Hannover: The opening ceremony of the EMO 2025 will be held at 10:00 a.m. on September 22, 2025 in the H’Up Hybrid Event Hub at the Messegelände Hannover. Around 1,600 companies from 45 countries will be exhibiting their technical innovations at the world’s leading trade fair for production technology from September 22 to 26. The trade fair is all about machinery, solutions and services for the metalworking sector. These are used in all branches of industry, such as mechanical engineering, automotive and aircraft manufacturing, the electrical and electronics industry and the medical technology sector, where they contribute to increased productivity and competitiveness. With their products, the exhibitors at the EMO 2025 are the driving force behind the modernization of the industrial sector. The trade fair will have a focus on the topics of automation, sustainability, digitalization and artificial intelligence in production. For the first time, the EMO has also appointed a partner country in the form of Alliance Country Canada@EMO2025.
The following guests will speak at the opening of the EMO on the invitation of EMO General Commissioner Carl Martin Welcker
From federal politics: Gitta Connemann, Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
From state politics: Olaf Lies, Prime Minister of the State of Lower Saxony
From industry: Stephen Albrecht, Member of the Executive Board of Liebherr-International AG
From Alliance Country Canada@EMO2025: Evelyne Coulombe, Chargé d’affaires a.i. – Embassy of Canada in Germany
From the EMO: Francois Duval, President of the European Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association Cecimo, owner of the EMO brand
The opening ceremony of the EMO marks the start of five trade fair days packed with lots of highlights, both at the exhibitors’ stands and in the varied supporting program.