MD&M South 2028Exhibitor guide: booth costs, dates and deadlines

For a supplier at MD&M South the usual fit is a 10×20: rentals run $7,500 to $15,000 and custom builds $15,000 to $45,000. A 20×20 island with a working cell runs $50,000 to $120,000 custom. Machine crating, center-supplied power and booth flooring for the bare aisles move the figure. Informa prices the space itself through its sales team.

Informa's exhibitor FAQ sets the payment rhythm: as a general guide, 30% of the space is due 12 to 9 months before the show, 60% at 9 to 6 months and the full amount six months out, so roughly October 2027. We need design sign-off by early February 2028 to build in Fishkill and ship on time.

Yes. A Purple rental for Charlotte covers the frame, printed fabric graphics with sector labels, LED lighting, a lockable sample counter, interlocking floor tiles for the uncarpeted aisles, plus trucking and our labor both ways, priced as one fixed figure. After April 20 the kit comes back to our shop, which spares you two years of storage before the 2030 edition.

North Carolina is a right-to-work state, and our venue notes show full-time staff can usually assemble a booth here, though each show's rules decide. Power is different: the center's own electricians bring every circuit to the booth. Larger builds go up with our project manager and local labor, and we file the contractor paperwork Informa asks for.

The building is built for it: a 350-pound-per-square-foot live floor load, floor boxes on 30-foot centers and columns 90 feet apart. We order the center's electrical and any compressed air at least 14 days ahead, guard the moving parts, and route anything too tall for Hall A's 16-foot door through Hall B's elephant door.

We plan about $115 per hundredweight for this building, our 2026 planning figure; the contractor's kit for MD&M South sets the actual tariff, and the center publishes none. Machines and sample cases are what push the weight, so we weigh every crate before it ships and print drayage as its own line on your proposal.

Informa's 2028 floor plan for MD&M South is drawn in Hall A, a 100,000-square-foot hall with a 16-by-26-foot truck door. The center's other halls are Hall B, with the elephant door, and Hall C, which splits into C1 and C2. We draw your booth once Informa assigns the space.

That is how we design it. The same frame and sample counter can follow you to MD&M West, MEDevice Boston or PACK EXPO Southeast with new graphics for each crowd, and because MD&M South skips odd years, the booth waits in our storage between Charlotte editions and travels from there to the next show on your calendar.

We do. Once Informa posts the MD&M South 2028 exhibitor kit, we place your material handling, labor and furnishing orders with its general service contractor, the electrical and plumbing orders with the Charlotte Convention Center, and any hanging-sign rigging with Encore Global, and we put every one of those charges on the proposal.

MD&M South 2028 runs Wednesday, April 19 and Thursday, April 20, 2028, at the Charlotte Convention Center. Expo hall days and hours for 2028 are not confirmed yet. The previous edition ran April 22–23, 2026.

No. MD&M South is held every other year, so after the April 2026 show the next edition is April 19–20, 2028, in Charlotte. Exhibitors who need a 2027 medtech supply floor go to MD&M West in Anaheim, MEDevice Boston or MD&M East in New York.

Informa's 2026 exhibitor list for MD&M South holds 283 companies. The show launched in 2022 inside IME South, which Informa reported drew nearly 2,300 buyers and 300+ exhibitors. Informa says 90% of attendees recommend, specify or make final buying decisions.

No. It is a registered trade event for engineers and manufacturing professionals, and Informa admits no one under 18 to the expo halls or conference rooms. Registrants re-register each show, receive a QR code by email shortly before opening and print badges on site.

Informa Markets sells the space. Its booking steps are to study the 2028 floor plan, pick a booth size and your top three locations, then call the sales team or send the contact form. Priority points accrue at one per $3,500 of booth and sponsorship spend, plus one for exhibiting.