Eastec will return to West Springfield in 2013, a senior event manger at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers said.
5-18-11 - West Springfield - Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- EASTEC , the East Coast's largest annual manufacturing event was held at the Big E through May 19 2011. This is a view of one of the aisles in the Young building. HARTFORD, Conn. — Eastec, the mammoth precision manufacturing trade show at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, will give way this year to Mfg4, a seminar-focused event that will take place at the Hartford Convention Center this week.
Mfg4 takes its name from the four growing industries that will be the focus: aerospace, defense, medical and energy.
“The conference is designed to provide solutions in those four industries,” said Kimberly L. Farrugia, a senior event manger at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, which puts on both Mfg4 and Eastec.
Mfg4 starts Tuesday and runs to Thursday. More information is available online at www.mfg4event.com.
Going forward, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers will host Mfg4 in Hartford on the even years and Eastec in West Springfield on the odd years, Farrugia said.
“We love West Springfield and certainly are looking forward to being back there in 2013,” she said.
Farrugia expects 270 exhibitors in Hartford this week, albeit with smaller displays than the huge complicated machinery on display at Eastec. The event will draw about 4,000 people, she said. Eastec drew 10,592 people in 2011 and 10,948 in 2010.