Sponsors

We invite organizations involved in PHM-related activities to sponsor the Annual Conference of the PHM Society. Sponsorship packages are designed to offer your organization high visibility and recognition. Sponsorship packages can be tailored for all budgets, and partial or shared sponsorship packages are welcome! All sponsorships include:

• Signage recognition at sponsored event
• Sponsors will be acknowledged at the beginning of each general session
• Sponsors will be recognized in the printed program
• Sponsors will be recognized on the Conference web site (name and logo)

Platinum Sponsors
	Northrop Grumman is a proud platinum sponsor of the 2011 PHM conference. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
	Pratt & Whitney designs, manufactures, services and supports aircraft engines, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Whether it’s through more environmentally friendly processes, innovative services, or quieter, more fuel efficient engines, Pratt & Whitney is the pioneer behind most major advances in both military and commercial aviation. Exhibiting – Booth #1 (UTC)
	United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) delivers the world’s most advanced technologies, innovative thinking and disciplined research to the businesses of United Technologies – industry leaders in aerospace propulsion, building infrastructure and services, heating and air conditioning, fire and security systems and power generation. Exhibiting – Booth #1 (UTC)
	Founded in 1928, and a global leader in aerospace, Pratt & Whitney Canada is shaping the future of business aviation with dependable, high-technology engines. P&WC’s engines are the industry benchmark for innovative design, dispatch reliability, operating economics and easy maintenance. Pratt & Whitney Canada is firmly committed to ensuring that its products are designed, produced and operated while minimizing environmental impacts throughout their life cycle. Exhibiting – Booth #1 (UTC)
	Hamilton Sundstrand is among the world’s largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products. The company designs, manufactures and services aerospace systems and provides integrated system solutions for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft. It also is a major supplier for international space programs. Exhibiting – Booth #1 (UTC)
Gold Sponsors		▲
	Embraer S.A. is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jets up to 120 seats, and one of Brazil’s leading exporters. Embraer’s headquarters are located in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, and it has offices, industrial operations and customer service facilities in Brazil, China, France, Portugal, Singapore, and the U.S. Founded in 1969, the Company designs, develops, manufactures and sells aircraft and systems for the commercial aviation, executive aviation, and defense and security segments. It also provides after sales support and services to customers worldwide. On June 30, 2011, Embraer had a workforce of 17,194 employees. For more information, visit www.embraer.com.
	Frontier Technology, Inc. develops solutions that translate complex data into accurate knowledge and informed actions. Business and sustainment decisions are supported by tools and processes for affordability assessments, logistics planning, and business case analysis. Operational decision support includes tools and methodologies for Phenomenology, Condition Based Maintenance and Systems Health Management. Exhibiting – Booth #6
	Goodrich Corporation is a global supplier of products, systems and aftermarket services to the aerospace and defense markets. Goodrich has annual revenues of $7 billion and employs over 25,000 people around the world. Visit booth #2 to learn more about Goodrich health and usage management systems (HUMS) and rescue hoists. www.goodrich.com Exhibiting – Booth #2
	Impact Technologies is a high-tech engineering consulting and machinery health management system development firm. Impact develops sensors, systems, and software that monitor, detect, isolate, predict equipment performance and degradation, and plan optimized maintenance schedules. We provide services to our customer to reduce risk, increase safety, improve readiness, and minimize equipment support costs. Exhibiting – Booth #13
Silver Sponsors		▲
	General Motors Companytraces its roots back to 1908. GM employs 209,000 people and does business in more than 120 countries. GM and its strategic partners produce cars and trucks in 31 countries, and sell and service these vehicles through the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Daewoo, Holden, Isuzu, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM’s OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services.
	The Meggitt group primarily designs and manufactures high performance components and sub-systems for aerospace and defence markets but applies its core sensing and control technologies to land and marine-based gas turbines, oil and gas applications and the medical, mainstream industrial, test engineering and transportation sectors as well. The group employs about 9,600 people.
	NRG Systems is an independently-owned manufacturing company that has served the global wind energy industry for almost thirty years. Our products can be found on every continent in more than 140 countries, serving wind turbine manufacturers, wind farm developers, electric utilities, consultants, and research institutes. Exhibiting – Booth #11
	NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has a decades-long history in fielding health management solutions in its space vehicles. Additionally, there are now several major research efforts under way to advance the state of the art in PHM for both aeronautics as well as space applications. For a sampling of research on prognostics, see http://prognostics.nasa.gov.
	A premier center for commercial innovation and R&D, PARC, a Xerox company, today works with Fortune Global 500 and medium-sized enterprises, government agencies/ partners, entrepreneurs/ startups, and other clients to invent, co-develop, and deliver new business opportunities. For how to work with us and more, visit www.parc.com.
Bronze Sponsor		▲
	GasTOPS provides advanced products and services for machinery condition assessment, maintenance and control that reduce the cost and risk of machinery development and operations. Our innovative oil debris sensing and analysis products have helped customers in Defence, Aviation, Marine, Energy and Transportation industries improved productivity and safety for critical equipment.
Technical Co-Sponsor		▲
	MFPT is a non-profit professional society with a 40-year legacy of promoting failure prevention technology. An interdisciplinary technical organization, MFPT is strongly oriented towards the practical application of health management across every engineering sphere. The MFPT community includes professional scientists, engineers, failure analysts, maintenance specialists and others who represent a wide variety of disciplines from government agencies, universities, research institutes and industry.
Audience Interactivity Sponsor		▲
	Raise the bar, not your hands! Dramatically improve your presentations and training sessions using Turning Technologies Canada’s leading edge group learning systems. Develop interactive meetings, seminars and presentations that engage your audience while seamlessly collecting real-time responses from participants. Pose sensitive questions and assess even the most guarded adult learners. 1-888-522-8689, Turning Technologies Canada

We wish to thank the National Research Council Canada for their contribution to the success of this conference.