To make a long manufacturing story short, we asked industry leaders to summarize manufacturing technology in just one word in our new series 鈥溾�� presented by IMTS+.
The words of these visionaries 鈥� Speed, Excitement, Continuous, Change, Promising, Optimistic, Digital Transformation, 都灵体育直播 and Training, Integrity, Opportunity, and Disruption 鈥� shine an optimistic light on the future of manufacturing. With a combined experience exceeding half a millennium, these leaders represent a who鈥檚 who of the manufacturing technology world.
鈥淥ur goal with 鈥楾he World According To鈥︹�� is to capture insight from the people guiding our industry as we head into IMTS 2024. These leaders have innate understanding of how technology, trends, and the world鈥檚 macro issues converge to shape our lives,鈥� says Peter Eelman, chief experience officer at AMT. 鈥淰iewers will learn that the steady hand of leadership produces a compelling sense of untapped opportunities. The world is moving at supersonic speeds, and these leaders show us how they stay ahead of the curve.鈥�
Here are just a few highlights from the videos that are now available on IMTS+ at
鈥淚 believe that EVs are a disruptive technology. For many of us in the machine tool business, where you鈥檙e going from thousands of parts that are machined to hundreds, that really does create a change in our thinking.鈥� 鈥� Jim King, president and COO of
鈥淐ustomers need higher accuracies, faster speeds, more throughput, more reliability. If you don't have a product that's flexible, you really do your customers a disservice.鈥� 鈥� Larry Robbins, president-commercial division at
鈥淢y vision is a world where there's a continuous pipeline of young, excited, energetic, skilled folks entering manufacturing in North America.鈥� 鈥� Dan Janka, president of and chairman of the board at AMT.
鈥淐hange is inevitable, so we must adapt. We must embrace the change and look for what鈥檚 coming. The progress behind change is a very attractive thing.鈥� 鈥� Mike Defer, president and CEO of
And stay tuned as the next set of industry visionaries are released on IMTS+:
Brendt Holden, president,
Erik Gershwind, president and CEO,
Brian McMinn, business segment manager,
Brian Such, president and COO,
Ken Merritt, COO,
Michael Mugno, president,
Michael Csizmar, chief marketing & sales officer,
Pat McGibbon, chief knowledge officer,
From automation to AI to digital technologies, a theme emerges as manufacturing visionaries use terms that describe an unstoppable forward movement 鈥� a world of 鈥減ositive鈥� unending motion. Catch the spirit of 鈥溾�� presented by . Keep an eye out at IMTS 2024, September 9-14, 2024, to meet and greet these leaders driving our industry forward. Register at .
