American Society For Precision Engineering

What American Society For Precision Engineering does

The American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) is a nonprofit professional society founded in 1983 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, that advances the science and art of precision engineering across industry, academia, and government. It serves a horizontal membership base of scientists, technicians, and engineers, as well as corporations and organizations operating in manufacturing, metrology, micro/nano technologies, and additive manufacturing. The society generates revenue through multi-tier individual memberships ($50 student, $105 regular, $170 sustaining annually), corporate memberships ($850 Innovator, $1,750 Corporate, $2,500 Sustaining Corporate annually), conference registration fees ($650-$1,350 depending on event and member status), corporate sponsorships, and royalties from its co-published peer-reviewed Precision Engineering Journal (Elsevier).

ASPE's core offerings are programmatic rather than productized: an Annual Meeting & Expo rotating across U.S. cities, the ASPE-euspen Summer Topical Meeting on Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing (co-organized with its European sister society euspen since 2017 and alternating between U.S. and European venues), the Precision Engineering Journal, an annual Student Challenge competition, tutorials and short courses, an awards and College of Fellows program, scholarships, and an employment resource board. Go-to-market is direct and self-serve via the aspe.net website and conference registration portals. The sustaining corporate member roster — including ASML, Aerotech, Corning, KLA, PI, Precitech, Zygo, and Lion Precision — anchors the sponsorship and event ecosystem alongside academic partners (UNC Charlotte, UT Austin, Colorado School of Mines, University of Huddersfield, University of Tennessee) and government partners (NIST, Oak Ridge National Laboratory). Leadership is volunteer-governed by a Board of Directors, with current President Alex Sohn and Immediate Past President Robert Panas, supported by a lean professional staff of fewer than ten.

Name

American Society For Precision Engineering

Legal name

American Society for Precision Engineering

Website

https://aspe.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) is a nonprofit professional society, founded in 1983 and based in Charlotte, NC, that advances precision engineering through annual conferences, the peer-reviewed Precision Engineering Journal (Elsevier), tutorials, student competitions, scholarships, and multi-tier individual and corporate memberships.

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Professional Engineering Society

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

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Awarding Organizations & Credentialing Bodies (Certificates/Diplomas) (EDADAFAC)

Keywords

• Precision engineering society
• Professional membership association
• Engineering conferences
• Metrology research
• Scientific publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

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Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ASPE is a nonprofit professional society that advances the science and art of precision engineering by delivering membership programs, an annual meeting and expo, topical conferences (co-organized with euspen), the peer-reviewed Precision Engineering Journal, awards, student scholarships, and employment resources. It connects leading corporations, government laboratories, and universities through networking, tutorials, and educational programs.

Product overview

The American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) is a professional membership society, not a product company. ASPE functions as a membership organization that provides a portfolio of services to advance precision engineering: Annual Meetings & Expos featuring technical sessions, tutorials, exhibitions, and student competitions; the ASPE-euspen Summer Topical Meeting on Additive Manufacturing precision; the Precision Engineering Journal (published with Elsevier); Student Challenge Competitions; and educational tutorials. ASPE offers multi-tier membership programs (Individual with Sustaining/Regular/Student tiers; Corporate with Corporate/Sustaining Corporate/Innovator tiers) providing networking, conference discounts, journal access, and employment resources. The society also administers awards (Legacy, Lifetime Achievement, Distinguished Service, College of Fellows, Early Career), student scholarships, and maintains a recommended readings resource. The organization does not develop or sell commercial software, hardware, or SaaS products.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Meeting & Expo

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• euspenflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026ASPE's sister society, euspen, co-organizes the annual 'Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing' topical meeting. The partnership began in 2017 when euspen joined as co-organizer. The meeting alternates annually between the U.S. and Europe.
• UNC CharlottecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the 2026 ASPE-euspen Summer Topical Meeting. Home to the Center for Precision Metrology and a long-standing reputation of excellence in manufacturing and metrology research.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIST staff serve on organizing committees and chair sessions at ASPE meetings. Multiple NIST researchers contribute to technical programs, including Jason C. Fox as Meeting Co-Chair for the 2026 Annual Meeting.
• University of HuddersfieldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner participating in organizing committees. Liam Blunt from University of Huddersfield serves as Meeting Co-Chair for the 2026 Additive Manufacturing meeting.
• University of Texas at AustincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichael A. Cullinan serves as Chairman of the ASPE Micro/Nano Committee and contributes to organizing committees for topical meetings.
• Colorado School of MinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessor Joy Gockel hosted the 2024 ASPE-euspen Summer Topical Meeting at Colorado School of Mines and serves on organizing committees.
• Oak Ridge National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerORNL contributes to organizing committees and hosts technical tours for ASPE conferences, including tours of the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility.
• University of TennesseecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBradley Jared from UT Knoxville serves on organizing committees and hosts technical tours. Professor Tony Schmitz contributes to technical programs.
• NASCARminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASCAR R&D Center in Concord, NC offers technical tours during ASPE conferences, showcasing rapid prototyping facilities and metrology systems.
• ElseviercoreOthersElsevier publishes the Precision Engineering Journal, the foremost international journal devoted to ultra-high precision engineering and metrology.
• AerotechflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member. Stephen J. Ludwick from Aerotech serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Engineering Journal. Aerotech sponsors conferences and events.
• CorningflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member. Posts job openings through ASPE Employment Resources. Chunjie Steve Fan from Corning listed as sustaining member.
• ZygoflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member. Vivek G. Badami from Zygo Corporation listed as sustaining member.
• ASMLflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member. Ken Bogursky and Alper Dumanli from ASML listed as sustaining members.
• KLAflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member. Eric Marsh, former Penn State professor, now employed at KLA.
• PI (Physik Instrumente)flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member. Douglas Bittner from PI listed as sustaining member.
• PrecitechflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member.
• Lion PrecisionflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSustaining Corporate Member. Sponsored 2022 Student Challenge at Platinum level.

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Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Join_ASPE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aspe-american-society-for-precision-engineering

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Profiles2 records

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