Fair Profile

Compact information about the W3+ Fair

Network fair & 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 three locations
Locations	HIGHTECH LOCATIONS: Wetzlar (D) since 2014 Dornbirn (D/A/CH/LI) since 2019 NEW: Jena (D) from 2023
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

5 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 Wetzlar

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The small but fine trade fair for precision technology.”

“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.”

“W3+ is a good fair that closes the gap to Optatec and Laser.”

“The exhibitors confirm the quality of the contacts for networking, partnerships and new business. This is exactly what W3+ FAIR stands for.”