NORTEC 2020 in Hamburg

NORTEC is the trade fair for production. It was founded in 1988 and takes place every two years in Hamburg. The trade fair offers SMEs in particular an important contact and sales platform and the necessary solutions for production in the future. With its hybrid trade fair system, NORTEC is divided into two areas: On the one hand the trade fair for production and on the other hand the campus for medium-sized businesses.

More than 20,000 trade visitors from the production sector came to NORTEC 2018, the 30th anniversary of the trade fair, and the 450 national and international exhibitors presented and explained their products, innovations and technologies on 26,700 m² of exhibition space to them. NORTEC will take place for the 17th time in 2020. The motto of this year's fair is: "The future? Running!

The main topics for the trade fair for production for 2020 are:

• Production engineering
• Metal and plastic processing
• Mechanical engineering
• Industrial tool and mould making
• Quality Management and Measurement Technology
• Positioning systems
• Drive technology
• Contract and contract manufacturing
• Semi-finished products & operating equipment
• Marketplace Packaging & Logistics
• Danish Pavilion
• Trade press stand

The subject areas for the Campus for SMEs for 2020 are:

• Digitisation solutions
• IT building blocks for medium-sized companies
• IT security
• M-M communication (man-machine & machine-machine)
• Automation / Robotics, 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing (Prototyping & Manufacturing)
• Simulation
• Mobile Devices
• Operational control
• Design and product development

The accompanying programme of the fair includes a variety of formats, including numerous expert discussions and practical presentations on, among others, the megatrend topics of industry 4.0, IT security, automation, design and robotics, CAE and additive manufacturing, the ADDITIVE Congress and the VDMA Workshop.