Event

Tue, Apr 14

PaintExpo 2026

PaintExpo in Karlsruhe is the world’s leading trade fair for industrial coating technology, held every two years. It is a comprehensive showcase where innovation, efficiency, and sustainability intersect in the realm of surface treatment. Spanning the full spectrum of the coating process chain — from pre-treatment, liquid, powder, and coil coatings, to automation, drying, curing, environmental and exhaust-air technologies — PaintExpo brings together manufacturers, suppliers, researchers, and industrial users to explore not just products, but practical workflows, material science advances, and systems integration. Live demonstrations, technical lectures, and interactive exhibits allow attendees to compare coating methods, assess material performance, optimize processes like layer thickness or curing speed, and see how cutting-edge digital and clean-environment technologies are being applied under real conditions. Beyond the show floor, PaintExpo serves as a strategic junction for knowledge exchange and for setting direction in the coatings industry. Decision-makers — engineering managers, R&D departments, quality assurance experts — come looking for solutions to reduce waste, improve energy efficiency, meet environmental regulations, and to adopt automation and data-driven control systems. Exhibitors and visitors use the event not only to build business alliances, but to anticipate trends — whether that’s zero or low VOC coatings, sustainable materials, robotics, or life-cycle thinking in surface finishes. PaintExpo doesn’t simply display what’s possible today — it helps define what coating technology will be tomorrow.

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PaintExpo 2026