Impressive ROI

IMTS Provides You With Qualified Prospects And An Impressive ROI.

With just this one show, you get two to three times the exposure and more days to exhibit than any other trade show. Plus, IMTS 2008 lets you reach the prime audience you want:

• Manufacturing owners, managers, and engineers from around the world.
• Representatives from huge, multinational corporations, small job shops, and everything in between.
• Attendees looking for solutions to their manufacturing, technology, equipment, warehousing, and distribution needs.
• Decision-makers who come to IMTS as their ultimate source for what's new, next, and necessary in technology and manufacturing.

Enjoy Greater ROI At A Lower Cost.

Trade shows provide you with more contacts than field sales calls.
For every $1,000 you invest in a trade show, you'll get 6.2 contacts on average. The same investment in field sales calls gains you just 3.6 contacts.

Each contact costs you less money.
IMTS 2006 costs just an average of $162, including exhibit space, construction and storage, staff compensation, travel, and entertainment. The average field sales contact costs $277, including compensation, travel, entertainment, and materials. That's 71% more than show contacts!
Source: The Center for Exhibit Industry Research (CEIR)

Talk To People Who Are Ready And Have The Authority To Buy. In the past, buyers at IMTS purchased hundreds of millions of dollars of machinery and equipment during the show. Tens of thousands of buyers will attend IMTS 2008, shopping the more than 1.1 million square feet of exhibit space. Attendance Source: The IMTS Registration Database

Buying Authority of IMTS 2006 Attendees » Final Decision - 23% » Justify - 29.4% » Decision with Others - 39%