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Mark your calendar and make plans to be in Chicago November 6-9 for FABTECH 2017.
FABTECH is the largest North American event dedicated to everything needed to turn sheet- metal into finished products. With more than 1700 exhibitors across 750,000 sq. ft., FABTECH 2017, at Chicago’s McCormick Place November 6-9, will offer tools to improve produc- tivity and increase profits to an expect- ed 50,000 attendees seeking solutions to metalforming, fabricating, welding and finishing challenges.
The event also provides educational sessions and expert-led presentations covering the latest trends and technol- ogy in the metalforming, fabricating, welding and finishing industries. For educational-conference details, see page 28.
The show will encompass four halls at McCormick Place, where attendees will find a variety of technology pavil- ions, including Forming & Fabricating, Tube & Pipe, METALFORM, Welding, and Finishing. And this year, recogniz- ing it as one of the fastest-growing technologies of the 21st century, FABTECH has added the 3D/Additive Manufacturing Pavilion (see sidebar).
Also new: FABTECH, in a joint ven- ture with Messe Düsseldorf, will show- case an expanded Tube & Pipe Pavilion to bring the latest technology from all over the world to meet the needs of users of tube-and-pipe profiles.
In addition, Jesse James of West Coast Choppers fame, and sculpture artist Albert Paley, will collaborate to fabricate two metal sculptures, with each artist starting one sculpture but finishing the other. The completed sculptures will be unveiled at FABTECH and displayed throughout the show. The project is being documented by WXXI, Rochester, NY’s PBS station, which will release a 60-min. documen- tary following FABTECH.
Much More Than the Show Floor
Attendees also can partake of numerous special events at FABTECH, including keynote presentations, expert panel discussions and a special FABTECH Industry Night.
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