Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2025 Brings Out the Best

Roughly nine months before the event opens, preparations for the next Blechexpo/Schweisstec trade fair duo are running at full bore: together with the 10th Schweisstec international trade fair for joining technology, the 17th Blechexpo international trade fair for sheet metal working will once again fill the exhibition halls in Stuttgart from the 21st through the 24th of October, 2025. Entries for the “best Award 2025” have been submitted and a world-class supplementary programme is taking shape.

Blechexpo/Schweisstec deals with all aspects of thermal and mechanical sheet metal working along with system peripherals including controllers and software, as well as solutions for handling and quality assurance. The layout of the exhibition halls ensures a concise overview and an efficient trade fair visit: sheet metal, pipe and profile processing will be located in halls 1, 3, 5 and 9. Halls 4 and 6 are reserved for stamping technologies. Cutting, joining and fastening technologies will be presented in hall 7. 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. Once again this year, the clear-cut thematic structure will bring together suppliers and users with extensive international coverage in a focused and efficient manner. “And that’s not all,” affirms Georg Knauer, project manager at trade fair organisers P. E. Schall. “Submissions for the best-Award 2025 have begun and the jury has been selected. We’ll see lots of happy winners here at the end of the first day of the trade fair on the 21st of October, 2025. And on the second day of the fair, the 22nd of October, the “best CONGRESS” will bring together experts to discuss the use of AI in sheet metal working,” says Georg Knauer, looking ahead. Not least of all, careers will be featured as a major topic at Blechexpo/Schweisstec in order to promote the next generation of qualified personnel.

The “best Award” is returning for a new round with five competition categories. The “best of the best” compete against each other for the award and showcase outstanding innovations created by their development teams. The jury is looking forward to exciting submissions. “The best Award 2025 provides an excellent opportunity for the presentation of outstanding technical solutions that inspire a broad-based expert audience. It offers an incentive to bring out the best,” says jury member Dr.-Ing. Heinz Wöllmer, technology planner at the Siemens equipment manufacturing facility in Amberg, Germany, with confidence. Erich Utz as well, also from the Siemens equipment manufacturing facility, will contribute his extensive experience in the steel industry and the field of structural engineering to the jury. “Interesting ideas can be shared with a large audience, thus serving as an incentive for companies and employees to develop innovative solutions and maximise their benefits.”

As a technical editor in the areas of business and technology, Dipl.-Ing. Annedore Bose-Munde contributes her expertise in the fields of machinery and systems manufacturing, forming technology and sheet metal processing to the work of the jury: “The best Award 2025 will honour outstanding industry innovations and expertise that exemplify sustainable sheet metal working. Blechexpo and Schweisstec, as well as related media coverage, provide an international expert platform for exhibitors, which showcases these offerings.” Frauke Finus’ extensive experience as senior editor of blechnet and editor of MM Maschinenmarkt at the Vogel Communications Group will also be a valuable asset to the jury. “Awards are a symbolic expression for the promotion of innovation. Distinctions such as the best Award at Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2025 highlight the year’s most innovative products, solutions and technologies. This, in addition to numerous other factors, motivates companies to continuously work on new developments and unveil their innovations. Everyone enjoys being praised!”

The “best Award” will launch a new round in the five competition categories of sheet metal, pipe and profile processing, pressing and forming technologies, stamping technologies, cutting, joining and fastening technologies, as well as steel and metal services and surface finishing technologies. The winners will receive their awards at a ceremony held at the end of the first day of the trade fair.  Follow the link for detailed information on how to apply: www.maschinenmarkt-awards.de/best-award Submission is free!

In recent weeks, the exhibitors have begun reserving their locations in the Stuttgart exhibition halls. “It’ll be full again,” assures project manager Georg Knauer. “Traditionally, Blechexpo/Schweisstec is a genuine industry celebration. The best players from all over the world come together at the event. With high levels of internationalism amounting to roughly 45%, the trade fair is a meeting place for everyone who’s anyone in the fields of sheet metal working and joining technology.” In addition to the exhibition, Blechexpo/Schweisstec’s supplementary programme is also the subject of much discussion: together with Stahl-Kommunikation (www.stahl-kommunikation.de), the “best CONGRESS” will bring together internationally renowned experts to discuss the topic of “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Sheet Metal Working and Joining Technology” in a practical manner on the 22^nd of October, 2025. Congress participants will be able to get acquainted with pioneering AI technology applications and their potential in manufacturing, exchange ideas with regard to best practices and prepare for future industry challenges in a practical way.

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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.