Hi Megan,
Thank you again for your help with the reservations. Your service was fantastic.
Thanks,
ALISON KOHLENSTEIN President
FABTECH 2026
(21 October 2026
- 23 October 2026
)
Venue:
Las Vegas Convention Center
Organizer:
AWS (American Welding Society)
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Update
FABTECH 2026 will take place in Chicago between 21.10.2026 and 23.10.2026.
A Brief Introduction
In November, Chicago is going to host an influential international trade fair for the metal forming and metalworking industries – FABTECH! Few events reach this scale and organizers are secure in their knowledge this edition will garner more than 1900 exhibitors and 48,000 trade visitors. The event is designed to showcase technological advancements and introduce supply to demand every year. It’s your chance to elevate your business, expand your network and research your competitors across all product categories. Not to mention there’s going to be a packed educational program that’s going to image the future of the entire value chain!
An Industry Profile
FABTECH gives you front row look at the technical achievements made across all the links in the supply chain including arc welding, cutting, coil processing, bending, brazing, hydroforming, pipe processing machines, shears, saws, presses, and industrial among many others. Let’s not forget the influential Professional Development Hour, where you can receive instruction from the top names in your specific field. It’s also crucial to mention the highly diverse educational program. There are 13 technology tracks waiting to be explored and over 130 education sessions that will touch upon new concepts across every link in the process chain.
Travel 2 Fairs Takes You There
It’s a good investment to book hotels as close to FABTECH as possible. You reduce your commute and save on transportation costs. Travel 2 Fairs ltd works with you to find the best location for you and your party, whether you’re a few people or a large group. You leave everything to your personal travel assistant. They will curate all the best deals for your online hotel booking and send them to you on the same day. In our database, we have respectable hotels from all price ranges and we also give you advice on the best routes to get to the exhibition centre!
Past Iterations
FABTECH 2021
FABTECH 2021 was the first large-scale manufacturing B2B trade show to take place at the McCormick Place since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It occurred as a face-to-face exhibition with strict COVID-19 prevention protocols in place. This included mandatory masks, social distancing, and providing health status documents. FABTECH 2021 occurred between 13.09.2021 and 16.09.2021. Despite travel restrictions, over 24 000 trade visitors opted to participate in the event. This included examining many ground-breaking innovations presented by around 1000 exhibitors, including 93 newcomers. Over 400 new products, emerging trends and novel technologies were presented on the exhibition grounds. The edition also included many inspiring keynote presentations, and solution-based education sessions. The sales activity on the show grounds were robust, showing that the manufacturing industry has begun to recover. It also showed that face-to-face interactions are important for the conducting of business.
FABTECH 2022
The 2022 live iteration of the trade exhibition occurred between the 8th and 10th of November 2022 in the Georgia World Congress Centre. The event site did not feature coronavirus safeguards due to the country removing its pandemic restrictions. The event received around 30 000 visitants from 70 nations (22.6% increase compared to 2021) and around 1 200 exhibiting companies (150 debuted at the event) on 610 000 ft2 of event space.
FABTECH 2023
The 2023 iteration of FABTECH was a live trade exposition held in the McCormick Place. It took place between 11-14.09.2023. The iteration featured over 1 600 exhibiting firms from 28 nations and more than 40 800 visitants from 80 countries.
FABTECH 2024
The 2024 iteration of FABTECH was a live trade expo hosted in the Orange County Convention Center. It was hosted between 15-17.10.2024. It featured around 1 600 exhibiting firms from 29 nations.
FABTECH 2025
The 2025 iteration of FABTECH was a live trade expo hosted in Chicago. The event took between 08-11.09.2025. It featured over 1 770 exhibiting firms from 28 nations and 50 000 visitants.
Our visitors for the event
ALISON KOHLENSTEIN
Mr. David Gillespie
The Novotel was a comfortable, clean, modern and efficient location for attending the Ligna show.
Depending on the group attending the Ligna show, another option would be Hannover Old Town which is a short walk further and adds a historic German/European experience. Most evenings we walked to this area for dinner from the Novotel.
Regards,
Dave
Cristian
Quick response and adequate handling when booking needs to be adjusted. Happy that the search for hotels during trade fairs is taking out of our hands to save valuable time.
Michal Korcek
Hello Megan,
DSEI was great. So many people and a lot of meetings. Yes it was great..
And I would like to tell you that cooperations with you was excellent!! Many thanks for everything what you did for me and also for my colleagues from CSG.
Now I dont know if we want the same hotel for the next edition.
The best thing on the hotel was, he is so close to exhibition centre. But if you will find something in the same price and also so close to exhibition – I dont care.
Megan I want to tell you one more – big thank you, what you did for us.
DSEI - 2025
Holiday Inn Express Royal Docks
Courtyard by Marriott London City Airport
Mr. Dean Thorlakson
In my opinion it was a great location for us. Staff was courteous and nice. Rooms were spacious. Breakfasts were very good with lots of choices. There was a. It of outside noise that bothered the odd person but nothing that was unbearable.
I would definitely stay there again if we were to go back to Hannover.
But that’s just my 2 cents worth.
Delphine Joly
Hello Megan,
The fair was sucessful and this new location very pleasant.
The hotel was also very good and we had no problem there.
I will keep you informed of our choice for next year in the next weeks.
Vitafoods Europe & Finished Products Expo 2025
Maryline Besoli
Hello Dear Tom,
How are you?
Many thanks again for your help.
The hotel was nice and we really enjoyed going there
Florence Plisson
Dear Tom,
Thank you very much for your email. Our fair in Anuga was good.
And the hotel was perfect, very close to the fair.
Best regards,
Florence
Stig Jonsson
Hi Tom,
The Mercure was a good hotel and we are happy with stay. It was a very big improvement from the terrible Comfort Hotel which I don´t you should recommend to anyone.
Best regards,
Stig
Lucile Soleirol
Hello Tracy,
thanks for your support during Anuga 2023.
Everything went well at Premier Inn Koln City Sud.
Anuga 2023
Skip Ng
I am very grateful for the help from George. The hotel was wonderful and it was in a really nice place. Will go there for sure again.
Mr. Daniel Pla Dominguez
Hi Simon,
Lovely to talk to you earlier on. Thanks for your assistance here, we didn’t have any problem with the rooms/bookings which is all you can hope in these cases!
We’d be in touch for 2020 as I can’t confirm how many people will attend and on what dates.
Thanks,
DanielDublin // Ireland// Mr Daniel Pla Dominguez // IMEX 2019 // Feedback for Novotel Frankfurt City
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