Hanna’s analytical and scientific instruments help surface finishers deliver a quality product while increasing productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction. The company’s solutions help the production floor meet specifications, improve efficiency and achieve accurate testing through rugged, easy-to-use products and technical consultation. Thousands of surface finishers trust Hanna for better chemistry, from start to finish.  

As OEMs evaluate the capability and readiness of applicators to switch from decorative hexavalent to trivalent, Columbia Chemical’s TriCOL Reclaim holds the featured spot at Booth 319. This process has gained heavy interest worldwide, with installations in U.S, Canada, Italy, Mexico, India, and Asia. Cost savings of 40-60%, 60 hours CASS, High Chloride Corrosion at 300+ hours, 1000+ hours NSS, and L values in the 80’s are just a few of the performance data points surpassing the competition. This innovative PFAS free technology was developed to allow reclaim and recovery within a closed process cycle to address evolving regulatory concerns.

Columbia Chemical | columbiachemical.com | Booth #319

Leveraging 40-plus years of electroplating experience in automotive, electronics, aerospace and defense, and GMF plating, Jim Toth Solutions LLC can help a shop succeed. The company is experienced in all aspects of electroplating and metal finishing, including new process start-up, existing process improvements and troubleshooting, QMS auditing and improvement, and operator training. Whether a shop is considering installing a new line, upgrading an old one, considering purchasing some new high quality pumps and filters, or in need of operator training on processing, Jim Toth Solutions LLC can help get it done properly.    

Jim Toth Solutions LLC / Sager + Mack GmbH & Co. KG|Booth #227

Pyrpomet is a full service silver provider of silver anodes (all shapes and sizes) and silver cyanide salts, both silver cyanide and potassium silver cyanide.

The company, home of the famous High Surface Silver Anode, is a primary refiner of all precious metals: silver, gold, platinum, palladium. It is the leader and one of the top three burning capability facilities in the U.S.

A gateway attracts attention of interested visitors at the entrance to the AM Sector, featuring industrial AM companies, at IMTS in the West Building. IMTS 2024 is Sept. 9-14 at McCormick Place in Chicago. 

In the decades since AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology welcomed its first member that specialized in additive manufacturing (AM), additive has revolutionized business models, supply chain strategies and the needs of the market. 

While the technology has significantly matured, reaching its next stage of development depends on the evolution of the current market. That will require developing opportunities to showcase the latest AM solutions, software and strategies, as well as changing how OEMs, service providers and investors think of AM to better grasp its potential — that it’s more than just 3D printing a part.

Source: AMT

Growing Manufacturing’s Ecosystems

AMT — which produces IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, the largest manufacturing trade show in the Western Hemisphere — sees advancing AM as part of its core mission and 120-year legacy of advancing the industry through emerging technologies. 

One key pathway to accomplishing this is to expand the opportunities AM brings to the industrial manufacturing industry. AMT has partnered with Mesago Messe Frankfurt and Gardner Business Media (GBM) to create a series of events in the United States featuring Formnext, the Mesago-produced international meeting hub and leading global industry platform for AM. 

“From a trade show perspective, the Formnext environment will allow visitors to understand how additive manufacturing fits into the broader ecosystem of mainstream manufacturing,” says Glynn Fletcher, president of EOS North America, in a video spotlight about Formnext Chicago at www.formnextchicago.com/post/mainstream. 

From materials to software to printing to postprocessing and much more, Formnext offers a full, interconnected suite of solutions for manufacturers to improve their shop operations and bottom line. Its upcoming events in the United States include: 

• The Additive Manufacturing Sector, accelerated by Formnext, at IMTS 2024, Sept. 9-14, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois — IMTS.com
• Formnext Chicago, April 8-10, 2025, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois — FormnextChicago.com
• Formnext Forum Austin, Spring 2026, Austin, Texas — FormnextForum.com

“IMTS showcases AM’s role within the industrial ecosystem so manufacturers can learn how to apply AM to their existing business and create new opportunities,” says Douglas K. Woods, AMT president. “Formnext Chicago showcases the entire breadth and depth of the AM ecosystem to help manufacturers choose and use the correct technologies. And the Formnext Forum emphasizes technical education to accelerate AM growth. AMT is leveraging our experience and creating opportunities for OEMs, job shops, specialized service providers, startups, innovators and investors to strengthen manufacturing in the USA.”

Fulfilling AM’s Potential

In addition to the Formnext USA events, the AM market will need to shift its perspective to a holistic understanding of how AM fits into manufacturing, notes Dave Burns, an industry leader and senior advisor to AMT, who co-founded 3D printing company 

ExOne, served as president and CEO of Gleason Corp., and is also the founder and principal of Global Business Advisory Services.
“To fully unleash the power of digital manufacturing technologies such as AM, we need a view of manufacturing that includes elements of conceptualization, materialization and utilization,” Burns says.

Conceptualization encompasses the technologies inventors and engineers use to conceive and design products. Materialization extends through the various steps of object creation, such as material selection and sourcing, technologies related to object formation, part completion and validation, and the location of these activities (such as manufacturing closer to the point of use and reshoring). Utilization includes assessing object use and performance (such as digital data capture and analysis) and disposal or reuse. 

Burns notes in a recent video from Formnext — featured on IMTS+ at IMTS.com/AdvfnxtIntegrate — that AM can benefit everyone on the planet through more freedom of design and materials — a freedom he believes we may not see again in our lifetime; the velocity of bringing products to market; and sustainability — notably through a reduced carbon footprint. Burns concedes that while there are significant hurdles to overcome, “if we stay with it, the endgame is so profound that it’s worth the trip.”

AMT’s Dedication

Despite AM’s tremendous growth, expansion, and even turbulence and volatility over the last quarter century, AMT’s commitment to its adoption in our community for competitiveness and sustainability has remained steadfast — and eager. 

“AMT’s goal is to accelerate growth and spur AM entrepreneurial activity by showcasing the technologies, companies and innovative successes of the industry,” Burns says. 

“AM has a double-digit average growth rate of 14%-15% year over year, with the market projected to grow to $28.9 billion globally by 2028,” says Dayton Horvath, director, emerging technology and investments at AMT. Because the pace of technology growth is directly linked to capital investment trends, AMT also provides information on AM investment trends as part of its market research offerings.

AMT projects that further growth will come from manufacturers evolving their understanding of AM from a specialized vertical to an integral manufacturing technology used across all end markets. Combined with the upcoming Formnext events in the United States, AM promises to leave a long-lasting mark on the world — the likes of which may not be seen again until AMT reaches another 120 years. 

By prioritizing reliability in every aspect of its service offerings Dynapower ensures your equipment operates at peak performance levels consistently.  With a steadfast focus on reliability, Dynapower’s field service, preventative maintenance and spare parts solutions ensure uninterrupted operations, minimizing scrap and maximizing uptime. Benefit from expert technicians, genuine spare parts, and proactive maintenance programs designed to meet your unique needs. 

Dynapower | dynapower.com |Booth# 613

Metal processing, which includes cleaning, finishing and forming, ultimately results in metal contaminants in the processing wastewaters. Heavy metals are typically present in metal processing wastewaters and require removal prior to discharge due to their potentially negative health effects in the environment. Further treatment beyond metals-removal can produce water that can be reused, thus improving the sustainability of the manufacturing process.

Compliance with ever-tightening wastewater discharge limitations, meeting sustainability and water recovery goals, and manufacturing finished products with demanding quality specifications are all part of today’s metal processing operations. Choosing the right mix of treatment technologies depends on proper waste stream evaluation and characterization, as well as clearly established treatment goals. Partnering with Evoqua, now a part of Xylem, offers you a range of treatment technologies will ensure success in achieving wastewater treatment goals.

Evoqua/Xylem | evoqua.com | Booth #1032

Moonstone systems are ideal for removing suspended solids, emulsified oils, dissolved metals and many other types of contaminants from wastewater, servicing the need for industrial wastewater treatment in a variety of processes.

Each environmentally beneficial system treats a wastewater stream at a fraction of the cost of larger, more complex industrial systems. The Moonstone process occurs quickly and requires minimal operator involvement or supervision.

Moonstone systems have a compact footprint that enables even the smallest of facilities to treat their wastewater, and there is often no need for extra holding tanks or additional chemical treatments.