EuroBLECH 2018: Step into the digital reality

EuroBLECH 2018, the 25^th International sheetmetal working technology exhibition, takes place from 23 - 26 October 2018 at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany.

More than 1,400 exhibitors from 38 countries have secured their stand space at the world’s leading trade exhibition for the sheetmetal working industry. Currently, major exhibitor countries are Germany, Italy, Turkey, China, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Austria and the USA.

Every two years, EuroBLECH is a must-attend event for design engineers, production managers, quality managers, buyers, manufacturers, technical directors and experts from associations and R&D looking to see the latest trends and machinery in sheetmetal working.

Visitors to this year’s show can expect to see the complete spectrum of intelligent solutions and technology necessary for modern production in the sheetmetal working sector. Currently, the digital transformation is playing a major role in the industry, which enables increased efficiency and a higher level of automation and predictive maintenance.

These developments are reflected in this year’s EuroBLECH mantra ‘Step into the digital reality’, since Industry 4.0 and the Smart Factory have become major topics in sheetmetal working. This has now become an important area for small and medium-sized companies planning to invest in these technologies in the near future in order to gain a competitive advantage in their respective markets.

“The digital transformation is a vitally important topic in the industry and this requires close collaboration along the entire value chain, from production control to maintenance,” says Evelyn Warwick, EuroBLECH’s exhibition director on behalf of organiser Mack Brooks Exhibitions.

“The biggest challenge for companies in the sector is to create an intelligent manufacturing environment, based on the secure exchange of data and the networking of machines and processes. EuroBLECH 2018 offers its visitors the possibility to find solutions for these challenges and to connect with business partners to help with the integration of processes, machines and systems into the production environment.”

The show will take place from 23-26 October at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds in Germany in halls 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. EuroBLECH is the world’s largest exhibition for the sheetmetal industry, offering a global platform for visitors to discover and source the latest innovative manufacturing solutions in a live working environment.

The EuroBLECH exhibition profile covers 15 sectors covering the entire technology chain: sheetmetal, semi-finished and finished products, handling, separation, forming, flexible sheetmetal working, tube/ section processing, joining, welding, additive manufacturing, surface treatment, processing of hybrid structures, tools, quality control, CAD/CAM/CIM systems, factory and warehouse equipment as well as R&D.

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