Table 16 Participants’ demographic profile

Title

Executive

36

33%

Department head

29

27%

Staff

23

21%

Unit head

12

11%

Other

9

8%

Functional area

Management

31

28%

Research and development

34

31%

Information technology

6

6%

Production

5

5%

Quality engineering

2

2%

Marketing and communication

4

4%

Sales

10

9%

Other

17

16%

MEM industry domain

Mechanical engineering

34

41%

Electrical engineering/electronics

24

29%

Precision instruments, apparatus and devices

16

20%

Metals

6

7%

Vehicles

2

2%

Other

27

33%

Product/service category^a

Power engineering transmission

21

19%

Assembly and factory automation

17

16%

Machine tools and manufacturing technology

16

15%

Process engineering equipment

15

14%

Precision tools

11

10%

Remaining/other

139

128%