Above: An image from Productivity's, Inc's Oktoberfest tool show, the largest distributor operated trade show event in the Midwest. Source: Productivity, Inc.
Plymouth, Minnesota-based Productivity is happy to announce that it will be holding its 21st Oktoberfest Tool Show Tuesday through Thursday, September 21-23, 2021. Like all of the Oktoberfest Tool Shows, Productivity prides itself on showcasing the latest in machining and offering live demonstrations of current manufacturing technologies.
At this show, you can also expect to see several new product releases, robotic cells in action, tool vending systems, measurement and programming software solutions, dimensional inspection products, and you can even bid online on a used machine live auction.
Productivity’s biennial Oktoberfest Tool show is considered the largest distributor operated trade show event in the Midwest, if not the U.S.
“There was definitely some deliberation as to whether it would happen given the state of COVID at the beginning of 2021”, recounted Greg Buck, president of Productivity. “But with the continued success of the vaccines, the CDC lifting restrictions on capacity and masks, and suppliers and customers anxious to display and see what’s new…we decided we could safely enable customers to experience Oktoberfest as expected.” Greg also added that, “Due to the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, Productivity reluctantly made the decision to cancel their coveted Monday Student Day as part of the Oktoberfest Tool Show which has attracted over 1,000 students in the past. It is planned to invite students back again in 2023.”
Above: Greg Buck, President of Productivity
At this year’s show, there will be over 40 CNC machine tools including Haas, Makino, Matsuura, Marubeni Citizen, Miyano, Okamoto, BTM, Hwacheon, FOBA, iFP Parts Washer, Muratec, Omax, Scotchman, Mighty Viper, Extrude Hone, ANCA, Belmont and Tsune. Complementing the line up, you can expect over 60 quality tooling & accessories suppliers, our Machinesused.com division, measurement solutions products, contract dimensional inspection services and software solutions, as well as FANUC robots, and RoboFlex integrated robotic systems. Add to that music, food and beverages, and you have yourself the Oktoberfest Tool Show!
About Productivity, Inc.
Since 1968 Productivity Inc., based in Plymouth, Minnesota, has been distributing a broad range of CNC machine tools, tooling and accessories and related metalworking products. Productivity Inc. can assist in the research, evaluation and planning of your machine tool purchase. As a single source machine tool supplier, Productivity Inc. offers Machine Tools, Tooling and Accessories, Machine Service, Preventive Maintenance, Rotary and Live Tool Repair, Turnkey Systems, Robotics and Automation. Our MachinesUsed.com division will sell your surplus equipment via its online auctions.
Productivity Inc. provides metalworking products and services in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and Western Wisconsin with facilities in Cedar Rapids and Omaha. Productivity also has facilities in the Rocky Mountain Region based out of the Denver area and Salt Lake City covering Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming through its partner company MMT Productivity.
