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Shows on the Move by tsnn on the September 20th, 2007

Canon Communications LLC, the leading producer of tradeshows and publications dedicated to the worldwide $220 billion medical device manufacturing market, is introducing a new show, Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) Midwest, for medical manufacturers in the central United States. The move completes the U.S. medical event landscape for Canon which for more than two decades has produced major Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) tradeshows on the west and east coasts and a regional exhibition serving the Twin Cities medical market in Minneapolis.

MD&M Midwest will co-locate with Canon’s five-show lineup of 2,000 exhibitors at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois in the late-September timeframe. The show joins Assembly Technology Expo, Electronics Assembly Show, Plastics USA/PLASTEC Midwest, National Manufacturing Week, and Quality Expo, when it debuts September 23-25, 2008. MD&M Midwest is expected to showcase 300 exhibiting companies and attract 4,000 medical design and manufacturing professionals. The show’s exposition will be accompanied by a concurrently running technical conference.

“MD&M Midwest is a logical extension of the very successful MD&M franchise and business model. Positioning tradeshows in the geographic center of their served markets has predictably resulted in growing events and rewarding experiences for both attendees and exhibitors,” said Charles G. McCurdy, Chairman and CEO of Canon. “In addition, aligning MD&M Midwest with five other related shows creates the sort of front to back end design and manufacturing event that has become a hallmark of Canon around the country.”