From 22 to 26 September 2025.
From ice cream machines to wheel loaders: the spectrum of engineering products is as broad as the market itself. However, nearly all producers are facing the same major challenges: modernising production, developing strategies to combat the shortage of skilled workers, implementing solutions for a more circular economy and improved resource efficiency. Under the banner of ‘Innovate Manufacturing’, EMO Hannover 2025, the world’s leading trade fair for production technology, will be offering engineering companies a wide range of inspiring innovations and solutions. Furthermore, companies will also be able to find suitable partners at the EMO who can provide expert support for their modernisation processes. This saves time and minimises investment risks.
Embracing new technologies
It is now crucial for the sector as a whole – and not just small and medium-sized enterprises – to embrace new technologies and solutions. Ideally, these should be scalable, have already proven their effectiveness, and raise efficiency levels right from the outset. EMO offers direct access to the leading manufacturers and suppliers of customised production solutions in engineering, and showcases advances in metalworking. Visitors can experience machine tools in action at the fair, they can discuss and confer with industry experts and specialists on the trade fair stands as well as in presentations, workshops and live demonstrations.
The EMO motto Innovate Manufacturing is therefore more than just a slogan, it is a call to suppliers and users to be bold in exploiting the possibilities opened up by the new technologies.
Digitalisation is revolutionising engineering
This applies in particular to the megatrends of automation, digitalisation and artificial intelligence. Advancing digitalisation is revolutionising engineering. A decisive factor here is the networking of all machines in the process chain. The opportunity to experience this live is what makes EMO unique. Machine tools now come pre-equipped with extensive sensor and monitoring systems. Exhibitors need to dispel trade visitors’ concerns about the possible loss of data sovereignty or the threat of cyberattacks. The exhibiting companies believe it is important to facilitate the transition to data-driven production. Systems that run exclusively on or in individual machines and within the customer’s own network will be on display. It is entirely up to users to decide whether they allow the exchange of data – for example, with external parties, such as the machine manufacturer or partners in or outside the value chain, either now or at some point in the future. Genuine added value is created when maintenance cycles can be predicted, downtimes can be minimised, or data for documenting the carbon footprint within the supply chain can be issued at the touch of a button.
Machine learning, a sub-area of artificial intelligence, opens up a new dimension of self-organising production. This allows companies to respond more flexibly to changes in the market and to individual customer demands. It is a crucial prerequisite for maintaining innovation and competitiveness in the long term.
The future of automobiles begins in production
How can process data from automobile production be recorded and used to increase energy and resource efficiency in production? What influence does the component quality of gearing elements such as drive shafts and axle drives have on noise generation in electric cars? Which grinding tools can be used to machine new materials and steels that are difficult to machine?
For 50 years now, the search for the most efficient machines, tools and systems has attracted trade visitors and experts from vehicle manufacturing and supplier companies to EMO. The transformation of the automotive industry – the second largest customer for machine tools – is changing the focus of the EMO. Topics such as automation, digitalisation and artificial intelligence mark the development. New drive concepts are raising questions as to whether the focus should be on the production of mechanical components for electric cars or compressor and motor shafts for fuel cells. Industry solutions for the circular economy or battery recycling are moving into focus because the regulatory framework is changing drastically. And the challenge above all else is to be as efficient and flexible as possible in order to be able to respond quickly to customer requests.
Modern machine tools and innovative production systems are essential for building efficient, flexible and resilient factories. You can find out what EMO exhibitors have to offer their customers from the automotive and supplier industry in particular on the landing page in the run-up to the trade fair. Here, EMO exhibitors will report on what visitors from the many engineering and manufacturing sectors can expect at their stand at EMO Hannover 2025 from 22 to 26 September 2025.
For further details visit https://visitors.emohannover.de/en/landingpage/automotive/index
