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Program Sponsors AMT - THE ASSOCIATION FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY Founded in 1902 as the National Machine Tool Builders’ Association, AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology supports and promotes the U.S. manufacturing technology industry. The association supports U.S. builders of manufacturing machinery and associated equipment by providing research and information on market data, matching companies with potential customers, promoting emerging technical developments, facilitating global operations for member companies, and advocating for legislation and policy that furthers the industry. AMT’s members design, engineer, and produce equipment for automation, material removal, material forming, assembly, inspection and testing, communications and control, and more. Their businesses reflect the worldwide evolution in the technologies of the manufacturing process and signify their commitment to deliver and support the world’s leading manufacturing technologies. AMT owns and manages IMTS - The International Manufacturing Technology Show. This exhibition, held every even-numbered year in Chicago, is the largest industrial show in the Americas. Learn More About Member Benefits And How To Join AMT. AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology 8FTUQBSL %SJWF McLean, Virginia 22102-4206 AMTonline.org IMTS 2012 - THE INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY SHOW IMTS 2012 is the 29th edition of the premier manufacturing technology show in North America. More than 1,100 exhibiting companies will occupy 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space at the McCormick Place complex in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS is held every even-numbered year in Chicago and attracts more than 82,000 buyers and sellers from over 116 countries. Leading manufacturers will display their equipment in product category pavilions: t .FUBM $VUUJOH $POUBJOT FWFSZUIJOH GSPN NBDIJOJOH DFOUFST BOE Automated Manufacturing Systems to Flexible Manufacturing Systems and lathes. t 5PPMJOH 8PSLIPMEJOH 4ZTUFNT of all types and related accessories. t .FUBM 'PSNJOH 'FBUVSFT KJHT mYUVSFT DVUUJOH UPPMT 'BCSJDBUJOH -BTFS 1SPDFTTFT )PNF UP XBUFSKFU plasma-arc and laser systems, welding equipment, heat treating and more. t 0UIFS QBWJMJPOT BU *.54 JODMVEF "CSBTJWF .BDIJOJOH 4BXJOH 'JOJTIJOH $POUSPMT $"% $". &%. (FBS (FOFSBUJPO .BDIJOF $PNQPOFOUT $MFBOJOH &OWJSPONFOUBM; BOE 2VBMJUZ "TTVSBODF Manufacturing industry professionals from all over the world attend IMTS to see more than 15,000 new machine tools, controls, computers, software, components, systems and processes that can JNQSPWF UIFJS FGmDJFODZ 5IFZ HBJO WBMVBCMF JEFBT BOE JOTJHIUT GSPN over 1,100 of the world’s leading equipment producers. They come to look and they come to buy. IMTS - International Manufacturing Technology Show September 10-15, 2012 McCormick Place, Chicago, IL IMTS.com Produced by the Manufacturing Performance Institute with Modern Machine Shop magazine. August 2011 © Modern Machine Shop. All rights reserved. Cincinnati, OH 45244 USA No portion of this report may be reproduced in any form, by any means, without prior permission from Modern Machine Shop.