Manufacturing trade shows in 2027: 123 shows by industry, with the off years marked

January7 shows

February8

March8

April25

May21

June11

July1

August1

September9

October15

November6

2027 manufacturing trade shows by month

Item	Value (shows)
January	7 shows
February	8
March	8
April	25
May	21
June	11
July	1
August	1
September	9
October	15
November	6

April and May hold 41% of the year's 112 dated shows. Plus 11 shows with no 2027 dates yet and 7 taking 2027 off (IMTS, MODEX, PTXPO, PACK EXPO International, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, American Coatings Show and LOUPE Americas). Source: Plant to Pipeline 2027 show dataset, organizer sites checked Oct. 23 to 26, 2026.

Our calendar of manufacturing trade shows in 2027 lists 123 events in 18 categories, each checked against its organizer’s website between Oct. 23 and Oct. 26, 2026. Of those, 112 have confirmed or announced dates and 11 have not posted 2027 dates yet. Seven more shows are not held at all in 2027, and we list those too, because a missing show changes a budget as much as a new one.

To work from the list, filter the full calendar by industry and month on our events page, where every show has a registration link and every dated show has an add-to-calendar link. The events page counts 133 shows because it adds the seven off-year shows and three still to run in November 2026, and its “112 with confirmed 2027 dates” are our 108 confirmed plus the four announced.

For planning, 2027 is an odd year. IMTS, MODEX, PTXPO, PACK EXPO International and CONEXPO-CON/AGG all skip it. NPE, the three-year plastics show, and ProMat, the odd-year material handling show, take their place. And the spring is crowded, with 25 shows in April and 21 in May.

Which big manufacturing trade shows are off in 2027?

Seven shows in our dataset do not run in 2027.

Show	Cadence	Next edition
IMTS	Even years	Sept. 11 to 16, 2028, McCormick Place, Chicago
MODEX	Even years, alternates with ProMat	April 3 to 5, 2028, Atlanta
Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO)	Even years	March 21 to 23, 2028, Rosemont, Ill.
PACK EXPO International	Even years	Nov. 5 to 8, 2028, Chicago
CONEXPO-CON/AGG	Every three years	March 13 to 17, 2029, Las Vegas
American Coatings Show	Even years	March 28 to 30, 2028, Denver
LOUPE Americas	Even years	Sept. 12 to 14, 2028

IMTS is the one most metalworking budgets are built around. It drew 91,295 registrants and 1,788 exhibiting companies in September 2026, according to its organizer’s post-show report. If your company exhibited there, that money is free in 2027, and IMTS 2028 space is already being sold. Our piece on the big shows taking an off year covers the 2028 space deadline and what to do with the 2027 money.

When are the 2027 manufacturing trade shows?

April and May hold 46 of the 112 dated shows, or 41%, as the chart at the top of this page shows. The second half of April alone stacks ProMat (April 19 to 21, Chicago), Smart Manufacturing Week (April 19 to 22, Detroit), the AFS Metalcasting Congress (April 20 to 22, Cleveland), ISA27 (April 21 to 23, Indianapolis) and the Powder Show (April 27 to 29, Rosemont, Ill.). Then NPE2027 (May 3 to 7, Orlando) and Automate (May 10 to 13, Las Vegas) follow within three weeks. A marketing team of one or two that plans to attend more than one of these should decide by January which show gets the full effort, because booth graphics, pre-show email and follow-up for two spring shows will overlap. If two of them are ProMat and Automate, our ProMat and Automate plan runs them as one campaign.

Summer is close to empty, with one show each in July and August. October picks up again with 15, and several of the 11 shows without 2027 dates run in the fall, including The ASSEMBLY Show and MD&M Midwest, whose 2026 editions both run Oct. 27 to 29, 2026.

1. April 19 to 21

   ProMat

   Chicago

2. April 19 to 22

   Smart Manufacturing Week

   Detroit

3. April 20 to 22

   AFS Metalcasting Congress

   Cleveland

4. April 21 to 23

   ISA27

   Indianapolis

5. April 27 to 29

   The Powder Show

   Rosemont, Ill.

6. May 3 to 7

   NPE2027

   Orlando

7. May 10 to 13

   Automate

   Las Vegas

Seven shows in 25 days and seven cities, from Chicago on April 19 to Las Vegas on May 13. Four of them open within three days of each other. Source: Plant to Pipeline 2027 show dataset; organizer sites checked Oct. 23 to 26, 2026.

The 2027 shows by industry

Our dataset tags shows with 18 industries, including end markets such as aerospace, medical devices, food and energy where manufacturers go to meet buyers. The six sections below cover the industries we write for; the full table at the end covers all 18.

Metals and machining

With IMTS off, FABTECH returns to Chicago Sept. 13 to 16, and the SME MT Series regional shows fill the rest of the year with EASTEC (May 11 to 13, West Springfield, Mass.), SOUTHTEC (Oct. 19 to 21, Greenville, S.C.), MT Series Southwest (Nov. 2 to 4, Dallas) and WESTEC (Nov. 16 to 18, Long Beach, Calif.). ASM Heat Treat (Oct. 5 to 7, Columbus, Ohio) and Forge Fair (May 18 to 19, Cleveland) both run in 2027.

Plastics and rubber

NPE2027 (May 3 to 7, Orlando) is the year. It comes every three years, and PTXPO is off until March 2028; our NPE2027 plan has the registration deadlines and a meeting countdown. MD&M West (Feb. 9 to 11, Anaheim) is the early-year option for molders selling into medical devices, and the Global Polymer Summit (Sept. 27 to 30, Cleveland) combines the rubber industry’s IEC and ITEC events in 2027.

Industrial machinery and equipment

ProMat (April 19 to 21, Chicago) is on, MODEX is off. PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 27 to 29) runs in place of PACK EXPO International. AHR Expo (Jan. 25 to 27, Chicago), the Powder Show (April 27 to 29) and WEFTEC (Sept. 25 to 29, Chicago) round out the year. CONEXPO-CON/AGG is not back until 2029.

Automation and industrial tech

Automate (May 10 to 13) moves to Las Vegas, which its organizer’s 2027 exhibitor prospectus says will host the show in odd years. Hannover Messe (April 5 to 8, Germany), the Robotics Summit and Expo (June 2 to 3, Boston), Sensors Converge (June 8 to 10, Santa Clara) and the ISA Automation Summit and Expo (Oct. 17 to 19, Nashville) are confirmed. The ASSEMBLY Show has not posted 2027 dates.

Building products

January is the crunch, with World of Concrete (Jan. 19 to 21, Las Vegas), AHR Expo (Jan. 25 to 27, Chicago) and then IBS and KBIS together for Design and Construction Week (Feb. 2 to 4, Las Vegas). The International Roofing Expo follows Feb. 16 to 18. AIA27 (May 19 to 22, Philadelphia) is the architect show, and October brings Greenbuild, METALCON and GlassBuild America.

Industrial distribution

In distribution, the association calendar is the trade show calendar. The year runs from NAW’s Executive Summit (Jan. 19 to 21, Washington, DC), ISA27 (April 21 to 23, Indianapolis), the NAED National Meeting (May 11 to 13, Salt Lake City), the PTDA Industry Summit (Oct. 20 to 22, Orlando) to the STAFDA Convention (Nov. 14 to 16, Orlando), which is open only to STAFDA members.

How we built the calendar

We worked from organizer websites only, opening each show’s own page between Oct. 23 and Oct. 26, 2026. Each row carries a status. “Confirmed” means the organizer’s site lists 2027 dates. “Announced” (four shows, including FABTECH) means the organizer has announced 2027 dates but we could not confirm them on every page of its show site. “Dates not announced” means the organizer has not posted 2027 dates, and we give the last edition so you can estimate. “Off in 2027” means the show runs on a two- or three-year cycle and skips the year.

We recheck the 11 shows without dates and the four announced shows every month and update the listing when dates post. If you organize one of these shows and see an error, email us and we will correct it.

The full 2027 calendar

Sorted by date. Shows without 2027 dates and shows that are off follow at the end. To narrow it to one industry or month, use the filterable calendar on our events page.

2027 dates	Show	City	Industry	Cadence	Status
Jan. 18 to 21	POWERGEN International	Salt Lake City	Energy and Utilities	Annual	Confirmed
Jan. 19 to 21	NAW Executive Summit	Washington, DC	Industrial Distribution	Annual	Confirmed
Jan. 19 to 21	World of Concrete	Las Vegas	Building Products	Annual, education Jan. 18 to 21	Confirmed
Jan. 24 to 27	Dairy Forum	Orlando	Food and Beverage	Annual	Confirmed
Jan. 25 to 27	AHR Expo	Chicago	Industrial Machinery, Building Products	Annual	Confirmed
Jan. 25 to 27	PMA Metal Stamping Technology Conference	Nashville	Metals and Machining	Annual	Confirmed
Jan. 26 to 28	IPPE	Atlanta	Food and Beverage	Annual	Confirmed
Feb. 2 to 4	DesignCon	Santa Clara	Electrical and Electronics	Annual	Confirmed
Feb. 2 to 4	KBIS	Las Vegas	Building Products	Annual, Design and Construction Week	Confirmed
Feb. 2 to 4	NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS)	Las Vegas	Building Products	Annual, Design and Construction Week	Confirmed
Feb. 9 to 11	MD&M West	Anaheim	Medical Device, Plastics and Rubber	Annual	Confirmed
Feb. 16 to 18	International Roofing Expo	Las Vegas	Building Products	Annual	Confirmed
Feb. 21 to 24	Geosynthetics Conference	Reno, NV	Textiles	Recurring	Confirmed
Feb. 22 to 24	B2B Marketing Exchange	Carlsbad, CA	Sales and Marketing Events	Annual	Confirmed
Feb. 23 to 25	Industrial Marketing Summit	Austin	Sales and Marketing Events	Annual	Confirmed
March 1 to 3	AFA Warfare Symposium	Not posted	Aerospace and Defense	Annual	Confirmed
March 1 to 3	Plastics Recycling Conference	National Harbor, MD	Plastics and Rubber	Annual	Confirmed
March 1 to 4	DTECH (DistribuTECH)	Atlanta	Energy and Utilities	Annual	Confirmed
March 9 to 12	NTEA Work Truck Week	Indianapolis	Automotive and Transportation	Annual	Confirmed
March 17 to 18	Design-2-Part Atlanta	Atlanta	All Manufacturing	Regional, spring and fall series	Confirmed
March 18 to 20	Mid-America Trucking Show	Louisville	Automotive and Transportation	Annual	Confirmed
March 23 to 25	IDEA27	Kansas City	Textiles	Recurring	Confirmed
March 31 to April 1	Design-2-Part Santa Clara	Santa Clara	All Manufacturing	Regional, spring and fall series	Confirmed
April 4 to 6	SNAXPO27	Charlotte	Food and Beverage	Annual	Confirmed
April 4 to 7	Sea-Air-Space	National Harbor, MD	Aerospace and Defense	Annual	Confirmed
April 5 to 7	AICC Spring Meeting	Doral, FL	Packaging	Twice yearly	Confirmed
April 5 to 7	Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America	San Antonio	Food and Beverage	Annual	Confirmed
April 5 to 8	Hannover Messe	Hannover, Germany	Automation, All Manufacturing	Annual, international	Confirmed
April 6 to 8	IPC APEX EXPO	Anaheim	Electrical and Electronics	Annual, meetings April 3 to 8	Confirmed
April 11 to 15	AMPP Annual Conference and Expo	Columbus, OH	Energy and Utilities, Chemicals and Materials	Annual	Confirmed
April 12 to 14	PACK EXPO Southeast	Atlanta	Packaging	New regional show	Confirmed
April 12 to 15	AeroDef Manufacturing	Detroit	Aerospace and Defense		Confirmed
April 12 to 15	ReMA Convention and Exposition	Nashville	Industrial Services	Annual	Confirmed
April 12 to 15	Space Symposium	Colorado Springs	Aerospace and Defense	Annual	Confirmed
April 13 to 15	MFG Meeting (AMT)	Maui	All Manufacturing	Annual	Confirmed
April 13 to 15	MRO Americas	Orlando	Aerospace and Defense	Annual	Confirmed
April 14 to 15	Design-2-Part Irving	Irving, TX	All Manufacturing	Regional, spring and fall series	Confirmed
April 14	Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Workforce Summit	Columbus, OH	All Manufacturing	Annual	Confirmed
April 19 to 21	ASC Convention and EXPO	Tampa	Chemicals and Materials	Annual	Confirmed
April 19 to 21	ProMat	Chicago	Industrial Machinery	Odd years, alternates with MODEX	Confirmed
April 19 to 21	The RELIABILITY Conference	Detroit	Industrial Services	Annual, inside Smart Manufacturing Week	Confirmed
April 19 to 22	Smart Manufacturing Week	Detroit	All Manufacturing	Annual	Confirmed
April 20 to 22	AFS Metalcasting Congress	Cleveland	Metals and Machining	Annual	Confirmed
April 21 to 23	ISA27 Industrial Supply Association Convention	Indianapolis	Industrial Distribution	Annual	Confirmed
April 27 to 29	SAE WCX World Congress Experience	Novi, MI	Automotive and Transportation	Annual	Announced
April 27 to 29	The Powder Show	Rosemont, IL	Industrial Machinery	Annual	Confirmed
April 27	Michigan Manufacturers Association Operations Conference	Lansing, MI	All Manufacturing	Annual	Confirmed
April 28 to 29	Design-2-Part Uncasville	Uncasville, CT	All Manufacturing	Regional, spring and fall series	Confirmed
May 2 to 4	Forrester B2B Summit North America	Phoenix	Sales and Marketing Events	Annual	Confirmed
May 3 to 5	Offshore Technology Conference	Houston	Energy and Utilities	Annual	Confirmed
May 3 to 6	WasteExpo	Las Vegas	Industrial Services	Annual	Confirmed
May 3 to 7	NPE2027	Orlando	Plastics and Rubber	Every three years	Confirmed
May 4 to 6	Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo	Milwaukee	Electrical and Electronics	Annual	Announced
May 10 to 13	Automate	Las Vegas	Automation	Annual	Confirmed
May 10 to 13	Food Safety Summit	Rosemont, IL	Food and Beverage	Annual	Confirmed
May 11 to 12	MEDevice Boston	Boston	Medical Device	Annual	Confirmed
May 11 to 13	B2B Online	Chicago	Sales and Marketing Events	Annual, May	Confirmed
May 11 to 13	EASTEC	West Springfield, MA	Metals and Machining	Annual, SME MT Series	Confirmed
May 11 to 13	NAED National Meeting	Salt Lake City	Industrial Distribution, Electrical and Electronics	Annual	Confirmed
May 11 to 13	Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas	Atlanta	Textiles	Annual	Confirmed
May 12 to 13	Design-2-Part Schaumburg	Schaumburg, IL	All Manufacturing	Regional, spring and fall series	Confirmed
May 17 to 19	FBA Annual Meeting	Boston	Packaging	Annual	Confirmed
May 17 to 20	ACT Expo	Las Vegas	Automotive and Transportation, Energy and Utilities	Annual	Confirmed
May 17 to 20	SAMPE	Salt Lake City	Chemicals and Materials, Aerospace and Defense	Annual	Confirmed
May 18 to 19	Forge Fair	Cleveland	Metals and Machining	Every two years	Confirmed
May 18 to 20	NAW SHIFT	Not posted	Industrial Distribution	Annual	Confirmed
May 19 to 20	MD&M East	New York	Medical Device	Annual	Confirmed
May 19 to 22	AIA27 Conference on Architecture and Design	Philadelphia	Building Products	Annual	Confirmed
May 25 to 26	Design-2-Part Raleigh	Raleigh	All Manufacturing	Regional, spring and fall series	Confirmed
June 2 to 3	DeviceTalks Boston	Boston	Medical Device	Annual	Confirmed
June 2 to 3	Robotics Summit and Expo	Boston	Automation	Annual	Confirmed
June 7 to 10	World of Wipes	Indianapolis	Textiles	Annual	Confirmed
June 8 to 10	OMTEC	Rosemont, IL	Medical Device	Annual	Confirmed
June 8 to 10	SUR/FIN	Long Beach, CA	Metals and Machining	Annual	Announced
June 8 to 10	Sensors Converge	Santa Clara	Automation, Electrical and Electronics	Annual	Confirmed
June 13 to 16	AWWA ACE27	San Diego	Energy and Utilities	Annual	Confirmed
June 14 to 17	Reliable Plant Conference	Mobile, AL	Industrial Services	Annual	Confirmed
June 14 to 20	Paris Air Show	Paris	Aerospace and Defense	Odd years, international	Confirmed
June 23 to 24	Design-2-Part Novi	Novi, MI	All Manufacturing	Regional, spring and fall series	Confirmed
June 27 to 30	Rethink (NAM Manufacturing Leadership Council)	Scottsdale, AZ	All Manufacturing	Annual	Confirmed
July 11 to 14	IFT FIRST	Chicago	Food and Beverage	Annual	Confirmed
Aug. 2 to 4	NAED Marketing Summit	Louisville	Industrial Distribution, Electrical and Electronics, Sales and Marketing Events	Annual	Confirmed
Sept. 13 to 15	AICC Fall Meeting	Boston	Packaging	Twice yearly	Confirmed
Sept. 13 to 15	NAW Innovators Summit	Not posted	Industrial Distribution	Annual	Confirmed
Sept. 13 to 16	FABTECH	Chicago	Metals and Machining	Annual, city rotates	Announced
Sept. 14 to 16	PRINTING United Expo	Las Vegas	Packaging	Annual	Confirmed
Sept. 15 to 17	ICOSPA Congress	Chicago	Metals and Machining	Executive event, FABTECH week	Confirmed
Sept. 20 to 22	AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference	Not posted	Aerospace and Defense	Annual	Confirmed
Sept. 25 to 29	WEFTEC	Chicago	Energy and Utilities, Industrial Machinery	Annual	Confirmed
Sept. 27 to 29	PACK EXPO Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Packaging, Industrial Machinery	Odd years	Confirmed
Sept. 27 to 30	Global Polymer Summit (IEC and ITEC)	Cleveland	Plastics and Rubber	Combined in 2027	Confirmed
Oct. 3 to 6	The MedTech Conference	San Francisco	Medical Device	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 4 to 7	SMRP Annual Conference	Indianapolis	Industrial Services	Annual, fall	Confirmed
Oct. 5 to 7	ASM Heat Treat	Columbus, OH	Metals and Machining	Odd years	Confirmed
Oct. 5 to 7	The Utility Expo	Louisville	Energy and Utilities	Every two years, odd years	Confirmed
Oct. 11 to 14	The Battery Show North America	Detroit	Automotive and Transportation, Energy and Utilities	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 12 to 14	embedded world North America	Long Beach, CA	Electrical and Electronics	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 17 to 19	ISA Automation Summit and Expo	Nashville	Automation	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 19 to 21	CAMX	Anaheim	Chemicals and Materials, Aerospace and Defense	Annual, conference Oct. 18 to 21	Confirmed
Oct. 19 to 21	SOUTHTEC	Greenville, SC	Metals and Machining	SME MT Series	Confirmed
Oct. 19 to 22	Greenbuild	Chicago	Building Products	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 20 to 22	PTDA Industry Summit	Orlando	Industrial Distribution	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 25 to 27	ISA Fall Summit	Tampa	Industrial Distribution	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 26 to 28	Food Production Solutions Show	Chicago	Food and Beverage	New show, first edition	Confirmed
Oct. 26 to 28	GlassBuild America	Orlando	Building Products	Annual	Confirmed
Oct. 26 to 28	METALCON	Louisville	Building Products, Metals and Machining	Annual	Confirmed
Nov. 2 to 4	MT Series Southwest	Dallas	Metals and Machining	SME MT Series	Confirmed
Nov. 2 to 5	SEMA Show	Las Vegas	Automotive and Transportation	Annual	Confirmed
Nov. 14 to 16	STAFDA Convention	Orlando	Industrial Distribution	Annual, members only	Confirmed
Nov. 15 to 18	HYGIENIX	Orlando	Textiles	Annual	Confirmed
Nov. 15 to 18	RE+	Las Vegas	Energy and Utilities	Annual	Confirmed
Nov. 16 to 18	WESTEC	Long Beach, CA	Metals and Machining	SME MT Series	Confirmed
TBA	AAPEX	Las Vegas	Automotive and Transportation	Annual, during SEMA week	Dates not announced. The 2026 show runs Nov. 3 to 5, 2026, Las Vegas
TBA	ACS Fall Meeting	San Diego	Chemicals and Materials	Twice yearly	Not confirmed. Week of Aug. 22, 2027, San Diego, exact dates to confirm
TBA	ACS Spring Meeting	New Orleans	Chemicals and Materials	Twice yearly	Not confirmed. March 21 to 25, 2027 per an ACS division site, not yet on acs.org
TBA	AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition	Washington, DC	Aerospace and Defense	Annual, October	Not confirmed. October 2027, exact dates not posted
TBA	Advanced Textiles Expo	Orlando	Textiles	Annual, fall	Dates not announced. The 2026 show runs Nov. 3 to 5, 2026, Orlando
TBA	E-Scrap Conference	Not posted	Industrial Services	Annual, fall	Dates not announced. The 2026 show runs Oct. 26 to 28, 2026, New Orleans
TBA	MD&M Midwest and Advanced Manufacturing Minneapolis	Minneapolis	Medical Device, All Manufacturing	Annual, October	Dates not announced. The 2026 show runs Oct. 27 to 29, 2026
TBA	Manufacturing in America	Detroit	All Manufacturing	Annual, fall	Dates not announced. The 2026 event runs Oct. 28, 2026, Detroit
TBA	NECA Convention and Trade Show	Not posted	Electrical and Electronics	Annual, fall	Dates not announced. Last held Oct. 4 to 7, 2026, Las Vegas
TBA	SMTA International	Rosemont, IL	Electrical and Electronics	Annual, fall	Dates not announced. The 2026 show runs Oct. 25 to 29, 2026, Rosemont, IL
TBA	The ASSEMBLY Show	Rosemont, IL	Automation, All Manufacturing	Annual, fall	Dates not announced. The 2026 show runs Oct. 27 to 29, 2026, Rosemont, IL
Not held	American Coatings Show	Denver	Chemicals and Materials	Even years	Off in 2027. Next March 28 to 30, 2028, Denver
Not held	CONEXPO-CON/AGG	Las Vegas	Industrial Machinery	Every three years	Off in 2027. Next March 13 to 17, 2029, Las Vegas
Not held	IMTS	Chicago	Metals and Machining	Even years	Off in 2027. Next Sept. 11 to 16, 2028, McCormick Place, Chicago
Not held	LOUPE Americas	Rosemont, IL	Packaging	Even years	Off in 2027. Next Sept. 12 to 14, 2028
Not held	MODEX	Atlanta	Industrial Machinery	Even years, alternates with ProMat	Off in 2027. Next April 3 to 5, 2028, Atlanta
Not held	PACK EXPO International	Chicago	Packaging, Industrial Machinery	Even years	Off in 2027. Next Nov. 5 to 8, 2028, Chicago
Not held	Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO)	Rosemont, IL	Plastics and Rubber	Even years	Off in 2027. Next March 21 to 23, 2028, Rosemont, IL

How to choose your 2027 shows

Plan on one primary show for each industry you sell into, plus one regional show near your densest cluster of customers. A team of one to three cannot run more than that well, and a third national show usually means the follow-up from the first two never happens.

To find the primary show, mark the shows your top 20 customers and your top three competitors attend. The show that appears on both lists is the primary; if none does, pick the one your customers attend. The regional show is the one your customers can drive to. Then adjust for what 2027 changes in each industry.

• Metals and machining: with no IMTS, FABTECH is the national show for fabricators, and the MT Series stop nearest your customers is the regional.
• Plastics and rubber: NPE is the primary for almost everyone who sells into plastics. Add MD&M West only if medical device OEMs are a large share of your sales.
• Industrial machinery and equipment: pick ProMat or PACK EXPO Las Vegas by where your buyers’ projects sit, warehouse and material flow or packaging lines. The Powder Show is the regional choice for bulk handling.
• Automation and industrial tech: Automate is the primary. Walk ProMat or Smart Manufacturing Week if your integrators are there.
• Building products: choose one of the three January shows by buyer (contractors at World of Concrete, contractors and HVAC distributors at AHR Expo, the two largest groups in its 2026 attendance report, builders and dealers at IBS), and add AIA27 if architects specify your product.
• Industrial distribution: the association meeting your distributors attend is the primary, whether that is ISA27, the NAED National Meeting, the PTDA Industry Summit or STAFDA.

Before you commit, price each show with every line in; our booth cost survey found several 2027 shows that wanted deposits in 2026, and our trade show ROI worksheet sets the break-even target to hold each show to. If your main show is off this year, put the next edition’s dates in the calendar now, because the space contracts for 2028 shows will arrive during 2027.