Machineering

Machineering drew 5,976 professional visitors and 147 exhibitors to 12,500 m2 of Brussels Expo in 2025, with more than 150 working machines in live demonstration. The fifth edition under this name runs from 24 to 26 March 2027 at Brussels Expo, and the organiser calls it Belgium’s most comprehensive show for manufacturing technology and machine building, covering the chain from engineering and design through machining and assembly to maintenance.

What you can do at the show

If you buy or specify production equipment for a Belgian or Dutch plant, you can compare machine tools, tooling, robots, measuring systems and software in one hall and see them cutting metal rather than on a brochure. The organiser says its exhibitors are manufacturers, exclusive importers or distributors, so you deal with the people who sell and service the machine in the Benelux. The stand plan is organised into ten technology routes, which lets you plan a visit around one process such as welding or additive manufacturing. In 2025 the most visited routes were machining and milling (18% of visitors), tooling and machine equipment (15%) and cutting and forming (14%).

Who visits

The 2025 report says 34% of visitors were owners, managing directors or general managers, and 66% came from production or business teams, led by production and operations (22.3%), engineering and design (15.2%) and innovation and automation (13.6%). Metalworking dominates: 68% of visitors in the largest sector group worked with metal, ahead of plastics and composites. Automotive and aerospace was the third largest visitor sector. The organiser reports a slight increase in Dutch visitors (7.5%), and 488 technical students followed a learning tour run with Agoria’s MetalAlliance.be.

Dates, hours and entry

The 2027 show opens on Wednesday 24 March from 10.00 to 18.00, on Thursday 25 March from 10.00 to 22.00 with a late evening, and on Friday 26 March from 10.00 to 16.00. Visitor parking is Parking C on Romeinsesteenweg. For the 2023 edition, professionals got in free by registering online in advance, with one pass valid on every day; the 2027 registration had not opened when we checked.

Edition history

The show grew out of Metapro, a metalworking fair first held in Kortrijk, which became MTMS and took the Machineering name in 2017. It is run by Industrialfairs, the Kortrijk team that also organises Indumation.be. Expert Classes and a debate on European industrial policy sat alongside the 2025 stands.

How it compares

For an international fair, HANNOVER MESSE covers industrial technology at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds, while JEC World in Paris is where the composites chain meets each year. In the United States, SME’s Manufacturing Technology Series SOUTHWEST in Dallas is a regional machine tool and automation show, also held every two years and run by SME. If you exhibit, Belgian suppliers include beMatrix in Roeselare, whose frame system is hired from rental centres in Europe and the USA, and 5D Expo Solutions, which builds stands with its own crew from bases near Herentals. See more technology and industry trade shows, listings in Belgium and our guide to how show cycles affect planning, which matters for a show held every two years.

Source: machineering.eu