Hannover Messe 2026 – Your key to the forefront of manufacturing

Hannover Messe 2026 is only days away (April 20-24), and Siemens Digital Manufacturing will be front and center in Hall 27.  

A focus on artificial intelligence

Modern manufacturers are under more pressure than ever. Supply chains remain fragile, product complexity is rising, and customers expect faster delivery with greater customization while companies face persistent labor shortages and cost constraints.

Artificial intelligence is taking center stage at Hannover Messe 2026 and it offers a path forward by transforming how manufacturers design, plan, and execute production.  AI enables a shift from reactive operations to proactive, data-driven strategies. It can optimize workflows across the factory floor helping forward-thinking companies realize real efficiency and quality gains.

The Siemens booth experience

In Hall 27, the Siemens booth is focusing on how Industrial AI can help companies navigate the modern manufacturing landscape.  The Digital Enterprise Showcase, the Innovation Hub, and the Technology Deep Dive are the areas where you can experience how Industrial AI can be used today to solve real world problems.

The Innovation Hub – AI in real-world examples

The Innovation Hub is where you can see an actual end-to-end example of how artificial intelligence and copilots work in Siemens software to augment design and manufacturing.  Using the example of a modern athletic shoe sole, the demonstrations in the Innovation Hub will show design, manufacturing, and data management in an AI enabled environment.

Functions like command prediction, geometry recognition, selection prediction, and copilots make the job of designing and manufacturing products much easier in a modern context.

Designers often face complex decisions during the design process where there are multiple ways to achieve a desired goal, but which path to take is unclear.  The design portion of the demonstrations in the Innovation Hub utilize AI to aid in this decision-making process.  The Designcenter X NX Copilot allows users to ask natural language questions about a design and receive answers about the possible ways to achieve the desired design goal.

Similarly, in manufacturing, the best way to program a series of manufacturing operations isn’t always obvious.  The new AI Make Machining Suggestion copilot gives CNC programmers multiple options for machining specific areas of a part.  In the Innovation Hub at Hannover Messe, you can see how this exciting new capability in NX X Manufacturing shortens the CNC programming time for a given operation, reducing the number of decisions and manual work instructions that a CNC programmer must make.

The demonstrations follow two parallel tracks where both the midsole and outsole of an athletic shoe are designed and manufactured.

The midsole uses custom data from the customer’s own anatomy and uses for the shoe to design a unique midsole that only fits that customer’s needs.  Additive manufacturing is used to manufacture the midsole as this is technology that works well for custom products and small lot sizes.

Conversely, the outsole is a mass-manufactured part that utilizes injection molding for production.  The machining of the mold cores is expedited by the use of the new AI Make Machining Suggestion copilot to recommend machining operations for production of the core.

If you’re looking for a glimpse into the present and future of modern product design and manufacturing, the Innovation Hub is a perfect area to visit.  The use of artificial intelligence in a real-world example illustrates that the future is now when it comes to manufacturing.

Manufacturing in the Technology Deep Dive area

In the center of the Siemens booth is the Technology Deep Dive area.  Here you can explore in more detail the various aspects of Siemens products and services.  Each station in the Technology Deep Dive area discusses a specific solution area and a multitude of topics are covered, including manufacturing.

The Technology Deep Dive area is appropriately named because it gives you the opportunity to dive deeper into various parts of the Siemens portfolio.  Here you can talk with experts and get more detailed information not just about manufacturing, but also design, simulation, and more.  The Technology Deep Dive gives you the opportunity to focus on areas of interest, but also to get a deeper understanding of areas of Siemens portfolio that you don’t use or need today, but might need tomorrow.

Siemens and Microsoft

As you explore Hannover Messe 2026, be sure to also stop by the Microsoft booth where you can again see Siemens AI technologies at work in an example of design, robotics, manufacturing, and planning.  Siemens partners with Microsoft as their Azure platform is an underlying technology behind many Siemens solutions.

The main display in the Microsoft booth is another demonstration of how artificial intelligence, powered by Siemens and Microsoft, can be used to design and manufacture a product.  In this case, the products in question are parts for a robotic servo system used to power industrial robotics.

Again, the power of AI is used to design and manufacture the parts in question, and the entire digital thread is powered by the Azure cloud.  This allows teams to collaborate throughout the production process and also ensures that their operations can easily scale as the demands of their business grow.

Beside the main display, you will also find a Siemens-specific kiosk where you can talk with our expert about the entirety of the Siemens landscape including not just software but also controls.  The underlying bedrock of these capabilities is the Microsoft Azure platform which powers AI copilots in many different industries and products.

To see our partnership with Microsoft in action, be sure that you do not miss their booth in Hall 17.

Manufacturing is key at Hannover Messe 2026

As you navigate the worlds largest trade show for manufacturing, keep your eyes open for Siemens.  You’ll find Siemens across the fair not only at our own booth and Microsoft’s, but our experts will be giving keynote sessions, technology demonstrations, in-depth discussions, and expert presentations across the fair.

Artificial intelligence is becoming integral to manufacturing, and Siemens is leading the way.  Whether you’re looking for an overall view or a deeper understanding of the nuances, be sure to visit Siemens at Hannover Messe 2026.