Featured Zones Empower Innovation, Diverse Forums Lead New Industry Trends
Guangzhou, February 27, 2026 — SPS – Smart Production Solutions Guangzhou 2026 will grandly open next week from March 4 to 6 at Area B of the China Import and Export Fair Complex. Highlights of this edition include featured zones such as the Smart Innovation Future Zone and Start-up Enterprise Zone, together with 13 high-quality concurrent events focusing on industry hot topics including AI large models, digital twin, industrial cybersecurity, and embodied intelligence. Through diversified scenario demonstrations and professional content sharing, the exhibition will build a comprehensive platform for innovation display, technical exchange and resource matching for the smart manufacturing sector in South China, supporting the digital and intelligent transformation of the industry.
Integrated Exhibition Platform & Star-Studded Exhibitors
This exhibition forms an integrated display platform together with the concurrent Guangzhou Industrial Technology Fair (focusing on industrial robots, core components and intelligent equipment) and Asia Die & Mould Expo Guangzhou (highlighting die & mould manufacturing, stamping, die-casting and additive manufacturing). Covering Halls 9.2, 10.2 and 11.2, the event has attracted more than 420 leading enterprises from Germany, Eastern Europe, South Korea, the United States, China and other countries and regions.
Leading exhibitors include Autonics, Baumer, Binder, Festo, Gochen, GSK, Haimo, Hongrun, Jialing, Jingqi, Jukong Xinchen, Cognex, Contrinex, Lituo, Lingdian, Lingxiang Maglev, Lenze, Mouser Electronics, Misumi, Meiji Sensing, Novant/ATI Industrial Automation, Shenchi, Shenpu, Sgnera, SinoGuide, Spaze, TAU Tracker, Turck, Yikaisi, Yunwu Zhilian and more. These companies will present advanced products, cutting-edge technologies and comprehensive solutions covering sensing technology, drive systems and components, control technology, connection technology, industrial robots and other fields.
Focus on Cutting-Edge Trends & Diversified Themes
In addition to featured zones, the concurrent event lineup has been fully upgraded to focus on cutting-edge industry hotspots, covering diverse application fields, conveying technology trends, building industry consensus and promoting cooperation. The 13 parallel forums feature distinctive themes, forming an all-round industrial empowerment matrix. Centering on hot topics such as Industrial AI, Digital Twin, Industrial Cybersecurity and Embodied Intelligence, the events precisely empower multiple application industries including automotive manufacturing, smart wearables, robotics, food & beverage, and 3C electronics. Renowned technical experts and business leaders from home and abroad will share cutting-edge insights and practical experience, helping participants accurately grasp the pulse of industry development.
The main forum, Summit Forum on Digital & Intelligent Transformation of Manufacturing, gathers technical experts and enterprise representatives in industrial AI large models, digital twin, industrial cybersecurity, 5G and 6G. Speakers include Professor Tao Fei, Dean of the International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science at Beihang University, and Mr. Wang Yu, Vice President of Beijing Institute for Scientific Intelligence and Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study in Algorithms, together with representatives from Huawei, Qi’anxin Technology and other enterprises. They will share cutting-edge technology trends and practical cases, interpret the digital and intelligent transformation of manufacturing, and point out the direction for industry development.
Other key events include the Forum on AI-driven Smart Wearable Industry Trends & Ecological Cooperation & Innovation under the theme “AI-Driven, Wearable Future”, exploring development opportunities and ecological cooperation models in the smart wearable industry. The Smart Driving for a New Journey · Quality Wins the Future Automotive Intelligent Manufacturing Summit precisely meets the needs of the automotive industry and provides a platform for technical exchange and business matching.
Enriching Exhibition Connotation & Empowering Industry Development
A number of new concurrent events will debut in 2026 to further enrich the exhibition connotation. One highlight is the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Industrial Embodied Intelligence Conference, co-hosted with the China Mechatronics Technology Association. The conference consists of expert presentations and enterprise forums, with distinguished experts including Mr. Dong Kai, Director of the Science and Technology Department at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology under MIIT, and Mr. Ding Ning, Director of the Guangdong Provincial Embodied Intelligence Innovation Center. They will analyze core technologies and future development trends of embodied intelligence robots. The enterprise forum will cover topics such as humanoid robot applications, embodied intelligence large model data factories, and world model-activated embodied intelligence, building an integrated exchange and cooperation platform for government, industry, academia, research and application.
Notably, as the exhibition coincides with International Women’s Day, a special Industrial “Her” Power Forum will be held to highlight the important contributions of women in smart manufacturing and promote the concept of diversified industrial development. Another forum, “New Global Layout of Smart Manufacturing: AI Empowerment and Technology Globalization”, co-hosted with the Hong Kong Productivity Council, will help enterprises seize global development opportunities and promote Chinese smart manufacturing technologies to the world. Additional new events in 2026 include the 2026 Digital-Driven & Green High-End Led Development Forum for Liquid Food Production and the Forum on Future Outstanding Engineers Based on Industry-Education Integration.
SPS – Smart Production Solutions Guangzhou is co-organized by Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co., Ltd., China Foreign Trade Guangzhou Exhibition Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Fuyang Exhibition Co., Ltd. and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH. Guangdong Automation Society, Guangzhou Automation Society and Guangzhou Instrument and Meter Society serve as Honorary Sponsors. China Mechatronics Technology Application Association acts as the Strategic Cooperation Organization.
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