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H an nover M esse: IMT s 2010 I Deutsche Messe to bring Industrial Automation show to IMTS in 2012 Industrial Automation North America will debut September 10–15, 2012, alongside the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago. nternational trade show promoter Douglas Woods. “What we’ve been doing Deutsche Messe will bring its successful with IMTS – with co-locating the Midwest Industrial Automation show to the United CleanTech show here, with the Emerging States in 2012 as part of the InternaTechnology Center, with the Student Center tional Manufacturing Technology Show in – we’re doing what we can to make this the Chicago. The partnership between Deutsche main event for manufacturing.” Messe and IMTS will create the largest “We want to make this a North American North American manufacturing trade show event,” said Wolfgang Lenarz, senior VP of and will create what was described as “an global affairs for Deutsche Messe. “We see all-encompassing one-stop shop” for manuthis as an international show, as a show facturing technology and innovation. that can bring European manufacturers Deutsche Messe already promotes Industo the U.S., but also from China and from trial Automation trade other parts of the world.” “Chicago is a real hub for events in China, India, “Chicago is a real hub Russia and the Middle for industry,” said Lenarz. industry. Combined with East, as well as at Han“Combined with IMTS, IMTS, this will be the place nover Messe, the leading this will be the place to European manufacturing be for industry. We will trade event. The combination of industrial do this in close cooperation.” automation, machine tools and manufactur“We are confident that this expanded ing technology at the biennial event in Chi‘two-in-one format’ will attract more excago will continue the path the Association hibiting companies and visitors and bolster for Manufacturing Technology has pursued recognition of IMTS and Industrial Automawith recent partnerships. tion North America as the continent’s lead“There are a lot of opinions about what ing destination for manufacturing technolwill satisfy the customer needs in the ogy,” said Dr. Andreas Gruchow, Member of manufacturing area,” said AMT president the Board at Deutsche Messe. Getting the manufacturing world together One solution to the issue of global competitiveness facing American manufacturers might be to get out in the world and compete. That’s the view of key members of Deutsche Messe, the German trade organization which has partnered with IMTS to put on its first North American trade show in 2012. The Deutsche Messe/IMTS partnership was announced at the 2010 IMTS Show in Chicago. In an exclusive interviw, CFE Media content manager Bob Vavra discussed the partnership with key Deutsche Messe officials in a wide-ranging exclusive interview that also included a look at the growth of manufacturing in Asia and Brazil and the optimism surrounding global manufacturing coming out of the recession. One point was clear from the experts: getting into the global marketplace is the surest http://www.deutschemesse.de http://www.imts.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Global Plant Engineering - October 2010

Global Plant Engineering - October 2010
Contents
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Global Views
Hannover Messe Report
Asia Report
Americas Report
Winning the Race Against Equipment Failure
Take 8 Steps to Debug Process Control System
Optimize the Enterprise: Measurement, Empowerment, and Control are the Essential Ingredients
Air Apparent: Compressed Air Audits Let You Find the Leaks in Your System
The Promise of the Smart Grid: A Flexible, Dynamic Energy Management System
Europe Report

Global Plant Engineering - October 2010