Z Subcontracting Fair in 2025 in Leipzig, Germany

Since its premiere in 2000, Z has been an important independent trade fair in Europe, which has constantly developed and will once again become the ideal platform for the industry. Z demonstrates the dynamic development of the subcontracting industry in a rapidly developing industrial region and is attracting an increasing number of foreign participants.

The simultaneous holding of Z and the International Trade Fair for Equipment Manufacturing, Machine Tools and Specialty Mechanical Engineering – intec will once again be a successful “duet” of the exhibitions at the Leipzig Trade Fair Z and intec.

The main sections of the exhibition: supplies for the automotive industry, mechanical engineering and machine tool manufacturing, as well as electronics/electrical engineering, equipment for the production of medical equipment, rail transport, agricultural machinery, air transport, power equipment, the optical industry, as well as industrial services.

Exhibitors at Z are manufacturers and suppliers of components and spare parts, processes and technologies from the following areas:

• Spare parts, assembly and installation
• Semi-finished products, finished products, technological processes
• polymeric materials (materials, equipment, services)
• parts made of metal, polymers, rubber, connecting materials, etc.
• Machine tools, working tools for the manufacture of components and modules
• Electrical/electronics: individual parts, building elements, production technology, finishing, installation and testing
• Industrial services
• Program and main events

The Z and intec Exhibitor Forum is located in the center of the pavilion and is the main platform for speakers, with free opportunities for exhibitors to make presentations and reports.

The accompanying program of the Z exhibition includes business meetings, international conferences, special sessions and seminars, and also offers a wide range of different events for exhibitors and visitors. During the exhibitions, industry events, meetings and seminars will be held, which are organized with the participation of unions, enterprises and various departments. Events are planned on the following topics:

• micro- and nanotechnologies in the automotive industry
• resource-saving production
• surface treatment and electroplating technology,
• as well as seminars with companies from European countries bordering Germany.

Contact forum:

Within the framework of the intec and Z exhibitions, a contact forum will again be held, with the support of the Enterprise Europe Network and the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as Buyer Days, organized by the Leipzig Fair. Participation of exhibitors in these events is free.

Intec – a specialized exhibition of equipment for the production of equipment, machine tools and special mechanical engineering has firmly strengthened its position in Central Germany, in a developing industrial region in the field of mechanical engineering, automotive production and the production of components for these industries.

Main topics of intec:

• Equipment production machinery
• Machine tool industry
• Special mechanical engineering
• Parts, components, modules, equipment
• Machine tools, special equipment, tensioning mechanisms
• Robotics and automation, sensor technology, control technology, etc.
• Equipment for the production of equipment for the energy production industry from regenerative energy sources

Rental of an exhibition stand at Z Subcontracting Fair