Fairs & Symposia

Measuring events with international significance or symposiums in important foreign markets: When VDW is the organizer, it is considered a hallmark of success, competence, and reliability throughout the industry. And not only at EMO Hannover, NORTEC, and GrindingHub.

In the expansion of international growth markets, VDW assists its members. It organizes joint trade fair appearances and technology symposiums where the German machine tool industry presents itself exclusively and compactly with high-profile participation to the largest and most important customer sectors of a country.

A trade fair organized by VDW serves as a seal of quality. EMO Hannover, the world’s leading trade fair for metalworking, is hosted by VDW on behalf of the European machine tool association Cecimo. It is the most important showcase for innovation in metalworking and an indispensable industry forum for manufacturing technology worldwide. Additionally, since 2022, VDW has been organizing the new GrindingHub trade fair in Stuttgart every two years. In January 2024, VDW, in collaboration with Landesmesse Stuttgart, held NORTEC for the first time.

Since 2008, VDW has been the ideational sponsor of AMB, which positions itself as an event for machining technology. Since 2015, it has been the ideational sponsor of Moulding Expo. Both events take place in Stuttgart.