Visit IMI at the National Restaurant Show 2026

What to expect at IMI Booth #172

At Booth #172, our focus will be on beverage dispense solutions and supporting automation technologies aligned with the increasing performance, hygiene, and reliability demands of modern foodservice equipment. Rather than focusing only on standalone components, we’ll be discussing application-led examples based on real operating conditions and system requirements.

Supporting information will be available through datasheets and QR code enabled digital content, making it easy to explore relevant solutions during and after the show.

Key features of the solution include:

• Fluid control for beverage equipment: Valves, regulators, manifolds and integrated system approaches designed to support hot, cold and carbonated media, as well as cleaning and rinse processes.

• Designing for reliability and serviceability: Reducing leak paths, simplifying routing and improving long-term consistency to support uptime and maintenance targets.

• Supporting compact, feature rich machines: Smarter system architectures for space constrained equipment with multiple beverage channels and configurations.

Beverage dispense reliability: addressing limescale and consistency challenges

In beverage dispense applications, long-term performance depends on how equipment manages real world operating conditions - including challenging fluids, frequent cleaning cycles and mineral buildup.

If these factors are not addressed early in the design process, they can impact reliability, hygiene and beverage quality over the life of the machine.

At the event, we’ll be highlighting technologies developed specifically for demanding dispense environments, including the IMI Buschjost TruControl MS™ media separated dispense valve. Designed for professional coffee and beverage systems, TruControl MS focuses on long service life and reduced maintenance requirements.

The media separated design helps resist limescale buildup, stiction and corrosion, with validated performance of up to 2 million cycles, supporting consistent dispense behavior over extended duty cycles.

For OEMs working with complex or multi channel dispensing layouts, TruControl MS also supports interlinking of up to seven valves, helping reduce system complexity and save space - an important consideration when designing compact machines with a wide range of beverage options.

Application led conversations - not just components

We support food and beverage OEMs across the value chain, from processing and packaging through to final dispense applications. Our focus is on helping engineering teams optimize performance, hygiene, compliance and lifecycle efficiency, rather than simply specifying individual components.

At the event, we’re particularly interested in discussing application challenges across:

• Coffee and espresso machines

• Water dispensing systems

• Soda dispense

• Frozen and specialty beverage equipment

We’ll explore how the right combination of fluid control and motion technologies can support performance targets, simplify machine architecture and reduce lifetime operating costs.

Visit us at the National Restaurant Association Trade Show

National Restaurant Show 2026 McCormick Place, Chicago, IL May 16–19, 2026 Booth #172, South Hall Register for your ticket here.