From 6 to 9 October 2026, the Brno Exhibition Centre hosted MSV, the International Industrial Fair and Engineering, one of Europe’s most important events for the sector. Elmea was also there, with a stand dedicated to power supply systems for presses. In this article, we recount how it went: the figures for the 2026 edition, the atmosphere amongst the stands and, above all, what we gained from our direct interactions with visitors.
MSV 2026 in figures
MSV, short for the Czech name Mezinárodní strojírenský veletrh, is held annually at the Brno Exhibition Centre in the Czech Republic and is one of Europe’s leading events for the metalworking and industrial sectors. This year’s edition, scheduled for 6 to 9 October 2026, confirmed the scale that makes MSV a key event for the European metalworking sector. According to the official report published by the organisers, the fair occupied all nine halls of the exhibition centre, attracting over 55,000 visitors over four days and featuring 1,379 exhibiting companies from 39 countries.
One statistic that matters more to us than any other: the majority of visitors were engineers and managers who needed to put the innovations they saw at the fair into practice quickly – not merely curious onlookers. It is this sort of audience that makes attending an event of this kind worthwhile, because conversations at the stand quickly turn to technical details.
Technology in action, face-to-face business
The central theme of the 2026 edition, also highlighted by the organisers, was summed up in a simple phrase: technology in action, face-to-face business. It wasn’t just about exhibiting machinery, but about showing it in operation, letting visitors try it out and enabling them to speak directly with those who design and install it in production.
This is something that, as people who work with industrial machinery every day, we can confirm first-hand. The feedback gathered from exhibitors during the trade fair points in the same direction: face-to-face meetings remain essential in the sector, because companies do not attend trade fairs merely to present a new product, but to meet clients and discuss specific projects. This is proof that, even in the digital age, a trade fair such as MSV continues to fulfil a role that other channels cannot replace.
Elmea’s presence at the stand
From our vantage point, the 2026 edition saw particularly active participation from companies based in Eastern Europe, with a good turnout of visitors at our stand throughout all four days of the fair.
The most interesting indication, however, concerns the nature of the interest shown: our stand received around ten visits from companies specifically interested in medium-sized feeding lines, for coils between 400 and 800 mm in width. This was therefore not a general interest in sheet metal processing automation, but specific enquiries regarding a precise size range, precisely the one on which Elmea has built much of its expertise, alongside sheet metal automation solutions for larger batches and configurations.
What we’ve taken away from this edition
A figure such as ten enquiries regarding a specific size range may seem small, but for those working in production it carries real weight: it indicates that in Central and Eastern Europe there is active demand for compact feeding lines designed for medium-sized coils, likely linked to plants that are modernising or expanding their production capacity.
For us, our presence at the trade fair serves this purpose: to stay in direct contact with the needs of European customers and to understand how the market for press feeding systems and feeding lines is evolving, in a sector where we operate on a daily basis alongside various industrial sectors.
Our conclusions
MSV 2026 confirmed two things that are very important to us: that face-to-face meetings remain irreplaceable in our sector, and that the demand for compact feeding lines for medium-sized coils is a clear trend to watch in the coming months, particularly in the markets of Central and Eastern Europe.
If you visited our stand, or if you are considering a feeding line for your production, please contact our technical team via the contact page: please specify the width of the coils and the type of processing, and we will get back to you with a bespoke proposal. |