Exhibition: International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2018

Date: September 10-15, 2018 (Monday to Saturday)
Session: Every two years

Place: McCormick Place - Chicago, IL

Conference Introduction

As one of the four most significant machine tool exhibitions, IMTS is the highest and advanced technology of machine tools in the world, and SINOBASE machine will present IMTS 2018, welcome to meet you.

IMTS is hosted by American Mechanical Manufacturing Technology Association and will be held at Chicago McCormick convention center from September 10 to 15, 2018.

High influence: IMTS has become the largest national machinery manufacturing field and the oldest international professional exhibition, among the global famous exhibitions, which is the best platform for sale and display of advanced manufacturing technology and equipment recognized by worldwide. It is a barometer of world machinery manufacturing industry development, playing a decisive leadership in the metal processing and machinery manufacturing in the world.

The best platform for the industry: In 2018, IMTS will be held together with IAMD, Surface Technology, ComVac and Industrial Supply, which embodies a set of complete manufacturing technology solutions, and provides the best platform for the industry to develop America market.

Marketing Anlysis

As a highly developed capitalist country, the United States leads the world in political, economic, military, cultural and innovation strength. According to the U.S. department of commerce, U.S. imports and exports of goods totaled $355.98 billion in the January to November, 2017, up 6.7 percent from the same last year. Among this, the export goods reached $1410.31 billion, up 6.5% and import goods of $2142.67 billion, up 6.9 percent. The trade deficit is $732.36 billion, up 7.8 percent. In the January to November, bilateral imports and exports of goods between the United States and China are $577.82 billion, up 9.6 percent. Of these, US exports to China reached $116.70 billion, up 12.3 percent, accounting for 8.3 percent of total US exports, up 0.4 percentage points. U.S. imports from China rose 8.9% to $461.12 billion, accounting for 21.5% of total U.S. imports, up 0.4 percentage points.The US trade deficit IS $344.42 billion, up 7.9 percent. As of November, China is the United States' largest trading partner, third-largest export market and largest source of imports.

The US government attaches great importance to the machine tool industry. The US department of defense and other departments constantly put forward the development direction and research task of machine tool due to their military demands, and provide sufficient funds and collect world talents. They pay special attention to "efficiency" and "innovation" and pay attention to basic research. Because the first car, bearing production requirements, fully developed a large number of large quantities of automatic line for production automation, and electronic and computer technology in the world's leading, so the numerical control machine host a solid design, manufacturing and CNC system, and has always attached importance to scientific research and innovation, so the high performance CNC machine tool technology also has been leading in the world.

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　　Area：1,370,256m²

　　Exhibitors：2,407，from 107 coutries

　　Visitors：115,612