IMTS 2026 is coming to an end, and one thing is already clear: our deliberately provocative message did exactly what we wanted it to do. It started a conversation.

Throughout the show, manufacturers stopped at our booth specifically because they wanted to understand why we believe the traditional screw-machine production model is becoming increasingly inadequate for today’s manufacturing requirements.
Some came simply because the message challenged something they had taken for granted for years.

Then curiosity became discussion.𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦.

We generated new qualified leads, including companies that had never previously engaged with Buffoli. New applications and requests for quotations are now being followed up, while customer visits and technical assessments are being planned to analyze existing production systems directly on the factory floor. 
Perhaps the most significant feedback from our US team was that the campaign opened doors to companies where we might otherwise never have had the opportunity to start a conversation. 

And that was precisely the objective.

Today manufacturers need to combine high-volume productivity with flexibility, fast changeovers, full CNC control, integrated automation and increasingly unmanned production.
But this technological transition goes far beyond replacing screw machines.

Buffoli develops bar-fed transfer systems, transfer machines for cast and forged parts, flexible machining systems, wire machining systems, dedicated machines for high-precision balls and multi-station vertical turning systems for components requiring extremely high precision and superior surface quality.
Different components require different technologies.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗡𝗧.

The real success of IMTS was therefore not simply attracting attention. It was turning attention into questions, questions into technical discussions, and technical discussions into real opportunities.
A big thank you to everyone who visited us in Chicago, to our Buffoli North America team, and to all the manufacturers who accepted our invitation to question established production models and explore a different approach.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗧𝗦.
𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗥.