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CastForge

Trade Fair for Castings and Forgings with Processing

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Date

09.06.-11.06.2026
Cycle: every two years
Year founded: 2018
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Fairgrounds

Messe Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Germany

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Organisers

Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG

Messepiazza 1
70629 Stuttgart
Germany
Fon: +49 711 18560-0
Fax: +49 711 18560-2440
info@messe-stuttgart.dehttp://www.messe-stuttgart.de

Project team

cornelia.schlingelhoff@messe-stuttgart.dehttp://www.castforge.de
Fon: +49 711 18560-2374
Fax: +49 711 18560-1374

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Sector focus

Hardware, Tools (industry 21)
Metalworking, Welding Technology (industry 57)
Subcontracting (industry 96)

Main offerings

Semifinished Aluminium Products
Gears and Drives Technology
Valves and Fittings
contract manufacturing
Car Manufacturing
Building Parts
Fittings
Iron
Ironmongery
cast parts
Semi-Finished Products
Machine Parts
Metal Goods
Non-Ferrous Metals
forged parts
Steel
Supplier Industry
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Trade visitors

Statistics

Key figures
6/2024
Exhibitors
488
Domestic
140
Abroad
348
Other represented firms
11
Visitors (number of admissions)
4.286
Domestic
2.700
Abroad
1.586
Space (gross)
21.000
Space (net)
9.734
Special show space
96
Exhibitor stand space
9.638
Hall space
9.638
Domestic
3.112
Abroad
6.526
Open air
0
Domestic
0
Abroad
0
Origin of exhibitors 2024 from 31 countries
Austria10
Belgium1
Bosnia and Herzegovina1
Brazil1
Bulgaria1
Canada1
China, People's Republic25
Croatia2
Czechia19
Finland2
France31
Germany140
Hong Kong, China SAR3
Hungary4
India34
Italy77
Korea, Democratic People's Republic1
Luxembourg1
Morocco1
Netherlands2
Pakistan1
Poland22
Portugal8
Serbia1
Slovenia6
Spain22
Switzerland10
Tunisia1
Türkiye57
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland2
Vietnam1
FKM trade visitor structure
6/2024
Visitors (number of admissions)
4286
Proportion of trade visitors
100%
Total Germany (%)
63
Bremen
0
Hamburg
0
Lower Saxony
0
Schleswig-Holstein
0
North Rhine-Westphalia
18
Hesse
6
Rhineland-Palatinate
3
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
43
Bavaria
17
Berlin
0
Brandenburg
0
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
0
Saxony
0
Thuringia
0
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
9
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
11
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
10
Department head, group head, team leader
26
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
32
Lecturer, teacher
1
Trainee
1
Other position
9
Student
1
Other not gainfully employed
0
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
12
Research and development, design/construction
20
Manufacturing, production, quality control
9
Buying/procurement
31
Finance/accounting, controlling
0
Information and communication technology
0
Personnel administration, administration
1
Sales
20
Marketing, advertising, PR
1
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
0
Other area
1
Student
1
Other not gainfully employed
0
Economic sectors (%)
Industry
81
Trade
10
Service
9
Skilled trades
5
Training/consulting
3
University, polytechnic, vocational school
3
Other
1
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
13
more than 50 km up to 100 km
9
more than 100 km up to 300 km
28
over 300 km
50
Foreign origin total (%)
37
EU
69
Other european countries
20
Middle East
1
South-, East-, Central Asia
10
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Italy
8
France
4
Austria
4
Türkiye
4
Switzerland
3
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
6
5 - 9
3
10 - 49
14
50 - 199
16
200 - 499
21
500 - 999
9
1 000 and more
29
Student
1
Other not employed
0
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
29
collectively
34
in an advisory capacity/organization
21
no
14
Student
1
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
15
Earlier events
5
First visit
79
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Survey conducted by: Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG
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