Control 2025 in Stuttgart

Control is the leading international trade fair for quality assurance. It was held for the first time in 1987 and has now established itself as a strictly topic-focused and globally recognized trade event.

At the Stuttgart Trade Fair Center, exhibitors present the current global range of usable technologies, products, processes and system solutions for industrial quality assurance and thus promote the competitive strength of manufacturers and suppliers of QA equipment, manufacturing companies and suppliers. Thanks to the intensive cooperation with pioneering institutions in the industry, such as the Fraunhofer Vision Alliance and emva - european machine vision association, among others, it is considered an important meeting place for international market leaders. The top-class supporting program includes numerous specialist lectures, excellent special shows and the Control Specials.

The main topics of Control 2024 are:

• Metrology
• Analytical equipment
• Materials testing
• Optoelectronics
• QA systems / service

21,310 trade visitors travelled to Stuttgart for the 35th edition of Control 2023. On 42,000 m2 of exhibition space in four halls, 589 exhibitors from 32 countries presented their innovative QA developments and technologies from the fields of vision technology, image processing, sensor technology and measuring and testing technology. With top-class events accompanying the trade fair on the topics of automation, continuous digitalisation, modern software, inline inspection processes and AI-supported systems, Control 2023 was a complete success.