International Buyer-Seller Meet organized by IMTMA and EEPC India on 24 and 25 January 2020 featured 15 delegates from 8 countries: Egypt, France, Guatemala, Kenya, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.

IMTMA held Jagruti with the help of UDAAN members for awakening the youth and create awareness among budding engineers on 24 and 25 January 2020. Amrita School of Engineering, D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, MES College of Engineering, Sharad Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Sanjay Ghodawat University, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, and PESITM, participated in the programme.

To further the cause of making Indian exhibitions Green, IMTMA constituted the Eco Design Award. This year there was good participation from 63 companies. Neumatica Technologies, Ampco Metal India, Carl Zeiss India, ETA Technology, Salvagnini Machinery India and Amada (India) were conferred the Top Performer awards. Light Mechanics was given award for Commitment to Excel. Givi Misure, Ortlinghaus Drive Technology, Balluff Automation India, Mitutoyo South Asia, Messer Cutting Systems and Trumpf (India) were conferred with Commendation for Achievement.

IMTMA organized a live demonstration of Industry 4.0 at the IMTMA Technology Centre for delegates visiting IMTEX FORMING 2020 & Tooltech 2020. Participants were able to see a model smart factory, digitally connected CNC turning, CNC machining, coordinate measuring machines, real-time machine monitoring through data acquisition devices and CNC controls, etc.

To help students gauge their knowledge and motivate them to equip themselves with what they lack IMTMA organized inter-college Quiz Contest on manufacturing technologies for mechanical engineering students on 24 and 25 January 2020. KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi emerged winner with Nmam Institute of Technology, Udupi as the runner-up.

IMTMA set up IMTEX Television in its campus for live coverage of IMTEX FORMING 2020 & Tooltech 2020. Interviews of dignitaries, panel discussions and IMTMA initiatives were displayed in the IMTEX TV.

IMTMA offered a separate platform i2 Academia Pavilion for academia and research institutions to showcase their R&D capabilities pertaining to metalworking. Compendium of i2 Academia R&D Projects Displayed @ IMTEX Forming 2020 & Tooltech 2020 was released. MIT Art, Design and Technology University, Pune won the first prize at i2 Academia Pavilion.