What does the future hold for our world, our industries, and our communities? In the award-winning IMTS+ “The World of According To…” Original Series, we asked 12 visionary leaders from the U.S. manufacturing technology sector to share the one word that defines their outlook for the future. Their answers — ranging from "integrity" to "supersonic"— offer a fascinating glimpse into the ideas driving progress. By watching or reading their stories on IMTS+, you can tap into half a millennium of experience. Presented in alphabetical order, here is a kernel of wisdom from each leader. Click on the links provided for their full videos and stories. 1. Horn USA: Engineering + Collaboration = Opportunity“As companies bring manufacturing back to the States, they need to get tools quickly, and they need tools for newer, more advanced equipment. Everybody wants smaller batches, wants them quicker, and everything is more specialized.” See Story. — Michael Csizmar, chief marketing and sales officer, Horn USA 2. JTEKT: Embracing Change “We must embrace the change and look for what’s coming. The progress behind change is a very attractive thing.” See Story. — Michael Defer, president and CEO, JTEKT Machinery Americas 3. MSC Industrial Supply: Optimism and an Insatiable Desire for Excellence “If you’re not reinventing, you’re standing still, and if you’re standing still, you’re moving backwards.” See Story. — Erik Gershwind, CEO, MSC Industrial Supply 4. Haimer USA: A Promising Future “Automation doesn’t need to be this grand change of everything. In fact, I would highly recommend you don’t try to bite off more than you can chew.” See Story. —Brendt Holden, president, Haimer USA 5. Mazak Corp: Unstoppable Continuum “We started dabbling in AI about five years ago. We were able to develop a system of spindle monitoring whereby, within a range of plus or minus 10%, we can predict the life of the spindle and the area of the spindle that’s most susceptible to failure.” See Story. — Daniel Janka, president, Mazak Corp.; chairman of the board, AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. 6. Okuma America: Supersonic World “The speed of technology and the rate of change that we’re seeing in our market and our industries today is almost supersonic.” See Story. —Jim King, president and COO, Okuma America7. Siemens USA: Living in a 3D Digital World “Digitalization for the job shop means collecting data from machines and understanding what to do with that data to have an accurate machine and have more productivity out of that machine to reduce cycle time.” See Story. —Brian McMinn, Head of Machine Tool Systems, Siemens USA 8. AMT: The World According To Pat McGibbon “We’re seeing technologies that we talked about being front and center 20 years ago finally making it to the main stage. I think it’s a signal that we’re going through a period of disruption and change that we haven’t seen since the mid-eighties.” See Story. — Pat McGibbon, chief knowledge officer at AMT — The Association For Manufacturing Technology (retired) 9. SolidCAM: Integrity: Interdependent with Technology “CAD-CAM opened up a whole new world to me. I began to understand things that I never imagined about our industry, how things are done, and how customers work. It’s been a great growth path.” See Story. — Ken Merritt, chief operations officer, SolidCAM 10. Tsugami America: “Don’t Spare Change – Welcome it” “Every shop that I visit tells me that ‘I have the money to buy a machine tool…if you can find me an operator that’s going to be able to run it.’” See Story. — Michael Mugno, president, Tsugami America with “We offer lifelong learning and training. At any point in their career, people can come to us for training. If you have a new hire, a new promotion, or want to raise the skill of your people, approach us.” — Salay Quaranta, vice president of sales, Tsugami America 11. SMW Autoblok: Excited for 43 Years and Counting “In order to get people to adopt automation technology, we have to get a buy-in at the ground floor. If you don’t get the buy-in for the guy on the shop floor, it’s never going to work.” See Story. — Larry Robbins, president and CEO, SMW Autoblok Corp. 12. Marubeni Citizen-Cincom: Technology Meets Training “A big portion of what we do is training, ensuring people know how to run the machines and how to train machines.” See Story. — Brian Such, president and COO, Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Be Part of the Conversation That Shapes the Future Do you know a visionary leader whose ideas are transforming manufacturing technology? This is your chance to shine a spotlight on the trailblazers and innovators driving our industry's future. Nominate them to share their unique perspective in the next season of the award-winning IMTS+ original series, “The World According To…”. Explore IMTS+ Opportunities Today
What does the future hold for our world, our industries, and our communities? In the award-winning IMTS+ “The World of According To…” Original Series, we asked twelve visionary leaders from the U.S. manufacturing technology sector to share the one word that defines their outlook for the future. Their answers— ranging from "integrity" to "supersonic"—offer a fascinating glimpse into the ideas driving progress.