About Us
Smart Industry, a business-to-business brand that is part of the manufacturing group of Nashville, Tennessee-based Endeavor Business Media, is dedicated to delivering the very latest information on technology trends in manufacturing verticals of every kind, from automotive to medical to aerospace to heavy machinery to electronics. Our Head of Content is Scott Achelpohl, and he's available at [email protected] or at 703.975.7906.
Who is our audience?
Our coverage and programming are aimed primarily at manufacturing technology people—IT and OT personnel, plant engineers, chief information officers, chief technology officers, chief information security officers—who are responsible for day-to-day oversight of how their companies use and upgrade their technology.
But our content also is geared at times toward the C-suite and the decision-makers in charge of the direction and implementation of software, hardware, and factory control systems.
Topics found on Smart Industry include:
- AI in industry, such as predictive AI, agentic and copilots, and Gen-AI
- Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
- IT and OT convergence
- Cybersecurity, especially the threat of ransomware
- Industry 4.0 and digital transformation
- Additive manufacturing/3D printing
- 5G deployments on the plant floor and in warehouses
- Sustainability efforts and achievements
- Remote monitoring via sensors
- All varieties of automation
- Technology advancements at utilities
- Plant reliability improvements
We also cover various industry events—in fact, our editors host technology tracks at these events—as well as numerous online webinars and podcasts. We also put out an occasional series on digital transformation and Industry 4.0 called (R)Evolutionizing Manufacturing, and we annually produce predictions for the year ahead in our Crystal Ball Report.
Our montly e-handbooks and occasional whitepapers, including our annual and often-cited State of Initiative Report, also are popular with our audience and sponsors and advertisers, who include many leading manufacturing technology providers.
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How to submit a correction
We're human and, occasionally, we make mistakes, but we're quick to correct the record when errors do occur. Please submit your corrections to Head of Content Scott Achelpohl at [email protected] or 703.975.7906.
You also can sign up to receive our two newsletters in your inbox. Smart Industry Update is sent twice per week, on Monday and Thursday afternoons, and the Smart Industry Top 5, with our five most visited stories of the month, will arrive on the last Friday of every month.
If you’d like to advertise on Smart Industry or sponsor SI content, download a media kit to find out about advertising and sponsorship opportunities.
History of Smart Industry
The idea for Smart Industry dates back to 2013, when the concept of Industry 4.0 was only about two years old. IIoT had just arrived on the technological scene, and the general concept of digital transformation in manufacturing had yet to catch on, so our publication had found its niche.
Smart Industry was born as an industry conference primarily, one that would help educate manufacturing stakeholders on how to best take advantage of the new technologies poised to revolutionize their diverse production operations.
Our digital and then-print media presence was launched primarily to build awareness about the conference—to attract exhibitors to and sponsors of the event and industrial practitioners to this new venue. The first Smart Industry print magazine was launched in June 2015, before the show took place.
The inaugural Smart Industry conference was held a few months later in Chicago in September 2015 and was convened annually through 2019. But in 2020 the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was never restarted. Smart Industry continues today as an online-only publication; the print magazine ceased publication in 2023, though we hold those issues in archives.
Smart Industry is part of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.
Smart Industry’s staff
SI is here every day to serve our audience. Here’s how to contact our personnel to fulfill your editorial and advertising and sponsorship needs:
Thomas Wilk—Market Content Director, Manufacturing Group
Phone: 614-302-9601
[email protected]
Scott Achelpohl—Head of Content, Smart Industry
Phone: 703-975-7906
[email protected]
Jason DeSarle—Vice President, Sales
Phone: 440-476-9526
[email protected]
Jeff Mylin—Account Executive
Phone: 847-533-9789
[email protected]
Greg Zamin—Account Executive
Phone: 704-256-5433
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Dave Madonia—Account Executive
Phone: 201-452-6211
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Ryan Sneltzer—Account Executive
Phone: 330-904-6177
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