A record number of exhibitors and visitors attended this year’s LogiMAT event in Stuttgart recently where there were more than 120 product launches for either the global or European markets.

With the theme of “Passion for difference - discover the details”, LogiMAT 2026 covered 68,969sqm of exhibition space across the 10 fully-booked halls at the Messe Stuttgart convention centre, organisers EUROEXPO explain.

There were 1,671 exhibitors from 46 countries, with 296 of these presenting at the event for the first time. The percentage of exhibitors from outside of Germany increased to 37% (up from 35.9% last year).

The number of visitors across the three days was 69,856; an increase of 4,137 on 2025 and higher than the previous record of 67,420 in 2024.

Materials handling and warehouse technology were the leading product groups exhibited (38.2%) at the event, according to exhibitor responses, with software for simulation, warehousing systems, and inventory management second (37.1%). Industrial trucks and accessories were third in product groups (34.8%); information and communications technology (30.2%) was fourth; and automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots (28.2%) rounded out the top five.

“Given the challenging economic conditions around the world, we didn’t dare hope that LogiMAT 2026 would scale new heights across the board,” says exhibition director Michael Ruchty. 

“It seems that the market has come to realise the wisdom of investing counter-cyclically during times of crisis, and LogiMAT has always offered a comprehensive overview of the latest innovations and state-of-the-art solutions.

“Given the show’s status as a bellwether of trends and the industry as a whole, these new record figures serve as a testament to the industry’s resilience and a vote of confidence in difficult times.”

Organisers EUROEXPO state humanoid robotics continues to be one of the emerging trends of the event, with “several exhibitors show[ing] off their initial developments not only as eye-catchers but also in intralogistics settings”, while Fraunhofer IML presented a recent study on humanoid robotics.

Next week we look more closely at the key themes and topics to come out of this year’s LogiMAT 2026.