德国埃森国际表面焊接切割技术博览会（SCHWEISSEN ＆SCHNEIDEN）是国际领先地位世界一流的连接技术交易会，是世界最大的贸易焊接工程博览会 - 接入、切割、堆焊技术展，该展由励展集团主办，从1952年开始举办，每四年一届，展期6天，在埃森国际展览中心举办，该展会每年分别并在德国埃森、俄罗斯、印度、中国举办分支表面焊接切割技术博览会。
展会主要产品组：焊接技术，材料，计算机辅助设计/计算机辅助制造，工厂自动化，工业机器人等。参展商范围：工厂和设备的焊接，切割和涂层金属和非金属材料和复合材料，植物和热处理等生产设备工艺，全机械化，自动化设备，工业机器人，数据处理，过程控制技术，为填料和消耗品生产工厂，车间及工作场所设备，安全装置，职业安全及健康，附件，填料，耗材及辅助材料，测量和测试技术（预试），质量保证，订单执行（服务组织），科研，信息，文献，粘接。
SCHWEISSEN＆SCHNEIDEN展是切割表面专业国际贸易展览会，是您行业中最重要的全球性活动。 多年来，一直是决策者，买家和期权领导者的首要业务平台。 同时在多个区域举行分支展，主办方将全部的专业知识带入中国、印度和俄罗斯的增长市场，并为您提供适当的进入新市场和业务部门。
展品范围(Show Products):
焊接设备：各类电弧焊、等离子焊、电阻焊、固态压焊、激光焊、电渣焊、表面堆焊、摩擦焊接、电子束焊接设备和加工设备，硬（软）钎焊设备、专用成套焊接设备、喷涂设备、焊接机器人等；
切割设备：数控切割机、等离子切割机、激光切割机、火焰切割机、金属切削机床、金属薄板切割机床和加工中心、剪切机、水力切割机械、线切割机床、管材切割机等金属加工切机设备等；
焊接辅机具：焊装器具、焊接工具、自动操作机、滚轮架、送丝机、夹具等；
焊机配套件：焊枪、焊炬、焊接防护面罩、防护服、防护手套、烟气抽放装置、电极、陶瓷件、绝缘件、流量机、气体配比器、电缆等；
焊接材料及消耗品：各种焊条、焊剂、焊丝、焊粉、焊膏等焊接材料；
焊缝检测仪器：焊缝探伤仪器、自动跟踪装置、检测仪器、焊缝金相分析仪器等。
展会报告(Show Reports):
SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2023 convinced the industry
Industrial trade fair on course for success: With 826 exhibitors and 40,000 trade visitors from 124 nations, SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN impressively confirmed its position as the world's leading trade fair for joining, cutting and surfacing technology. For five intensive days, everything revolved around innovations, investments, networking and knowledge transfer at Messe Essen. "The atmosphere in our exhibition halls was excellent. After the pandemic-related break, it was noticeable how much the industry appreciates this platform. Many companies have reported concentrated and successful sales talks to us; they are also expecting good post-fair business", said Oliver P. Kuhrt, CEO of Messe Essen. "In addition to the high internationality, the procurement competence of the trade visitors was particularly impressive. This shows: SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN is the trade fair for investments."
83 percent of all trade visitors accompany purchasing decisions in their companies. A particularly large number of experts from the steel, mechanical engineering and vehicle construction sectors, but also from wholesale, the service sector and the energy industry, came to SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN to find out about new solutions and to place orders on site. A third of all visitors used the trade fair to make or prepare investments, and the average order volume increased significantly compared to the previous event. Whether networked cutting systems, sustainable welding gases, high-quality protective equipment or efficient and resource-saving software – innovations from numerous areas were in demand. After all, the industry is the driving force for many other sectors of the economy, such as automotive or architecture. In 2022, the production value of German welding technology alone amounted to a total of 4.11 billion euros – a new record. Dr.-Ing. Roland Boecking, Managing Director of DVS – German Welding Society: "We are impressed by the success of SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2023 and our expectations were even exceeded. The trade fair offered a fantastic overview of the innovations and trends in the industry. The exhibitor and visitor numbers also showed that the need for a large trade fair is there. Messe Essen offers the perfect forum for this and we are already looking forward to SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2025."
Trade fair all about digitalisation
once again, the industry presented itself in a ground-breaking way at SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN. As in hardly any other branch of industry, digitalisation and networking play a decisive role in the future orientation here. Smart robot systems that work hand in hand and together carry out the most diverse process steps efficiently were on display, as were systems that create digital twins and thus enable optimisations thanks to their real-time data.
Igor Mikulina, President of Board of Trustees of the IndustryFusion Foundation: "Our industry is highly innovative: The trade audience was able to experience numerous digitalisation solutions live at the exhibitors' stands. The IndustryFusion Foundation also recorded a high number of visitors at its stand – our open source networking solution IndustryFusion-X interested end users as well as machine and plant manufacturers and software providers. We are already looking forward to the next SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN."
World premieres and innovative start-up ideas inspired the trade audience
Traditionally, SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN is the stage where companies present their innovations to the public. A world premiere was celebrated, for example, by oxyacetylene welding machines that are powered by hydrogen and thus make an important contribution to more climate protection, occupational safety and CO2 reduction. International and German start-ups supported by the German government used SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2023 as a global platform to present their own ideas and solutions to the market. Among them was the company Steeldate, based in Bad Nauheim, Germany, which brings together order and material in a precise match with its resource-saving matchmaking tool. MX3D, on the other hand, showed additive manufacturing from the 3D printer – a technology with which the Dutch start-up has already realised a footbridge in Amsterdam.
Overall, 66 percent of the exhibiting companies came from abroad. Numerous nations presented themselves jointly under their respective national flags, including China, France, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the USA. Lu Daming, Vice President of CMES – Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, draws a positive conclusion from the Chinese joint presentation: "After six years, the welding industry was very much looking forward to SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2023. The fair showcased the latest technologies, the newest products and the latest processes of the global welding industry and is rightly regarded as the leading global trade fair. With almost 150 Chinese exhibitors, we occupied an area of 3,500 square metres. The fair is always worth a trip to exchange ideas with colleagues from all over the world."
Supporting programme made underwater technology tangible
The supporting programme also impressed the professional audience. The accompanying DVS Congress from Monday to Thursday attracted almost 450 participants. It was a combination of the Large Welding Conference, which focused on current topics such as "Welding in Electromobility" or "Artificial Intelligence in Joining Technology", the DVS Campus, a format in which students presented their final theses, and, for the first time, the Underwater Technology Conference, which highlighted the challenging work in wet depths. In addition, the trade visitors experienced practical application examples in a diving container and were able to observe an expert at work.
The young talents of the industry also showed their skills live on site. The best German welders were selected in the DVS national competition "Jugend schweißt" (“welding youth”) and teams with young talents from eleven nations competed against each other in the Young Welders' Competitions.
Successful social media presence
SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN also attracted attention away from the exhibition halls in the social media on Instagram, linkedIn and Co. While the exhibitors were committed to sharing their trade fair experiences, the trade fair's own platforms also scored points on the social web. A time-lapse video of the trade fair set-up and a compilation of impressions achieved more than 7,8 million views and more than 206,000 likes on the Instagram channel of Messe Essen. Well-known content creators from the industry such as Anna Sänger, JP metalldesign, Manfred Welding, Erik Alu Löffel or Igor Welder, Colin Furze, Ben Steel and GMAW Welding Belgium visited SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN, gave talks and reported entertainingly on their channels about encounters, innovations and new products.
High intentions to visit again
95 percent of the trade visitors were satisfied with their visit to SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2023. 94 percent plan to visit again and recommend the trade show to others. In addition to the registered trade visitors, international delegations and guests of honour as well as many international press representatives and participants in the supporting programme visited the event.
The 20th SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN, from 11th to 15th September 2023 at Messe Essen, registered 826 exhibitors from 40 nations. On the part of the exhibitors, 94 percent are planning to take part again in the next SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN, which will be held from 15th to 19th September 2025 at Messe Essen.
