McLean, Va. (September 11, 2024) — Registration has now opened for Formnext Chicago, the North American edition of Formnext, the world’s premier additive manufacturing (AM) show. Formnext Chicago will be held April 8-10, 2025, at McCormick Place. The show is a venue for everything involved in AM, including material providers, additive equipment, postprocessing solutions, engineering, inspection, and software needs. It will help discrete part producers integrate AM solutions for metal, plastics, composite, and ceramic materials.
“If AM is to achieve its full potential in design, lead time, supply chain, and overall business efficiencies, it must be linked to the larger manufacturing technology industry,” says Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. “The face-to-face meetings and discovery of new solutions at Formnext Chicago will enable faster and wider industrial AM adoption, as well as spark new AM innovations.”
Formnext Chicago is a collaboration between industry leaders AMT (the producers of IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show), global trade leader Mesago Messe Frankfurt (the producer of the flagship show Formnext in Germany), and Gardner Business Media (North America’s leading media company serving business and manufacturing leaders).
“Mazak is excited to be a founding partner of Formnext Chicago, which will bring the best in additive technologies to Chicago in April 2025,” says Bridget Spears, marketing and communications manager at Mazak. At Formnext Chicago, Mazak will showcase the VC 500A/5X HWD hybrid multitasking machine, which incorporates joining hot wire deposition AM technology.
“Members of the tool and die industry should attend Formnext Chicago because we will show them how they can grow a casting in a matter of hours,” continues Spears. “With legacy technology, it could take six to 15 months to get a casting made and machined. The ability to accelerate product development, repair, and replacement times makes hybrid solutions a game-changer.”
Glynn Fletcher, president of EOS North America, says: “EOS has been engaged with both Formnext and AMT for many years. The combined strengths of these two organizations brings exceptional value to additive manufacturing. Formnext Chicago brings together the best of both organizations to stimulate peer-to-peer engagement and further AM as a production solution.”
The Next Logical Market
North America is the biggest market for AM equipment and products in the world, and the manufacturing industry holds vast, untapped potential. Chicago is a logical choice for Formnext in the United States because it is the epicenter of U.S. manufacturing. The Chicago-area has 11,968 manufacturing business establishments that employ 420,000 people and create $74.5 billion in manufacturing output.
“Formnext has been an incredible show in Europe. I think partnering with Formnext is one of the best decisions that AMT has ever made, and it just puts Formnext Chicago head and shoulders above other shows,” says John “Jay” Rogers, CEO of Haddy, the world’s first fully digital furniture company powered by revolutionary 3D printing technology.
Scott Dennis, the CEO of 3DEO, also notes the strength of Formnext in Germany: “It's a massive show convening people who are actually using AM technology. Bringing that to the United States can help create a new additive manufacturing/manufacturing technology meeting place. Formnext Chicago is where U.S. companies can find partners to increase AM adoption in production applications.” 3DEO will feature its Intelligent Layering metal AM process at Formnext Chicago.
Melanie Lang, co-founder and CEO of FormAlloy Technologies, notes that Formnext Chicago’s connection to IMTS benefits the manufacturing community, where users demand repeatable, reliable, and profitable performance from their technology investments.
“We exhibit at IMTS and at Formnext Chicago because it helps engage with a targeted audience that wants an additive-focused resource for high-quality manufacturing solutions,” she says. “Visitors to Formnext Chicago can engage with us to see how our directed energy deposition (DED) systems and services and FormAlloy’s DEDSmart technology provide greater manufacturing flexibility and repair efficiency.”
Complimentary registration is available for people attending IMTS 2024 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Stop by the Formnext Stage (West Building, booth #4433010) to register.
Exhibitors with Formnext Chicago meet with the event’s organizers on the Formnext Stage at IMTS 2024. Pictured left to right are Peter Zelinski, editor-in-chief at Additive Manufacturing Media; Travis Egan, chief revenue officer at AMT; Rebecca Dake, P3D Software – head of product and partner manager at HP; Dan Janka, president at Mazak Corp.; and Sascha Wenzler, vice president at Mesago Messe Frankfurt Gmbh.
About Formnext
Formnext is the leading trade fair for Additive Manufacturing and the next generation of intelligent manufacturing solutions. It focuses on the efficient realization of parts and products, from their design to serial production. Formnext shows the future of innovative manufacturing. Formnext is organized by Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH. Formnext 2024 will run November 19 – 22, 2024, in Frankfurt, Germany. (formnext.com)
About Formnext Chicago
Formnext Chicago creates one event in the United States dedicated to all aspects for additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing. Formnext Chicago will be the North American gathering place for the next generation of industrial production. Formnext Chicago will run April 8 – 10, 2025, at McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill. (formnextchicago.com)
About Mesago Messe Frankfurt
Mesago, founded in 1982 and located in Stuttgart, specializes in exhibitions and conferences on various topics of technology. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt Group. Mesago operates internationally and is not tied to a specific venue. With 160 members of staff Mesago organizes events for the benefit of more than 3,300 exhibitors and over 110,000 trade visitors, conference delegates and speakers from all over the world. Numerous trade associations, publishing houses, scientific institutes and universities work with Mesago closely as advisers, co-organizers and partners. (mesago.com)
About Messe Frankfurt North America, Inc.
Messe Frankfurt North America, Inc. is a subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Messe Frankfurt North America, Inc. produces and manages 10 shows within the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including: The Clean Show, Texworld New York City, Apparel Sourcing New York City, Home Textiles Sourcing, Techtextil North America, Texprocess Americas, INA PAACE Automechanika Mexico City, Waste & Recycling Expo Canada, Festival of Motoring Atlanta, and Process Expo. For more information, please visit our website at www.us.messefrankfurt.com.
About AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology
AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology represents U.S.-based providers of manufacturing technology – the advanced machinery, devices, and digital equipment that U.S. manufacturing relies on to be productive, innovative, and competitive. Located in McLean, Virginia, near the nation’s capital, AMT acts as the industry’s voice to speed the pace of innovation, increase global competitiveness, and develop manufacturing’s advanced workforce of tomorrow. With extensive expertise in industry data and intelligence, as well as a full complement of international business operations, AMT offers its members an unparalleled level of support. AMT also produces IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, the premier manufacturing technology event in North America. AMTonline.org.
About IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show
IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show is where the creators, builders, sellers, and drivers of manufacturing technology come to connect and be inspired. Attendees discover advanced manufacturing solutions that include innovations in CNC machining, automation, robotics, additive, software, inspection, and transformative digital technologies that drive our future forward. Powered by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, IMTS is the largest manufacturing technology show and marketplace in the Western Hemisphere. With more than 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space, the show attracts visitors from more than 110 countries. IMTS 2022 had 86,307 registrants, featured 1,816 exhibiting companies, saw over 7,600 people attend educational events, and included a Student Summit that introduced the next generation to manufacturing. Be the change at IMTS 2024, Sept. 9-14, 2024. Inspiring the Extraordinary. IMTS.com.
About Gardner Business Media, Inc.
Gardner Business Media is the premier publisher and event producer for manufacturing in North America – providing unique, one-of-a-kind, relevant information of keen interest to the people who power plants, shops, and factories. With powerhouse media brands like Modern Machine Shop, Plastics Technology, Composites World and Additive Manufacturing Gardner has unprecedented reach into the North American manufacturing ecosystem (Gardnerweb.com).