13. October 2025

Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2025 Welcomes Great Numbers of Expert Visitors!

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Just a few days remain until the next trade fair highlight in Stuttgart. Together with the 10th Schweisstec international trade fair for joining technology, the 17th Blechexpo international trade fair for sheet metal working is ready to go. The trade fair duo will bring together experts from the fields of sheet metal working and joining technology from the 21st through the 24th of October, 2025. Expert visitors can look forward to nine jam-packed exhibition halls with cutting-edge technologies, future-oriented innovations at the “2025 best Award” and forward-looking talks at the presentation forum. Career Friday will introduce young people and career changers to exciting new career prospects.

“The entire industry is looking forward to this highly regarded trade fair highlight, which takes place once every two years in Stuttgart and covers all aspects of thermal and mechanical sheet metal working and processing,” says Bettina Schall, managing director of trade fair promoters P. E. Schall. “We’re looking forward to welcoming lots of interested expert visitors who, as always, will be presented with a focused range of topics and a clear-cut exhibition hall layout at the international trade fair for sheet metal working and the international trade fair for joining technology,” assures the trade fair promoter. Sheet metal, pipe and profile processing will be located in halls 1, 3, 5 and 7. Halls 4 and 6 are reserved for stamping technologies. Cutting, joining and fastening technologies will be presented in hall 9. Hall 8 will focus on pressing and forming technologies. Finally, the topics of steel and metal services, as well as surface finishing technology, will be addressed in hall 10.

Strong Benefits for Expert Visitors: Innovation Competition, Presentation Forum and Career Friday

With its cutting-edge technologies, the trade fair impressively reflects the industry sector’s performance capabilities. Thanks to its highly international character, it serves as a significant leading trade fair and technology platform for the entire world. As a valuable business get-together, it’s indispensable for many companies. “With its thematically relevant and practice-oriented format, Blechexpo/Schweisstec is highly regarded around the world,” emphasises project manager Georg Knauer. “That’s why its benefits for expert visitors are so highly esteemed. We cordially invite you to take advantage of this well-established trade fair with all of its opportunities for communication and gathering information.”

Renowned experts will speak at the opening press conference on the topic of “AI in Sheet Metal Working: to What Extent Does it Support Automation and Process Chaining?”. All interested parties are cordially invited to attend. Expert visitors should also be sure to check out the technology competition being held within the framework of the “2025 best Award”, whose winner will be announced at the end of the first day of the trade fair. The multifaceted presentation programme will also make an impressive contribution to ensuring a successful visit to the trade fair on all four event days. Last but not least, in keeping with the motto “Shape Your Dreams, Metal Your Future”, Career Friday will provide pupils, students, teachers, university representatives and young professionals with insights into technologies and future opportunities in the sheet metal working industry on the 24th of October, 2025. Participants will be able to meet with industry experts, ask questions, experience technology and explore potential career paths during guided tours.

“The trade fair promoters and the exhibitors cordially invite all interested expert visitors to attend Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2025 and look forward to a personal exchange of ideas at this traditional industry highlight,” says the project manager.

Keep yourself well informed!

63 Years of Trade Fairs for Markets – Schall Trade Fairs’ Recipe for Success

Schall has developed successful business platforms with internationally recognised trade fairs for quality assurance (Control), optical technologies, components and systems (Optatec), stamping technology (Stanztec), automation in production and assembly (Motek), bonding technology (Bondexpo), plastics processing (Fakuma), sheet metal working (Blechexpo) and joining technology (Schweisstec). This has given rise to entirely new markets in various sectors, whose protagonists are distinguished by tremendous innovative strength, comprehensive systems competence and practical application solutions.