For the past two days, North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event has been currently going on at the North and South Halls of McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. This is a HUGE deal for companies like our Jorgenson Machine Tools/JMT USA who supply manufacturers across the world with the big toys they need to make the cool stuff they do…
Just how big is this event? The event covered more than 550,000 net square feet with over 35,000 attendees and 1,500 exhibiting companies. Wow.
FabTech 2013
FabTech provides a convenient 'one stop shop' venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.
The event covered everything from arc welding and bending & forming to lasers, material handling, robotics, and stamping. If you do anything related to metal fabrication, this was THE event to be at.