The 16th China International Machine Tool Exhibition (CIMES 2024) opened at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall) on the 17th. The exhibition lasted for 5 days and attracted nearly 1000 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions such as China, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Japan and South Korea. The exhibition area is 70,000 square meters.

PT-VME330B REV:B CIMES 2024 is organized by China National Machinery Industry Corporation Limited, China Machinery International Cooperation Corporation Limited and China Machine Tool Corporation, and hosted by China Machinery International Cooperation Corporation Limited and Beijing National Machinery Exhibition Co., LTD. The theme of this year’s exhibition is “Technological innovation in the Digital Future”, and 25 activities will be held in the same period. The exhibition comprehensively focuses on the machine tool industry specialized, refined, special, new and other scientific and technological innovation achievements, jointly explore new ideas and new strategies for industrial development, and seek more new directions and new paths for the sustainable development of the machine tool industry.

This year, “high-end equipment precision manufacturing intelligent manufacturing” has become the keyword of the exhibition. This exhibition comprehensively displays innovative solutions such as high-end intelligent equipment, advanced digital application technology and precision manufacturing technology, highlighting the “hard power” of enterprise technology.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the development of the whole industrial chain and promote the industry to move towards the high-end of the value chain, this exhibition has set up four special exhibition areas of metal cutting equipment and special processing equipment, sheet metal forming equipment, cutting tools, measurement, machine tool accessories, industrial automation and smart factories. Help exhibitors and users to establish a convenient and intuitive docking and communication platform to promote further cooperation.

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From the specific proportion of exhibits, metal cutting equipment accounted for about 31%, metal forming and laser processing equipment accounted for about 23%, tools and tools accounted for about 17%, functional parts and accessories accounted for about 11%, industrial measuring equipment accounted for about 10%, automation integrated equipment accounted for about 8%. Compared with 2020, the number of exhibitors has a certain increase; In particular, the exhibits of the two major plates of metal cutting and laser processing accounted for half of the share, further reflecting the huge potential of the metal processing market.

PT-VME330B REV:B It is worth mentioning that the buyer group activity is a highlight of this year’s exhibition. In order to meet the demand of large volume, achieve effective docking and order conversion of scale, and enhance additional services for exhibitors, the organizing committee of this exhibition has worked closely with hundreds of industry media and mass media, as well as industry associations, local institutions and industrial parks, and invited professional visitors and buyers by releasing exhibition information, increasing the exposure of exhibitors, and inviting professional visitors and buyers. Absorb leading enterprises in many key areas, as well as the domestic top universities, authoritative industry associations in various fields of the buyer group, gather domestic high-quality resources, to help exhibitors open up the domestic market.

At the same time, the exhibition will also hold 25 special forums in the same period, focusing on the latest issues and trends of the industry, close to the industry hot spots. Experts in various subdivisions answered questions for the audience and offered suggestions for the development of the industry.