Setup & tear down Information

Start off by checking in and getting your exhibitor badges at registration.  The first person to check-in from your company will receive all the lunch and party tickets ordered by your admin. Please do not loose then as they cannot be replaced. Our staff will also help you setup the Lead Generation system.

SETUP hours 8/5/2025:
Heavy Equipment/forklift Required Exhibitors- 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
General Exhibitor - 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The AME pre-paid for two hours of Fork Truck service so there are no forms or payments necessary to use this service when using personal/work vehicles. Simply flag down a driver and let them know what you need. Please be patient as there will be many requests. This service DOES NOT COVER single loads of 4,000lbs or greater.

TEAR DOWN hour 8/7/2025:

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM **After 7:00 PM there will be a $100 per hour charge per exhibitor. Please notify show organizers if this will be a challenge for your team. (**Exceptions do exist and we’ll address than as they arise)

Load Out - 3:00 PM -7:00 PM on Thursday, August 8, 2025.

** There is a staggered Load Out Schedule. Please Read. **

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM vendors that do NOT need Fork Truck are allowed to access the loading docks. These should be simple and quick loads utilizing personal/work vehicles and trailers.

  • 4:15 PM – 7:00 PM vendors utilizing third party shipping/freight handlers or vendors that need Fork Trucks utilizing personal/work vehicles and trailers are allowed access the loading docks. If you fall into this category and you arrive before 4:15 PM you will not be allowed to enter and will be redirected and staged along Michigan St. and Scribner (see maps below)

  • There will be Staff at the Loading Dock doors as well as Staff to direct traffic. This can be a challenge to coordinate so please listen to and respect these Staff Members.

DeVos Place is non-union and all exhibitors can bring their sales demos and booth items directly into the venue. There are some carts for moving equipment in, but plan ahead and bring your own.  We do have a fork trucks to help with large demos and AME pre-paid for two hours of this service so there are no forms or payments necessary.   If you have demos being picked up or are picking them up yourself you may line up on Michigan Ave beginning at 2:15PM but please not any sooner. DeVos Security may instruct early arrivers to make a lap around the block until lining up is permitted. Please expect slight delays when loading and unloading


DEMO VEHICLES

Please see the Display Vehicle Rules from the DeVos Place HERE.


EARLY TEARDOWN FEE

Any exhibitor who begins to tear down their booth without express permission from AME organizers will be charged $600. The fee will automatically be charged for those in violation. Any exhibitor who clearly violates this rule and disputes the fee will not be permitted to return to AME. For clarity, this is also specified during the registration process and expressly agreed upon to complete the reservation.

SETUP & TEAR DOWN PARKING - 8/5/25 & 8/7/25:
The venue affords each exhibitor utilizing the parking structure under the DeVos Place two-hour parking vouchers. Exhibitors loading and unloading items from their vehicles are encouraged to use this free service. There is also a freight elevator (Section K) that is accessible from the parking lot. Below, you will see the parking lot map and where the Freight Elevator is located. After you have completed your loading and/or unloading, a security guard will be stationed at the freight elevator, and they will provide you with the pass.

What about oversized delivery trucks. trailers and or semitrucks? Please visit the “PARKING” section of the site.

LOADING DOCKS

The Red dot marks the loading docks for DeVos Place. NO LEFT TURN from Michigan St. into the loading docks.

MAKE SURE you insure your products for lost, thief, or damage as the AME is not responsible for this.  The DeVos Place also has explicit rules that bar them from responsibility.  Your staff is responsible for getting your demos on the truck so stay by your demo when the fork truck is loading.  No demo will be loaded with the fork truck without your staff there.

If you have questions, please contact us at info@advancedmanufacturingexpo.com.