IMTS 2014 is the 30th edition of the premier manufacturing technology show in North America. 1,900 exhibiting companies will occupy 1,240,863 net square feet of exhibit space at the McCormick Place complex in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS is held every even-numbered year in Chicago and attracts more than 100,000 buyers and sellers from over 112 countries.
Attendees:
Manufacturing industry professionals from all over the world attend IMTS to see more than 15,000 new machine tools, controls, computers, software, components, systems and processes that can improve their efficiency. They gain valuable ideas and insights from over 1,900 exhibitors from the metalworking industry. They come to look and they come to buy.
Exhibitors:
Over 1,900 exhibitors from the metalworking industry will display their products and productivity solutions at McCormick Place in Chicago covering 1.2 million net square feet of show floor. Leading manufacturers will display their equipment in product category pavilions:
•Metal Cutting:contains everything from machining centers and assembly automation to flexible manufacturing systems and lathes.
•Tooling & Workholding Systems:features jigs, fixtures, cutting tools of all types and related accessories.
•Metal Forming & Fabricating/Laser Processes:home to waterjet, plasma-arc and laser systems, welding equipment, heat treating and more.
•Other pavilions at IMTS include Abrasive Machining /Sawing/Finishing; Controls & CAD ━CAM; EDM; Gear Generation; Industrial Automation North America; Machine Components/ Cleaning/ Environmental and Quality Assurance.
