DeburringEXPO will undergo a transformation in response to the rapidly changing industry landscape. It will therefore no longer take place as an independent event, but will be incorporated into the new trade fair called PARTS FINISHING, taking place for the first time next year on November 12 - 13, 2025. The new two-day event will combine the subjects of deburring technologies, component cleaning, and surface finishing and will be held at the exhibition center in Karlsruhe.

Megatrends such as the mobility and energy transition, demographic changes, and digitalization pose new challenges for the economy and society, but also present opportunities. They demand new products and adapted manufacturing strategies of the manufacturers and companies far down the supply chain. These changes are not failing to have an effect on the trade fair landscape.

“After numerous discussions with companies that exhibited at DeburringEXPO and having closely observed the development of various trade fairs, we have reached the decision no longer to hold the trade fair for deburring technologies as an independent event,” explains Hartmut Herdin, Managing Director, fairXperts GmbH & Co KG—the trade fair organizer. “In future, the subject of deburring technologies will be combined together with the fields of component cleaning and surface finishing at the new two-day trade fair PARTS FINISHING.”

The area of surface finishing will include the process steps of fine and ultrafine grinding, polishing, honing, lapping, vibratory grinding, blasting, and brushing. 

Date of PARTS FINISHING Trade Fair Altered

The market has reacted very favorably to this innovative concept, and the experienced trade fair organizer has already received bookings from well-known and less well-known plant manufacturers. “Our discussions also showed that many interested companies have already drawn up their plans and budgets for trade fairs this year. We therefore decided to postpone the launch of PARTS FINISHING by one year and carry it out on the Karlsruhe exhibition grounds on November 12 and 13, 2025,” elucidates Herdin. The event will subsequently continue to take place in uneven years at two-year intervals.  

Effective Cost-benefit Ratio

By bringing together these three important and quality-critical areas of parts production over a two-day period, the organizer is fulfilling the requirements and wishes of the market. “More and more companies are questioning the cost-benefit ratio of exhibiting at a traditional trade fair,” says Herdin. “In order to present machines, for example, at a stand, a great deal of stand space is required, which incurs a lot of expense. These days, however, there are also very good ways to present efficient performance and expertise digitally.”

These aspects were taken into account in the trade fair concept for PARTS FINISHING. Firstly, the concept makes it possible for people who are responsible for parts production to obtain concise information about solutions, and it facilitates a dialogue between users and exhibitors in the cross-process development of solutions for special applications. Secondly, the length of the trade fair being reduced to two days means less costs incurred for journeys, accommodation, and staff. 

“This aspect is facilitated by high-quality, turn-key, customizable stand packages that are available at fixed costs and save time, money, and resources right from the early stages of preparing the trade fair,” adds the trade fair organizer. 

The PARTS FINISHING concept thus concentrates on the very purpose of trade fairs: to help establish and maintain contacts between users and offerors and build and intensify networks among exhibitors. “The latter makes it possible to form strategic partnerships and to jointly approach new projects as a systems supplier,” remarks Herdin.

For more information: www.parts-finishing.de