Showcase for sheetmetal

Europe’s biggest trade fair dedicated to the world of sheetmetal production opens its doors in Hannover for the 24^th time this year.

EuroBLECH 2016 runs from October 25-29 in halls 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 27 of the city’s exhibition grounds. Once again the exhibition will be the meeting place for sheetmetal working professionals from all over the world looking to find enhanced machinery and innovative production solutions.

Visitors will be able to discover an extensive variety of products, from conventional systems to high-tech solutions, and gain an insight into the latest technological advancements in sheetmetal working.

With this year’s theme ‘The New Generation of Sheetmetal Working’, the event will reflect the trend towards digitalisation and smart manufacturing in modern sheetmetal processing.

Organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions, have also increased the floorspace available for this year’s show. The event will take place in an exhibition space of 89,000m² across eight halls at the trade fair venue, which represents an increase in floor space of 3% compared with the previous exhibition. Mack Brooks says this also reflects the fact that exhibiting companies have booked bigger stands to demonstrate an even larger choice of machinery and cutting-edge solutions to attendees.

This year the event is set to attract more than 1,400 exhibitors from at least 40 countries. Major exhibitor countries include: Germany, Italy, China, Turkey, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Austria. EuroBLECH is traditionally known as a largely international event. At the previous edition 52% of exhibitors and 37% of visitors came from outside Germany. A total of 59,618 trade visitors from 105 countries attended the trade show in 2014.

On the theme of ‘The New Generation of Sheetmetal Working’ the show will focus on how production is undergoing major changes. Automated production, machine-to-machine communication, intelligent process chains – smart manufacturing have now become an integral part of sheetmetal working. Data exchange along the entire supply chain is paving the way for optimised manufacturing processes, improved planning reliability, more flexibility and higher product quality.

With product variety increasing and batch sizes decreasing, manufacturing processes in sheetmetal working are becoming ever more complex and require highly efficient and flexible solutions. Companies in the industry are, therefore, currently facing an environment of change that requires vital decisions for the long-term adaptation of their production processes.

As a global business barometer and leading industry platform for the sheetmetal working industry, EuroBLECH will present a large variety of tailor-made solutions. The exhibition profile includes sheetmetal, semi-finished and finished products, welding and surface treatment, processing of hybrid structures, tools, quality control, CAD/CAM/CIM systems and R&D.

Visitors will be able to see live demonstrations of a large variety of machinery and systems and discuss practical applications with top industry experts. The show targets all sheetmetal working specialists at every management level in small and medium-sized companies as well as large enterprises. Visitors include design engineers, production managers, quality managers, buyers, manufacturers, technical directors and experts in associations and R&D.

A visitor brochure in twelve languages is now available from the organisers and can be ordered via the multi-lingual show website. The leaflet includes the show profile, a plan of the exhibition halls, practical information about the exhibition as well as useful information on travel and accommodation.

The online exhibitor list, which is also available at the exhibition website, is regularly updated and provides plenty of information on exhibiting companies.

EuroBLECH 2016 www.euroblech.com