From September 15 to 19, the international industry will meet at the world’s leading trade fair Welding & Cutting at Messe Essen and take a joint look at the future of joining, cutting and coating technology.
Under the motto “Join the Future”, around 800 exhibitors from 42 countries – from young start-ups to market leaders – will be showcasing their innovations and ideas. Trade visitors can also look forward to numerous offers that open up new perspectives and promote the expansion of their own network.
“With the main theme ‘Join the Future’, Schweissen & Schneiden focuses on what moves the industry: What does the future of the industry look like and how can we help shape it? We are looking forward to an excellent event that will set new standards,” says Oliver P. Kuhrt, Managing Director of Messe Essen.
Roland Boecking, Managing Director of the DVS – German Welding Society, adds: “Whether digitalization, sustainability or the shortage of skilled workers: As the most important international industry gathering, the trade fair provides solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.”
The focus in Halls 1 to 5 and in the Galeria is on welding. Here you will find well-known exhibitors such as Cloos, EWM, Fronius, OTC/Lorch and Trumpf. In Halls 6 to 8, exhibitors such as Baykal, Ficep, Messer Cutting Systems and MicroStep will be focusing on cutting. The trade fair also covers numerous other topics such as surface technology, gases, equipment and safety as well as quality assurance.
Premiere of the IF Digital Award
In cooperation with the non-profit IndustryFusion Foundation and the DVS, Schweissen & Schneiden 2025 is presenting the IF Digital Award to particularly future-oriented exhibitors for the first time. The award recognizes advanced products and services that are driving forward the digitalization of the industry. The audience at the world’s leading trade fair will decide which of the 17 participating companies will ultimately hold the trophy in their hands.
Voting for the award will take place via the event app. Each visitor will receive one vote and will have the chance to win one of the attractive audience prizes. After the voting closes on the last day of the trade fair, the award ceremony will take place on Friday, September 19, at 1 p.m. at the IndustryFusion Foundation stand (Hall 6, Stand 6D22).
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The Future Hub gives the future a stage
At the Future Hub in hall 7 (stand 7G13), exciting presentations by top-class experts, comprehensive panel discussions and innovative product presentations await trade visitors. The new presentation platform focuses on forward-looking topics such as digitalization, sustainability and exploiting potential.
Numerous national and international companies will take to the stage over the five days of the trade fair, including Aim Alloys, Cavitar, Fronius and Spazzolplastica. Visitors can look forward to scientific presentations from research institutes and universities, while also gaining exclusive insights into the industry.
A highlight in the program will take place right at the start of Schweissen & Schneiden: On Monday, September 15, international delegations will report on their home markets under the motto “Connecting Continents” from 3 p.m. and provide incentives on how companies can gain a foothold there. Messe Essen will be welcoming representatives from Brazil, Morocco, Slovakia and China on this occasion.
The Future Hub is also committed to promising newcomers: four young companies will present their promising ideas at the start-up pitch on Wednesday, September 17, starting at 3 p.m.
Christina Kleinpaß, Project Manager of Schweissen & Schneiden, praises the great interest in the new presentation platform: “The Future Hub has already met with an excellent response at its premiere. The program covers a wide range of topics. We are delighted that, in addition to concentrated expert knowledge, there is always an exciting outlook on the future of the industry behind all the presentations.”
DVS Congress and Young Welders’ Competition
As a partner of Schweissen & Schneiden, the DVS offers the DVS Congress on June 22nd and 17 September will once again offer a varied lecture program with twelve different topic blocks. Focal points include quality assurance, automation and steel and shipbuilding. The congress will take place in the Congress Center West.
In addition, the “International Welding Competition”, in which young welding talents can prove themselves, will be held again this year under the umbrella of the Young Welders’ Competition alongside the DVS national competition “Jugend schweißt”. The participants, who are between 16 and 23 years old, travel from all over the world to take part in the competition: For the first time this year, Schweissen & Schneiden is also welcoming teams from Ghana and India. The Indian team will even be making a double debut, as for the first time in the history of the competition, an all-female team will be taking part in the welding contest.
As a partner of Schweissen & Schneiden, the DVS offers the DVS Congress on June 22nd and 17 September will once again offer a varied lecture program with twelve different topic blocks. Focal points include quality assurance, automation and steel and shipbuilding. The congress will take place at the Congress Center West.
– International joint stands are the ideal place to obtain centralized information about products and services from specific nations. This year, unique insights from exhibitors from China (Halls 3, 4, 6 and 7), France (Hall 6), Japan (Hall 8), South Korea (Hall 6), Taiwan (Hall 8) and North America (Hall 1) await you.
– Young companies with innovative ideas and new ways of thinking are an enrichment for every industry. As part of the “Young Innovators” program, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, German start-ups will be presenting themselves in Hall 3 (Stand 3A47).
– International and national associations will be represented at the joint stand “Associations in the network”. The area in Hall 1 (Stand 1D20) offers the opportunity to exchange ideas with your own members and establish new networks.
– The new Career Area in Hall 6 (Stand 6H21) offers prospects for your own professional future. Here, interested parties can talk directly to HR representatives about career opportunities at top companies in the industry.
Schweissen & Schneiden opens daily from September 15 to 18, 2025 from 9 am to 6 pm. It closes at 4 p.m. on Friday, September 19. Tickets are only available online in the trade fair’s ticket store. A regular day ticket costs 54 euros. Students and pupils have the opportunity to purchase a discounted ticket (20 euros).
