AMT Announces IMTS 2024 Floor Plan

The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) has announced the floor plan for the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2024, which runs September 9-14, 2024, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

“To meet the needs of a robust manufacturing industry, IMTS 2024 will have even more exhibits that feature robotics, advanced motion systems, vision and imaging, data analytics, systems integration, software, artificial intelligence and connected technologies,” says Peter Eelman, chief experience officer at AMT, which owns and produces IMTS.

“The focus on IMTS 2024 remains intense because we need a strong manufacturing industry,” Eelman says. “As a result, the IMTS exhibition space rebooking rate is as high as it has ever been, outpacing even IMTS 2018 or the dot-com boom years. Prominent exhibitors are expanding their footprint, and companies that had paused their marketing plans have recommitted to IMTS 2024.” According to AMT, the show is on pace to exceed the 2022 show, which had 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space and more than 1,800 exhibiting companies.

Eelman emphasizes that IMTS has been organically growing as a digital technology destination. The show has included demonstrations featuring robots, cobots, vision systems, as well as other manufacturing processes such as additive manufacturing, CNC machining, metrology and part handling.

IMTS 2024 will mark the premier of the Automation Sector, powered by  Smart Production Solutions (SPS), which will be in the North Building. AMT collaborated with the Mesago Messe Frankfurt Group, producers of SPS, to create the Automation Sector. Located in the East Building will be the Quality Assurance Sector, the Software Sector, the Fabricating and Laser Sector and the Smartforce Student Summit.

“As more businesses integrate additive manufacturing into their operations, they will want to plan for more time in the Additive Manufacturing Sector, accelerated by Formnext, which is another new collaboration for AMT,” adds Eelman. “Additive manufacturing, automation and digital manufacturing are inherently intertwined, which is reflected in their growing prominence at IMTS 2024.”

Registration to attend IMTS 2024 will open this September. A limited amount of exhibit space remains for IMTS 2024. To learn more, visit IMTS.com/exhibitor.