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Press releases about SPS
23 Jan 2025

Final analysis of the SPS 2024 confirms the relevance of the trade show for the national and international automation industry

Stuttgart, January 23, 2025. In mid-November 2024, 51,291 visitors and 1,114 exhibiting companies came together in the Franconian city of Nuremberg, where, once again, the focus was on smart and digital automation. In a total area covering 125,000 sqm, automation specialists presented a comprehensive range of products, innovations and solutions to a thoroughly satisfied audience.

14 Nov 2024

SPS 2024 shows its credentials as a platform for innovation

Stuttgart, 14 November 2024. The SPS – Smart Production Solutions 2024 has now closed its doors. The 33rd edition of the exhibition for smart and digital automation again impressed all attendees with the latest automation products and services for industrial production. From informative talks with exhibitors, panel discussions, product presentations to special showcases, visitors from all over the world seized the opportunity to explore the latest industry trends and set a course for the 2025 financial year.
3 Sep 2024

From start-ups to key players: joining forces for innovation at the SPS 2024

Stuttgart, 3 September 2024. This year’s SPS – Smart Production Solutions, the end-of-year highlight of the automation industry calendar, will take place in Nuremberg from 12 – 14 November 2024. For more than three decades, this platform for international success has been frequented by exhibitors and potential customers from all around the world. And there is every reason to expect a repeat performance this year.

14 May 2024

SPS – Smart Production Solutions returns to original date in 2025

Stuttgart, 14.05.2024: Next year’s SPS will take place in Nuremberg from 25 – 27 November 2025, thus returning to the period familiar to the automation industry for many years. The dates up to 2027 have also already been published by the organizer Mesago Messe Frankfurt and are also at the end of November.
1 Feb 2024

The Numbers Are In: The SPS 2023 Was a Hit with Exhibitors and Attendees Alike

Stuttgart, 1 February 2024 – From 14 to 16 November 2023, companies from all around the world presented their products and solutions to an audience of high-level attendees across 128,000 square metres of exhibition space at the SPS – Smart Production Solutions in Nuremberg. An analysis of the trade fair has now confirmed its relevance and how satisfied last year’s participants were.
16 Nov 2023

SPS 2023: All about growth

This year’s 32nd edition of the SPS - Smart Production Solutions was an out-and-out success. The number of exhibitors and trade visitors demonstrated the significant growth of the trade fair towards pre-covid levels. The organizer Mesago Messe Frankfurt also made the right call with its decision to expand the exhibition space by adding two new halls.
24 Oct 2023

Launch of the SPS CareerDrive career portal

The shortage of skilled workers has been a major issue for several years and has also impacted the automation industry. Due to the high demand for experts and motivated junior staff, Mesago Messe Frankfurt, the organizer of the leading international trade fair SPS - Smart Production Solutions, has now launched the SPS CareerDrive jobs portal this fall to support companies in finding suitable experts.

5 Sep 2023

SPS 2023 – Demand for Automation Solutions on the Rise

From 14 – 16 November 2023, the Who’s Who of the automation industry will once again meet in Nuremberg. More than 1,200 exhibitors from around the world are expected to attend the 32nd edition of the SPS, Smart Production Solutions, covering 16 exhibition halls and a total exhibition space of approximately 120,000 sqm. In addition to the latest innovations, the industry event offers interested parties the opportunity to experience practical and forward-looking technologies at first hand and engage in a lively exchange with automation suppliers.
18 Jul 2023

SPS 2023: Exhibition space expanded to 16 halls

Around 1,300 exhibitors are expected to attend the 32nd edition of the trade fair SPS – Smart Production Solutions – in Nuremberg from November 14 to 16, 2023. The current exhibitor booking figures indicate a significant growth of the exhibition compared to last year's event and thus a development towards the pre-Corona level. For this reason, the organizer Mesago Messe Frankfurt is expanding the exhibition space by two additional exhibition halls.
2 Mar 2023

SPS 2023: Very High Rebooking Rate Among Exhibitors

The exhibition for smart and digital automation is on course for success again. At the beginning of the year, over 700 exhibitors had already registered for the SPS 2023, which will be held in Nuremberg, Germany from 14 to 16 November 2023. The proportion of repeat bookings from last year's exhibitors is very high, as is the number of registrations from new exhibitors.

19 Jan 2023

SPS expands to the USA

With an annual sales volume of more than 50 billion euros, industrial automation is one of the most important economic sectors in Germany. The world's central trade fair platform for the industry is the SPS - Smart Production Solutions, organized by Mesago Messe Frankfurt. In view of its international success, the organizer will now also gain a foothold in the US market with this leading trade event. The SPS brand will be premiering in the region as the "Automation Sector powered by SPS" as part of IMTS 2024, before a stand-alone trade show is held in Atlanta in 2025.
12 Jan 2023

SPS 2022 survey confirms it: SPS is an excellent business platform for the automation industry

The restart of the SPS, which was held between 8 and 10 November 2022 in Nuremberg, once again attracted many exhibitors and trade visitors to Nuremberg in mid-November. From the visitor and exhibitor survey, the event lived up to all expectations in terms of information, innovation and practical relevance.

10 Nov 2022

SPS 2022: Successful relaunch of the leading exhibition for smart and digital automation

The SPS, which took place from 8 - 10 November 2022 in Nuremberg, once again impressed upon all participants the platform’s meaning for the entire automation industry. After the twice-enforced moratorium, the focus this year was not only on products and solutions, but also on human interaction. The digital platform ‘SPS on air’ perfectly complemented the on-site event.
20 Oct 2022

SPS 2022: Diverse innovations and a top-class presentation program

From 8 to 10 November 2022, the leading exhibition for smart and digital automation in Nuremberg will be offering the latest innovations and a diverse program of presentations on the latest topics in the industry, as well as a subject talk by Minister President Dr. Markus Söder.
6 Sep 2022

SPS 2022: A look into the future of automation

The 31st edition of SPS, the trade fair for smart and digital automation, is expected to attract 1,100 exhibitors from across the globe. The event will take place from 8 to 10 November 2022 in Nuremberg and will showcase the latest products, solutions and pioneering future technologies in the field of industrial automation.
21 Jul 2022

Rotational new chair on the SPS Exhibitor Advisory Board

Christian Wolf, Managing Director of Hans Turck GmbH & Co. KG hands over chairmanship of the SPS Exhibitor Advisory Board to Steffen Winkler, CSO of the Automation Business Unit of Bosch Rexroth AG.
14 Jun 2022

The momentum of SPS Italia continues in Germany

The great success of the SPS Italia 2022 has further spurred interest in the SPS 2022 in Nuremberg: more than 700 exhibitors have already registered for the event, which will take place from 8 – 10 November. Following a successful SPS Italia in Parma, which was able to achieve an extremely positive result with 36,522 visitors and 802 exhibitors from May 24 - 26, the SPS in Nuremberg, has also recorded a high demand for participation in this year's highlight trade fair for automation.

28 Apr 2022

Live and in person once more: a positive outlook for the SPS 2022

With almost 700 exhibitors registered by the early booking deadline, the booking figures for the SPS 2022 are extremely positive. And according to organizer Mesago Messe Frankfurt, more interested exhibitors are coming forward every day. This is testament to the high level of interest in attending Europe’s leading exhibition for electric automation technology, which will take place in Nuremberg from 08 - 10 November 2022.
13 Jan 2022

SPS 2022 Scheduled in the First Half of November

This year’s SPS will be held in Nuremberg, Germany, from 08 - 10 November 2022, two weeks earlier than in previous years. This gives the entire industry planning certainty in respect of the leading exhibition for smart and digital automation in these pandemic times.