HANNOVER MESSE 2026: The Go-to Global Trade Fair for the Manufacturing Industry Returns April 20 – 24, 2026
HANNOVER MESSE 2026: One of the Most Dynamic International Platforms & Hot Spots for Industrial Transformation
HANNOVER MESSE 2026 brings together international experts, investment decision-makers, and users. With visitors from over 150 countries, the trade fair offers the largest platform for industrial transformation. Exhibitors gain reach, high-quality contacts, and access to markets that would otherwise be difficult to reach, along with excellent innovations or unusual products. Here you will find all the facts that make one thing even clearer: participation is an absolute “must”!
AI is driving the intelligent factory of tomorrow, making it more efficient, sustainable, and autonomous. At HANNOVER MESSE 2026, experience firsthand how future technologies become real-world applications, including autonomous robots and generative AI. See how AI is transforming industry and setting new standards.
The Center Stage is the international platform for inspiration and transformation in industrial production. It brings together leading figures from business, politics, science, and society with global industry decision-makers to discuss challenges, strategies, and solutions. The program is complemented by panel discussions and bar talks that create space for dialogue and new connections.
Topics
Automation & Digitalization
- Automation Systems & Components
- IIoT, Wireless & Cloud
- Industrial AI
- Industrial Software
- Industrial Supply & Engineering Solutions
- IT/OT Security
- Production Logistics
- Production Technology for Defense
- Robotics & Assembly Automation
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure
- Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
- Hydrogen Technologies
- Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Research & Technology Transfer
Special Displays
Getting Down to Business
Interesting Facts About Professional Trade Show Visitors to HANNOVER MESSE
- Large Concentration of Decision-Makers: Two-thirds of attendees are involved in making investment decisions in their companies. 22% of those surveyed come to Hannover with concrete investment plans – and this tendency is rising.
- Broad Industry Structure: HANNOVER MESSE brings the core industrial sectors together at one location – from drive engineering, automation, energy, R&D and industrial IT to subcontracting. This is the place where exhibitors cross the boundaries of technology and industry.
- International Audience: One third of all professional visitors come from outside Germany – and more than half of these come from outside the EU. Every second attendee from Germany travels more than 300 kilometers to appear in Hannover.
- Broad Range of Topics: Exhibitors gain customers through innovation. Professional visitors to the trade show see HANNOVER MESSE as the most important window to the future of industry. With its annual key topics, HANNOVER MESSE hits the nerve of the times.
- Clear Business Objectives: Visitors want to see and experience new things. Among the top goals of the visitors are the search for innovations and trends, the exchange of experience and information, networking and generating new business contacts.
- Strong Visitor Loyalty: Return visitors and first-time attendees at HANNOVER MESSE balance each other out. Regular exhibitors have the opportunity to tap new target groups and foster their existing relationships.
- Interest in Technological Leaders: What are the big players up to? That’s something that interests every trade show visitor. Global market leaders know that if you want to be one of the big players, you need to appear at HANNOVER MESSE.
- Successful Profile: Over 70 percent of professional visitors surveyed stated that a visit to HANNOVER MESSE benefits their professional activity significantly or very significantly in comparison to a visit to other industrial trade shows. For a third, it is even the only trade show they visit every year.
Partner Country Brazil
Brazil is Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE 2026, positioning itself as a driving force for sustainable industrial transformation. As the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil offers exhibitors and visitors immense opportunities. With 216 million inhabitants, abundant natural resources, and a growing industrial sector, it ranks among the world’s major economies.
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