IMTS 2026 Preview: Live Drone Production, the Industrial AI Arena, and More

Podcast: Manufacturing Happy Hour · Chris Luecke

Opublikowano: 2026-09-04

The largest manufacturing trade show in the Western Hemisphere is coming to Chicago September 14 through 19, and this bonus episode is your preview of IMTS 2026. Chris shares what he’s most excited about: Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s daily drone production and flight demo, the new Industrial AI Arena, the IMTS Investor Summit, and a 10-year anniversary episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour with Jake Hall on the Main Stage. Then, we head to 2025's “halfway to IMTS” party at Rockwell Beer Co. in St. Louis, where Mary Cecile "MC" Neville of AMT explains what makes IMTS manufacturing’s biggest co...