05/20/2025
Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference is coming to the Kansas City Convention Center, Oct. 21-23, and Missouri Association of Manufacturers will be partnering with the show as a supporting organization.
“We’re proud to bring the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference to Kansas City, and are grateful for the warm welcome from the Missouri Association of Manufacturers,” said Roderick M. Smith, Publisher. “This show will share high-impact, industrial-sized energy/water-saving project ideas that Midwest manufacturing personnel can implement at their plants. Our sponsors will also be giving away $20,000 in compressed air technology, including a leak detection camera and aluminum piping kits.”
Missouri Association of Manufacturers is a supporting organization for the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference in Kansas City.
The show, designed for facility maintenance staff, plant engineers and energy managers, focuses on the industrial plant utilities of compressed air, blower, vacuum and comfort/process cooling systems.
“The Missouri Association of Manufacturers is excited to welcome the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference to Missouri, and to be a supportive partner organization,” said Michael Eaton, Executive Director, Missouri Association of Manufacturers. “The Association is committed to bringing value to manufacturers. We appreciate the opportunity to play a supportive role with this event and to put our mission into action through this partnership, to help bring information, education and resources to manufacturers in the Midwest.”
The Missouri Association of Manufacturers MAM is the only organization dedicated solely to representing the interests of Manufacturers in Missouri with the primary purpose of promoting, preserving and advancing manufacturing.
New for 2025! EXPO Pavilions
The exhibit hall will feature five all-new pavilions, offering a variety of interactive and educational experiences. Attendees can visit with over 80 world-class equipment manufacturers and get access to all of these pavilions for just $55 with an EXPO Pass.
- Leak Detection – Learn to use different types of leak detectors and discover leak audit best practices. Enter the raffle to win the new LeakCam 600 Kit, a $16,990 value. Sponsored by CS Instruments.
- Piping – Get hands-on experience installing aluminum compressed air piping systems. Enter the raffle to win one of three Do-It-Yourself Unipipe Aluminum Piping Kits, valued between $1,092 and $2,347. Sponsored by Unipipe.
- Technology – Explore the latest cutting-edge technologies from 16 leading global OEMs.
- Food Safety – Engineer and verify compliance with FSMA/SQF/BRC/ISO Quality Systems.
- Maintenance – Get maintenance tips from air compressor, compressed air dryer, chiller, cooling tower, blower and vacuum pump global OEMs.
New for 2025! Hands-On Conference Workshops
This year’s event will feature more specialized workshops than ever before. All of these conference workshops are included with a Conference Pass.
- Hard Hat Compressed Air Maintenance Workshop – This interactive workshop features fully operational table-top compressed air labs with pneumatic circuits. Led by experts from SMC, Ardagh Glass, The Analysts, UE Systems and Gentex. Sponsored by SMC.
- Industrial Cooling Water Workshop – Learn how to maximize energy and water savings. Led by experts from EVAPCO, Integrated Services Group, SPX Cooling Tech and 3M.
- Blower Engineering Workshop – This two-part workshop led by Tom Jenkins, P.E., President, JenTech, provides a deeper understanding of blower selection and specification for wastewater treatment and pneumatic conveying.
- Sales Engineering Workshop – Improve the performance of cooling or compressed air technology sales engineers. Led by Mark Allen Roberts, CEO, OBT Solutions.
Attendees can choose between several ticket options – the Full Conference Pass, a Single Day Conference Pass or the EXPO Hall Pass. Click here to register now to secure super early bird rates (30% off, up to $200 in savings). Group discounts are available; reach out to Kimberly Hill at [email protected] for more information.
About Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference
The Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference is the leading North American event focused on sustainable, safe and reliable on-site utilities powering automation. The event takes place Oct. 21-23, 2025, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO. Attendees come from engineering firms, manufacturing plants and equipment companies responsible for specifying, purchasing, operating, selling and maintaining on-site utility equipment in industrial compressed air, vacuum and cooling water systems. For more information, visit https://cabpexpo.com/attend.
