The 6th Lightweighting Summit under the patronage of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) will be held on April 1, 2025, as part of HANNOVER MESSE. It will offer companies, scientists, and experts from all sectors the opportunity to find out about the latest developments in lightweight construction, as well as discussing future-oriented technologies. Dr. Robert Habeck, Vice-Chancellor, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, will (…)

The early-booking phase for next year’s EMO Hannover ended on 15 October 2024, by which time more than 1,100 exhibitors from all over the world had registered. That is just over 10 percent more than at the same time in the run-up to EMO 2023. "Our attractive early-bird offer has clearly motivated companies to sign up, despite the challenging economic conditions," says Dr. Markus Heering, Executive Director of EMO organizer VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association). He is convinced (…)

All companies and partners participating in the upcoming HANNOVER MESSE are invited to submit their contributions to the forum program by 31 December 2024. These should relate to the trending topics at HANNOVER MESSE and include innovative and forward-looking ideas. The topics: Industrie 4.0, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Energy for Industry, CO2-neutral Production or Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. With its conference stages and forums, HANNOVER MESSE provides the ideal (…)

The International Exhibition for Metal Working was officially opened yesterday by Roland Bleinroth and Dr. Florian Stegmann. The opening ceremony attracted the trade press, visitors and exhibitors. This successful opening marked the start of the 21st edition of AMB. Roland Bleinroth, President and CEO of Messe Stuttgart, welcomed everyone at midday on the AMB Stage: "We have been successfully staging AMB for many years. In 2024 the exhibition will again become THE meeting point for the (…)

Never before has the industry changed as rapidly as it is doing today. This fact also affects the requirements made on trade fairs. DeburringEXPO will therefore no longer take place as an independent event, but will be incorporated into the new trade fair called PARTS FINISHING, taking place for the first time next year on 12 and 13 November 2025. The new two-day event will combine the subjects of deburring technologies, component cleaning and surface finishing and will be held at the (…)

Five production technology research institutes will be showcasing their current grinding technology projects at GrindingHub, which takes place in Stuttgart from May 14 to 17. They can be found at the Grinding Solution Park Science in Hall 10, Stand 10D20 and represent the who’s who of grinding technology research in Germany. The IFW (Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools) at Leibniz University Hanover, inspire AG, Zürich, the ISF (Institute of Machining Technology) at TU (…)

At the beginning of February, MedtecLIVE, the leading European trade fair for the production of medical technology products and door opener to the important European consumer and production market, launched a new format: the digital MedtecLIVE Community. "Following the relaunch of the website, the community now offers the unique opportunity to continue the trade fair experience digitally throughout the year. We connect exhibitors and visitors with each other and with many other players in (…)

The topic of robotics is an integral part of HANNOVER MESSE. Robots of all sizes and shapes – from industrial robots and cobots right through to autonomous mobile robots – can be found throughout the exhibition grounds of the world’s leading trade fair for industry. A special highlight this year is the Application Park in Hall 5, which has a strong partner at its side in the form of the German Robotics Association (DRV). Among other things, the DRV has made it a mission to promote and (…)

Essential to the precision mechanical manufacturing and screw-cutting sector, the SIMODEC exhibition will remain in 2024 the only French event exclusively dedicated to production resources for this sector. To highlight the most outstanding innovations in this field, the show’s Innovation Trophies will be awarded on the first day of the show. Comprising nine professionals, the jury will include two women engineers for the first time. Nine trophies will be awarded in seven equipment and (…)

Messe Stuttgart and the VDW pooling their expertise in north Germany / New responsibility for NORTEC. New responsibility for NORTEC: Messe Stuttgart and the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), Frankfurt am Main, are jointly assuming responsibility for the established event for production engineering in Hamburg. The final discussions with the previous organizer, i.e. Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, have just been concluded. "For Messe Stuttgart, the future orientation of (…)