2026 Greater Denver Design-2-Part Show Facts

DENVER, CO • MAY 20 & 21

Wednesday 9:30 – 3:00 • Thursday 9:30 – 3:00
Colorado Convention Center • 700 14th St. • Denver, CO 80202

The Design-2-Part Trade Show is the ideal marketing opportunity for contract manufacturers and job shops in the metal, plastics, rubber, electronics, and finishing industries.

About the Show

  • Get immediate business – over 50% of the attendees from our 2025 shows were looking to purchase within 6 months.
  • Easiest set-up and breakdown of any trade show in the region – no union fees or extra drayage costs.
  • 2024 marked our first ever trade show in the Colorado market, with over 1,250 qualified attendees.
  • Located in the heart of downtown Denver, the Colorado Convention Center is within easy walking distance of nearly 10,000 hotel rooms and 300 restaurants.
  • Denver is located along the I-25 North-South corridor, home to many OEMs in the state of Colorado. This cluster of major manufacturing companies stretches 90 miles north to Cheyenne, WY, and 110 miles south to Pueblo, CO. Click here to view a map of the area.

Market at a Glance

  • Colorado is currently home to 4,532 manufacturers employing 192,688 workers. (Industry Select/MNI)
  • Manufacturers in Colorado contributed $28.1 billion to the state’s economy, accounting for 5.3% of Colorado’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • Denver remains the state’s top industrial city by number of manufacturing jobs, accounting for 29,395 workers. (Industry Select/MNI)
  • Top manufacturing companies in Colorado include Lockheed Martin, Anheuser-Busch, JBS USA, Terumo BCT, Raytheon Technologies, and EchoStar. (Industry Select)
  • Colorado ranks as the #1 state in private aerospace employment concentration, #2 state to start a business, #2 for technology & science, and #4 for concentration of STEM workers. (Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade)

Proven Results…

% Based on 2024 Denver, CO Show

Attendee Profile

Engineering 39.8%
Purchasing 26.3%
Corporate Management 22.3%

Buying Power
91% Involved in the Decision to Outsource

Final Decision 39.0%
Significant Influence 33.1%
Recommend Vendors 18.8%

Top Industries Represented

Electronics
Electronics Mfg., Computers/Subsystems, Instrumentation & Controls		 14.8%
Aerospace/Aviation 9.3%
Medical 9.3%
Automotive 7.6%
Machinery 6.1%
Sporting Goods 6.0%
Government/Defense 4.5%
Energy/Utilities 3.8%
See the Current Exhibitor List

Partial List of Attendees

% Based on 2024 Denver, CO Show

View Fact Sheet (PDF)
D SYSTEMS
ADVANCED ENERGY
AIR SQUARED
ANIMAL CARE SYSTEMS
BAE SYSTEMS
BALL AEROSPACE
BARBER-NICHOLS LLC
BOEING
BOYD LIGHTING
BURRIS COMPANY
CERAPEDICS
COLORADO TIME SYSTEM
CONMED CORPORATION
CPI CARD GROUP
DIVERSATEK HEALTHCARE
EARTHROAMER
EATON
EI MEDICAL IMAGING
EMERSON
FIELDLINE
GATES CORPORATION
GULFTECH FOOD MACHINERY
HARLOFF
HARTWIG
HONEYWELL
INTEGRATED PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
KARCHER NORTH AMERICA
KIOSK INFORMATION SYSTEMS
KLOPPENBERG
KODAK ALARIS
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE
MAGPUL INDUSTRIES CORP
MAGSWITCH TECHNOLOGY GROUP
MILLENNIUM SENSOR LLC
MKS INSTRUMENTS
MOUNTAIN SECURE SYSTEMS
NULITE
PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS
QUANTUM
SAFRAN ELECTRONICS
SAMTEC
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
SIERRA NEVADA CORP
SNAPTRON INC
SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS
SPECTRA LOGIC
SPYDERCO INC
SUINSA MEDICAL SYSTEMS
SUNDYNE
SWISSLOG HEALTHCARE
TENSION CLIMBING
TERUMO BCT
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
UNIVAIR AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
VIKING ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
WAVELYNX
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
WILD GOOSE FILLING
WOODFORD MFG
WOODWARD
WRIGHT & MCGILL CO
ZYNEX MONITORING SOLUTIONS

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