Enabling technologies

W3+ Fair is one of the leading cross-industry trade fairs for enabling technologies, bringing together experts and companies from optics, photonics, electronics and advanced manufacturing.

The Wetzlar region is the leading center of the optics industry and home to more global market leaders than almost anywhere else, so the W3+ Fair is a good place to meet these global players face-to-face!

Learn, expand your network and experience two days of exhibitions on 18 and March 2026. On both days of the fair, EIT Manufacturing will host a dedicated startup stage programme. Selected startups will present their solutions – from advanced production technologies and digital solutions to sustainability and new application fields.

A list of the startups presenting and the agenda will be published soon!