UK Automation & Industrial Automation Events Calendar (2026)

January

February

March

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics

  • Farnborough International Exhibition Centre
  • Automation, controls, robotics, electronics and production technologies.
  • One of the UK’s largest engineering and manufacturing exhibitions.

Robotics & Automation Exhibition

  • NEC Birmingham
  • Dedicated to industrial robotics, cobots, machine vision, AI and factory automation.
  • Strong attendance from manufacturing, logistics and systems integration sectors.

LogiMAT 2026

  • Stuttgart, Germany (24–26 March)
  • Warehouse automation, robotics, AGVs and supply-chain technologies.

April

May

June

MACH 2026

  • 20–24 April
  • NEC Birmingham
  • The UK’s flagship manufacturing technology exhibition with a major automation and robotics zone.  

Hannover Messe 2026

  • Hanover, Germany (20–24 April)
  • Europe’s largest industrial automation event covering controls, robotics, AI, industrial communications, drives and digital manufacturing.

Automation UK (next on in 2027)

  • Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry
  • Covers factory automation, robotics, machine vision, control systems, motion control and industrial digitalisation.
  • Organised by Automate UK.

MachineBuilding.North

  • Manchester
  • Focused on machine builders, OEMs, controls, safety and automation technologies.

Sensor+Test 2026

  • Nuremberg, Germany (5–7 May)
  • Sensors, instrumentation, test and measurement technologies.

Interpack 2026

  • Düsseldorf, Germany (7–13 May)
  • Packaging machinery, processing systems and automation.

Advanced Factories 2026

  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Smart factories, industrial AI and automation solutions.

Smart Manufacturing Week

  • 3–4 June
  • NEC Birmingham
  • The UK’s largest advanced manufacturing event, incorporating multiple exhibitions and conferences.

Drives & Controls

  • 3–4 June
  • NEC Birmingham
  • Co-located with Smart Manufacturing Week.
  • Covers motion control, drives, robotics, automation, machine safety and industrial energy efficiency.

Smart Factory Expo

  • 3–4 June
  • NEC Birmingham
  • Focused on Industry 4.0, digital transformation, AI, IIoT and connected manufacturing.

Robotics & Automation at the MTC

  • Coventry
  • Practical industrial robotics and automation applications.

ACHEMA 2026

  • Frankfurt, Germany (14–18 June)
  • Process automation, instrumentation, control systems, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and energy.

July

August

Septemebr

PPMA Show

  • NEC Birmingham
  • Processing and packaging machinery with significant automation, robotics and motion-control content.
  • Particularly relevant for food, beverage, pharmaceutical and consumer goods manufacturers.

Automechanika Frankfurt 2026

  • Frankfurt, Germany (8–12 September)
  • Industrial automation and manufacturing technologies within automotive production.

Powtech Technopharm 2026

  • Nuremberg, Germany (29 September–1 October)
  • Process engineering, powder handling and automation.

October

November

December

MachineBuilding.Live

  • Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
  • Dedicated to machine builders, control engineers, systems integrators and automation suppliers.

Oil & Gas Automation and Digitalisation Congress 2026

  • 5-6 October 2026
  • Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Automa is a leading annual B2B event that explores the intersection of digital technologies and the entire oil and gas value chain — Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream.

MOTEK 2026

  • Stuttgart, Germany (6–8 October)
  • Assembly automation, robotics and production systems.

EuroBLECH 2026

  • Hanover, Germany (20–23 October)
  • Automation for metal fabrication and manufacturing.

Chemical Automation and Digitalisation Congress

  • 26-27 October 2026
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Chemical Automation and Digitalisation Congress (Automa Chem 2026) is a leading B2B event focused on automation and digital transformation in the chemical industry.

Advanced Engineering

  • NEC Birmingham
  • Covers aerospace, automotive, electronics and manufacturing technologies, with growing automation and digitalisation content

Warsaw Industry Week 2026

  • Warsaw, Poland (3–5 November)
  • Manufacturing technologies, automation and robotics.

SPS 2026

  • Nuremberg, Germany (24–26 November)
  • Europe’s premier automation exhibition for PLCs, sensors, drives, industrial software, networking and digitalisation.