Manufacturing Technology Series EAST 2027 (EASTEC)

The Manufacturing Technology Series EAST, featuring EASTEC, is the largest manufacturing trade show in the Northeast, produced by SME and AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology. Running for more than 35 years in one of the country's traditional manufacturing heartlands, the three-day show connects job shops and OEMs from aerospace, automotive, medical, defense and industrial machinery with suppliers of machine tools, tooling, automation and smart manufacturing technology.

On the show floor

Exhibits span foundational machining through to the digital factory.

• Automation and robotics
• Precision machining, machining centers, milling and grinding
• Cutting tools, CNC controls and CAD/CAM software
• Additive manufacturing and 3D printing
• Smart manufacturing, software and industrial IoT
• SME Mission Critical: Workforce 2030, a destination on workforce solutions
• Networking receptions open to every badge holder

Who attends

Owners and executives, product design and development teams, manufacturing and control engineers, production managers, quality and purchasing staff, and educators, from industries including aircraft and aerospace, automotive, defense, medical and pharmaceutical, fabricated metal, plastics and electronics.

Part of the MT Series

MT EAST is one of four regional Manufacturing Technology Series events co-produced by SME and AMT, alongside SOUTHEAST (Greenville, SC, October 19–21, 2027), SOUTHWEST (Dallas, November 2–4, 2027) and WEST (Long Beach, November 16–18, 2027).

Key figures (per organizer, past editions)

The organizer describes the event's typical scale as follows.

• More than 7,000 manufacturing professionals
• 500+ exhibiting companies across 117,000 sq ft
• About three quarters of attendees influence technology purchases