Motion + Power Technology Expo 2027

How it compares

IMTS in Chicago is the broader choice for a factory investment covering machining, automation, additive manufacturing, metrology, and tooling. Gear generation is one part of that much larger manufacturing comparison. MPT Expo puts gears and drive components at the center, making it easier to keep a sourcing discussion tied to cutting, grinding, workholding, materials, and transmission performance.

The Bearing Show North America in Houston concentrates on bearing users, manufacturers, distributors, and the lubrication ecosystem through its co-location with Lubricant Expo. It is a useful trip for bearing application, reliability, maintenance, and lubricant selection. MPT’s machinery and gear-production suppliers make Detroit the more direct choice when the question is how to manufacture a gear or assemble the wider drive train.

The decision rests on the engineering problem. A team sourcing a complete production system across several manufacturing processes has the breadth of IMTS. A team studying bearing life and lubrication has Houston’s concentrated overlap. MPT Expo fits the gear manufacturer, transmission designer, and component buyer who wants to connect manufacturing methods with the behavior of the finished drive.

MPT Expo is the Detroit trip for engineers and buyers whose decisions depend on how gears, bearings, and the parts inside a drive system are made.

Who exhibits

Gleason, Affolter Group, and Leistritz Advanced Technologies put gear-production equipment alongside component suppliers such as Forest City Gear and RENK. Horn and Hainbuch bring cutting tools and workholding into the same discussion; Blaser Swisslube adds the machining-fluid side. The mix reaches beyond finished gears to the processes that determine their accuracy and performance, including metrology, surface engineering, and heat treatment. It suits visitors comparing a manufacturing route as well as a purchased component.

1. 

   Blaser Swisslube

2. 

   RENK Group

3. 

   Seco/Warwick

4. 

   Hainbuch

5. 

   Horn

6. 

   Hommel Etamic

7. 

   Affolter Group

8. 

   CGI

9. 

   Nidec Machine Tool America

10. 

    Gleason

11. 

    Bevel Gears India

12. 

    Euro-Tech

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Motion + Power Technology Expo 2027

MPT Expo 2027 marks the show’s 40th anniversary and brings the gear and bearing communities together under MPMA. The Fall Technical Meeting accompanies the exhibition, with gear and bearing technology, equipment demonstrations, and technical presentations shaping the program. Detroit’s return gives suppliers a familiar setting for the next generation of drive systems, including applications in robotics, defense, and air mobility.

• Pair the gear-production machinery on the floor with the Fall Technical Meeting if your project involves design, manufacturing, or gear and bearing performance.
• For a gear-manufacturing project, compare tooling and workholding exhibitors such as Horn and Hainbuch with machinery suppliers such as Gleason, so the tooling and machine interfaces are part of the same assessment.
• Ask before photographing a machine demonstration: the show requires the exhibitor’s express permission and prohibits sketches of displayed machinery.

Exhibiting

A stand suits suppliers with a specific answer to gear or bearing production problems, from cutting tools and workholding to software, heat treatment, and lubrication. MPMA membership determines the space rate. The basic rental includes identification signage, company listings, pipe and drape, and staff badges; the published payment schedule stages the exhibitor’s liability. Any food or drink served at the booth must go through convention services.