GENERAL NEWS enter and open to all confirmed exhibitors. The six categories cover the full sheet metalworking technology chain. Award Trails will guide visitors to shortlisted exhibitors.
The EuroBLECH visitor app has been upgraded to help visitors navigate the show, bookmark exhibitors and plan their day more effectively. Visitors can purchase their tickets on https:// shop. euroblech. com / MBE _ shop / EUROB26 / Shop
Smart Factory strategy to shop floor reality
For the first time, EuroBLECH has built a fully curated conference programme around the issues affecting production and investment decisions across the sheetmetal working industry. Sessions will explore everything from AI, automation and smart manufacturing to productivity, workforce development, sustainability and changing buyer expectations. Access to the conference is included with an exhibition ticket.
“ The new curated EuroBLECH 2026 conference programme will tackle manufacturing’ s big questions. Leading voices from across industry will examine the technologies, pressures and practical challenges reshaping sheet metal manufacturing. What does it take to move smart factory projects from strategy to the shop floor? Where is AI already delivering value in production? What are buyers looking for from technology suppliers? As requirements for precision, quality and traceability increase, how are manufacturers responding?” said RX.
Hosted on the NextGen Technology Stage in Hall 27, the conference programme brings together manufacturers, engineers, procurement specialists, consultants and industry experts to examine how
EuroBLECH 2024 award winners. technologies are being applied in production and the technical, operational and commercial factors that influence implementation.
“ There is a lot of discussion around AI, automation, digitalisation and the factory of the future, but the interesting questions are increasingly about application,” said Evelyn Warwick, Event Director for EuroBLECH on behalf of RX.“ Where is the technology already delivering value? What does implementation mean in an existing production environment? And where do the technical or commercial challenges remain? The conference brings different perspectives together to explore exactly those questions.”
The conference complements the technology on display across eight exhibition halls and 15 technology sectors, allowing visitors to move between live machinery, product demonstrations and expert discussion throughout their visit. EuroBLECH 2026 will bring together the sheet metalworking value chain from machinery, automation and tooling to forming, joining, surface technology, digital production and subcontracting. n
Meet ISMR at EuroBLECH
ISMR is a media partner at EuroBLECH and copies of its October issue will be distributed at all the show entrances, as well as at the press stand. Come and meet the ISMR team at its booth H92 in Hall 14. See you there!
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