Imagine stepping into a world where warehouses hum with the precision of pickle robots, supply chains flow like clockwork, and innovation knows no bounds.
Welcome to ProMat 2025, the ultimate combination of technology and strategy, happening from March 17-20, 2025, at Chicago’s vibrant McCormick Place.
This year, over 1,000 trailblazing exhibitors will reveal the future of manufacturing and logistics, from AI-driven solutions to revolutionary autonomous mobile robots (AMR’s).
With an agenda packed full of over 150 educational sessions and unparalleled networking opportunities, the FLEXSPACE Team is excited to unlock the secrets of supply chain excellence.
Read on to learn more about the evolution of ProMat, find out what pickles and robots have in common, and discover how to reach out to the FLEXSPACE Team.
We’re excited to meet you.
How has ProMat evolved over the years?
- Expanded Venue: The event spans three massive halls at McCormick Place (North, South, and Lakeside) covering more square footage than ever before.1
- The Lakeside Hall showcases exhibits on sustainability, risk management, transportation, distribution, warehousing, and last-mile delivery. It will open each day at 9AM, one hour earlier than the other halls.1
- The new startup pavilion will feature 14 carefully selected startups, highlighting cutting-edge automation, AI-powered logistics solutions, and innovative materials handling technologies.
- ProMat Pier is a newly introduced networking area that can be found in the Lakeside Ballroom. This modern area was designed as a relaxation space where attendees can unwind and connect with others over food, drinks, and a picturesque view of Lake Michigan.
- MHI Industry Group Theatre is located in the Lakeside Ballroom and will feature industry-specific presentations and discussions.1
Key Innovations Introduced at ProMat Over the Years
- Autonomous Vehicles: ProMat has showcased driverless trucks, delivery drones, and automated crane technologies, which are transforming traditional supply chains by introducing innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and sustainability.
- Advanced Robots:
- Digit, Agility Robotics’ bipedal robot for confined spaces, won ProMat’s Best New Innovation Award2
- Pickle Robot – A container unloading mechanism using a Kuka arm and suction grippers2
- Boston Dynamics’ Stretch – A case handling robot for trailer unloading2
- Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS): These systems have been a consistent feature, with a number of companies showcasing versions of carousel shelving and other dynamic storage and retrieval systems.
- Enterprise Wearable Computing Suite: Ubimax GmbH won the Best IT Innovation award in 2017 for this technology.3
- Twin Push Tray Sorter: EuroSort Inc. won the Best Innovation of an Existing Product award for this in
2017.4
- Exoskeletons: The SafeLift Suit by Verve Motion, designed to reduce strain on workers during lifting.5
Key Milestones Including Adding Modex
- Expansion: ProMat 2025 will be the largest and most comprehensive supply chain and materials handling trade show to date.6
- Increased Exhibitor Participation: This event will feature over 1,100 exhibits from leading solution providers, representing all segments of the material handling, logistics, and transportation industry.7
- International Focus: The event has become an official partner of the U.S. Department of Commerce, emphasizing its role in facilitating international trade and connections.8
- MODEX, the premier international material handling, logistics, and supply chain show and conference, takes place in even-numbered years, while ProMat takes place in odd-numbered years.9
With ProMat 2025 freshly underway, supply chain professionals from all over the world have geared up for an event that promises to be nothing short of transformative, year after year.
Join Randy Bates, Chief Development Officer and Andrew Lewins, Business Development Manager from FLEXSPACE as they walk the floor and share insights about how the FLEXSPACE Mobile Racking System and Vertical Lift Module maximize storage capacity while minimizing space requirements.
Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from these industry experts about how to optimize your warehouse operations and fit more business into less space.
Please reach out to Randy Bates ([email protected] / 843-509-8232) or Andrew Lewins ([email protected] / 854-269-6060) to set up a time to meet.
2https://www.therobotreport.com/editors-picks-best-robots-of-promat-2023/
3https://pm2025.mapyourshow.com/8_0/exhview/index.cfm
4https://www.eurosort.com/product/push-tray-sorters/
5https://vervemotion.com/https://vervemotion.com
8https://www.supplychain247.com/article/welcoming_international_guests_to_promat_2025/kearney
