IMTS 2006 FACT SHEET
Fact Sheet
Name of Show: IMTS 2006
- International Manufacturing Technology Show
Show Sponsor: AMT-The
Association For Manufacturing Technology
Show Dates: September
6-13, 2006
Show Location:
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL USA
About the Event:
IMTS 2006 will be the 26th edition of the largest
manufacturing and technology show in North America. More than 1,200
exhibiting companies will occupy over 1,150,000 square feet of exhibit space at
the McCormick Place complex in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS is held every
even-numbered year in Chicago and attracts over 85,000 buyers and sellers from
80 countries.
Pavilions:
To help guide attendees to booths quickly and easily, we organize exhibits in
Pavilions that are geared toward specific industries, technologies and
solutions. Following is the list of Pavilions: Abrasive
Machining/Sawing/Finishing; Controls & CAD/CAM; EDM; Fluid Power; Gear
Generation; Machine Components/Cleaning/Environmental; Metal Cutting; Metal
Forming & Fabricating/Lasers; Quality Assurance; and Tooling and
Workholding Systems.
Attendees:
Manufacturing industry professionals from the United
States and from over 80 countries from around the world attend IMTS. They
attend to see more than 15,000 new machine tools, controls, computers,
software, components, systems and processes that can improve their efficiency. They
will also gain valuable ideas and insights from over 1200 of the worlds leading
equipment producers. They come to look and they come to buy.
Exhibitors:
Over 1200 exhibitors from the metalworking industry
will display their products and productivity solutions at McCormick Place in
Chicago covering over 1,150,000 square foot of show floor. Leading
manufacturers will display their equipment in the following product category
pavilions: Metal Cutting: Contains everything from machining centers and
assembly automation to Flexible Manufacturing Systems and lathes. Tooling &
Work holding Systems: Features jigs, fixtures, cutting tools of all types and
related accessories. Metal Forming & Fabricating/Laser: Home to all type of
presses as well as laser systems, coil and strip handling equipment, heat
treating and more.
Other pavilions at IMTS include Abrasive Machining /Sawing/Finishing;
Controls & CAD –CAM; EDM; Gear Generation; Machine Components/ Cleaning/
Environmental; Fluid Power and Quality Assurance.
Show Hours:
Lakeside Center 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
North & South Building: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Except Sunday, September 10, 2006 – hours for all buildings will be 10:00 am –
4:00 pm
Manufacturing Conference
The Societyof Manufacturing Engineers (SME), in
conjunction with AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, has
developed the most comprehensive educational conference in the manufacturing
community. Find out more about the Manufacturing Conference under the Conference
section.
Show Registration Fees
Register by 8/4/06 and the registration
fee is $25.00/person. After 8/4/06, the registration fee is $50.00/person. To
save money, take advantage of the special price given for groups. To qualify as
a group, you must have 5 or more people from the same company, and everyone
must register at the same time. Group registration is $15.00/person and ends
8/4/06. All registration is non-refundable.
Show Management
AMT - - The Association For Manufacturing Technology
7901 Westpark Drive
McLean, VA 22102-4206 USA