Formnext Chicago 2025 Postponed for Later Date

Who could have imagined it? While the industry is bustling with news about the upcoming Formnext in Frankfurt with daily updates about new products and announcements, it is Formnext Chicago 2025 instead that is causing a stir. The Chicago trade fair, expected to take place officially for the first time in 2025, had already caused widespread discussion in the industry due not just to anticipation but also the fact that RAPID + TCT 2025 was scheduled at the same time. As a result, a large number of exhibitors and visitors were forced to decide which event to attend. But today, Formnext organizers announced that Formnext 2025 Chicago has been postponed to a later date. But what is behind all this?

For some context, Rapid + TCT is one of the most important additive manufacturing trade shows in North America. Furthermore, it is attracting an increasingly international audience as companies all over the world are looking to internationalize, using the American market as a springboard. Rapid + TCT is the perfect stage for this, bringing together American companies while also providing an opportunity for non-US companies to make their first steps into the US market. This year, Rapid + TCT attracted around 400 exhibitors in Los Angeles at the end of June, with even more expected in Detroit in 2025.

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Formnext Frankfurt, on the other hand, is undoubtedly the most important trade fair for additive manufacturing in Europe due to its size. The organizers of Formnext, Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH, want to build on these results and internationalize the successful model. Formnext is no longer limited to Frankfurt am Main, but also takes place in Tokyo, Austin and Shenzhen, in the South of China. And until today, Chicago 2025 was also on the program.