If you walk the floor at IMTS 2026 in Chicago, you’ll see a booth that looks quite a bit different than 2024: UNITED MACHINING SOLUTIONS.

It houses the storied UNITED GRINDING and UNITED MACHINING brands, legendary names with decades (and even a century or more) of history pushing manufacturing forward.

Advancing the industry requires constant innovation, but before that can happen, it requires invention: a wholly unique machine, technology or process. The brands in the UNITED MACHINING SOLUTIONS family have that pattern of invention, and at IMTS 2026, we’re telling those stories.

A Few of our Many Pioneering Brands

AGIE CHARMILLES

• Released the first industrialized die sink EDM in the 1950s, and the first wire EDM shortly after
• Invented the Isopulse generator in 1959, which foreshadowed the energy efficient and precise spark control today’s applications require
• In 1978, patented the first wire EDM coated wires, making micron-level precision a reality
   

MIKRON MILL

• Invented the high speed machining center in the 1990s, introducing never-before-seen levels of accuracy and speed to the manufacturing world
   

STUDER

• Developed the first cylindrical CNC grinding machine in 1976
• Patented a special composite known as Granitan® that brought outrageous thermal stability and vibration dampening
   

WALTER

• Released the world’s first automated tool grinding machine in 1953
• Launched the world’s first NC-controlled tool grinding machine in 1977
• In 2001, invented the 2-in-1 tool grinding concept, letting users grind carbide and erode PCD in a single clamping

Watch for the Pattern Before and During IMTS 2026!

On top of celebrating our own inventions that have been brought to market, we’re telling the stories of innovative and inventive customers who use our technology to create their own unique and brilliant parts, processes and systems. Watch for those stories throughout the summer.

We’re excited to honor the past while we simultaneously celebrate everything that’s possible in the future. For more, visit the UNITED MACHINING SOLUTIONS IMTS show page.