ANKIROS 2026

ANKIROS 2026 is the 17th International Iron-Steel, Foundry, Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Technologies, Machinery and Products Trade Fair, held in Halls 1 to 8 of the Istanbul Expo Center. Organized by HM Ankiros Fuarcılık A.Ş. and powered by Messe Düsseldorf's 'The Bright World of Metals' network, it brings the iron-steel and foundry industries together for networking, technology transfer and international partnerships, alongside two major industry congresses.

Special sections

The show is organized into three special sections:

• Foundry Technologies, from foundry planning and melting furnaces to moulding, core-making and sand reclamation, including the Thermprocess Pavilion for industrial furnaces and heat treatment
• STEEL & METALLURGY, supported by the Turkish Steel Producers Association (TÇÜD), covering raw material preparation, iron and steel production and rolling
• TURKCAST – Foundry Products, showcasing Turkish foundries, particularly TÜDÖKSAD members, and castings for automotive, aerospace, energy, marine and engineering

Concurrent congresses

ANKIROS hosts the 23rd International Metallurgy and Materials Congress, run by the UCTEA Chamber of Metallurgical and Materials Engineers (METEM), and the 76th World Foundry Congress, organized by the Turkish Foundry Association (TÜDÖKSAD) in parallel with the fair.

Key figures

The 16th edition in September 2024 drew 1,137 exhibitors, 716 of them international from 42 countries, and 21,069 professional visitors, including 4,306 from 81 countries abroad, on 70,000 m² of exhibition space.