Reasons for your visit to the COMPAMED medical technology trade show

As a medtech trade show, COMPAMED is the world’s leading industry platform for cutting-edge medical technology. Together with exciting newcomers, the industry’s leading suppliers and manufacturers showcase solutions for medical technology as well as technological concepts that will drive sustainable progress. The focus is on innovative materials as well as forward-looking components, manufacturing technologies, and new services.

In recent years, the medical technology trade show has evolved into a global hotspot for complex high-tech solutions in microtechnology and nanotechnology. As part of Medical Microtech, more than 750 exhibiting companies presented their solutions across two halls in 2025.

COMPAMED thus remains on the path to success. Rising visitor numbers solidify its position as a leading international event for suppliers to the medical industry. Trade visitors to COMPAMED and the concurrently held MEDICA, as well as exhibitors at both trade shows, use Messe Düsseldorf to find solutions, establish partnerships, and engage in valuable networking. International exhibitors and visitors also gain a comprehensive overview of the market, including the latest product innovations and future technologies in the medtech industry.

While many medical technology trade shows cover the entire industry in a broad sense, COMPAMED specifically positions itself as a specialized trade show for suppliers and product developers across the entire medical technology value chain. This consistent focus on manufacturing technologies, components, and solutions for the medical technology sector ranging from microtechnology and raw materials to software and IT makes it a unique meeting place for anyone seeking technological expertise and process know-how rather than finished end products.

Of particular relevance to trade visitors are the innovations in the field of micro- and nanotechnology, which enable ever-greater miniaturization of sensors, implants, and diagnostic solutions, thereby delivering new, cutting-edge technologies for the healthcare of tomorrow.

Its international significance as an industry platform is evident not least in its close integration with the concurrently held MEDICA: International exhibitors and trade visitors from around the world use both trade shows together to initiate collaborations and strengthen connections between suppliers and manufacturers through targeted networking.

Whether it’s product categories, expert forums, or the industry’s current key topics, COMPAMED offers trade visitors a concise yet comprehensive overview of technological innovations in medical technology from materials and sensor technology to automated production.

Under the guiding principle "Innovation starts here. This is what powers MedTech," COMPAMED 2026 will demonstrate how suppliers play a decisive role in shaping the innovation cycles of medical technology: from micro- and nanotechnology for the next generation of medical devices, to new materials for safe, sustainable products, to highly automated manufacturing, secure connectivity through embedded intelligence, as well as market regulation and supply chain security. Together, these topics make it clear that sustainable medical technology can only be achieved through the interplay of technology, materials, and process reliability.

Trade visitors will experience a diversity of products that is unique worldwide. Five key product categories cover the entire medical technology value chain from manufacturing and materials to software and future technologies:

• Components, Modules & Systems
• Materials, Chemicals & Surface Technologies
• Software, Digitalization, Cybersecurity & Future Technologies
• Manufacturing, Lifecycle & Obsolescence Management
• Compliance, Quality, Regulation & Market Access

In the Components, Modules & Systems section, you’ll find the technological building blocks for the medical technology of tomorrow: electronics, sensor technology, and mechatronics, as well as microfluidics, semiconductors, optics & photonics, and coatings. In the field of microtechnology in particular, exhibitors are driving miniaturization forward in a decisive way in sensors, implants, and laboratory technology for diagnostics. This makes treatments gentler for patients and opens up new areas of medicine for research.

In the Materials, Chemicals & Surface Technologies section, you’ll find everything that makes medical devices tangible and experiential from plastics, alloys, and metals to glass and ceramics. Bio-based and recycled materials are also increasingly coming into focus here.

No medical device and no production process works without software, digitalization, cybersecurity. The companies in this sector are your partners for integration, AI in manufacturing, robotics, and cybersecurity from development through certification.

The offering is rounded out by the areas of manufacturing, lifecycle and obsolescence management, as well as compliance, quality, regulation and market access.

Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities for discussion and networking at the trade show. In our two expert forums, we offer you the chance to attend engaging presentations on research and product development, best practices, and the latest opportunities and challenges in the international medical market and the healthcare sector. Be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to meet top-tier international researchers and industry professionals during the forums.

COMPAMED is primarily aimed at manufacturers, product developers, and procurement managers in the medical technology industry who are seeking suppliers, manufacturing technologies, and technical expertise for their processes. Engineers and technical decision-makers from production and design will find concrete solutions here for miniaturization, material selection, and automation, while those responsible for quality, regulatory affairs, and approvals will gain valuable insights into compliance and market access. The trade show also offers practical benefits for researchers from universities and institutes, as well as MEDICA exhibitors seeking suitable suppliers: access to the latest manufacturing technologies, potential collaboration partners, and a concise overview of the technological foundation of tomorrow’s medical technology.

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