Fair Profile
Compact information about W3+ Fair Wetzlar
The W3+ Fair is europe's leading platform for enabling technologies
Developer industries | Optics, photonics, electronics and mechanics |
User industries | MedTech, Life Science, Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Electronics and Defense |
Target groups | Companies, technical developers, users, buyers, junior staff and decision-makers in the high-tech industries |
Frequency | Annual at two locations |
Locations | High-tech locations Wetzlar (D)/ since 2014 and Dornbirn (D/A/CH/LI)/ since 2019 |
Represented countries in Wetzlar 2019 | 11 |
Exhibitors and partners since 2014 | 951 |
Visitors since 2014 | 16.115 |
contacts, project ideas, and new business | innumerable |
Spent food portions at the exclusive exhibitor event W3+ and friends since 2014 | 1.876 |
Speakers and key notes in Wetzlar 2019 | 42 |
Visits to the fair by project director Jörg Brück since 2013 | 54 |
Participation pays off
Five good reasons to be there:
Developers meet users. Simple networking and new business with key contacts from the international high-tech scene.
1. Competitive advantages through innovative trade fair concept
The W3+ Fair network developers with users: The optics, photonics, electronics, and mechanics sectors will meet the key user sectors MedTech, Life Science, Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Electronics and Tools/Machinery at the fair. Together they will develop cross-industry innovations and thus create important competitive advantages for themselves. The compact, networking event concept makes it easy to get in touch.
2. More than 10,000 contacts from the user industries
Organizer Fleet Events invites more than 10,000 verified contacts from the user industries to the events. Exhibitors, partners, and sponsors, who present their products and services at the trade fair, benefit from the excellent address in the run-up to and at the trade fair.
3. At the central location of the high-tech industries
DThe W3+ Fair will take place at established production sites in the industries of the future: optics, photonics, electronics, and mechanics. This guarantees an environment of top-level exhibitors and visitors, concentrated local know-how and personal contact with many established (world market) companies.
4. High quality of visitors and exhibitors
The exhibitors at the W3+ Fair attested to the event’s consistently high visitor quality. In Wetzlar, 2,783 experts came to this year’s industry meeting in 2019. 21% came from abroad – and the nymber is rising!
5. Up-to-the-minute knowledge through the first-class supporting programme
Top topics and market trends that move the industries, and the sophisticated lecture program with experienced speakers and keynote speakers create added value for the trade fair events. There are free best practice examples and high-quality knowledge transfer.
Visitor structure
The W3+ Fair is a trade fair for entrepreneurs, developers and manufacturers from the following sectors:
Laser-/ Optoelectronics
Production technology for optics
Measurement technology
Microsystem/Nanotechnology
Precision mechanics and mechatronics
Sensor technology
System and product engineering
Image processing
Photonics
Software
Biophotonics and medical technology
Personnel Manager/Human Resources Departments Management
Management
Also invited are buyers and users of the industries:
MedTech
Life Science
Automotive
Aerospace
Consumer Electronics
Defense
In the following functions:
CEO/Management Board
CTO/Technical Management
Development
Innovation Management
Purchasing
Product Management
Product Design
Manufacturing
Basic Research
Scientific employees
Junior staff, students
Visitors by origin
Exhibitor structure
The exhibitors of the W3+ Fair/Convention are suppliers from the cross-section technologies optics, electronics and mechanics and present products and services from the following areas:
Optical Technologies
System Engineering
Coating Technique
Product Engineering
Sensor Technology
IPCs
Drive Technology
Industrial Software
Industrial Image Processing
Interface Technology
Sensor Technology
Microsystems Technology & Nanotechnology
Micro-Assembly
Microelectronics
Metrology
Medical technology etc.
Mechatronics
Motion Control
Precision Engineering
Optical Manufacturing Technology
F&E Optical System
Exhibitors by origin
Exhibitors by industry
Voices about the fair
Manx Precisions Optix Ltd
“W3+ FAIR has developed into a ‘standard trade fair’ in the optics sector within a short period of time. As a manufacturer of precision optics, MPO can hardly afford not to be represented at this efficiently designed trade fair with a highly qualified range of visitors.”
WZW OPTIC AG/ Switzerland
“For us, the W3+ FAIR is a must. We have been there from the beginning and meet many important contacts of the German optics cluster here in two days. Mass is not important to us, we want class – so we’re in the right place here.”
OptoTech Optikmaschinen GmbH
“The small but fine trade fair for precision technology.”
Häffner 3D Media
“The fair brought me many new and good contacts with renowned companies. It is enormously important for a start-up company like mine to show my 3D printing services to the professional audience.”
Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena
“W3+ is a good fair that closes the gap to Optatec and Laser.”
Wetzlar Network
“The exhibitors confirm the quality of the contacts for networking, partnerships and new business. This is exactly what W3+ FAIR stands for.”