If your work touches mechanical power transmission components, the answer is an overwhelming YES! For example, if you design machinery with gears or bearings, MPT Expo is for you. If you maintain plant equipment that requires replacement of mechanical components, MPT Expo is for you. The Motion + Power Technology Expo takes place October 21–23 in Detroit (motionpowerexpo.com). It’s the biennial trade show of the Motion + Power Manufacturers Alliance (which includes both the American Gear Manufacturers Association and the American Bearing Manufacturers Association). It’s your one-stop shop covering the complete supply chain of mechanical power transmission. Here's just a sampling of what you can expect to see when you come to MPT Expo: Gear and gearbox manufacturers and suppliers. Whether you need large industrial gearboxes, plastic gears, custom gear manufacturing or precision drives, MPT Expo has you covered with suppliers like these: Ancon Gear & Instrument, B&D Industrial, Bevel Gears India, Brelie Gear, Capstan Atlantic, CGI Inc. (ad on p. 27), Chongqing Landai Precision Components, Chun Yeh Gear Co., Circle Gear and Machine, Columbia Gear, Croix Gear, Delta Gear, Didimo Zanetti, Doppler Gear, Flender, Forest City Gear, Gear Motions, GKN Automotive, Gleason Plastic Gears, Great Taiwan Gears, IPM Inc., KHK USA (ad on p. 5), Nanjing High Speed & Accurate Gear Group, Nichiei Co. Ltd., Nordex (ad on p. 35), Omni Gear & Machine, PAI Manufacturing, Patodia Forgings & Gears, Penn Machine Company, Perfect Gears, Philadelphia Gear, Power Transmission Group, Pragati Transmission, Quality Gears, RD Motion, Reliance Gear Corp., RENK Group (formerly Cincinnati Gearing Systems), Riley Gear, Rupkala Engineers, Schafer Industries, Triumph Geared Systems, United Gear & Assembly, Usinatech, Vector Companies, and more! Software for systems design. Not only can you find the right tools to help you design and build motion systems, you can also talk to the experts who truly understand gears, bearings, couplings and related components at companies like Dontyne Systems, FVA GmbH (ad on p. 35), Gleason/KISSsoft, GWJ Technology, MESYS AG and SMT. Bearings suppliers and experts. Learn from experts at companies like Elgeti Engineering, The Estell Group, Napoleon Engineering Services (ad on p. 21) and WD Bearings. Plus much, much more. MPT Expo is also home to all of the major suppliers of lubricants, materials and gear manufacturing machinery, tooling and equipment, giving you the full smorgasbord of suppliers whether you want to buy the components or make them yourself.