PaintExpo 2026 with many exhibitor registrations
Exactly one year before the doors open for PaintExpo from April 14 to 17, 2026, more than 260 companies have secured around 10,000 square meters of exhibition space. This means that more than 70 percent of the exhibition space from the previous event has already been rented.
The trade fair organizers of PaintExpo 2026 are very satisfied with the exhibitor registrations to date. The most important platform for world firsts, trends, future technologies and innovations in the field of industrial painting technology is thus continuing the successful course of previous years as the world's leading trade fair without standing still. Exhibitors from other European countries include Blastman Robotics Coatmaster, Estalia Performance, Gema Switzerland, JMC, Sistem Teknik Makina, Tecknos Group, Tiger Coatings and Oxyplast Belgium. This means that the proportion of foreign exhibitors is currently around 50 percent, with Italy and Switzerland being the most strongly represented countries. In addition to European neighbors France, Poland, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands, exhibitors from Turkey, India, Egypt, China and Cyprus are also represented. Among the major industry leaders from Germany who will be presenting their systems and equipment for wet painting at PaintExpo are Sames, Krautzberger, Dürr, Eisenmann, Sata, Venjakob and Walther Trowal. In the powder coating sector, J. Wagner, Rippert, Nordson and Jürgen Emptmeyer have confirmed their participation. Louis Schierholz and SEH Engineering, for example, will be presenting innovations from the field of automation and conveyor technology. Paint manufacturers Mipa, Akzonobel, Emil Frei and Berlac will also be exhibiting their latest products in Karlsruhe.
New PaintExpo management and new design
Carmen Bender, newly appointed Project Director, explains: "The response from the industry has been great. It's our incentive to further advance the internationalization of the world's leading trade fair PaintExpo and to focus on the latest developments and topics". The long-time Leipziger Messe employee benefits from her cross-industry wealth of experience in the trade fair and congress business and, together with other new team members, brings fresh impetus. With a view to the very good level of registrations, she adds: "Companies that want a specific exhibition space should decide quickly. For everyone else, the registration deadline is the end of November 2025." Another visible innovation that will characterize PaintExpo from now on is the new design. It focuses more than ever on vibrant colors, after all, the word "Paint" is not only in the name of the event, but colors are also the focus of the event. This update will make an important contribution to placing PaintExpo in an even more eye-catching position and is an important step towards further developing the platform with its trends and technologies in the future.