Hear from the leaders, visionaries, and innovators of IMTS the IMTS Community

Lee Marzilli

Marzilli Machining

What drives me is building something great. People want to come to work here, and they are excited to show up every day ...Building is fun, and it's a legacy we can leave to our children if it's something that they're interested in.

Jamie Marzilli

Marzilli Machining

Going to IMTS opens your mind up to what's possible, and then you can add those new solutions to your personal toolbox of capabilities.

Crystal Allen

Cutting Time

IMTS is worth shutting down the shop because I come home inspired. I'm ready to make more stuff. It's my personality to find the next thing to learn, and emerging technology is at the forefront of IMTS.

Jeff Tiedeken

Cutting Time

Getting stuck in one hall at McCormick Place is a classic rookie mistake. Walk every hall and sector. There are four buildings packed with incredible tools and people to meet. My brain hurts by the end, but it's worth it.

Jamie and Lee Marzilli

Marzilli Machining

You meet a lot of other machine shop owners and people that are similar to you, and you kind of bounce ideas off of each other and learn what they know and what you might not know.

Crystal Allen and Jeff Tiedeken

Cutting Time

IMTS brings so many different styles of skilled professionals all together, from sales to technicians, programmers, the best craftsmen in the world, engineering professions, and so much more. The cross-pollination of people is just so amazing to be around.

Chris Basgall

CEO,
Catamount Machine Works

I'm interested in exploring the new technologies available and establishing connections so that I can follow up afterward. I want to find out more about their products, understand how they work in our environment, and then make a purchasing decision.

Daisy Kelly

Co-owner,
Multi-Axis Technologies

I want to talk to as many people as I can at IMTS to understand their business and if we can partner together to build both our businesses. IMTS for me is about building relationships.

Onome Scott-Emuakpor

Founder,
Hyphen Innovations

IMTS is the best place to go not only because every vendor in every industry with regard to additive manufacturing is at IMTS, but also because all the tangent industries that support additive manufacturing are there.

Daisy Kelly & Jay Simpson

Multi-Axis Technologies

Start-up company Multi-Axis Technologies stands behind its high-quality products and services thanks to its top-notch equipment that provides precision machining, design for manufacturing, and CNC programming services.

Mike Griffith

President,
Major Tool & Machine

Mike Griffith has a vision to be the partner of choice when it comes to manufacturing solutions that are essential to the world. With only a handful of shops that do machining and fabrication for very large components, the right people who are dedicated to this work are essential.

Jim Hockey

Director of Business Development,
Incodema3D

IMTS is a complete manufacturing show ... The Additive Sector at IMTS is fantastic because it helps blend both the additive and the conventional processes together.

Brian Olson & Mitch Olson

Co-Owners,
Olson Custom Designs

When we go to IMTS, it's not just to look at the technology and the bright lights; it's looking at who is going to be our next partner, our next vendor. IMTS is a people event. You never know who you're going to run into.

Matt Gawlik

President,
3D Graphite & Machining

I have visited hundreds of shops. All the top shops take the time to go to IMTS to see what is possible.

Shri Muthu & Will Drewery

Co-Founders,
Diagon

IMTS is the innovation hub where the people who are not just dreaming about the future, but are building the future, come together to showcase their work.

Shri Muthu

Founder & CTO,
Diagon

First, I want to learn more about manufacturing because I have always been a software developer, I know very little. My second objective is to meet great people. The MFG Meeting was huge for me, and I look forward to making many more connections.

Will Drewery

Founder & CEO,
Diagon

I think the way that we build the strongest relationships is getting together without an agenda and actually getting to know each other. What are our goals? What is our vision for the future? Those are the best times that I have had at IMTS.

Nush Ahmed

Swiss-type Lathe Operator
Trend Performance

After graduating from the NASCAR Technical Institute, Nush Ahmed found a position as a Swiss-type lathe operator – turning her lifelong interest in cars into a career in manufacturing.

Olivia Memmelaar

Mechanical Engineering Student
Rochester Institute of Technology

Olivia Memmelaar pursued engineering after working on cars with her father when she was growing up. She considers herself lucky that she has two extended families – one at school (Rochester Institute of Technology) and one she grew up with at her father's company, Royal Master Grinders.

Jay Simpson

Co-owner
Multi-Axis Technologies

A career path in manufacturing has many doors, and Jay Simpson has opened every door. Now as co-owner of Multi-Axis Technologies, he has taken his combined 30 years of experience and put it to work for himself and his business partner.