IMTS has previously covered essential steps to succession planning, but one alternative possibility is transitioning a company to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Find out how one CEO implemented an ESOP to spur innovation, collaboration, and growth to benefit the employees and their customers—all while doubling their sales in five years.

Despite some setbacks due to the COVID-19 health crisis, nine young men and women will finish their first academic year of Florida’s new Space Coast Consortium Apprenticeship Program. In two years they’ll finish debt-free with a technical degree, relevant work experience, and the promise of a full-time position.

No stranger to setbacks, Illinois manufacturing business owner Nicole Wolter has learned to embrace uncertainty by acting quickly, gathering facts, and relying on others. Here’s how she’s responded to her state’s recent stay-at-home order.

COVID-19 forced an intervention when fragile, over-extended supply chains broke and exposed our inability to domestically supply critical items, from N95 masks to circuit boards for ventilators. This article touches on the history of our industry and supply chain.

Since the first show in 1927, IMTS, under its former name - the National Machine Tool Builders’ Exposition, has had a history of reenergizing the advanced manufacturing industry after challenging times. Take a look back at some defining moments for the industry. IMTS is positioned once again to lead the industry out of a crisis.