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IMTS 2022
SHOW HOURS
Building
East East North North South West
Level
Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 3 Level 3 Level 3
Hours
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
10 a.m.-6 p.m. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
FEATURE
From September 12 to 17, 2022, Chicago’s McCormick Place will host IMTS, the Western Hemisphere’s largest, longest-running industry trade show. Why attend? Technology—90 percent of IMTS visitors say they find new products or ideas. Inspiration—
88 percent say they find new solutions. And Community—93 percent say they accomplished their goals attending IMTS. BY BRAD F. KUVIN, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
IMTS—The International Manufactur- ing Technology Show, the largest and longest-running industry trade show in the Western Hemisphere, runs every other year at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. This year’s edition, September 12-17, will host thousands of the creators, builders, sellers and drivers of manufac- turing technology, all looking to connect
and find inspiration.
Industry professionals from
around the world will head to
Chicago during that week to dis-
cover the latest innovations in
digital and traditional manufac-
turing, experience more than
15,000 new machining technolo-
gies, and find processes that will help solve their manufacturing challenges and improve efficiency.
IMTS, produced by AMT–The Associ- ation For Manufacturing Technology, has a rich history dating back 95 years when, in September of 1927 the first National Machine Tool Builders’ Exposition was held in Cleveland, OH. The show occupied 63,000 sq. ft. and attendance topped 12,000. Said its organizers at the time: “The show brought vividly to your cus- tomers the importance of an industry that could show 428 operating machines, rang- ing in size from milling machines weigh- ing 100,000 lb. down to small portable machines like electric drills.”
Just 2 yr. later, attendance nearly dou- bled for the second National Machine Tool Builders’ Exposition, also held in Cleveland and attracting a record-break- ing attendance of more than 25,000 engi- neers, executives and others form the manufacturing industry. Since then, the show has continued to blossom.
Jump ahead to 2018, when the Inter- national Manufacturing Technology Show set all-time records for metrics. Notable growth areas that year included an
expanded Additive Manufacturing Pavil- ion that featured 51 exhibitors and covered 31,550 sq. ft.; a strengthening partnership with Hannover Messe USA and its four co-located shows; and an expanded Smartforce Student Summit that drew 7000 more visitors than the previous IMTS in 2016. The 32nd edition of the show, it drew a record registration of 129,415 peo- ple and featured 1,424,232 sq. ft. of exhibit space representing 2123 booths and 2563 exhibiting companies.
Regardless of your particular interests, you'll find a pavilion at IMTS that fits the bill. Among the technology-focused pavil- ions dotting the show floor:
Additive Manufacturing— West Building, Level 3
See the continued improvements in materials and processes for additive man- ufacturing (AM), including powder-bed fusion, binder jetting, material extrusion and directed energy deposition.
Abrasive Machining/Sawing/ Finishing—North Building, Level 3
For applications that require high tol- erance and precision surface finish, this
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