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FABTECH Mexico 2017 Brought Best Innovation in Manufacturing to Monterrey, Mexico North American sales, American Welding About FABTECH Mexico Society. “Giving businesses and customers FABTECH Mexico along with the the opportunity to come together at one established AWS Weldmex, METALFORM place to learn, network, explore new Mexico and COATech is Latin America’s products and technology and make lasting largest collaboration of technology, connections is what has made this show the equipment and knowledge in the metal largest of its kind in forming, fabricating, welding and Latin America.” finishing industries. The event provides The annual show is a powerfully aligned hands-on, face-tocomprised of four face business growth experience, and is co-located shows, made possible by its five co-sponsors, FABTECH Mexico all of whom representing the varied and encompasses diverse makeup of the manufacturing metal forming and industry. They include SME, the fabricating as well American Welding Society (AWS), the as tube and pipe Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, technology, AWS International (FMA), the Precision Weldmex features Metalforming Association (PMA), and 1 welding technology, the Chemical Coaters Association METALFORM International (CCAI). Figure 1: The entrance of the FABTECH Mexico’s show. Mexico highlights For more information: metal forming www.mexico.fabtechexpo.com and tool and die technology 11,000 attendees and over 500 exhibitors and COATech focuses on during the three-day show (Fig. 1). finishing technology, where Spanning over 300,000 net square feet the ipcm’s booth was present of exhibit space, the fourteenth edition of (Fig. 2). It is sponsored FABTECH Mexico provided attendees the by SME, The Fabricators & opportunity to see live demonstrations, Manufacturers Association explore the latest manufacturing and welding (FMA), the American technologies, meet with industry experts and Welding Society (AWS), attend educational sessions. Educational the Precision Metalforming sessions covered technical topics such as Association (PMA) and the automation, cutting, forming and fabricating, Chemical Coaters Association lasers, lean management, software, finishing, International (CCAI). stamping and welding. The show rotates each year “Corporate executives and owners made 2 between Monterrey and Mexico up over 28% of the attendance and bought City. The next event will be held machinery and technology directly off the May 2-4, 2018 in Mexico City. show floor” said Joe Krall, managing director, Figure 2: The ipcm’s booth at the Coatech pavilion.
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ABTECH Mexico, the leading manufacturing event in Latin America for metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing industries, brought the latest innovations in manufacturing to Monterrey, Mexico on May 2 – 4, 2017 with close to
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