The IMTS fair is held at the famous McCormick Place exhibition area on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, in the Midwest region of the United States.

This is the largest IMTS fair of technology and manufacturing equipment in North America, held every two years, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors to visit, meet, connect, buy, sell, and exchange about the latest production technology in various fields

1. Panoramic view of the IMTS Fair entrance hall

IMTS Fair has over 8,000 booths of leading enterprises in the field of manufacturing and production technology in the United States and many famous brands from around the world are present.

The fair is divided into four main areas, including the East, West, South and North buildings with clearly separated subdivisions of four basic areas, which are the themes of the Fair such as: electronics industry and supporting industrial components; CAD/CAM, EDM, production management control equipment areas; production machinery and equipment area and engines; mechanical manufacturing area.

IMST Fair

On the sidelines of IMTS Fair, many extremely interesting activities took place such as series of seminars on the topic of production technology in the 4.0 Technology Revolution; digital transmission; global summit on manufacturing and automation; laser industry,…

The fair also offers a special workshop called “Job Shop” specifically for university students in the US who want to visit, learn about technology and intern as well as find jobs in the future.

IMST Fair

2. The Association for Manufacturing Technology warmly welcomed the Vietnamese business delegation

IMTS Fair is organized by The Association For Manufacturing Technology – AMT, an organization established in 1902 in Virginia.

The US delegation welcomed the Vietnamese delegation

The AMT is an organization that specializes in providing support for the business goals of manufacturing enterprises globally and is also involved in research and providing information and data.

Representative of VASI Executive Committee at IMTS

As a guest of this year’s IMTS Fair, the Vietnam Association for Supporting Industries (VASI), although a young association, newly established in 2017, brought to the fair a strong force of 26 people. Vietnam’s leading enterprise in the fields of mechanics, manufacturing, electronics, and automation.

Taking photos to exchange memories

Many connection activities between Vietnamese businesses and businesses attending the fair have taken place continuously, promising great potential for cooperation, exchange, buying and selling, and updating technology between Vietnamese and American businesses in the future.