معرض Motek 2026

Motek is the international trade fair for automation in production and assembly, run by P. E. Schall at Messe Stuttgart since the 1980s and paired with Bondexpo, the fair for industrial bonding technology. From 2026 the relaunched show moves to a two-year cycle. It covers the whole manufacturing value chain, from components and handling to complete assembly systems, and is aimed at designers, production planners, investment decision-makers and buyers.

What's on show

Exhibitors present solutions across the production and assembly chain.

• Assembly systems and basic systems
• Handling technology
• Process technology for joining, machining, inspection and identification
• Components for special machine manufacturing
• Software and services
• Adhesive bonding, potting, sealing and foaming at Bondexpo

One ticket, six trade fairs

A Motek/Bondexpo ticket also gives free admission to the other fairs running at the Stuttgart exhibition centre at the same time.

• Bondexpo, bonding technology
• VISION, the leading trade fair for machine vision
• Quantum Effects, applied quantum technologies
• hy-fcell, hydrogen and fuel cells expo and conference
• IN.STAND, industrial services and maintenance

Programme

An exhibitor forum in Hall 6 and a trade fair programme of talks run on the show floor, alongside a job market where exhibiting companies post current vacancies.

Key figures

The 2024 edition hosted 409 exhibitors from 19 countries; in 2023 nearly 500 exhibitors from 22 countries took part.

Tickets & passes

• Day ticket — EUR 35: Admission for one person on one day; incl. 19% VAT; also valid for the parallel fairs
• Reduced day ticket — EUR 28: Ages 9-17, pupils, students, pensioners and other entitled persons with ID
• Children up to 8 — Free: Free admission, no ticket needed