Manufacturing Technology Series SOUTHWEST

The Manufacturing Technology Series SOUTHWEST is SME’s regional manufacturing trade show in Dallas, next held from 2 to 4 November 2027 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Its first Dallas edition, from 4 to 6 November 2025, drew 2,400 attendees and 300 exhibiting companies, with 103 new products on display and 6,200 leads scanned, according to SME’s post-show report.

Why manufacturers in Texas go

The show puts machine tools, automation, robotics, additive manufacturing, inspection and shop floor software from hundreds of suppliers on one floor, so you can compare equipment running side by side and talk to the engineers who build it. SME pitches it at manufacturers in one of the fastest growing manufacturing regions in the United States. In 2025, 77% of attendees came from the central region, and the report lists visitors from companies such as Lockheed Martin, Pratt and Whitney, Bell, Abbott Laboratories, Solar Turbines and Red River Army Depot.

Who attends

By job function, the 2025 audience was 29% sales and marketing, 24% engineering and product development, 21% executive and business leadership and 12% production and operations, from 23 states. Industries named on the attend page include aerospace, automotive, defence, electronics, fabricated metal, industrial machinery, medical and pharmaceutical, and oil and gas. The technologies attendees evaluated most were automated manufacturing and robotic assembly, CNC controls and software, additive manufacturing, cutting tools and machining centres.

On the floor and in the theatre

• Exhibits across automation, robotics, smart manufacturing, precision machining, software and industrial IoT
• The Smart Manufacturing Experience Showcase, with Knowledge Bar talks on adopting AI and new technology in small and mid-sized plants
• The Executive Perspectives keynote panel series and the SME Theater
• SME Mission Critical: Workforce 2030, on hiring and training
• The Bright Minds College Experience for students, and networking receptions open to every badge holder

In 2025 the programme ran 24 hours of education with 23 to 25 speakers on cybersecurity, automation, workforce development and robotics. The show’s technology list runs from 3D printing and EDM to grinding, metrology, plastics moulding, waterjet cutting and welding.

Dates, hours and registration

The 2027 edition runs over three days, 2 to 4 November. Daily opening hours and badge prices for 2027 had not been published when we checked; registration opens on the show website, and event contacts are at [email protected] or 800-733-4763.

Edition history

The Dallas event follows SME’s earlier Houston show for the region, HOUSTEX, and some 2025 visitors said they had previously attended in Houston.

Related shows

SME also runs the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show in Toronto from 27 to 30 September 2027. For larger supply chain shows see ProMat in Chicago from 19 April 2027 and MODEX in Atlanta in 2028. In Europe, HANNOVER MESSE covers industrial technology from 5 April 2027. Booth help in Texas is available from 2020 Exhibits in Houston. Browse trade shows in Dallas, the technology and industry sector and shows in the United States, and see our guide to choosing an international trade show.

Source: southwest.mtseries.com