Welcome IMTS Exhibitors

IMTS 2010 will be the 28th edition of the premier manufacturing technology show in North America. We look forward to making IMTS 2010 your most important marketing opportunity ever.

Latest Press Release

January 26, 2010 - SME and IMTS Unveil Plans for IMTS 2010 Emerging Technology Center

IMTS Insider - Volume 4

IMTS E-Kit forms going live on February 1
Your IMTS 2010 E-Kit is leaner and greener than ever before. Remember the 5+ lb. binder? In 2006, we converted to a CD; in 2008, the entire E-Kit was on a reusable memory stick. In 2010, it’s all online. Read the rest of the story and find out what else is happening in the January 13th IMTS Insider!

Ensure a Smoother Experience — Submit Your Target Form
To ensure the smoothest possible installation and dismantling of your equipment at IMTS 2010, GES Exposition Services must schedule appropriate personnel and equipment to do the job. But exhibitors need to help the process by submitting their target forms, which include machinery and display plans, by February 5. Click here for the forms.

Hotel Reservations

In order to receive the best rates available, it is highly recommended that you make your reservations within the block. The hotel block is the only place where you’ll find Early Bird rates and extended-stay rates. — Make your reservations today!

Webinars

New U.S. Customs and Border Regulations
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:00 am EST

As of January 26, 2010, the US Government has placed strict rules and penalties on any freight coming to the U.S. from other countries. Attend this webinar to learn how to comply with the new rules, and to avoid the heavy penalties that your company could be forced to pay.

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Booth Payment Online

New for IMTS 2010 — Make your booth payment online. Login to the E-Kit. and click "Booth Payment".

IMTS — Where Sales Are Made!

IMTS has a hard-earned reputation as a business generator. Nobody knows what the future will bring. But one thing is certain: IMTS will provide you with the highest concentration of buyers and decision makers in the metalworking industry. IMTS where solutions are sold — See all the reasons why you need to be at IMTS 2010! - (PDF)

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Industry What's Happening

Machine Tool News

Mori Could Open its First U.S. Plant

Chalk it up to the weakened U.S. dollar. Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. (Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) intends to begin construction of a machine-tool plant or plants in either Davis, Calif., or near Chicago as early as the spring of 2011, it was first reported in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) business daily on January 22.

Full story on the Metalworking Insiders' Report website.

U.S. Manufacturing Technology Consumption (USMTC) Report

Includes metal cutting and forming machine consumption by region in a continually revised 13-month table format perfect for tracking the aggregate trends in the machine tool market. This summary also includes a textual and graphical summary of the data featuring comments made by the presidents of AMT and AMTDA. The information is collected from machine tool builders and distributors and is reported in terms of units and U.S. dollars.

Read the current USMTC report on AMTonline.org.