美国芝加哥国际制造技术展览会（IMTS - International Manufacturing Technology Show）是美国及北美机械制造领域规模最大、历史最悠久的国际性专业展会，该展由美国制造技术业协会（AMT）主办，首届在1927年举行，活动举行近百年。该展两年一届，在芝加哥麦考密克广场展览中心举行。在上一届展会上就已开始预订下一届展会，IMTS的参展效果及吸引力超呼想象，主办方隔年在加拿大举行此品牌子展加拿大国际制造技术展览会（CMTS）。
IMTS展是国际制造技术展是世界上著名的工业行业展览和贸易展览会之一，拥有超过2000家参展商和约十万名参观者规模。该活动双数年9 月在芝加哥的 McCormick Place 举行。为了帮助将与会者快速轻松地引导至展位，我们在展馆中组织针对特定行业、技术和解决方案的展品。这就像节目中的九场演出。
IMTS是制造技术的创造者、建造者、销售者和驱动者来连接和获得灵感的单一平台。来自全球的行业专业人士将参观 IMTS，发现数字化和传统制造的最新创新，体验 15,000 多种新的加工技术，并寻找有助于解决制造挑战和提高效率的工艺。
IMTS展观众涉及的行业与部门：航天，农业，可替代能源，汽车，商业及工业机械，施工，咨询/工程研发服务，电子/计算机，金属制品业/冲压，食品加工，政府/国防，医疗/手术，矿业，石油与天然气化工，制药，塑料，运输，公用事业。
IMTS展参企业来自：磨料加工； 增材制造设备； 控制和机器组件； 切割工具； 电火花设备和供应商； 环保设备和系统； 制造设备； 特性测试； 齿轮发电设备； 激光和水刀系统和设备。
展品范围(Show Products):
先进制造：胶粘剂、环氧树脂、灌封胶，自动化制造和装配，条码技术，复合材料制造，控制系统，设计、CAD / CAM软件，尺寸测量，电器及电子元件及系统，先进材料，符合人体工程学的产品，ERP / PLM软件，检验与测试，仪器仪表，激光与激光系统，直线运动系统，打标系统，材料处理系统，显微镜，运动控制设备，模具制造，品质管制，机器人系统，机器视觉系统，工厂工程和维护，金融及租赁服务，柔性制造系统，精益生产；
快速 - 3D打印/添加剂制造：3D扫描仪，3D实体建模，3D打印/添加剂制造，铸件，数字化制造，原型，逆向工程，扫描仪和扫描；
机床制造：数控编程软件，复合材料制造，冷却液和润滑剂，切割工具及配件，去毛刺和窗洞，钻孔攻牙机，EDM，磨床，加工中心，铣床和镗床，度量衡学，金属供应商，微制造，螺纹加工，车床车床及车削中心，工件夹持系统和设备；
金属加工：除尘器，紧固和加盟，整理和涂料，气体及气体设备，金属成型及加工设备，NDT，锯切和切割机关闭，水射流切割，焊接。
展会报告(Show Reports):
McLean, Va. (September 19, 2024) — Digital transformation and high-productivity solutions empowered the manufacturing community at IMTS 2024 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show. Manufacturing products were demonstrated in the context of integrated, automated, and connected turnkey solutions. Tech giants demonstrated software, AI, machine learning, and cloud-based applications, while manufacturing leaders and small innovators showcased solutions to improve workforce productivity and lower costs.
Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT, welcomed visitors to IMTS 2024, saying, “You’re the backbone of the economy in the United States, and IMTS is the place where the very best manufacturers connect with the very best technology.”
Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT, welcomed visitors to IMTS 2024, saying, “You’re the backbone of the economy in the United States, and IMTS is the place where the very best manufacturers connect with the very best technology.”
IMTS 2024 ran Sept. 9-14 in Chicago. It featured 1,737 exhibitors, a record of more than 40 million pounds of machinery, 1,226,523 square feet of show space, and 89,020 registrants, including 14,713 at the Smartforce Student Summit. The IMTS 2024 Conference attracted 53% more registrants. There were 170,000 organic impressions on posts from the IMTS official channels (#WEAREIMTS) and hundreds of thousands more impressions for all IMTS posts.
“IMTS 2024 will accelerate the adoption of advanced technology in ways visitors could not have imagined before the show,” said Peter R. Eelman, chief experience officer, AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, which owns and produces IMTS. “A sense of new possibilities generated an enthusiasm felt throughout the show.”
Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT, said: “Exhibitors fine-tuned their demonstrations, packaging their solutions in the way people want to consume it. Rather than featuring a product, exhibitors showed how they solved problems with systems. That’s the genius that excited visitors.”
“This has been our best IMTS for quality engagements,” said Tom Sheridan, president of Royal Products and incoming chair of the IMTS Show Committee. “The show was front-loaded with tremendous interest for our six new products; then, a number of people came back two or three times with different members of their team to try out products such as our new Royal MTC multi-tasking chuck.”
“IMTS 2024 exceeded expectations once again, despite some economic headwinds,” said Daniel Janka, president of Mazak and chairman of AMT’s board of directors. “Manufacturers of all sizes, representing all vertical industries, came to Chicago looking for new technology and manufacturing solutions enabling greater productivity, automation, and profitability. IMTS 2024 did not disappoint. Mazak’s focus for IMTS 2024 was to help manufacturers ‘learn more, do more, and make more.’ We certainly surpassed our goals for this great event.”
