HANNOVER MESSE serves as the primary international platform for industrial transformation, bringing together core sectors including drive engineering, automation, energy, research and development, industrial IT, and subcontracting. The 2026 event introduces a new thematic architecture designed to highlight industrial synergies and foster targeted exchange between global market leaders and industry professionals.
The exhibition provides a comprehensive window into the future of industry, featuring over 3,500 exhibitors and 10,000 products and solutions. The scale of the event is supported by a significant speaker program featuring more than 1,600 experts and a dedicated area for over 300 startups. This concentration of innovation attracts a highly professional audience, with two-thirds of the 123,000 on-site attendees involved in corporate investment decisions.
The event maintains a strong international profile, with one-third of professional visitors traveling from outside Germany, and more than half of those arriving from nations outside the European Union. These attendees report clear business objectives, primarily focusing on the search for innovations, the exchange of technical information, and the generation of new business contacts.
The fair is structured to facilitate dialogue and drive business growth through new formats that provide orientation in a rapidly changing technological landscape. Global market leaders utilize the platform to demonstrate technological leadership, while regular exhibitors leverage the event’s high visitor loyalty to foster existing relationships and tap into new target groups. Surveys indicate that over 70 percent of professional visitors find their attendance significantly more beneficial to their professional activities compared to other industrial trade shows.
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