The largest manufacturing trade show in the Western Hemisphere is coming to Chicago September 14 through 19, and this bonus episode is your preview of IMTS 2026.
Chris shares what he’s most excited about: Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s daily drone production and flight demo, the new Industrial AI Arena, the IMTS Investor Summit, and a 10-year anniversary episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour with Jake Hall on the Main Stage. Then, we head to 2025's “halfway to IMTS” party at Rockwell Beer Co. in St. Louis, where Mary Cecile "MC" Neville of AMT explains what makes IMTS manufacturing’s biggest community get-together and what’s new on the show floor. Brandon Wegge also joins to introduce AMICSTL, a new nonprofit Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center being built in North St. Louis to bring the latest technology and workforce development to the region’s small and medium manufacturers.
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