ITALIAN TRADE AGENCY AT IMTS 2024

The International Manufacturing & Technology Show (IMTS) 2024 was the 35th edition of this premier manufacturing technology show in North America. Over 1,600 exhibiting companies occupied 1,3 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 this edition attracted more than 89,000 buyers and sellers from over 112 countries.

Being one of the world's leading shows for capital good technologies and machinery, this year Machines Italia a project of the Italian Trade Agency had representatives working to explore the show's opportunities in collaboration with Italy's UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE. The co-shared booth onsite at IMTS for the ITA and UCIMU was N-221005.

Traditionally Italy has 90+ companies exhibiting either directly from Italy or indirectly via their North American subsidiaries at the show. At IMTS, manufacturers traditionally display their equipment in product category pavilions: Metal Cutting: contains everything from machining centers and assembly automation to flexible manufacturing systems and lathes. Tooling & Work-holding Systems: features jigs, fixtures, cutting tools of all types, and related accessories. Metal Forming & Fabricating/Laser Processes: home to waterjet, plasma-arc and laser systems, welding equipment, heat treating, and more. Other pavilions at IMTS include Abrasive Machining /Sawing/Finishing; Controls & CAD-CAM; EDM; Gear Generation; Motion Drive and Automation North America; Machine Components/ Cleaning/ Environmental and Quality Assurance.