Defence Manufacturing & Materials Expo · Katowice, 28–29 April 2027: Where Europe builds defence.
The manufacturing and materials expo for the companies that make the parts, and the primes and procurement teams who buy them.
28–29 April 2027, 10:00–16:00 both days, at the International Congress Centre (MCK), Katowice, plac Sławika i Antalla 1, 40-163 Katowice, Poland.
Most defence shows are built around the primes. This one is built around the production base.
DMME is organised around the manufacturers scaling fastest right now — in Poland, Czechia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Baltics — and the global suppliers who want into that ecosystem.
No platforms on stage: we convene the people who supply the steel, the optics, the propellant and the machine tools, and the procurement teams who buy all of it.
Meetings, not theatre: a deliberately limited floor, curated buyer–supplier matchmaking and a delegate list weighted to people with budget authority.
Three working languages: English, Polish and Ukrainian, with translation provided across the conference.
Come to sell, or come to buy.
Exhibit: put your capability in front of the primes and procurement teams scaling European production. Stands are released in phases.
Attend: source qualified tier-2 and tier-3 suppliers from across Central and Eastern Europe in two working days. Free for qualifying professionals.
Nine sectors on the floor.
- Specialty Materials & Alloys
- Precision Machining & Machined Components
- Forming, Forging & Structural Fabrication
- Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
- Electronics, Sensors & Power Systems
- Manufacturing Software & Digital Engineering
- Robotics, Automation & Autonomous Systems
- Subcontract & Outsourced Production
- Metrology, Inspection & Certification
Eight tracks on the industrial side of rearmament.
- Ammunition & Energetics
- Drones, UAVs & Autonomous Systems
- Armoured Vehicles & Land Systems
- Materials & Advanced Manufacturing
- Electronic Warfare, Sensors & C4ISR
- Supply Chain Resilience & Vertical Integration
- Defence Procurement & Offset Programmes
- “Build with Ukraine” Partnerships
One series, three industrial heartlands.
- Katowice (flagship): 28–29 April 2027, International Congress Centre (MCK), Katowice, Poland.
- Dallas: 13–14 May 2027, Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, Texas. A separate event.
- South Korea: coming 2027, venue and dates to be announced.