The Americas' Largest Manufacturing Show

The International Manufacturing Technology Show is one of the largest industrial trade shows in the world, with thousands of exhibitors and over ninety-one thousand visitors. The event is held every two years in September at McCormick Place, Chicago.

IMTS Fact Sheet

Find out all you need to know about IMTS in our Fact Sheet.

IMTS Pavilion Descriptions

To help guide attendees to booths quickly and easily, we organize exhibits in Pavilions that are geared toward specific industries, technologies and solutions. It's like nine shows within the show. Find out about IMTS Pavilions.

IMTS 2008 Manufacturing Business and Technology Forum

The Forum, "Where Technology and Business Connect," brings together experts from the industry to give you the most useful and up-to-date technical information available.

Sessions complement what you see on the exhibit floor
Gain insight into improving your production and operations
Learn from professionals with solutions to your manufacturing challenges
Network with peers
Leave better prepared to profit today and prepare for tomorrow

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The Forum's program is presented by:
ASPE - American Society for Precision Engineering
AMT - Association For Manufacturing Technology
CAR - Center for Automotive Research
NTMA - National Tooling & Machining Association
SME - Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Tooling U

Coming Attractions

Emerging Technology Center (ETC)
The ETC continues to showcase the newest research and development in technology and standards:

Experience demos and displays by universities, college research centers and national research laboratories

MTConnect is the Featured Technology - this important collaboration between manufacturing technology and computer science, is creating a new standard for accessing data easily . . . essential for increasing your productivity and efficiency.
Location: B-1000, North Building, Hall B, Lobby

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Innovation Center
IMTS featured an all new Innovation Center highlighting a relevant theme brought to life through thought-provoking presentations by industry experts each day during the six-days of the show. Watch the Innovation Center recordings in the IMTSTV archives. Look under "Innovation Center".
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Robot Combat - Back by popular demand...the fighting bots. Learn more

IMTSTV - Live from Chicago...returning mid-August 2008.
» Add IMTSTV to your myMap Agenda Booth F-2451
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Student Summit

This is a program to enrich student and educator attendance at IMTS and encourage career consideration in the metalworking industry. Participating exhibitors provide information about the industry. Click here for more information.

IMTS Store

The IMTS Store will return in 2010. Be sure to stop by and visit before you go home for all your take home gifts.

IMTS 2008/Chicago Web Site

Here's everything you wanted to know about Chicago, its restaurants, transportation, shopping, tours, museums, nightlife, weather, etc. The Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau's specially designed IMTS 2008 Chicago Web Site gives you all the exciting information you need while in the Windy City. Make sure to check out numerous special offers that are available to the IMTS 2008 conventioneers. View the most visited pages on IMTS 2008/Chicago Web Site.

Show Dates

September 13-18, 2010
September 10-15, 2012

IMTS History

Take a walk down memory lane highlighting 77 years of IMTS historical facts.