The MoldMaking Technology booth and Tech Talk area at Amerimold during the 30 Under 30 happy hour.
The Amerimold Expo, held September 21-23 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, announced its official attendance numbers and participant demographics today. Despite the ongoing pandemic, these numbers indicate only a small dip from the previous live Amerimold, demonstrating confidence in the strong mold manufacturing and plastics markets. This year, Amerimold co-located with two industry-focused conferences: the Extrusion Conference and the Molding Conference. Both groups of attendees had complete access to the Amerimold show floor.
Total Registration (Amerimold, Extrusion, and Molding Conferences): 2,325
Amerimold Exhibiting Companies: 144
Allison Kline Miller, Chief Events Officer for Gardner Business Media, stated, “Amerimold is a cornerstone of the Gardner Business Media lineup of events, so having such a strong showing in a difficult year is a massive success for the mold manufacturing industry. We were thrilled to have so many mold manufacturing community members in attendance, ready to do the business of moldmaking directly on our show floor.”
“More than 2,300 attendees attended Amerimold 2021 and our co-located conferences over the course of our first three-day schedule in the show’s history,” continued Miller. “We saw mold manufacturing professionals from across the country join us to observe our free series of Tech Talks, observe live machine demonstrations on the show floor, and attend many of the half-dozen networking events on the show floor and around the venues of Rosemont.”
“We heard amazing feedback all week from our exhibitors about the quality of their leads and the powerful conversations they had on our show floor. That’s the kind of thing you love to hear about your events,” said Miller.
“First and foremost, Amerimold gives a phenomenal opportunity to increase brand awareness and gain traction within our industry,” said Colby Coombs, CFO of Westminster Tool. “During the 2021 show, we had outstanding foot traffic due to the Leadtime Leader award and the announcement of our partnership with our 3D printing technology partner, Mantle. On top of leads, Amerimold allowed me to reconnect with suppliers and networking opportunities to strengthen our supply chain and find strategic partners in the mold building industry.”
Paul Britton, President of International Mold Steel, said, “We had close to 50 quality people stop by our booth. A few of these should turn into good customers. That is the reason for us being at Amerimold. Success in business depends largely on relationship building. Meeting new people, visiting with customers you have not seen in a while. These are the 2 biggest factors for building future success as a business.”
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The Amerimold trade show floor features exhibitors displaying products used for designing, building, maintaining, repairing and processing molds. Products on display include: machine tools, cutting tools, CAD/CAM, 3D printers, mold components, hot runners, mold materials and mold/die/tool services.
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