Organizers to launch metal fabrication trade show in Mexico.
Press Release Summary:
Organized by FMA and SME and scheduled for June 2-4, 2009 at CINTERMEX exhibition center in Monterrey, Mexico, FABTECH® Mexico will co-locate with established AWS Weldmex and METALFORM Mexico shows. Event will provide environment for companies to expand their reach into heart of Latin America's manufacturing community. It will connect buyers in this high-growth market with latest metal fabrication equipment, services, and technologically advanced products.
Original Press Release:
Show Organizers to Launch First Exposition Dedicated to Metal Fabrication in Monterrey, Mexico
Dearborn, MI, September 18, 2008 - The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Int'l (FMA) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), announced plans today to launch a new trade show, FABTECH® Mexico, to be held June 2-4, 2009 at the CINTERMEX exhibition center in Monterrey, Mexico. FABTECH Mexico will co-locate with the established AWS Weldmex (organized by the American Welding Society and Trade Show Consulting) and METALFORM Mexico (organized by the Precision Metalforming Association) shows. The joint event is expected to serve manufacturing professionals and practitioners throughout Mexico and Central America.
In conjunction with AWS Weldmex and METALFORM Mexico, FABTECH Mexico will provide the optimal environment for companies to expand their reach into the heart of Latin America's manufacturing community. Mexico is experiencing impressive growth, particularly in the automotive, assembly, heavy equipment, and aerospace industries. FABTECH Mexico will connect buyers in this high-growth market with the latest metal fabrication equipment, services and technologically advanced products they demand in order to be more productive.
"FMA is thrilled to partner with AWS, PMA and SME on an all-encompassing trade show in Mexico for the forming, fabricating, tube & pipe, and welding industries," stated Jerry Shankel, FMA president. "We fully anticipate this event will grow into Mexico's largest manufacturing exposition, with year-one projections of 300 exhibiting, 60,000 net sq ft, and 8,000 professional attendees."
Mark Tomlinson, executive director of SME added "The addition of FABTECH Mexico to AWS Weldmex and METALFORM Mexico, takes us one step closer to our overall strategic goal of offering a complete North American plan to our customers."
"The organizers of AWS Weldmex are extremely pleased to co-locate with FABTECH Mexico," said Ray Shook, AWS executive director. "We expect great success with this new alliance in the Latin American Market."
"Co-location of the new FABTECH Mexico exhibition with the well-established AWS Weldmex and PMA METALFORM Mexico events is an exciting development," said PMA president Bill Gaskin. "PMA looks forward to collaborating with our partner associations to serve the rapidly growing metalforming, fabricating and welding industries in Mexico."
FABTECH Mexico will feature a variety of bending and fabrication products, including laser and plasma cutting, coil processing, roll forming, plate and structural fabricating, saws and cut-off machines, tooling, press brakes, shears, punching, robotics, and tube and pipe equipment. AWS Weldmex focuses primarily on welding and cutting products, including thermal spray, metal finishing and safety equipment. Metalforming products, including tool and die, metal stamping, forming, and assembly equipment, will be on display at METALFORM Mexico.
Plans are underway to alternate the location of the combined annual event between Monterrey and Mexico City. Exhibitors are encouraged to use FABTECH Mexico as a platform to introduce their products and processes to a core audience of Mexico's metal fabricating professionals.
Show organizers are currently taking exhibit space reservations for the 2009 FABTECH Mexico show. For more information or to reserve your space, please call FMA at (800) 432-2832 ext. 271 or SME at (800) 733-3976 ext. 3126. For AWS Weldmex, call (800) 443-9353 ext.297, and for METALFORM Mexico call (800) 541-5336.
ABOUT FMA:
The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Int'l is a non-profit educational association dedicated exclusively to metal forming and fabricating professionals. FMA brings the metal forming and fabricating community together through networking sessions, educational programs, volunteer opportunities, and award programs and provides the tools and resources needed by companies to improve operations. Visit www.fmanet.org for more information.
ABOUT SME:
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (www.sme.org) is the world's leading professional society supporting manufacturing education. Through its member programs, publications, expositions and professional development resources, SME promotes an increased awareness of manufacturing engineering and helps keep manufacturing professionals up to date on leading trends and technologies. Headquartered in Michigan, SME influences more than half a million manufacturing practitioners and executives annually. The Society has members in more than 70 countries and is supported by a network of hundreds of technical communities and chapters worldwide.
ABOUT AWS:
The American Welding Society is the largest organization in the world dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied processes including joining, brazing, soldering, cutting, and thermal spray. AWS provides a variety of industry services, including welding certifications, educational programs, scholarships and workforce development through its Foundation and publications. Visit the Society's Web site at www.aws.org.
About PMA:
The Precision Metalforming Association (www.pma.org) is the full-service trade association representing the $91-billion metalforming industry of North America-the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating and other value-added processes. Its nearly 1200 member companies include metal stampers, fabricators, spinners, slide formers and roll formers as well as suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. Members are located in 30 countries, with the majority found in North America-in 41 states of the United States as well as Canada and Mexico.
