LAPP at Hannover Messe 2026

Supply chains have long been designed for efficiency. Today, they are under economic and strategic pressure: dependencies, increasing security requirements and volatile framework conditions are forcing companies to rethink. But what does this mean in concrete terms for industrial value creation?

China expert Christina Otte (Germany Trade & Invest), Jin Zhong (Shanghai KEZHI Electric Automation), Junjin Hu (Rexel China) and William Wang (LAPP China) will discuss how German and Chinese partners are developing their supply chains in a resilient way. The discussion will be conducted by journalist Felix Lee. The focus is on experiences from two markets: Whichdependenciesareactuallycritical, how canadditionalcostsforresilient and secure supply chains be fairly distributed, and how do jointsolutionsemerge betweenEuropeanand Chinese partners?

Find out how international industrial partnerships remain competitive even under changing conditions.

Robots help make decisions, exoskeletons relieve strain, AI analyses in real time. With every technological leap forward, the central question arises: How can we create an interplay that empowers people - not overwhelms them? Today, production processes are technically assisted, automated and increasingly autonomous. Companies need to decide how much autonomy makes sense and where control, ergonomics and responsibility need to be rethought.

At the Panel Talk , leading minds from Industry and science will discuss how human-machine collaboration will be implemented inIndustry 5.0. Prof Dr Robert Weidner (Freiberg University of Technology and founder and CEO of exoIQ), Prof Dr Katharina Hölzle (IAT University of Stuttgart / Fraunhofer IAO), Prof Dr Jürgen Fleischer (KIT) and Hubertus Breier (CTO of LAPP)will discuss the topic.

Experience a discussion that does not view technology in isolation, but as part of a newly networked value chain - and find out what course companies need to set today in order to partner man and machine productively and securely tomorrow.

Digitalisation has long been a reality. Machines are networked, data is available and processes are digitally mapped.

However, there are still information gaps between planning, operation and service. The key question is therefore: How can true consistency be achieved throughout the entire life cycle of a product - with standards and structures that permanently link physical components and digital information?

Dr Gunther Kegel (President of ZVEI), Sebastian Seitz (Chairman of Eplan), Dr Jörg Nagel (CEO of Neoception) and Hubertus Breier and Dominik Schmalzried (LAPP) will discuss how the digital asset administration shell provides (physical) solutions with reliable data across all phases - from development to maintenance.

The experts show how standardised data models and interfaces create transparency and how companies can simplify processes, reduce operating costs and future-proof their systems in the long term with a reliable digital product base.

Learn how fragmented information can be turned into a continuous flow of data, laying the foundation for a truly transformed Industry.

This panel talk will be held in German.