EuroBLECH celebrates 20th anniversary
EuroBLECH has been your market place for forty years – a reason to celebrate! Over the years, the exhibition has grown continuously. Today, it is synonymous with high quality event management and is the world’s number 1 sheet metal working exhibition.
The history of EuroBLECH at a glance
1969
The first show “First International Sheet Metal Exhibition”
takes place in London’s Olympia Exhibition Centre. 70 exhibitors
present machinery and equipment for the forming and fabrication of sheet metal.
The conference “Sheet Metal in the Seventies” is held alongside
the exhibition.
1970
Just one year later the 2nd edition “Second
International Sheet Metal & Metal Forming Exhibition”
takes place in Manchester.
1974
After a short break the show moves to continental Europe, and
the exhibition - now just called “BLECH” - opens its doors
in Zurich’s “Züspa-Hallen” in Switzerland.
1978
“BLECH” relocates to Germany where most of its exhibitors
and visitors are at home. Taking place at the exhibition grounds in Essen
the show grows over the years to more than 700 exhibitors and over 10,000
visitors.
1992
Having outgrown the exhibition centre in Essen, the organisers move the
show to the world’s largest exhibition facility in Hanover. For the
first time, over 1,000 exhibitors present their products at this technology
exhibition - now called EuroBLECH - and more than 50,000 visitors from 40
countries attend the show.
2006
The 19th edition of EuroBLECH achieves unprecedented success: Featuring over 1,400
exhibitors from over 40 countries, more than 64,000 visitors from 73 countries and
130,000 m² hall space (gross) the world’s leading trade exhibition is now larger
and more international than ever before.
