Inkjet & Digital Printing

Advanced Manufacturing Event Moves to Schaumburg, IL

Thursday 03. July 2014 - UBM Canon trade event to bring thousands to Chicago area in October?

UBM Canon’s long-running Midwest manufacturing event will take place October 15-16, 2014, at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL. With four co-located trade shows, the event will bring thousands of exhibitors and attendees to the area. A slate of technology conferences will run in conjunction with the events, which include: ATX Midwest (formerly known as Assembly & Automation Technology Expo), Design & Manufacturing Midwest, MD&M Chicago (medical design & development), and PLASTEC Midwest.
The all-new conferences include a day-long 3D printing conference, which will present case studies, innovations in materials, and the economics of the use of this technology. A full day conference on Industrial M2M will investigate how this disruptive technology of machines communicating with one another is enabling greater flexibility, efficiency, and connectivity of information. It will also deal with how to tackle the challenges that arise, such as security.
In addition, there will be in depth two-hour sessions on robotics applications, design innovation and ideation, and lean manufacturing.
Medical device design professionals will also find additional educational opportunities at the MD&M Chicago conference, which will focus on specific issues and technical training for the medtech industry. New this year is a full day devoted to the “Connected Digital Health.”