OPTATEC 2026

Date: 5-7 May, 2026

Venue：Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt exhibition grounds

Organizer：P.E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG

Frequency: Biennial

Description of the event

Focus on Innovation Potential

Optatec

Optatec focuses on the industry’s innovation potential like no other event of its kind. In cooperation with technological and institutional partners including the SPECTARIS association for the high-tech industries, Optence and OptecNet, Optatec offers an international showcase for advanced technologies. Exhibitors from Europe and all over the world display future technologies from the field of industrial optics and take advantage of Optatec to present their innovations and product premieres. 

Meet the Experts for Optical Technologies, Components and Systems

With its targeted offerings for development and production, as well as industrial use of optical components, optomechanics, optoelectronics, fibre-optics, fibre-optic cables, laser components and manufacturing systems, Optatec has become well-established within the industry sector and provides a top-level platform which brings suppliers and users together.

Optical Technology of the Future on a World Level

Optatec provides the optical industry with the world’s most important information, communication and business platform in Frankfurt Exhibition Centre. In co-operation with conceptual sponsors as well as technology and institutional partners SPECTARIS (the German Industry Association for Photonics and Precision Engineering) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), Optatec is presented as an international, high-tech shop window.

The focus of the consistently target-group-specific portfolio is on the areas of fibre optics, photovoltaics, LED solutions and safety systems as well as production/medical technology. The increasing importance of optical technologies is also manifested in questions of energy and material efficiency as well as in such fundamental areas as the conservation of resources and environmental protection, where optical technologies offer practicable and affordable solutions.

The pragmatic mix of product and technical information in theory and practice, the unique representation of the entire process chain in hard and software, and a top-class supporting programme with workshops, specialist talks and discussion forums are the recognized trademarks of Optatec.

Trade fair program: technical presentations & webcasts

Optatec, the world’s leading trade fair, cordially invites you to participate in the diverse, know-how-intensive technical presentations at Schall’s Optatec Forum, at the booths of the exhibiting companies and in webcasts free of charge.

As an exhibitor, take the opportunity to present yourself to the Optatec trade audience with a presentation in the Exhibitor Forum or via webcast!

16^th OPTATEC 2024 Optatec

In the 16th Optatec 2024, 422 exhibitors came from 24 countries and 3962 visitors came from 37 countries in the 18,000 square meters of space in Hall 3.1. Sixty-four percent of the exhibitors come from abroad. The highly specialized top event covers optical technology, image processing, new technologies, manufacturing processes and machines. For 3 days, the leading trade fair brings together all optics fans from different industries and different countries. It builds bridges between research and industry, science and technical application. Optical technologies are cross-sectional technologies–they combine engineering sciences with natural sciences.

8 Reasons to be Part of the #Optatec2026

1. This highly focused gathering of the most important international players ensures a dense concentration of decision-makers amongst the participants.

2. The brilliant know-how of the international exhibitors provides decision-makers with a guarantee for world-class, individualized solutions.

3. Concrete leads are generated by the expert audience thanks to the trade fair’s high levels of specialisation.

4. Expert visitors bring their own specific components and challenges to the event, where they’re able to try out and test solutions offered by the exhibitors –live on-site.

5. As a result, investment decisions can be made with confidence in a targeted fashion.

6. Optatec participants are very well networked, which is also reflected in the world-class trade fair programme.

7. This specialised trade fair is characterised by close customer relations, a dignified atmosphere and topquality dialoguing.

8. Talented young students establish active contact with the exhibiting companies at the event. And thus Optatec provides tomorrow’s professionals with a perspective.

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