IMTS History

Take a walk down memory lane highlighting 77 years of IMTS historical facts.

IMTS wants to hear your IMTS stories

So, what's your IMTS story? Have you or your company ever had anything go really right -- or really wrong -- at IMTS? We'd love to know about it and we'll use the best stories over the next months as we lead up to IMTS 2008. Remember that time the goats got loose in your booth, or the power failed, or ...? Send your stories to the IMTS Site Manager.

1927	The first National Machine Tool Builders' Exposition was held September 19 - 23, 1927.
1929	The second National Machine Tool Builders' Exposition, held in Cleveland from September 30 to October 4, 1929
IMTS Story	I'll never forget that show!
1947	Having held three successful machine tool shows in Cleveland (1927, 1929, 1935) ...
1955	Eight years after the first post World War II machine tool show was held at the Chicago Dodge Plant.
1960	With the computer revolution in its early stages, numerical control was a hot topic.
1965 & 1970	The 1965 and 1970 exhibitions marked the end of the so-called twin shows...
1972, 1974 & 1976	The 1972 International Machine Tool Show was marked by a number of firsts!
1978 - 1990	In 1978, the McCormick Place facility was expanded to include Donnelley Hall.
1992 - 1998	The 90s saw many changes in the ever-evolving IMTS ...
2000 - 2002	The new millennium ushered in many industry and world changes. IMTS ...
2004	By the fall of 2004 the five-year decline in manufacturing capital goods sales had reversed and recovery was underway.
2006	IMTS 2006 saw attendance surge to 91,985 as the recovery in manufactured capital goods continued to attract an educated attendee looking for the latest technology available.

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