Upper Midwest Electrical EXPO 2018 The best electrical tradeshow in North America Minneapolis Convention Center April 18 & 19, 2018 Wednesday, April 18: 10 AM - 6 PM Thursday, April 19: 10 AM - 4 PM Register at www.ncel.org N N E! W O P O S 375 Exhibit Booths 400+ Electrical I N Manufacturers NCEL Power Breakfast O I T NCEL Future Leaders Lunch Three A R Days of Approved Code Credit Classes for ST I License Renewal Distributor Sponsored G RE Motor Coach Buses EXPO APP Expo Guest Ticket.indd 1 1/26/2018 9:21:11 AM
REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 31 FOR A CHANCE TO WIN! All advance attendees who register before MARCH 31, 2018 will be entered into random drawings for $500 VISA Gift Cards. Winners will be drawn at random using their unique badge numbers printed on their EXPO name badge. Winners must be present at the EXPO to claim your prize! Winners will be announced at the EXPO, and on our social media platforms. Instructions will be given on where to claim your prize. Winners will be required to show a driver's license (in addition to their EXPO name badge) to claim their prize. Exhibitors, Students and EXPO staff are not eligible. Registrations received after March 31, 2018, or duplicate registrations are not eligible for this advance registrant promotion. LODGING WHO COORDINATES THE EXPO? Hilton Hotel Minneapolis 1001 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN Reserve your room by March 25, 2018! Call the Hilton at 612-376-1000 The Upper Midwest Electrical EXPO is coordinated by North Central Electrical Manufacturers Club and is managed by North Central Electrical League. Our members are critical to the EXPO s success! Lodging is easy and firstclass when attending the 2018 EXPO. We have secured special room rates starting at $139+/night at the Hilton Minneapolis, safely connected to the Minneapolis Convention Center by climate-controlled skyway walk. If Hilton's room block is full, rack rates may apply, based on Hilton's room availability. Register at www.ncel.org Expo Guest Ticket.indd 2 1/26/2018 9:21:15 AM
*NEW* THIS YEAR EXPO MOBLE APP Look for the EXPO logo under NCEL-EXPO in Google Play or Apple Store. Download today! RIDE FOR FREE ON A DISTRIBUTOR BUS! Catch a ride to the 2018 EXPO via a Distributor sponsored motor coach! Find and connect with a distributor sponsoring transportation from your area at www.ncel.org > attendees > distributors. Benefits of distributor transportation: Carefree and easy Free transportation and parking Support your favorite local distributor NCEL POWER BREAKFAST The NCEL Power Breakfast is being modernized based on past attendee suggestions and a desire for people to mix and mingle over a meal. At the event, those purchasing a ticket (or possessing a ticket) will socialize, network, meet and greet more than 350 industry "movers and shakers" before the EXPO opens on Thursday, April 19, 2018, from 8:30 to 10:00 AM at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Breakfast food stations, beverage stations, and the like will be scattered in the event space, so attendees can select the foods of their choice. Low and high-top tables will also be scattered to foster conversation and networking opportunities for participants. Attendees can come and go at their leisure during the 8:30-10:00 AM time frame. Tickets are $30 each and can be purchased when you register online. Register for the 2018 Upper Midwest Electrical EXPO NOW! Advance registration goes through March 31, 2018. Register for EXPO Electrical Training & NCEL Power Breakfast. Call NCEL office with any registration issues at 952-854-4405. Onsite registration will be available. Minneapolis Convention Center April 18 & 19, 2018 Wednesday, April 18: 10 AM - 6 PM Thursday, April 19: 10 AM - 4 PM FUTURE LEADERS PIZZA LUNCH A Future Leaders Pizza Lunch will be offered to students/schools who register in advance! Students studying electrical engineering, project management, construction, or to be apprentice electrician, can attend the Electrical EXPO Future Leaders Pizza Lunch on Thursday, April 19, 2018 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. Students attending the EXPO will have the exclusive opportunity to informally network with industry representatives from sponsoring companies, and other students while enjoying a hot slice of pizza at the 2018 EXPO's Future Leaders Lunch. After the gathering, students proceed to the EXPO exhibit hall to see the newest electrical products in the marketplace and connect with the many professionals that make up our growing electrical industry. Schools/Instructors must register before March 15 to attend this event! Contact NCEL to get your school, students registered. Expo Guest Ticket.indd 3 1/26/2018 9:21:18 AM
CONFIRMED EXHIBITORS FOR 2018 As of 01-15-2018 3M Electrical A5 Power Solutions ABB Div. - Thomas & Betts Acclaim Lighting ACME Transformer Acuity Brands Adalet AFC - American Flexible Conduit AFL Telecommunications AFX Lighting AJB Sales Alan Wire Allied Moulded Allied Tube & Conduit Alternative Sales & Marketing American Connectors / Perfit American Fittings American Lighting American Polywater AMP - American Midwest Power Anaconda Sealtite Anamet Electrical API Supply Lifts Appleton Applied Thermal Arlington Industries Armorcast ASCO Power Technologies Aspen Equipment Company ATKORE International Axis Lighting Beaupre Aerial Equipment Belden Cable Bell Bergen Industries Inc. Berko Electric Heating B-Line Series Brad Harrison Brady Corporation Bridgeport Fittings BRK Electronics Broan BrusacoramUSA, LLC Bulldog Manufacturing Burndy Bussmann Cablofil Caddy Fasteners CalBond CalBrite CalPipe Cantex Caterpillar CDR Chalfant Manufacturing Chance Streetlight Foundations Chromalox CMC - Connector Manufacturing Co. Cobra Contractors Software Comac Hand Dryer Continental Pole/Mobile Pro Controlled Power Co. Core4 Technologies Coronet Lighting Cree LED Lighting Crestron Crouse-Hinds Cummins Current Tools Danfoss Data Center Systems Inc. Davis & Associates Inc. DECO Lighting Delta Breez Fans Delta-Therm DeWalt Power Tools Dialight Ditch Witch of MN & IA Doeren Sales & Associates Dottie Douglas Lighting Controls DuraGuard Lighting E&I Overhead Busway Easy Heat Eaton/Arrow Hart Eaton Cooper Power Systems Eaton Corporation Eaton Lighting & Controls Eclipse Lighting Inc. Edwards Signaling Eiko Electric Component Sales Electrical Advertiser Magazine Electrical Solutions & Design Electri-Flex Company Electro-Mechanical Industries Electrotech DataComm Electrotech Inc. Elite LED E-Mon EMS Partners Inc. Encore Wire Corp. Energy Product Sales Energyficient Systems EnerSys Battery Engineered Co. Ensto Enclosures EPCO Erico ESL Vision LED Lighting ETC - Electronic Theater Controls Etcon Corporation Euchner Evenlite Everlast Lighting Exiscan EZ Box Electrical Systems Solutions Federal Signal Ferraz Fintronx Firex First Alert Flex Lighting Solutions Fluke Focal Point Lighting Fostoria FRE Composites Fruen's Sales Company Fulham Functional Devices Inc. Gafco Industries Garvin Industries Gaynor & Associates Inc. GE Critical Power GE Industrial GE Multilin Generac Industrial General Cable General Electric - Core Genie Lifts Gentec Capacitors GM Lighting Grace Engineered Greaves Corp. Green Creative Lighting Greenlee-Textron Grissinger-Johnson Sales H.E. William's Inc. Halco Lighting Hammerhead Trenchless Hammond Manufacturing Hammond Power Solutions Harger Lightning & Grounding Hatch LED Lighting Haulotte Lifts HellermannTyton Herc-U-Lift Inc. Highline HM Cragg Company Hoffman Enclosures Holm Architectural & Landscape Lighting Holophane Lighting Honeywell Electrical Houston Wire & Cable Howard Lighting (C&I) Hubbell Lighting Hubbell Power Systems Hubbell Wiring Devices IAEI - Minnesota Chapter IBEW Local Electrican Unions IDEAL Industries Idem Safety ILSCO Impact Lighting Imperial Blades IMS Electrol Infinity Group Ltd. Intelligent Lighting Controls Intermatic Interstate PowerSystems IPEX IR-Tec itool Co. James Power Technologies JLG JTH Lighting Alliance K&H Industries Kartheiser Company Inc. Kenall Lighting Keystone Technologies Kichler Kidde Killark King Electrical Manufacturing Co. King Innovation Klein Tools Knaack Manufacturing Knipex Kobi Electric Kohler Generators Kraloy / Div. of Multifittings L.C. Doane Company LDPI Lighting LED Linear USA Ledvance / Sylvania Lee Noonan Co. Legrand Lenox Tools LESCO Leviton Controls Leviton Manufacturing Liebert Corporation Light Efficient Design Lightalarms Lighting Plastics of Minnesota Littelfuse / Powr-Gard Louisville Ladder Louvers International LS Cables LSI Industries Luma Sales Associates Lumenpulse Group Lutron Lutze Inc. Maclean Madison Electric Marathon Special Markel Maxlite Meltric Mennekes Electrical Mersen Metacaulk FIrestop Metallics Midwest Electric Milbank Manufacturing Co. Millerbernd Manufacturing Milwaukee Electric Tools Minerallac Co. Minnesota Dept. of Labor & Industry Minnesota Electrical Association Mitsubishi Electric Mlazgar Associates Inc. Mobern Lighting Modern Forms Molex MP Husky MRL Company National Electrical Contractors Assn. Nehring Electrical Works NECA - Dakotas Chapter NECA - Minneapolis Chapter NECA - St. Paul Chapter Nelson Heat Trace Neotech Solutions Inc. Newstar Lighting Nexans Nora Lighting North Central Sales East NovaFlex LED NSi Industries Nutone Nuvo Lighting OCL OEL Safety Okonite Company Oleson Sales LLC Olsun Electric Orbit Industries Inc. Orion Lighting Ouellet Electric Heat Panasonic Ventilation & Fans Panduit Pass & Seymour PCCS Inc. Pencell Penn-Union Pentair Pentair NuHeat Pentair Thermal Philips Philips Ballasts/Lamps/ LED Philips Bodine Emergency Lighting Picoma Industries Pinnacle Lighting Pioneer Critical Power Pioneer Sales Group Platinum Tools PLS - Pacific Laser Systems Post Glover LifeLink Power Strut Power Survey Powersmiths PQI - Power Quality International Prime PVC Conduit Primus Marketing Group Priority Wire & Cable Pro Built Professional Lighting Progress Lighting Pro-Tech Power Sales Protection & Control Solutions Prysmian Cables Pulse PW Industries Q Mark - Electric Heating Q-Tran Quazite Quik-Pull RAB Lighting Rack-a-Tiers RACO Raywall RCOM RDA Lighting Reading Truck Body Rectorseal Red Sky Lighting Reliance Controls Remke Industries Rennebohm Company Republic Conduit Rodale Ronk Electrical Industries Rouzer Group Inc. S&C Electric Company Satco Lighting Schneider Electric Schweitzer Engineering Labs Service Wire Company Seymour Midwest Shat-R-Shield Shawmut Siemens Industry Skillsaw Power Tools Skyjack Sola HD Southwire Southwire Equipment S-P Specified Technologies Inc. Square D SSI - Surge Suppression Inc. Stabeck Sales & Marketing Inc. Stabila Stahl Stahlin Enclosures Starline / Universal Electric Start-Lighting States Manufacturing Stelpro Design Sumner Manufacturing Superior Essex Sun Valley T.J. Cope Taymac TCP Lighting TechBrite Texas Fluorescent & LED TF Cable ThermOweld Thomas & Betts (ABB Div.) THOR Systems Time Mark Topaz Electrical & Lighting Toshiba UPS Total Energy Systems TPI Corporation Traxon Technologies TSR Lighting + Controls ULT - United Lighting Standards Universal Security Instruments - USI US Architectural US Luminaire Vantage Lighting Vericom Volt Vertiv Visionaire Lighting Vision InfoSoft Corporation Volco Company WAGO Wattstopper Wave Lighting Weather Guard Weitzer Sales Ltd. Werner Ladder Co. Western Tube & Conduit Wheatland Tube Wiha Tools Wiegmann Wiley Wire Snagger Woodhead Ziegler Power Systems Expo Guest Ticket.indd 4 1/26/2018 9:21:19 AM
THREE DAYS OF ELECTRICAL EXPO TRAINING... REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE! Register at www.ncel.org EXPO Electrical Training provides the opportunity to meet continuing education requirements for your electrical and professional license renewal. Training will be co-managed by the Minnesota 2018 Electrical Association. Training dates are April 17, 18 & 19. Training fees will apply. 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018 Grounding & Bonding - Part 1 Grounding & Bonding - Part 2 Grounding & Bonding - Part 3 Grounding & Bonding - Part 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018 2017 Power Limited Code Updates and Power Limited Systems Part 1: Overview of PLT Working Articles 2017 NEC Power Limited Code Updates and Power Limited Systems Part 2: Article 300 (as it applies to power limited circuits) Power Limited Code Updates and Power Limited Systems Part 3: Article 725 Power Limited Code Updates and Power Limited Systems Part 4: Chapter 8 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Special Occupancies & Hazardous Locations - Part A 2017 NEC Code Changes - Part 1 Special Occupancies & Hazardous Locations - Part B Special Occupancies & Hazard Locations - Part C Special Occupancies & Hazard Locations - Part D 2017 NEC Code Changes - Part 2 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 Motor Installation - Part 1 2017 NEC Code Changes - Part 3 Motor Installation - Part 2 Overcurrent Protection - Part 1 2017 NEC Code Changes - Part 4 Overcurrent Protection - Part 2 Electrical Training Registration Options & Pricing Before March 31, 2018: All three days: $350 / single day: $200 After March 31, 2018: All three days: $450 / single day: $300 Download our EXPO event app: NCEL-EXPO! Connect with NCEL on Social Media for exclusive updates #NCELEXPO Expo Guest Ticket.indd 5 1/26/2018 9:21:20 AM
UPPER MIDWEST ELECTRICAL EXPO NORTH CENTRAL ELECTRICAL LEAGUE 7851 Metro Parkway, Suite 300 Bloomington, MN 55425 P: 952-854-4405 W: www.ncel.org 2018 #NCELEXPO EVERYTHING EXPO IS AT: WWW.NCEL.ORG EXPO Checklist: + Register in advance before March 31 + Preview the exhibitors + Review EXPO Electrical Training info + Purchase NCEL Power Breakfast tickets + Check distributor motor coach buses + Secure lodging + Download the app: NCEL-EXPO + Plan your course of action Thank you to the 2018 EXPO Sponsors! Platinum Gold Dakota Supply Group Graybar ElectroTech IDEAL/MRL Silver Davis & Associates, Inc. Rouzer Group This could be you! Add your company name to the list by sponsoring the 2018 EXPO. Contact NCEL for EXPO sponsorship opportunities! Expo Guest Ticket.indd 6 1/26/2018 9:21:20 AM