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Formnext: additive manufacturing shows its next equipment.

3D printing for metal and plastic, powder, post-processing, software: Formnext in Frankfurt is the fair for additive manufacturing. Whoever exhibits here builds printers, supplies materials or makes printed parts on contract. Kodo reads the exhibitor list for your area.

17 to 20 November 2026 · Frankfurt am Main · Formnext, trade fair for additive manufacturing and the next generation of manufacturing technology

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10 exhibitors you should talk to, with contact person and source. Within 24 hours.

Exhibitor list · Formnext · for your target picture
  1. 1

    Fehrenbacher Formenbau GmbH Schmalkalden · Hall 12

    New 5-axis machining centre

  2. 2

    Kammerlander Medizintechnik GmbH Tuttlingen · Hall 11

    Hiring a strategic buyer

  3. 3

    Dornbusch Pulvermetall GmbH Aalen · Hall 12

    Second metal printer ordered

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At a glance

Venue
Frankfurt am Main
Date
17 to 20 November 2026
Cycle
annual
Organiser
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Fair website
formnext.mesago.com

Who should you meet there?

Tell us your target customer in one sentence. Kodo matches it against the exhibitor list and tells you within 24 hours who to talk to: 10 exhibitors with hall, occasion, contact and source. Free, no subscription.

  1. Fehrenbacher Formenbau GmbH Schmalkalden Hall 12

    Fits because: Tool making, 45 employees, tests printed inserts with cooling channels

    New 5-axis machining centre

  2. Kammerlander Medizintechnik GmbH Tuttlingen Hall 11

    Fits because: Instruments and implants, 70 employees, buys in metal parts

    Hiring a strategic buyer

  3. Dornbusch Pulvermetall GmbH Aalen Hall 12

    Fits because: Contract manufacturer of metal parts, 35 employees, one printer in-house

    Second metal printer ordered

Example, companies and halls invented, format real

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From exhibitor to your list.

Kodo reads the whole exhibitor list and keeps only what fits you. Every stage is a check, not an estimate: what drops out, drops out with a reason.

The width of the stages is schematic, not a number. Only the exhibitor figure at the top comes from the organiser.

  1. All exhibitors 804 Source: Mesago, closing report Formnext 2025
    The published exhibitor list, every exhibitor matched to a company with website, seat and production.
  2. In your area
    Seat or plant in the postcode area of your salespeople.
  3. Matching your target customer
    Production, processes, size and industry, as you described them to us.
  4. With a current occasion
    Investment, open positions, growth, new management: with date and source.
  5. Contact checked
    Role from legal notice or team page, checked whether the person still works there.
  6. Who you should talk to
    The exhibitors worth the conversation: with reason, contact and source. The first 10 free.

The fair in numbers.

Figures from the organiser for the last edition, each with its source. What the organiser has not published is not here.

  • 804exhibitors 2025, 61 % of them from abroadSource: Mesago, closing report Formnext 2025
  • 38,282trade visitors 2025, 47 % from abroadSource: Mesago, closing report Formnext 2025
  • around 50,000 m²gross exhibition area 2025Source: Mesago, closing report Formnext 2025

Your fair schedule.

How a sales team uses the fair with Kodo. The dates are calculated from the fair date.

  1. by 6 Oct Target picture Who do you want to meet? Target customer, areas, existing customers excluded.
  2. by 20 Oct Conversation list Kodo tells you who to talk to: the fitting exhibitors with occasion and contact.
  3. by 10 Nov Appointments Call opening with the source, arrange a meeting at the stand.
  4. 17 Nov to 20 Nov Fair Conversations at the stand, notes per company.
  5. by 4 Dec Follow-up Second contact referring to the conversation, handover to the CRM.

The Kodo angle

Whoever prints additively buys in post-processing

Additive manufacturing rarely ends at the printer. Printed parts are milled, turned, ground, heat-treated and inspected, and the printers need powder, gases and filters. Kodo reads the exhibitor list and shows who prints in your area, what the company makes otherwise and what it is expanding.

  • 01Exhibitors and users from your area, with process and material
  • 02New equipment, open positions and growth, with date and link
  • 03Every year in November in Frankfurt, 2026 from 17 to 20

Who the fair matters to

  • Tool and mould making
  • Machine building
  • Suppliers of prototype and series parts
  • Providers of powder and materials
  • 3D printing service providers

Typical exhibitors

  • Metal and plastic printers
  • Powders, filaments and resins
  • Post-processing and surfaces
  • Software for design and process
  • Contract manufacturing and prototypes

Venue and getting there.

The region

Rhine-Main is a dense location for machine building, tool making, chemicals and medical technology; Central Hesse, Rhine-Neckar and Lower Franconia add to it.

Fairground
Messe FrankfurtLudwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
Getting there
  • Underground U4 to Festhalle/Messe, a few minutes from the main station
  • Frankfurt Airport, around 25 minutes by S-Bahn and underground
  • A5 and A66 motorways, then follow the signs to the fairground

Formnext for sales

Formnext in Frankfurt takes place every year in November and shows the whole chain of additive manufacturing: printers, materials, software, post-processing and contract manufacturing. For providers who sell to machine building, tool making or suppliers, it is a list of companies that are widening their manufacturing processes.

What Kodo makes of it

Kodo matches every exhibitor to a company and separates makers from users. For the users, such as tool makers with printed inserts or machining shops with a metal printer, Kodo adds what else they make, whether they advertise jobs and whether the annual accounts show growth. The result is on your salesperson's conversation list, with contact and source.

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