack Corporation specializes in the engineering, manufacture and sale of solid carbide cutting tools. We continue to offer the broadest line of carbide end mills with the closest tolerances available for CNC milling equipment. In addition, we manufacture solid carbide slitting saws and PCD diamond-tipped routers, as well as provide physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating services. The benefits of high-speed solid carbide tools are as compelling today as they were 63 years ago. With today’s emphasis on process efficiencies for increased profitability, users realize that properly engineered tooling offers not only closer tolerances and longer life, but extremely high feed rates. RobbJack has worked with several aerospace partners since 1974, to support the demand for superior performance, with progressively more challenging application requirements. RobbJack Corporation has been employee-owned for more than 30 years, which is the average term of service for over 20% of our staff, and the management team has a combined 185 years of experience in the cutting tools industry. Whether your needs are for standard stocked items, or customized tools for your specific application, we are here to help you. We define “service” in our customer’s terms, delivering consistently superior quality products, and solving problems quickly and effectively.
SOUTHWEST Exhibitor: Standard Bots offers a range of six-axis, programmable robot arms designed and assembled in the USA. We quickly and easily integrate into existing setups to automate both simple and complex tasks. Our industrial robot arms can automate most common manufacturing tasks across a range of use cases and industries.
SOUTHWEST Session: Moderated by: Jamie Goettler, BTX Precision Rather than start with a discussion of all the technologies available in the industrial marketplace, this panel session will start by outlining the primary concerns of manufacturing businesses. By first appealing to what the audience (machining businesses) cares about most at the start, the panel will logically ease into a discussion of how available technologies can help achieve greater outcomes for these businesses…in other words, solutions to the preeminent problems. Among the concerns highlighted at the outset will be improving competitiveness (domestically and globally), throughput (business growth), and yes productivity in the face of the manufacturing skills gap. The panel will be represented by industry leaders who either are dealing with these concerns directly, or those that have a “front row seat” to a variety of companies that seek to survive and thrive. Technologies that will be addressed will likely include automation, robotics, workforce training, machining technology, machine monitoring, software and AI to name a few. The above will be discussed in the first Executive Perspectives panel discussion on Tuesday, followed on Wednesday with another critical topic…cybersecurity.
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Billy Bogue, President, Matsuura Machinery USA
SOUTHWEST Session: Driven by the rise of Edge AI, industrial machine health monitoring is undergoing a transformative shift—enabling smarter, faster, and more autonomous decision-making at the edge. In this session, we’ll explore how edge computing and artificial intelligence are converging to deliver real-time insights directly at the source of data generation, minimizing latency and enhancing responsiveness. We'll examine traditional Condition-based Monitoring (CbM) methods and their limitations in dynamic industrial environments, then dive into how predictive and prescriptive maintenance strategies—utilizing Edge AI—are anticipating failures, optimizing performance, and reducing costly downtime. This evolution is reshaping the future of industrial reliability, operational efficiency, and long-term asset sustainability.
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Dr. Monica Cortez, Statewide Director of Business Operations, Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center