纽伦堡国际机械自动化展览会（SPS - Smart Production Solutions）是工厂自动化、过程自动化、机器对机器的通信、控制和监测（人机界面）、遥控、遥测等行业展示产品及解决方案的国际性展览会，由德国美沙（Mesago）展览集团主办，一年一届，在纽伦堡国际展览中心举行。SPS IPC Drives(原来名称：SPS/IPC/DRIVES系统稳压电源、工控机、驱动器）主要参展商是电气及自动控制技术方面的厂商和制造商，展会所展示的产品和设备主要涉及：控制技术、工业加工控制、系统驱动和组成、人机界面驱动、工业通讯、工业软件、接口技术、机电一体化和外围设备、传感器技术等几个方面。展览的主题是：控制技术，工业处理控制机（工控机IPCs），驱动系统和组件，人机接口设备，工业通讯，工业软件，接口技术，机电元件及周边设备，传感器技术。SPS IPC Drives是欧洲电气自动化领域的主要展会。该展览由内容多样的展会、面向应用的会议、论坛以及小组讨论组成，是您全面获得信息的理想平台。
每届SPS展吸引几万名专业观众齐聚一堂，展现一个完美的电气自动化世界。SPS IPC Drives非常独特的特点之一在于展位上浓厚的互动氛围。专家们在展位上互相交谈-高质量的专业观众在这里找到适合其自动化需求的产品和解决方案。参展重点:计算机硬件、计算机软件、控制系统、齿轮和驱动器技术、图像加工系统、工业自动化、网络技术、安全系统、传感器技术。
展会主题：展会涵盖电气自动化的各个领域，包括从部件到完整系统、显示设备到集成自动化解决方案。参展商将展示一下各个领域的产品：-控制技术，-IPC（工业计算机），-人机交互设备，-工业通信，-工业软件，-接口技术，-机电组建/外围设备，-传感器技术。
展品范围(Show Products):
电气驱动系统及元件：电机（伺服电机、制动电机、线性电机等）链条及皮带驱动、驱动马达、定位驱动及控制器、变频器、减震器、编码器、电磁过滤 器、CAM控制器、磁性轴承等；
电动机械元件及配套件：制热及制冷器、电缆、风扇、光学纤维系统、操纵系统及操纵器等；
传感技术：各类传感器、挡光板、各类传感编码器等；
控制技术： PLC 系统及配件、微型电脑控制系统、I/O模块等；
工业软件：界面控制技术；低压转换设备；工业通讯等。
展会报告(Show Reports):
This year’s 32nd edition of the SPS - Smart Production Solutions was an out-and-out success. The number of exhibitors and trade visitors demonstrated the significant growth of the trade fair towards pre-covid levels. The organizer Mesago Messe Frankfurt also made the right call with its decision to expand the exhibition space by adding two new halls.
For the three days from 14 to 16 November 2023, the Exhibition Center Nuremberg opened its doors to the world of international automation. Trade visitors enjoyed a wide and diverse range of products, solutions, and innovations from the field of smart and digital automation across the 16 exhibition halls covering a total area of 128,000 m². once again, the varied program of supporting events and the accompanying digital platform “SPS on air” were very well received by participants.
A total of over 50,000 interested parties attended this year’s SPS.
Despite the nationwide train drivers' strike, which was called at short notice, and led to more difficult travel conditions on local and long-distance rail services, there was a significant increase in visitor numbers compared to the previous year. The visitors rubbed shoulders with the who’s who of the automation industry and were able to find out about a range of topics including sensors, the cloud, current capabilities, and the latest trends and directions in smart automation. 1,229 exhibitors benefited from the fair as a platform to showcase their expertise, as well as a place for lively debate and inspiration. All with the goal in mind of enabling them to meet the challenges of today with the solutions of tomorrow.
“Networked automation technology is the key to success. We are proud to have achieved results such as these with this year’s SPS, and the figures speak for themselves. Due to the high demand from exhibiting companies, we preempted this positive growth by expanding exhibition halls to 3C and 8. This proved to be the right decision,” explains Sylke Schulz-Metzner, Vice President SPS at Mesago Messe Frankfurt.
Next year’s exhibition for smart and digital automation will be held on 12-14 November 2024 in Nuremberg.
For the three days from 14 to 16 November 2023, the Exhibition Center Nuremberg opened its doors to the world of international automation. Trade visitors enjoyed a wide and diverse range of products, solutions, and innovations from the field of smart and digital automation across the 16 exhibition halls covering a total area of 128,000 m². once again, the varied program of supporting events and the accompanying digital platform “SPS on air” were very well received by participants.
A total of over 50,000 interested parties attended this year’s SPS.
Despite the nationwide train drivers' strike, which was called at short notice, and led to more difficult travel conditions on local and long-distance rail services, there was a significant increase in visitor numbers compared to the previous year. The visitors rubbed shoulders with the who’s who of the automation industry and were able to find out about a range of topics including sensors, the cloud, current capabilities, and the latest trends and directions in smart automation. 1,229 exhibitors benefited from the fair as a platform to showcase their expertise, as well as a place for lively debate and inspiration. All with the goal in mind of enabling them to meet the challenges of today with the solutions of tomorrow.
“Networked automation technology is the key to success. We are proud to have achieved results such as these with this year’s SPS, and the figures speak for themselves. Due to the high demand from exhibiting companies, we preempted this positive growth by expanding exhibition halls to 3C and 8. This proved to be the right decision,” explains Sylke Schulz-Metzner, Vice President SPS at Mesago Messe Frankfurt.
SPS 2023 program of supporting events reflected current trends
once again, this year’s SPS kicked off with a first-class conference program, with a wide selection of on-site and online events. These included cutting-edge specialist presentations, innovative product presentations, and practical panel discussions, allowing participants to update their own specialist knowledge, identify new solutions for their everyday work, and network at an international level across three trade fair forums in Halls 3, 6, and 8. The topics ranged from digital transformation/Industry 4.0, industrial communication, safety & security, data-driven and intelligent concepts for control and visualization, and sensor innovations, to drives and sustainability through automation.
In addition to the classic automation topics of control technology, drive technology, and sensor technology, software & IT is becoming an increasingly important issue in manufacturing. As a result, attention is increasingly turning to the use of artificial intelligence and IT security in the automation world.
Joint stands pulled in the crowds
Visitors also flocked to the three joint stands at this year’s trade fair. The ever-popular joint stand “Automation meets IT” was a hit, as were the Federal Ministry for Economics Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)’s promotional area and the Start-up Area, both new for this year’s event.
The joint stand “Automation meets IT” allowed visitors to update their understanding of issues such as IT management for manufacturing, cloud and edge-based solutions and services, security measures for manufacturing, IoT and AI-based solutions, and open source. For the first time, the Young Innovators funding program run by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) gave innovative young companies the opportunity to exhibit at the SPS. Another new addition, the Start-up Area, gave young talent a platform to showcase their solutions and products to an international audience. An ongoing success story: the complementary online event “SPS on air”
This year’s ticket holders once again had the opportunity to take part in a live, pre-heat event via the digital platform “SPS on air” a week before the start of the event, giving them a taste of what to expect on-site. This allowed attendees to prepare more effectively for their visit, to find out about specific exhibitor highlights in advance, and thus initiate new business contacts. The entire “SPS on air” program consists of live-streamed contributions from the Technology Stage powered by VDMA/ZVEI in Hall 3 and will also be available on-demand after the trade fair until 31 December 2023.
A detailed exhibition analysis including further results from the SPS 2023 will be available in early 2024. Next year’s exhibition will be held in Nuremberg on 12 – 14 November 2024. In addition, from 2024, the SPS community can expect a diverse and, above all, year-round range of new communications platforms.
