(IMTS: McLean, VA) -- The 29th edition of IMTS—The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 is on track to rank among the top five largest IMTS events. Scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2012, at Chicago’s McCormick Place, this year’s show will cover almost 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space with more than 1,800 exhibiting companies. 

IMTS show hours vary from building to building. The Lakeside Center (East) and West building hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m. daily; the North and South building hours are 10 a.m.–6 p.m. daily.

IMTS will host 85,000–90,000 manufacturing industry professionals from more than 119 countries. They attend to see more than 15,000 new machine tools, controls, computers, software, components, systems, and processes that can improve their efficiency. They also gain valuable ideas and insights from the world’s leading equipment producers. They come to learn, to look, to buy and to network.

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