Industrial Automation Show 2026
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About the Exhibition
The Shanghai International Industrial Automation Show (IAS) is a major event for world-renowned players in the industrial-automation market, where key companies present the latest software, high-precision sensors, smart robots and microtechnologies. Key products include manufacturing automation (control systems, sensors, drives, assembly and handling systems, linear positioning, data acquisition, identification, laser instruments, machine vision, industrial networks); IT and software (industrial software, development tools, the industrial internet, factory LANs); electrical systems (servo motors and frequency converters, transformers, batteries, UPS, gearboxes, mechanical drive systems, wiring, cables, switches, photovoltaic cells, power meters, test equipment); microtechnologies (micro-sensors and -actuators, microsystem components and modules, design, modelling and miniature optical and fibre-optic developments); and industrial robots, smart vehicles and VR. IAS serves industrial automation, robotics and smart-device development, IT, renewable energy, construction, heavy industry, aviation, aerospace and automotive, infrastructure and research.
Practical Information
- Start
- 12 October 2026
- End
- 16 October 2026
- City
- Shanghai
- Venue
- National Exhibition and Convention Center Shanghai (NECC)
Industries
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Business visa, interpreters, hotels and support for exhibition visitors in China.
The Shanghai International Industrial Automation Show (IAS) is a major event for world-renowned players in the industrial-automation market, where key companies present the latest software, high-precision sensors, smart robots and microtechnologies.
Dates: 12–16 October 2026. City: Shanghai. Venue: National Exhibition and Convention Center Shanghai (NECC). The fair has already taken place. The organizer announces the next edition separately.
Sectors: Industrial Engineering. The organizer publishes the full list of halls and the exhibitor line-up closer to the dates.
Most stands work in Chinese and only some teams speak English. We arrange a Chinese interpreter in Shanghai: at the stands, in supplier negotiations and on factory visits.
You can attend the next edition on an M business visa: we handle it end to end in 10-14 days, invitation included, without you visiting a consulate. Leave a request and we will tell you as soon as the organizer announces the dates.
Related events by sector or city: CICEME 2026 (27–29 October 2026); Beijing International Coal & Mining Exhibition 2026 (27–29 October 2026); AquaTech China 2026 (28–30 October 2026). Several fairs can often be combined into one itinerary when the dates do not overlap.
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