This year AIRTEC takes place in Munich for the first time.It is hosting the 500 exhibitors from 26 nations. AIRTEC will now be held in the center of one of Europe’s best performing aerospace regions with a long tradition in the industry. Bavaria’s OEMs throughout the value chain and the entire supply chain account for over 60,000 highly qualified jobs generating a total of more than EUR 7 billion in annual revenue.

Bavaria is one of the five most important aerospace locations in the world. The goverment of the state of Bavaria presented its aerospace strategy 2030 in the spring and views this industry and its global positioning as strategic. AIRTEC fits in here perfectly.

This year not only Germany, Italy, Spain, the USA and the United Kingdom are strongly represented at AIRTEC, but also the spurt in interest is noticeable in the case of Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland and Turkey. 

What is unique about AIRTEC is the interplay between its three pillars, namely, the international trade show, the B2B meetings and the international specialist congress with more than 250 papers to be presented.

The core of AIRTEC are the B2B meetings, which at AIRTEC are agreed weeks in advance VIA ONLINE PLATFORM. In that way it gives suppliers a very effective tool to meet procurement, supply chain, global sourcing managers, buyers, technology, R & D (Forschung und Entwicklung), engineering, quality assurance manager from OEMs (Originalausrüstungshersteller), aircraft manufactures, engine manufactures and system suppliers from over the world and to present their capabilities and technologies very effectively. In that way during three days it is possible to meet with potential new customers and strategic partners from around the world, in a very cost-efficient and time-saving way.

International Aerospace Congress is filled with top-keynote speakers and technical experts, discussing hot and future-oriented topics on alternative drive systems such as electric aircraft, emission reductions obtained with the application of 3D printing/additive manufacturing, increase in productivity through composites as well as latest topics on unmanned aerial systems and commercial space.

AIRTEC looks back at a decade of successfully changing the business development in aviation. In its new location - Munich - AIRTEC is the one-stop market place for the entire aerospace supply chain.

Daiva I. Petrosiene