Trade fair profile
Moulding Expo is celebrating an anniversary!
Be there when the tool, pattern and mould making industry celebrates its 10th anniversary again in Stuttgart from 6 to 9 May 2025.
Whether a hidden champion or a large group, Moulding Expo attracts the best European tool, pattern and mould making companies along with their suppliers. The international trade fair focuses on small and medium-sized companies in this industry who implement customer-specific projects with the aid of their technical knowledge and experience. The trade fair also features all major technology partners in the industry who satisfy the high demands for quality and precision. The trade fair programme extends from standard parts, materials, hot runner systems, processing tools, clamping systems, machine tools and test and measuring systems through to software suppliers.
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Main exhibition programme at Moulding Expo
- Tool, Pattern and Mould making
- Components and accessories for tool, pattern and mould-making
- Supply technologies for tool, pattern and mould-making
- Contract manufacturing for tool pattern and mould making
- Services for tool, pattern and mould making
- Organisations, publishers and associations
Injection moulding tools
- Injection moulding tools for plastics
- Tools for elastomer processing
- Pressing tools for plastics
- Injection moulding tools for other materials
- Foam moulding
- Blow moulding
- Rotational moulds
- Thermoforming and deep-drawing tools
- Extruder tools
- Vacuum forming
- Laminated moulds
- Multi-cavity moulds
- Multi-component moulds
- Stack moulds
- Insert moulding (IMD, IML)
- Moulds for prototyping, as well as preproduction series and low-volume production
- Moulding for processing fibre composites
- Moulding for processing glass or ceramics
- Internal-pressure tools
- Metal-Plastic-Hybrid moulds
Die-casting tools
- Tools for aluminium processing
- Tools for zinc processing
- Tools for magnesium processing
- Tools for other alloys
Casting tools
- Gravity casting tools
- Tilting casting tools
- Low-pressure casting tools
- Low-pressure casting tools
- Precision-casting tools
Forming tools
- (Fine-)cutting and punching tools
- Bending tools
- Forging dies
- Cold shaping tools
- Drawing and deep-drawing tools
- Spinning tools
- Progressive dies
- High-pressure tube hydroforming tools
- Tools for sheet metal hot forming press hardening
Gauge construction and jig and fixtures manufacturing
- Control gauges
- Measurement recordings
Pattern-making and prototyping
- Body and production model-making
- Foundry model-making
- Cubing processes
- Functional models
- Design models
- Rapid prototyping
- Rapid tooling
- Further patterns and prototypes
Tool, pattern and mould-making for specific user industries
- Automotive and supplier industry
- Construction/Design
- Electrical and electronics industry
- Precision mechanics/Optical industry
- Household devices
- Plastics processing industry
- Aerospace engineering
- Mechanical engineering and plant construction
- Medical technology
- Metal working and processing industry
- Packaging industry
- Other user industries
Materials
- Tool steels
- Aluminium
- Zinc
- Magnesium
- Carbide
- Ceramics
- Sintering materials
- Plastics
- Materials for electrode manufacturing
- Resins
- Other materials
Installation/detachable parts and accessories
- Moulds
- Standard components, ejectors and
- attachment parts
- Collapsible cores
- Hydraulic cylinders
- Tempering systems
- Heating elements for moulds
- Hot runner systems
- Cooling runner systems
- Insulation materials and ducts
Metal cutting machine tools
- Sawing and cutting-off machines
- Milling machines
- Lathes and automatic lathes
- Grinding machines
- Honing, polishing, lapping and
- deburring machines
- Deep hole drilling machine
- Other machine tools, sharpening and
- grinding machines
Metal-removing machine tools
- Erosion machines
- Wire cutting spark erosion machine tools
- Die-sinking spark erosion machine tools
- Start-hole electric discharge machines
- Electrochemical Machining (ECM)
- Other metal-removing machine tools
Systems for additive manufacturing
- Systems for stereolithography
- Systems for laser sintering (SLS), laser melting (SLM)
- and electron beam-based procedures
- Systems for extrusion processes
- Systems for laminating processes
- Systems for process combinations
- Other systems for additive manufacturing
- processes
Equipment and accessories for machine tools
- CNC controls
- Motor spindles
- Suction systems
- Filters and filter systems
- Machine cleaning systems
- Lubricant and cutting fluid systems
Cutting and machining tools
- Milling tools
- Drilling tools
- Tools for creating threads
- Reamers
- Roller burnishing tools
- Saw blades
- Grinding tools and abrasives
- Tools for manual processing
Workpiece and tool handling technology, automation
- Chucking tools
- Chucking tools for machining tools
- Chucking tools for workpieces
- Handling equipment (grippers and robots)
- Magazines and palletizing of workpieces and tools
- Tool changers and magazines
- Tool presetting devices
- Other equipment for the workpieces and tools
Machines and systems for the use of tools and moulds
- Injection moulding machines
- Die-casting machines
- Presses for punching, cutting and forging tools
- Spotting and testing presses
- Other machines and systems for the use of tools and moulds
Systems for the treatment of tools, patterns and materials
- Systems for surface technology
- Systems for heat treament
- Systems for layer manufacturing
- Laser systems for the machining of tools and moulds
- Welding systems
- Further systems for the machining of tools, moulds and materials
Measuring and testing equipment
- Measuring robots
- 3D measuring machines
- Surface measuring devices
- Dial gauges and precision indicators
- Measuring sensors
- Design measuring devices (roundness and straightness)
- Devices for geometry measurement
- Electron microscopy
- Strength measuring instruments
- Shape inspection instruments
- Hardness testers
- Metallographical instruments
- Test instruments for surface properties
- Computer tomography systems
- Other testing devices
Utilities
- Coolants
- Lubricants
- Dielectrics
- Oils
- Other utilities
Software
- Computer Aided Design (CAD)
- Software for simulation
- Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
- Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
- Software for controlling machines & systems, as well as linked systems
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Software for managing the company (PPS, ERP, BDE)
- Other software
Material procurement and customisation
Milling
- HSC electrode milling
- HSC hard machining
- 3-axle milling, 5-axle milling
- Gund drills
Turning
Grinding
- Flat grinding
- Cylindrical grinding
- Jig grinding
Erosion
- Wire erosion
- Sink erosion
- Start-hole electric erosion
Surface finishing
- Lapping and Honing
- Structuring, etching and engraving
- Polishing
- Anodising
- Coating
- Sandblasting and cleaning
- Coatings and layerings
Heat treatment
- Hardening and tempering
- Nitrating
- Browning
- Annealing
Welding
- WIG-Welding
- Laser Welding
Subcontracting measurements
Sampling of tools and moulds
Low-volume production
Batch production / Component production
Maintenance and repair
Metal 3D Printing
Apprenticeship and in-service training, training courses
Research and development
Consultation, organisation and strategy
Consultation, use of technology and technology management
Product design, component development and engineering
Design
Simulation
Project management
Optimisation services
- Optimisation of production parameters
- Demoulding optimisation of components
Certification and classification
Copyright and patent law, legal advice
Assessment and damage analysis
Logistics
Environmental technology, recycling, waste disposal
Occupational safety, production process safety
Financial services and insurance
Facility management
Other services
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Visitors' sectors
Automotive and supplier industry | Machine engineering / Plant construction |
Construction / design | Medical technology / pharmaceuticals |
Electrical engineering / electronics | Metal working / processing |
Household appliances / white goods | Pattern-making / prototyping |
Plastics processing industry | Product design / component development |
Lightweight construction | Packaging industry |
Job shop | Tool construction / mould making |
Aerospace engineering |
