Tebis at IMTS 2026 Preview: Automation, Aerospace and Technology

Choosing which technology to prioritize at IMTS is difficult when every booth claims to solve automation, quality and throughput problems at once. Manufacturers need a clearer signal of what's actually shifting the industry forward.

In this special episode, host Michael Thiessen sits down with John Kowalczyk, President of Tebis America, to preview what Tebis is bringing to IMTS 2026 in Chicago. A 30-plus-year veteran who has attended every IMTS since 1998, John walks through Tebis's refreshed brand direction, why aerospace has become such a strategic growth area for the company, and how virtual machining and digital twins are making true lights-out automation possible. The conversation also covers the Tebis ProLeiS MES foundation package, the new SmartOps automation technology, an interactive Automation Readiness Advisor tool debuting at the booth, and a live aerospace machining demo running in partnership with Hermle at the show.

Whether you're a shop owner, CAM programmer, manufacturing engineer, or plant manager evaluating automation and MES investments, this episode offers a preview of what's worth prioritizing on the IMTS show floor.

In this episode:
00:00 – Introduction: A special episode ahead of IMTS 2026
06:21 – Why IMTS is a magnet for the manufacturing industry
11:35 – Why aerospace has become a strategic fit for Tebis
14:08 – Virtual machining, digital twins and the case for true lights-out automation
18:27 – Tebis ProLeiS MES: visibility, bottlenecks and the new foundation package
23:53 – SmartOps: Tebis's automation "brain" on the CAM side
32:28 – Live aerospace demo with machine tool partner Hermle

To learn more about Tebis at IMTS 2026, visit https://www.tebis.com/en/lp/2026/imts

To view the Tebis MES webinar mentioned in this episode, visit https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5980731284637437782

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Speaker - Voiceover 0:01

Welcome to the All Axis Podcast from the experts and Tebis. Each episode we'll talk about technology topics, trends, or solutions that manufacturers need to know in today's rapidly evolving times. Now, sit back, enjoy the discussion and let us know what you think.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 0:19

Hello, my friends. Welcome to the All-Axis Podcast. I am your host, Michael Thiessen, and this is a special episode. I know most of our episodes are special, I agree, but this one is extra, extra special. Why am I saying this? Well, we kind of threw this particular episode in because there is a very important event coming up that I think needs to be highlighted and should be highlighted. Of course, just like in any of the other episodes, we have a guest in-house that can help me um talk a little bit about this event. Um, this particular individual is no stranger to the All-Axis podcast. He's actually the person that kind of makes sure that I'm kind of uh on track with everything. But uh this particular person is very important, especially to a particular CAD/CAM organization. Of course, I'm talking about Tebis. I'm not talking about any other uh other software company out there. And of course, who is the president? Who had have we had on before on the podcast? That is Mr. John Kowalczyk. Now, in case you're not aware of Tebis or Tebis America for that matter, we have been around, or Tebis America has been around for the last 30 plus years already. So this software company is not a newcomer, but um there's constantly a new buzz of new technology that's going on. And right now, this particular time, because we have the largest manufacturing show in the Western Hemisphere coming up, IMTS, is just around the corner again. And for because of that reason, I've invited John Kowalchek, president of Tebis USA or Tebis America, to this particular podcast just to kind of give us his insight a little bit, to uh talk with him a little bit of what is important about this uh particular event. And um, because he has been in this particular environment, in the CAD/CAM and the machining environment, gosh, for the last 30 plus, if not longer, years. So he has a lot of credibility when it comes to talking about and walking the walk of machining and uh manufacturing. With that said, let me introduce and get uh John Kowalczyk actually on the on the uh on the call here. And uh welcome, John.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 3:05

Thank you for the warm welcome, Michael. Uh it's very very good to be back, uh, especially for this this special episode about IMTS. IMTS is is always a huge event for us, and just so our listeners know, I may be dating myself, but I've participated in every IMTS since 1998. Uh so very many, which uh which they're all all interesting and exciting, and they never disappoint. Um it's uh it's almost here again, believe it or not. Uh and I'm very excited about this one, uh, if if not the most excited, we have a lot happening at Tebis right now. We have new technology, we have new ideas, and even a new refreshed look for the company. So, with that said, IMTS gives us a great opportunity to bring all of this together and show manufacturers where we're heading.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 4:15

That is true, and it truly is buzzing over here in our offices because there's computers pretty much uh in every hallway, there's uh uh aluminum models that are gonna be about ready to head on out to the show. So there's lots going on, as John already mentioned. Now, John, you mentioned something to the fact of um almost like uh looking at the future or looking at uh some type of repositioning of Tebis. Uh, you tell us a little bit more about this.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 4:48

So we we have uh a new refreshed look and feel with the company. Uh a little bit, we won't get into a whole lot of detail, a little subtle on the look, but very nice. Uh but I think I think a more important thing is our direction going forward. Uh I'm not going to get into at the moment. Some of it needs to be a surprise at IMTS. Of course. So, but things like you know, are we refining our mission going forward in a in a very good way? Let's call it this.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 5:28

Well, you know, Tebis has been around, Tebis AG has been around for what 40 plus years. And uh what Tebis is doing, I think, quite well, is always looking into the future to kind of see what's going to be coming up or what they're working on. And uh, as you said already, they're they're repositioning themselves, looking at themselves and positioning themselves ready for the next 40, if I may say that. So you already mentioned new technology and and you've gone to many of the IMTSs, Tebis has been at many of the IMTSs. Why do you think um IMTS is such an important event? Why is it a magnet for the manufacturing industry?

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 6:21

So really there's a a couple reasons, in my opinion. First, IMTS brings such a a large portion of the manufacturing community all in one place. Uh this gives us uh obviously an opportunity to show what Tebis is doing. But just as importantly, we we get to spend uh time with customers, we get to meet new manufacturers, and talk with other technology companies uh at IMTS. And those those conversations are are very valuable to us, extremely valuable. Uh we we want to understand what manufacturers deal with today, what their their struggles are, and where they're trying to automate and where do they see their their business over the next several years. I mean, this is obviously this this manufacturing industry, as we know, just keeps uh going more and more at the speed of light, and everyone is trying to keep up. So these are uh conversations that will take place, and they're they're very good conversations to for us to understand so we can do our best to help solve challenges that other manufacturers have.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 7:44

And I think you're right. It's it's it's the greatest technology spectacle spectacle in the world, I would say. I mean, the IMTS used to be what two weeks long. Uh, and I know I remember you and me been there for many, many years. We were dreading those two weeks because those were two long, difficult weeks that we had to be in and out of hotel rooms, uh, going during the day to the IMTS floor, dealing with thousands of visitors every single day, going out at night uh for dinners, and you know Chicago is not an easy place to maneuver through because there's so many people there. Uh uh visitors coming in to visit the IMTS show, exhibitors that are there, everybody needs to have dinner in the uh in the Windy City, and of course, it's it's a huge deal. What do you think is the technology that we could potentially see this time around?

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 8:47

Wow, that's uh that's uh quite a quite a big question there, Michael. Um the nice thing at IMTS is you're always gonna see something new, you're always gonna see something interesting. At times you'll come across technology. Wow, that's very interesting. You know, why didn't maybe why didn't I think of this or whatever? But you know, I think what you're gonna see a lot of, you're gonna see as every as the whole industry is talking about, we're talking about automation, how do I, how can my business do more with less? How do I get to the to the next level? How can I be fully confident in in my process and make sure it's also safe on the shop floor, you know, as um as I'm applying, dare I say AI. AI is another huge, huge buzzword, but technology also that's out there and and it's in the infancy stages right now. So uh my what you're gonna see is you're gonna see uh many technology companies with as they should some thoughts and some development of technology towards these areas.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 10:10

Yeah, I think we'll be seeing a lot of robotic applications. I think at this show. We'll probably see, like you said, a lot of automation type geared um uh utilization. On the machine side, we probably see a lot more um difficult machineries. Uh if these are turn mills or or those kind of things, you'll see probably a lot of those. Uh you'll probably see also a lot of aerospace type of applications. Uh at the at I mean, if I think of there's uh companies like uh Babius that are great aerospace uh machinery for CNCs, you see uh companies like Zimmerman or Fuke that also focus on the aerospace. Why do you think aerospace have a go towards that industry? Because IMTS is not just about mold and dye, it encompasses every single industry that is out there. If that's medical, if that's uh aerospace, of course, there's the airline portion of it, and as well as the space exploration portion of it, it attracts every single industry. Now, on the aerospace side, uh we see a little bit more of an uptick that uh there's more and more visitors coming from that particular direction. Why do you think that is?

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 11:35

So that's a great, great one to touch on. Aerospace is is very attractive to Tebis simply not simply because it's a large market, but the problems aerospace manufacturers need to solve align extremely well with what uh we Tebis do best. You're dealing with uh complex geometry, you're dealing with expensive materials, you have uh very demanding uh quality requirements, and process reliability and repeatability are so, so important. And when you're machining these these high value, high cost components, a simple mistake can be very expensive. That that plays directly into areas where where Tebis is very strong, meaning complex machining, five-axis processes, our automation, and virtual machining. Not the uh uh I want to emphasize virtual machine, it's a very, very strong one. I don't know if they all are, but this is another strong one. So for us, aerospace represents a very logical opportunity to for us to apply decades of manufacturing experience to another industry and continue expanding our presence as we move forward.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 13:03

Yeah, yeah, no, the uh the aerospace industry has been booming. Um, I mean, we've heard Boeing and the uh the announcements of how many planes they're manufacturing. Now, of course, all these parts have to be somehow manufactured, and um it's it's definitely has been an uptick. And Tebis has been phenomenal over the last uh I mean for the last 30 plus years, we have been known for being the staple for mold and dye applications. But over the last, I would say, what would you say, John, 10 years or so? We've Tebis really has been focusing on the utilization of Tebis in the aerospace market.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 13:42

Oh, uh even before that, Michael, it's it's been definitely more than more than 10 years. Maybe in the last 10 or as recent as the last 10, uh a more much higher focus, let's call it.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 13:55

And and you've alluded to the entire idea of digital twins and uh virtualization of the machining area. Tell us a little bit more about what Tebis is doing on that side.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 14:08

Well, when it when it comes to virtual machine simulation, this ties in obviously to the you know digital twins. I mean, we have to think of it uh in in terms of uh of automation, right? So in order for you to truly uh automate substantially, you you need you need to consider safety. You highly need to consider this. So you need tremendous confidence in your your digital process before you hit cycle start on the machine. You have to be uh 100% confident the the complete tool, all the toolpaths, everything that you've set to the machine is gonna run and near lights out or near lights out without attending at the machine. You don't we're past the days of having a person standing by this machine holding their hand over the that big red mushroom button if something happens, that that can all go away. So uh this is why the virtual machining is is so so important. I mean, the uh the objective is to represent the actual manufacturing environment digitally and understand what is going to happen before the program reaches the machine. So in short, this uh this means uh considering the machine itself, uh all the components, the fixtures, the tools, and the workplace and the workpiece in addition to the tool pass. So you're you got you have to encompass all of these components uh to have a true uh digital twin environment.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 15:51

Tebis has been doing this virtualization already for a very long time. And the uh the simulation equipment that Tebis has kind of stands out. Why do you think that is compared to a lot of the other software that are out there? What is Tebis doing different in the area of virtual machining or uh or digital type of machining?

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 16:14

Well, for starters, we've we've been we've introduced this this technology decades ago. And obviously, as it was first introduced, it was new. And don't get me wrong, we may not have been the first one on the block to introduce it, but it was very early. And we've evolved ours and we've uh to a point where, as I mentioned earlier, we take in consideration everything. I'll give you a simple example. You take a I'll call it a group of toolpaths. You create several toolpaths, you send them to the uh virtual machine before it goes out to the floor. Many simulators out there they do a good job and they'll check each toolpath, whether it's good, whether it's not good, whatever. However, with the with the Tebis virtual machine, every movement in between toolpaths, when they connect, when they go to the tool changer, exclusively checks for each and every movement along the way to to assure you that that you can be confident going to the machine.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 17:25

Yeah, it's not just uh the the uh uh the the uh safety portion of it, but also the optimization portion of it and also the scheduling. Uh I mean, even uh determining within 5% of accuracy of how long a particular tool path goes, because data nowadays is is incredibly important. And and all this information of how long Tebis estimates of how long this this particular part goes, because initially all we have is a number, right? We quote the particular job, and this particular job takes 15 hours we think to run on the machine, and then Tebis with its technology and the optimization and the virtual machining comes up with 12 hours, and that automatically gets updated. And this is where Tebis also has a very important aspect of that particular chain, and that's taking the data and not just leaving it as data, but actually utilizing it in the MES world. Uh, tell us a little bit more about the uh Tebis MES.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 18:27

Yeah, the the Tebis, the manufacturing execution system, the MES. Um, let me lead a little bit more into this. We're we're actually happy and fortunate to have Marty, one of our team members. Uh, he has a uh speaking event at IMTS. He will talk in detail, more detail, about MES and the functionality, how it works. But I would like to also elaborate a little bit more on this. It's uh it's very important because you know today manufacturers are being asked to do so much more with the resources they already have. And uh one of the biggest challenges we continue to see is is companies have uh they have tremendous knowledge, they have uh lots of technology in their organizations, uh but uh they don't necessarily have uh real-time visibility into what's actually happening on the shop floor. The the reality is you know, you have you know, jobs start late, priorities change, uh materials or information aren't always ready, and uh bottlenecks occur. I mean, these are just day-to-day activities. So very quickly you find people spending their time uh reacting and firefighting rather than improving the processes, spending valuable time in valuable areas. So that's that's really what what Marty will speak about and uh and address when he talks. So he'll talk more about how to move from reacting to what's already happened to having information necessary to make these better decisions before it becomes a problem. I mean, this is I mean, it goes beyond, but this is really this is uh an important part of the MES. Uh I won't get into all the details, we don't have enough time, you know, how does pre-planning and planning and and other areas, which again, uh Marty will touch on a lot of these areas, but I just want to uh stress, in a sense, you know, one of the areas that I think is uh very important and can really really improve a manufacturer's process.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 20:59

Right. And the way that the uh MES system kind of works together hand in hand with the CAM system that Tebis has is very unique. Uh it's it's manufactured by the same by the same group of people uh in Germany that we have in our CAM system. And honestly, this uh Tebis MES uh or ProLeiS, it is called in Europe, um, has been in production for the last, I would say, 30 years already. So it's been a seasoned product, it works smoothly together with the Tebis CAM system. And just recently we had a uh webinar where we showed how smoothly this all works together and uh how benefit how much of a benefit it is to the to the end user. Now, Tebis, you just brought out a uh very particular package for the MES side. Um, can you tell us a little bit more about that particular package that I think you'll be pitching at IMTS?

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 21:59

As far as the the Tebis MES uh one of the one of the things we want to want to do is I'll call it lower lower the the barrier to get started. So in with MES it doesn't have to mean that you try to transform your entire company overnight. Over time through many discussions and talking with manufacturers it's we've realized this and and it's daunting to some companies and manufacturers because yes there there's some work behind it and yes there is a step-by-step process. However the gains so much further outweigh you know what you're going to get out of this compared to where you are today. So you know a a more practical approach is to you know establish a foundation identify where better visibility and process control can create value and just begin there. Let's start slow and focus on a one area I'll say perfect that area or get it you know where you like it and then move on to another so we we're putting a together an attractive uh package for this reason to help manufacturers uh get involved and take the scared factor away from it let's call it right yeah if you're in at IMTS stop by at the at the Tebis booth and ask particular about the foundation package that John just alluded because it is a really great way to enter into it and get a ton of benefits uh from that particular package now let me pivot to the cam side so on the cam side of Tebis um there's a lot of buzz we hear a lot on on the internet and uh on videos on LinkedIn about a very particular solution that Tebis has um has developed have won actually an innovation award as well and uh the word itself probably doesn't mean a lot to individuals uh but this is where I want you to elaborate a little bit more about the SmartOps technology that Tebis has developed tell us a little bit more about that the SmartOps is is our technology term let me call it for this it's an important part of the automation story that we're going to be bringing to IMTS as well and and the idea behind it is to help manufacturers move towards a more consistent repeatable and automated process you know again rather than relying on you know individual decisions every step of the way we want people to see uh IMTS not simply another software function we we want them to see uh how the technology can help create uh a more controlled manufacturing process and reduce the amount of manual intervention that's required so yeah we will happily be demonstrating in practical manufacturing scenarios at our booth and I think this will give visitors a a very good picture of where Tebis is taking process automation so you can think of this the SmartOps as the Tebis automation brains in a sense well Tebis is really keen on making sure that the technology that Tebis develops is value added to every single customer because really if it's value added it it automatically creates revenue for the end customer that is utilizing it.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 25:59

And this is where I think where SmartOps really comes in place to minimize the amount of redundancy or the the mundane uh mundane manual um entity of of the entire manufacturing process and streamlining that a little bit more so that it's not um that it is value added to the customer such as uh continuously doing these setups and closing your surfaces and and all those kind of things that are really uh labor intensive what if you can do a lot of these things fully automatic and this is really where SmartOps come into play and it's automating the next level which works so great with what you were saying earlier with the virtualization uh of it together because everything has to work together in order to automate if it's the tooling if it's the uh virtual machines if it's the clamping devices and all of it really comes from the parametrization of all these components inside Tebis because Tebis truly is a fully parametric system and a complete solid model system um so this SmartOps package will be I think front and center uh along with it but there is a very particular tool that I think is very close to your heart you're kind of um very secretive a little bit about this uh because I think it has it it is going to deliver to the visitor at IMTS good telematics of where they kind of stand tell me more a little bit about this because I'm also very interested to hear what what this tool can do.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 27:44

Yes yeah Michael so what what we've developed what what we've done over time we've had a lot of discussions let me start here we've had a lot of discussions with manufacturers and as we know through discussions you know a lot of things a lot of common terms come up you know one of them is automation and through the discussions everybody wants to automate as much as they can as quick as they can and everyone feels they're ready so through these discussions though however uh we've realized there's quite a gap between where a manufacturer thinks they are and where they actually are and this has been determined over you know questions and discussions back and forth. So with that said we we felt it uh it was a good idea to develop a tool that would help manufacturers with some insights into where they may be now they may be uh further than they think it hasn't happened too often they may be further behind than they think but that's not the the point is it's a good discussion point to understand where you are and how do you get to the next level so with that said yes Michael we we will have a um automation readiness advisor tool this is something we we developed um I'm particularly excited about it so as I mentioned instead of you know just talking about automation we give the man manufacturers the opportunity to think about where they are today so yes we have this interactive automation readiness advisor at the booth designed to help the manufacturers in several areas so it can it'll also offer areas of where you where you biggest improvement where you can make the the greatest improvement so at the end of the day the the goal with this isn't to give someone a score and send them on their way the true value is to have meaningful conversation and I mentioned this earlier today on on another topic but again you need to understand where you are today where you want to go and what needs to happen between the these those two points so I I think I think it will be a good fun experience for our our visitors and this would also be a a great reason to stop by the booth and and check it out.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 30:34

Absolutely um you definitely will see a a leaderboard of the more successful uh companies and you can see where you stand in comparison to these very successful companies that are are already utilizing these things. Now just along with the MES where we are introducing this foundation package on the CAM side there's also a very particular package that we're uh pitching at the IMTS that will be introduced at that show and will run for until around the end of October tell us a little bit about that.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 31:06

Yeah so with the IMTS we have this this special package as you mentioned Michael uh about mainly centered around the the the CAM side CAD/CAM let's call it but um I don't want to get you know ahead of final details or reveal too much here but uh this this special package would be we good for many meaning somebody new to Tebis uh somebody who is an existing you know Tebis customer or partner and they want to expand their business so it's gonna be a a very attractive package that it would be very worthwhile for you to to stop by and ask us about this special IMTS package.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 31:54

And this package the preferred client package that John is alluding to and maybe I'm giving a little bit too much away now since since he said we want to keep some of that quiet includes everything. It's a package all inclusive and it's talking exactly about the automation portion of it that we're so extremely proud for and we have been leading the industry with which is which is the virtual the virtual machine so it includes all of that. So definitely talk uh talk to us about the preferred client package as well as the uh foundation package on the MES side now John you and I know CAD/CAM without the machine is really nothing it's a great tool with ones and zeros in your computer but really the machine tools that uh that are out there is really what benefactures at the end the particular parts that are in digital format. So just like in any of the other IMTSs who is Tebis kind of partnering up uh this year round what where can the also see Tebis in action?

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 33:00

So at the at the show one of our one of our partners uh Hermle Machine tool company very high-end strong machine tool manufacturer uh we're we're very proud and happy to be a partner of theirs as you mentioned earlier Michael the with modern manufacturing you know this the software machine tools tooling automation uh process knowledge all have to work together if you want the complete process to perform as expected so working with partners such as is Hermle in this case this gives us an opportunity to connect the digital Tebis process to the actual machining and demonstrate that with that relationship using an aerospace application. So this is where part that we're working with with Hermle. So it's what in short it's one thing for us to show something on a computer screen it's another thing to connect that digital process to a high class machine tool and and show what the complete manufacturing process can accomplish. So you need that you need that connectivity or as you mentioned before it's just not going to work so well.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 34:20

Right.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 34:21

So definitely stop by the Tebis booth uh take a look at the aerospace part uh of a structure part that we have sitting in our booth and then take that image don't take the part but take the image with you over to the machine hall of the IMTS and search out uh Hermle take a look at that part that is sitting inside their machine that's being machined live at that particular show where is Tebis is located at the IMTS John we are you can find us uh in uh lakeside lakeside center it's the the east hall our booth number is 133230 you may have to look it up again but uh but that is the number I would encourage people not to just simply walk by and and look at a software demonstration but yeah please come in and and talk with us have a conversation ask questions uh let us know where your struggles are and we we have our a very strong team there that we would be more than happy to have a conversation with you understand a little bit more and hopefully offer you solutions we can't guarantee until we understand the situation but that would be our our goal and we'd be happy to have the discussion to see where it leads.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 35:50

Absolutely absolutely we're all ready for you of our all the exciting conversations that are going to be at IMTS but even more excited uh we have a special guest at least one of the days at our booth camp down for the majority of the day uh and we're very proud that uh MTD MTDCNC uh has partnered up with Tebis for the IMTS show uh tell us a little bit more what uh what we can see there we've worked a long time with MT MTDCNC a very very reputable company we're excited to have them spend time with us at the booth uh they're they're very good at getting beyond the just the marketing message and having real conversations about manufacturing technology they do I don't know if you've seen them or you're aware of them they do a fantastic job uh when when they speak to individuals and and I I think that will add another interesting dimension to what we're we're doing for one but also this also gives an opportunity to share some of the technology demonstrations and and even some conversations from IMTS with people that unfortunately may not be able to attend I I would hope everyone in the manufacturing tries to attend is a very uh important show but if not the the nice thing MTDCNC you'll be it'll be recorded and you'll be able to you know watch this uh else at another time if you can't make it right right actually uh Lindsay Vickers is gonna be uh actually attending the IMTS and she will be part of our team for a brief uh portion of the uh duration of the IMTS so we're excited to have them on board with the Tebis group uh stop by at our booth too say hello to MTVCNC they're a huge powerhouse you've seen them on LinkedIn YouTube and whatnot and uh they really are doing great work when it comes to highlighting manufacturing and new technology that is out there so that everybody can capture those particular technologies.

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 38:10

John what are you personally you what are you looking for at IMTS uh there's there's so many things happening at at IMTS and you know uh I I truly enjoy the conversations that we'll have with manufacturers coming to our booth but also uh a very interesting thing for me is simply walking the show and and seeing where where manufacturing is headed because obviously we're there we have a booth but at the same time there's so much around you that you you you can't just stay in your booth the whole time that's why we have we have many many staff members so we can learn also you have you have machine tool builders automation companies software companies robotics inspection it goes on and on and I will I personally will always come away from IMTS having learned something new and I think this is a very good point to bring up because no matter who you are you go to the show you will learn something new but like I said the what I'm uh looking forward to the most are the conversations just uh hear from the manufacturers their experiences right now what their challenges are and and where they meet where they need the most help because ultimately those conversations are what help us at TEB is determine where we need to go next what we need to do we always have to be looking forward as we do as a uh technology provider and having that understanding and how to give you the best tools that's that's really my what I want to take away most.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 40:12

Awesome well you said at best uh conversations that's going to be the high highlight and I think meaningful conversation helping uh out people that have problems and that's really what we're there for is to solve problems that manufacturers are running into their daily lives and uh why not do that at the Tebis booth?

Speaker - John Kowalczyk 40:34

Any final thoughts John before we wrap it up for me uh I want to say thank you to all the listeners and the audience and I would I really encourage everyone if you can please spend a day's not enough but if that's all you have can do you know show up spend some time at IMTS come see us at the Tebis booth manufacturing isn't getting simpler it's becoming more complex so you know use all the sources you can get the understanding from individuals you speak with and this will this will surely help your business move forward.

Speaker - Michael Thiessen 41:19

Absolutely thanks john for coming on the podcast to everybody else IMTS 2026 is happening in Chicago at the McCormick place from September 14th through the 19th throughout that duration definitely stop by at the Tebis booth as John already said it's at booth 133230 you can't miss us we are uh we're definitely a staple at the East Hall and Lakeside Center um of course John already mentioned uh we have our uh very skilled uh expert team at this particular show we'll be showing you these the smart up technology how our simulation has been the industry leader when it comes to virtualization we're going to show you the MES in particular the foundation package that uh that we have put together and how it seamlessly works together uh at this show and there's uh there's a lot of models that we have sitting aluminum models that are that is although we can you can really see the accuracy and the surface when it is that Tebis can produce that not many other solutions can can get there. Again we thank John for showing up at this uh very special episode extra special as I said at the very beginning uh we thank all of you listeners to listen to uh us at the all access podcast if you have any suggestions or any uh comments drop us a line so that we can uh answer some of those questions uh check us out on Instagram YouTube uh LinkedIn and all of those areas where you get your social media from we thank you again for for joining in look us uh check us out uh any of the uh existing episodes on Spotify or wherever you're getting your podcasts and again IMTS Booth 133230 hope to see you there thank you until then.

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