Design-2-Part Shows Announce 2014 Schedule

Online, November 14, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Design-2-Part (D2P) Shows, America's largest design and contract manufacturing tradeshows, have announced their 2014 show schedule. The eleven show slate includes six annual events, four biennial shows, and an inaugural event in Chantilly, VA.

The schedule is highlighted by Design-2-Part Shows' first ever appearance in Chantilly, VA with the Mid-Atlantic Design-2-Part Show, on June 11 & 12, 2014 at the Dulles Expo Center. With the Maryland and the D.C. Metro area now being home to 4,729 manufacturers and 182,493 manufacturing jobs, Northern Virginia's "Dulles Technology Corridor" is an ideal location for D2P's newest show.

The schedule is anchored by six annual shows. D2P will hold these events in Grapevine (Dallas), TX, Atlanta, GA, Schaumburg, IL, Santa Clara, CA, Long Beach, CA, and Marlborough (Boston), MA. The Southern California Show rotates between Long Beach and Pasadena giving Greater Los Angeles area manufacturers two convenient, every-other-year options. And, New England attendees will enjoy a date move one month earlier to the beginning of October.

The D2P schedule is rounded out with four events that revolve every two years. These shows will be held in Secaucus, NJ, Akron, OH, Portland, OR, and Raleigh, NC.

Design-2-Part Shows provide design engineers, manufacturing engineers and managers, and purchasers an excellent opportunity to meet face-to-face with local and national job shops and contract manufacturers to source custom parts, components, services, and design. Exhibiting companies will be showcasing their design-through-manufacturing services featuring more than 300 product categories for the metal, plastics, rubber and electronics industries. The shows are working shows and visitors are encouraged to bring sample parts and drawings.

D2P Shows exclusively feature exhibiting job shops and contract manufacturers with manufacturing operations in the United States. Companies that do not have facilities in the U.S. are not permitted to exhibit.

The 2014 D2P Show Schedule:

Texas Design-2-Part Show, March 5 & 6, 2014
Gaylord Texan Convention Center, Grapevine, TX

Southeast Design-2-Part Show, March 26 & 27, 2014
Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA

Greater New York Design-2-Part Show, April 9 & 10, 2014
Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, NJ

Greater Chicago Design-2-Part Show, May 7 & 8, 2014
Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL

Northern California Design-2-Part Show, May 21 & 22, 2014
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA

Mid-Atlantic Design-2-Part Show, June 11 & 12, 2014
Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, VA

Greater Ohio Design-2-Part Show, September 17 & 18, 2014
John S. Knight Center, Akron, OH

New England Design-2-Part Show, October 1 & 2, 2014
Royal Plaza Trade Center, Marlborough, MA

Southern California Design-2-Part Show, October 15 & 16, 2014
Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA

Northwest Design-2-Part Show, November 5 & 6, 2014
Portland Expo Center, Portland, OR

Southeast Design-2-Part Show, November 19 & 20, 2014
State Fair Exposition Center, Raleigh, NC

For more information about exhibiting or attending any Design-2-Part Show, visit www.D2P.com.