VALVE WORLD EXPO 2026

VALVE WORLD EXPO is the international trade fair for valve technology and industrial valves, held every two years at Messe Düsseldorf. The 2026 edition is the 14th, and it runs together with the Valve World Conference, giving manufacturers, end users, EPCs and engineers both a market overview on the show floor and a technical programme on flow control.

Product categories

Exhibitors present the full valve spectrum and the equipment around it.

• Valves
• Valve components and parts, including seals and measurement and control technology
• Actuators and positioners
• Pumps
• Engineering and software
• Associations and publishing houses

Valve World Conference 2026

Organised by KCI in cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf, the three-day conference has one theme per day: optimisation on 1 December (reliability, condition monitoring, the digital passport, materials and design validation), clean energy on 2 December (liquid hydrogen and ammonia, emissions, sealing, carbon capture, ISO 12101) and digitalisation on 3 December (data centres, AI and digital twins, additive manufacturing and nuclear). Each day has keynotes, three parallel technical tracks and panels, plus a Young Engineer Program.

Industries served

Valve technology on show serves oil, gas, petrochemical and chemical plants, power stations and green alternatives, water and wastewater management, marine and offshore, and automotive and mechanical engineering.

Key figures

VALVE WORLD EXPO 2024 hosted 572 exhibitors from 35 countries. The conference expects more than 400 delegates.