MedtecLIVE · 2028

Agoris analysis · updated October 2026

Key takeaways

• Official positioning: "Information, inspiration and networking around the development and manufacture of medical technology" (medteclive.com).
• Organiser: MedtecLIVE GmbH (a subsidiary of NürnbergMesse, registered office Messezentrum 1, 90471 Nuremberg). The MedtecSUMMIT congress is tied to the Innovation Expo editions in Nuremberg (reduced format, odd-numbered years); it is not associated with the Stuttgart edition.
• Next edition (main trade show): 2-4 May 2028 at Messe Stuttgart. The flagship show takes place in Stuttgart in even-numbered years; odd-numbered years see an Innovation Expo in Nuremberg (reduced format).
• Reference figures (2026 edition, Stuttgart): more than 4,000 trade visitors (post-show press release 8 May 2026, organiser figure, not OJS-audited); around 300 exhibitors expected according to pre-show forecasts.
• Positioning: European spring trade show dedicated to the development and manufacture of medical devices (processes, components, materials, services).
• Decision-maker audience: medical device manufacturers, subcontractors, component and material suppliers, regulatory and industrial service providers.

Who exhibits

Typical profile

MedtecLIVE brings together the upstream side of medical device manufacturing: subcontracting and contract production, plastics processing and microtechnology, components and materials, production machinery and equipment, cleanrooms, medical electronics, sterilisation, as well as the associated services (regulatory affairs, quality, consulting). It is a value-chain trade show, geared towards engineering and production rather than finished products.

Notable exhibitors

The official exhibitor list and floor plan are published on the organiser's website: see the MedtecLIVE exhibitor list. Several networks and clusters are recurring partners of the show: Medical Mountains, VDMA, Bayern Innovativ, VDWF, Kunststoff-Netzwerk Franken, Swiss Medtech and BVMed (partners cited for the 2026 edition).

Quality of the visitor base

For the 2026 edition in Stuttgart, the organiser confirmed more than 4,000 trade visitors. Among the delegations expected in 2026 were notably visitors from the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Ireland (announced pre-show). Italy was represented by a collective pavilion of more than ten exhibitors; Switzerland, via Swiss Medtech, with more than fifteen companies. The visitor base is mostly made up of technical and procurement decision-makers from the medical device industry, with an international dimension.

Activities & community

Conference programme

The trade show is built around a lively conference programme across two forums on the exhibition floor, covering innovation, regulation and trends in medtech manufacturing. The detailed 2028 programme will be published as the edition approaches on the official website.

Prizes and awards

No prize or award presented during the show is confirmed verbatim on the official website as at the date of writing. This section will be completed if the organiser publishes an honours list for the 2028 edition.

Community and networks

MedtecLIVE relies on a dense network of medtech clusters and federations (Medical Mountains, BVMed, Swiss Medtech, VDMA, VDWF) that run collective stands and networking sessions. The brand communicates around bringing technical contacts directly together, serving the entire value chain.

On site: what you need to know

Access, parking, accommodation and transport: see the venue page Messe Stuttgart. The exhibition centre is adjacent to Stuttgart Airport, served by the S-Bahn.

Show-specific: the 2028 edition is announced for 2 to 4 May 2028 at Messe Stuttgart (Messepiazza 1, 70629 Stuttgart). Opening hours confirmed on the official website: Tuesday 2 May 9am-5pm, Wednesday 3 May 9am-5pm, Thursday 4 May 9am-4pm. The halls, floor plan and badge accreditation arrangements will be published on the official website when registration opens. Worth noting for multi-year planning: the Innovation Expo offshoot takes place in Nuremberg in odd-numbered years (reduced format, associated with the MedtecSUMMIT).

How much it costs to exhibit

Preparing your visit

For the exhibitor

• 9 to 12 months out: book the floor space, decide between an own stand and a collective cluster stand (Medical Mountains, Swiss Medtech).
• 6 months out: finalise the fit-out, brief the team on the decision-maker targets, plan business meetings.
• 3 months out: settle the logistics, declare machinery and demonstrators, prepare regulatory and technical materials.
• 1 month out: confirm accreditations, follow up with qualified contacts, organise the stand schedule.

For the decision-maker visitor

Target the relevant value-chain exhibitors in advance via the official list and floor plan, book meetings with subcontractors and component suppliers, and block out the sessions of the two forums on regulatory and process topics. Favour the collective stands to map out a segment quickly (plastics processing, microtechnology, cleanrooms).

Policy & CSR initiatives

As at the date of writing, MedtecLIVE does not publish a dedicated Commitments/CSR page for the event. At organiser level, NürnbergMesse pursues structured and verifiable sustainability commitments: ISO 50001 certification (energy management) since 2014, renewed for the period running to 2027; an ISO 14001 process (environmental management) underway since 2023, valid until 2026; DGNB Platinum for halls 3A and 3C; photovoltaic generation (5.2 GWh in 2025) that has saved 4,340 tonnes of CO2 since the system was commissioned; a show ticket that doubles as a public transport pass; signatory of the fairpflichtet initiative and of the Charta der Vielfalt. No ISO 20121 certification specific to the MedtecLIVE event is publicly documented.

How the show has evolved

Trajectory analysis

MedtecLIVE was born in 2019 from the coming together of NürnbergMesse and UBM (Informa Markets since the 2018 acquisition), merging the former Medtec Europe and MT-CONNECT trade shows. In 2022, MedtecLIVE GmbH absorbed Messe Stuttgart's T4M (Technology for Medical Devices) show, giving rise to the "MedtecLIVE with T4M" format for its first combined Stuttgart edition. The show now operates on an annual rhythm with alternation: in even-numbered years, a major show at Messe Stuttgart; in odd-numbered years, a reduced-format Innovation Expo in Nuremberg (associated with the MedtecSUMMIT). This page covers the Stuttgart edition, the show's main showcase, whose 2026 edition drew more than 4,000 trade visitors.

Unless otherwise stated, all factual data in this listing comes from the organiser's official website (medteclive.com).