{
  "event": "ProMat",
  "year": 2027,
  "verified": "2026-09-14",
  "dates": {
    "label": "Full event",
    "value": "April 19–21, 2027"
  },
  "venue": "McCormick Place",
  "city": "Chicago",
  "official": "https://www.promatshow.com/",
  "dateSource": "https://www.promatshow.com/downloads/exhibitors/exhibitor-brochure.pdf",
  "photos": [
    {
      "alt": "Eonmetall exhibit with an illuminated circular overhead sign, a central branded display, round meeting tables and white chairs.",
      "caption": "Eonmetall · storage-system exhibit",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
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      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/206_N0319_WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-29-at-08-35-20-1.jpg",
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      "project": "Eonmetall",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Describe the actual project or scene. This photo does not establish a build at the destination show.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "TAVIL team standing in front of an exhibit with suspended branding, a protected machinery area and meeting tables.",
      "caption": "TAVIL · the team beside an automation exhibit",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
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      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/promat-promat-people-68-1500.webp",
      "project": "TAVIL",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "This is a posed team photograph; do not label it a live demonstration or visitor interaction.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "Genetec Technology team behind a white branded reception counter in a green exhibit with machine displays and factory videos.",
      "caption": "Genetec Technology · industrial automation",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYyNTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8xMDNfRTA0MTdfMTc0NzE5OTgxMzA0NS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIwMDU1YmQxIn0%3D",
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      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/promat-promat-gallery-1-205-1600.webp",
      "project": "Genetec Technology Berhad",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "The We Build Machines message identifies Genetec Technology Berhad, the industrial automation business, not Genetec Inc. security software.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "TAVIL exhibit with a suspended square sign, an orange industrial robot inside a guarded cell and visitors seated at nearby tables.",
      "caption": "TAVIL · an enclosed robotic cell and meeting space",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTIyNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3B1cnBsZWV4aGliaXRzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcLzE3MzgyNTYzNDg1ODMtMS53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDA1NWJkMSJ9",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1738256348583-1.webp",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/promat-promat-gallery-2-69-1500.webp",
      "project": "TAVIL",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Machinery is visibly installed; operation at the instant photographed is not established.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "BOST exhibit with machine-tool photographs on the walls, a reception counter, white meeting furniture and timber-effect flooring.",
      "caption": "BOST · industrial machining and meeting space",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY0MzEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC9JTUctMjAyNDA5MDYtV0EwMzU0LTEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDA1NWJkMSJ9",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG-20240906-WA0354-1.jpg",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/promat-promat-gallery-3-315-1600.webp",
      "project": "BOST",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Heavy-machining industry reference; this does not establish a warehouse-automation or ProMat installation.",
      "eventClaim": false
    }
  ],
  "editorialNote": "Real Purple portfolio photographs identify the actual projects; no target-show installation is implied. Space Symposium also retains three separately credited public-domain event photographs.",
  "checked": "2026-09-14",
  "facts": {
    "organizer": "MHI",
    "rows": [
      [
        "Venue & halls",
        "The 2027 brochure identifies McCormick Place’s South Hall, North Hall and Lakeside for ProMat, April 19–21.",
        "https://www.promatshow.com/downloads/exhibitors/exhibitor-brochure.pdf",
        "confirmed"
      ],
      [
        "Move-in / move-out",
        "A dated 2027 target schedule could not be confirmed from the current public exhibitor FAQ. The archived March 2025 windows are not usable for April 2027.",
        "https://www.promatshow.com/exhibitors/faq",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Height & hanging signs",
        "The publicly indexed rules download still references ProMat 2025. Verify replacement 2027 height and rigging rules before committing an overhead structure.",
        "https://www.promatshow.com/downloads/rules.pdf",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Drayage & labor",
        "ProMat freight access depends on the assigned McCormick show floor. Current 2027 handling charges and labor allocations were not verified in the reviewed public materials.",
        "https://www.promatshow.com/exhibitors/faq",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Last edition · 2025",
        "MHI reports 52,223 registrations and 1,160 exhibitors at ProMat 2025; registration is not a separate count of verified unique visitors.",
        "https://www.mhisolutionsmag.com/index.php/2025/06/09/promat-delivers-the-biggest-event-in-its-history-as-the-supply-chain-industry-comes-together/",
        "confirmed"
      ],
      [
        "2027 format",
        "The April 2027 edition is scheduled across three days and three show floors. MHI’s advance space draw reserved 653,600 net square feet.",
        "https://www.mhisolutionsmag.com/index.php/2026/03/27/promat-exhibit-space-draw/",
        "confirmed"
      ]
    ],
    "mistake": "Routing an automation cell without its North, South or Lakeside assignment risks a mismatched unloading plan; map the machinery to the correct show floor first.",
    "mistakeSource": "https://www.promatshow.com/downloads/exhibitors/exhibitor-brochure.pdf"
  },
  "purpleProject": {
    "name": "KLEEMANN",
    "url": "https://purpleexhibits.com/kleemann/",
    "imageUrl": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SaveClip.App_505419830_18359100259148790_2786878789075005319_n.webp",
    "alt": "Visitors watching an elevator technology presentation beneath KLEEMANN branding, with an illuminated forest-themed display and a touchscreen kiosk.",
    "caption": "Related Purple project: KLEEMANN elevator technology",
    "industry": "Elevator systems and vertical transportation",
    "evidence": "The visible case text says Purple designed the space around traffic flow and interaction and developed the booth for technical product presentation.",
    "width": 1080,
    "height": 810,
    "src": "/shows/proof/promat.webp",
    "text": "KLEEMANN’s published elevator exhibit demonstrates technical product presentation and visitor interaction. No Purple warehouse-automation case has been verified, so the connection here is engineering communication rather than a ProMat build.",
    "variants": [
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/promat-480.webp",
        "width": 480
      },
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/promat-960.webp",
        "width": 960
      },
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/promat-1080.webp",
        "width": 1080
      }
    ]
  },
  "reviewNote": "Uncleared third-party photographs replaced with the user-authorized company portfolio assets. Captions and alternative text updated for the actual replacement images.",
  "eventDates": {
    "convention": "Full event",
    "startDate": "2027-04-19",
    "endDate": "2027-04-21",
    "display": "April 19–21, 2027",
    "source": "https://www.promatshow.com/downloads/exhibitors/exhibitor-brochure.pdf",
    "explanation": null
  }
}