The filter function by application areas has been expanded. The filter supports visitors in searching for topics and applications. With just a few clicks, exhibiting companies can be found that present exhibits on the following topics and have corresponding experts on site: Automotive and vehicle construction, material processing, digitalization and artificial intelligence, electronics manufacturing, maintenance and service, circular economy and sustainability, aerospace, medical technology, defense and military technology, as well as tool and mold making.
Capture the trade fair offerings at a glance: Thematic site allocation
The Stuttgart trade fair grounds are clearly thematically structured for AMB 2026, making it particularly efficient to navigate. The halls are organized into the following areas: Precision tools can be found in the L-Bank Forum (Hall 1) and in the Ceratizit Hall (Hall 3). The areas of grinding, gearing, labeling, and surface technology are showcased in Hall 5. Machine tools and manufacturing systems focusing on turning are concentrated in the Mahle Hall (Hall 4), with a focus on milling in Hall 7, Hall 9, and the Paul Horn Hall (Hall 10).
Hall 9 also houses the area of measurement and testing technology as well as quality assurance, and Hall 7 hosts the area of eroding. Automation and handling technology as well as drive elements are located in the Oskar Lapp Hall (Hall 6), while providers from the fields of software and digitalization as well as controls are concentrated in and in front of Hall 2 of the ICS International Congress Center Stuttgart. Components, assemblies, and operating materials can be found by guests in the Alfred Kärcher Hall (Hall 8).
In the foyer area at the East entrance, most program and special areas are concentrated, which, together with the well-connected halls, ensures an efficient trade fair visit, helpful orientation, and short distances. For those who want to go into detail during planning: The hall plans with the complete allocation of exhibiting companies are now available online, and the site plan is additionally available for download on the AMB website.
AMB App: All information about the trade fair in one application
The proven AMB App is available to visitors in 2026 in a revised form and consolidates all important information about the AMB in one application. In addition to comfortable access to exhibiting companies with corresponding categorization, products, and the supporting program, the app offers hall plans with location detection as well as current news from exhibiting companies.
This complements both the preparation for the trade fair and the experience on-site in the halls of Messe Stuttgart and supports visitors in optimally planning their individual trade fair visit. The AMB App is now available in the App Store.
AMB 2026 occupies all ten Stuttgart trade fair halls
Under the motto 'Where metal comes alive', AMB remains a strong draw for the industry in 2026: The demand from exhibiting companies is high, and like in 2024, all ten available trade fair halls at the Stuttgart trade fair grounds are occupied. 'Despite economic challenges, also on the side of exhibiting companies, it is clearly noticeable that AMB remains an important anchor trade fair for metal cutting and that Stuttgart is an attractive location for business and personal networking,' emphasizes Romy Arnold, project management AMB.
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