72nd Annual ICI Technical Conference & Expo | Investment Casting Industry's Premier Event

REGISTRATION OPENING SOON INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE · EST. 1953 73RD ANNUAL · OCT 25–28, 2026 CASTING THE FUTURE. Four days in Grand Rapids for the people shaping the next decade of investment casting. Technical sessions, an equipment expo at 96% capacity, and the people you actually need to meet — in one room. DATES Oct 25–28 2026 VENUE DeVos Place Grand Rapids EXPO HOURS Oct 26–27 Two days SEE THE EXPO FLOOR → VIEW PROGRAM → BOOTHS 96% BOOKED · 3 SPOTS LEFT ON THE FLOOR 73rd ANNUAL EDITION SINCE 1953 78+ EXHIBITORS CONFIRMED ON THE EXPO FLOOR 03 BOOTH SPACES STILL AVAILABLE 04 DAYS OF TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING 01 ABOUT THE CONFERENCE THE INDUSTRY’S DEFINING MEETING. The ICI Technical Conference is where foundries, suppliers, and researchers converge to move investment casting forward. A working event, not a ceremony. For 73 years, the ICI Technical Conference has set the agenda for precision investment casting. The 2026 edition comes to Grand Rapids with a sharper focus: the technologies, materials, and processes that will define the next decade of the industry. Over four days you’ll hear from the engineers driving the work, walk a show floor that’s nearly sold out, and spend real time with the people you do business with — or want to. 02 PROGRAM FOUR DAYS. FOUR ROOMS OF THE INDUSTRY. SUNDAY Oct 25 DAY 01 Arrivals & Opening Reception Registration opens. Welcome reception for members, speakers, and first-time attendees. NETWORKING MONDAY Oct 26 DAY 02 Technical Sessions & Expo Opens Keynote, concurrent technical tracks, and the Equipment Exposition opens to all attendees. EXPO LIVE TUESDAY Oct 27 DAY 03 Technical Sessions · Casting Contest Second day of technical programming. Casting Contest winners announced. Evening banquet. EXPO LIVE WEDNESDAY Oct 28 DAY 04 Closing Sessions & Plant Tours Final technical sessions. Optional regional foundry tours for registered attendees. OPT-IN 03 EXPO FLOOR · DEVOS PLACE THE FLOOR IS ALMOST GONE. Hover any booth to see who’s there. The red outlined booths are the only ones left. 78 SOLD 2 UTILITY 3 STILL OPEN SOLD AVAILABLE NOW COMPRESSED AIR & WATER BOOTH ENTRANCE REFRESHMENTS CASTING CONTEST 401 405 407 411 417 419 421 423 425 427 429 431 433 435 437 301 406 412 414 307 311 313 315 319 422 424 325 430 331 335 201 207 312 213 318 320 324 326 328 219 223 225 227 229 231 235 516 514 512 510 508 101 107 212 113 218 220 222 125 228 230 232 129 131 133 135 119 121 123 100 104 106 110 112 116 118 120 122 124 128 130 132 134 136 138 140 With only 3 booths remaining, this floor will be fully sold before registration opens to the public. INQUIRE ABOUT A BOOTH → 04 VENUE · GRAND RAPIDS, MI DEVOS PLACE. ON THE GRAND RIVER. A WORKING CITY FOR A WORKING INDUSTRY. Grand Rapids is a manufacturing town with a design sensibility — home to some of the country’s most important furniture, metalwork, and precision-manufacturing firms. The conference takes place at DeVos Place on the Grand River, a short walk from hotels, restaurants, and downtown. At 162,000 square feet column-free, the DeVos Place Exhibit Hall is built for equipment of the scale this industry actually runs. ADDRESS 303 Monroe Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 AIRPORT Gerald R. Ford Intl. (GRR) ~15 min from venue EXHIBIT HALL 162,000 sq ft column-free MAP Open in Google Maps → 05 EXHIBITORS 78 COMPANIES. ONE FLOOR. Every major segment of the industry will be represented — from shell systems and refractories to induction melting, 3D printing, and foundry software. 3M Abrasive Systems 116 Aimtek 311 Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic 318 Akarmak 412 ALD Vacuum Technologies 437 Applied Ceramics 230 ASC Process Systems 405 Automated Wax Technologies 512 A.W. Bell Machinery 411 B&L Information Systems 213 Beehive Industries 120 Blasch Precision Ceramics 220 Buntrock Industries 411 Cannon-Muskegon Corp. 101 Capital Refractories 516 CARBO Ceramics 130 Certified Alloy Products 128 Consarc Corp 406 Core-Tech Inc. 134 Electralloy 123 EMSCO, Inc. 423 Finite Solutions 430 Fireline, Inc. 328 Goff, Inc. 100 Guardian Bandsaw 312 ICD Melting Solutions 324 Industrial Ceramic Products 401 Inductotherm Corp. 406 KEA Automation 407 Kittyhawk 119 Kyanite Mining 514 LBBC Technologies 118 MAGMA Foundry Technologies 135 Mason Color Works 326 Mayo Engineering 125 Metsch Refractories 325 MK Technology GmbH 431 Morgan Advanced Materials 313 MPI, Inc. 301 Nalco / Ecolab 107 NLB Corp 320 Noritake U.S.A. 433 Pacific Kiln & Insulations 218 Patternworx 427 Pressure Technology 225 Prodways Printers 419 Progressive Surface 422 Quickparts 229 Ransom & Randolph 212 Remet Corp. 201 Retech Systems 315 Saint Gobain ZirPro 232 SELEE Advanced Ceramics 414 Shell-O-Matic 307 Solar Impianti SRL 417 Stratasys 131 voxeljet America 104 Washington Mills 129 Wirco, Inc. 132 Zartech 222 Zircoa 508 REGISTRATION OPENS SOON · DON’T MISS IT BE THE FIRST IN THE ROOM. Registration hasn’t opened yet. When it does, the people on our list get in first — and the last three booth spots go to companies who ask now, not later. NOTIFY ME WHEN REGISTRATION OPENS → INQUIRE ABOUT A BOOTH → 03 BOOTHS REMAINING 78 EXHIBITORS CONFIRMED 04 DAYS, ONE PLACE

2026 Technical Conference & Equipment Show

This October, the investment casting industry convenes in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the 73rd Technical Conference on Investment Casting and Equipment Exposition.

The conference remains the industry's primary forum for advancing the science, engineering, and practical application of investment casting across aerospace, defense, medical, energy, and industrial markets.

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