Design & Manufacturing Midwest returns in 2012 to McCormick Place in Chicago
Design & Manufacturing Midwest is the premier event for advanced design and manufacturing professionals. U.S. manufacturing production, technology development, and innovation leads the world and is responsible for more than 70 percent of private sector R&D funding. To help facilitate this growth and development, Design & Manufacturing Midwest features leading suppliers of the software, raw materials, manufacturing equipment, components, subassemblies, and contract services used to design and produce finished OEM products and components.
Top attendee sectors include machinery (industrial, commercial, and agriculture), medical equipment and devices, automotive and transportation, electronics, and more. The show attracts thousands of design engineers, manufacturing and production engineers and managers, and senior executives who arrive at the exhibition with projects in-hand seeking solutions and new suppliers.
Show features include:
- Contract Manufacturing Expo–Presenting leading providers of contract R&D services, custom molding, custom CNC metals processing, specialty electronic contract manufacturing, and full-service, turnkey contract manufacturing.
- CAD/CAM/RP–This feature presents leading design and manufacturing software providers along with the top rapid prototyping machinery and contract services providers.
- Enterprise Technologies/IT–This key feature showcases the leading providers of software for analytical and business intelligence applications, CRM, procurement, project management, supply chain management, human capital management, financial management, and governance/risk/compliance management.
Be a part of the resurging Midwestern advanced manufacturing market—4,100 attending companies will conduct 41,800* project development meetings with 850 exhibitors
*Based on 2010 CompuSystems verified lead counts
Co-located with:

Historic reforms make McCormick Place the most exhibitor-friendly center in the U.S. with advantages including:
- Floor plan configuration facilitates maximum crossover opportunities
- Central location generates increased attendance
- Exhibitors may perform work in their booth and can load/unload materials directly from own vehicles
- Reduced material handling and electrical costs
- Free Wi-Fi available throughout venue
| Please contact the sales person in your area for more information and to reserve your booth space: | |
| Northeast/Midwest Barbara Short (310) 996-9420 Barbara.Short@ubm.com |
Southeast/Mid-Atlantic/West/North Central Ben Post (203) 601-3748 Ben.Post@ubm.com |



