Find out how conceptualization, materialization , and utilization extend the meaning of manufacturing and help unleash the power of digital technology.

Are digital manufacturing technologies revolutionary or a series of innovative steps toward lean manufacturing? Longtime manufacturer Dave Burns explores the industry’s advances as the logical result of creating maximum output with the least possible resources. 

Even though the Miles for Manufacturing (M4M) 5K Run/Walk, scheduled for April 2 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., was cancelled, its sponsors insisted their donations still be used for programs that prepare students for careers in manufacturing technology. Since its inception at IMTS 2014, M4M has raised nearly $97,000 for students in the MT space.

The world’s only free, open standard for discrete manufacturing, MTConnect now includes data items and information for additive manufacturing, robotic machine tending, and more. MTConnect fosters interoperability between equipment, devices, and software to reduce the cost and complexity of systems integration for your digital transformation journey.

Katie Carey is one of the great puzzle masters who helps more than 2,000 companies exhibit at IMTS. Whether she’s managing booth applications, answering exhibitors’ questions, crafting an email with just the right information, or posting pictures of her unusually social cat Boris, Katie enjoys connecting with the people of IMTS.