1. METEC – Düsseldorf, Germany
Frequency: Every 4 years
Overview: The world’s leading metallurgy fair, co-located with GIFA, THERMPROCESS, and NEWCAST. Showcases steel casting, rolling mills, process automation, and digitalization. Next edition: June 21–25, 2027
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2. China (Guangzhou) International Metal & Metallurgy Expo – Guangzhou, China
Frequency: Annual
Overview: Reaches deep into the ferrous and non‑ferrous sector chain—plate, bar, wire, stainless, casting, heat treatment, industrial furnaces—across a 30,000 m² exhibition hall exhibition.jiexpo.com+4boothconstructor.com+4Globy+4.
3. METEC India – Mumbai, India
Frequency: Biennial
Overview: India’s top metallurgy platform, focused on production technologies, automation, energy efficiency, and decarbonization. It attracts global industry leaders Messe Düsseldorf+3metec-india.com+3METEC Southeast Asia 2025+3.
4. SteelFab – Sharjah, UAE
Frequency: Annual (January)
Overview: The premier MENA event for steel fabrication, covering welding/cutting, tubing, robotics, pipe machinery, and automation. Over 600 brands participated in January 2025 Tube Tradefair+15SteelRadar+15metec-india.com+15.
5. wire & Tube – Düsseldorf, Germany
Frequency: Biennial (combined fair)
Overview: Wire is the top global wire & cable fair; Tube is the leading tube and pipe exhibition. In 2026, Wire expects 1,500 exhibitors, Tube around 1,200, covering 120 k m² total dubaidailynews.net+6schweissen-schneiden.com+6steelfabme.com+6.
6. METAL CHINA – Shanghai, China
Frequency: Annual (co-located with China Foundry Expo)
Overview: The largest foundry and metallurgy show, organized by the China Foundry Association since 1987. Covers die-casting, thermal processing, non-ferrous metals jetro.go.jp+15mavonorm-global.com+15voestalpine.com+15.
7. ANKIROS / ANNOFER / TURKCAST – Istanbul, Turkey
Frequency: Every 2 years
Overview: Turkey’s largest metallurgy event cluster: ANKIROS (ferrous), ANNOFER (non-ferrous), TURKCAST (foundry). A gateway to Europe–MENA-Asia markets.
8. Stainless Steel World – Maastricht, Netherlands
Frequency: Biennial
Overview: A niche high-tech fair and conference focused on stainless steel in chemical, oil & gas, water treatment, and processing industries.
9. METEC Southeast Asia – Bangkok, Thailand
Frequency: Launch edition in 2025
Overview: Co-located with GIFA SEA, this focuses on foundry, casting, metallurgical machinery, and core-making. Represents the ASEAN extension of METEC iwma.org+5METEC Southeast Asia 2025+5expochina.cn+5.
10. FABEX / Metal & Steel Saudi Arabia – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Frequency: Annual
Overview: A key Gulf industrial fair spotlighting metal forming, CNC machinery, welding, laser processing, and automation, aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.