International B2B Program at the Intec / Z 2025
Intec, the international trade fair for machine tools, manufacturing and automation, and Z - Zuliefermesse are an indispensable industry meeting place for decision-makers and experts from various fields of production technology. Saxony Trade & Invest, Leipziger Messe and partners invite international visitors to an exciting accompanying program.

- Location
- Leipzig
- Event date
- March 11 - 14, 2025
- Deadline
- 05.03.2025
- Audience
- Globally active market leaders as well as small and medium-sized companies
- Sectors
- Machine tools, manufacturing and automation industries & parts, components, modules and technologies
- Country/Region
- Guests from all around the world
- Organizer
- Saxony Trade & Invest in cooperation with Leipziger Messe GmbH and the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK zu Leipzig)
- Price
- Participation in all events listed below is free of charge after prior registration. However, you must purchase an entrance ticket for the trade fair duo Intec and Z yourself.
Information and objective
As Europe's largest ICT cluster, "Silicon Saxony", together with a more than 200-year tradition as a mechanical engineering location, the German Federal State of Saxony is decisively advancing the digitalization and automation of more than just production processes.
On the occasion of the trade fair duo in Leipzig, Saxony Trade & Invest invites international visitors to an exciting accompanying program. This includes insights into Saxony as hightech location and guided tours of the trade fair. The program for international guests is supplemented by the B2B event “CONTACT: Business Meetings” and the traditional international evening.
Saxony Trade & Invest looks forward to receiving your applications.
Agenda
International Forum "Welcome to Saxony!" (in English & German)
11.03.2025, 10.00-12.30 am, Congress Center Leipzig (next to Leipzig Exhibition Centre), Seehausener Allee 1, 04356 Leipzig, Level 0, Multi Purpose Area 3+4
- 09.30 – 10.00: Registration of participants & Welcome coffee
- 10.00 – 10.05: Welcome speech and introduction / Thomas Horn, CEO, Saxony Trade & Invest
- 10.05 – 11.05: Current developments und perspectives in mechanical and plant engineering
- China: Lianxi Xu, Representative of Saxony Trade & Invest in China
- India: Sonjoy Chaudhury, Representative of Saxony Trade & Invest for India
- Central Asia: Eduard Kinsbruner, Head of the Delegation of German Economy in Central Asia
- 11.05 – 11.20: Saxony as a hub for mechanical engineering: competencies, innovations and networks / Oliver Köhn, Managing Director, VDMA East (Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Industry Association, Germany)
- 11.20 – 11.30: Overview and highlights of Intec and Z 2025 / Markus Geisenberger, CEO, Leipziger Messe GmbH
- 11.30 – 12.30: Networking & Lunch Snack
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Guided Trade Show Tour – Meet the Saxon Exhibitors! (Focus: Additive Manufacturing; in English; the number of participants is limited)
11.03.2025, 01.00-02.00 pm: Start at Congress Center Leipzig (next to Leipzig Exhibition Centre), Seehausener Allee 1, 04356 Leipzig, Level 0, Multi Purpose Area 3+4
Guide: Dr. Claudia Scholta; Sector Expert Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Robotics; Saxony Trade & Invest
International Evening "Business Partners in Dialogue" (organized by the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce)
11.03.2025: 07.00-10.00 pm: Restaurant Da Capo, Karl-Heine-Straße 105, 04229 Leipzig
Guided Trade Show Tour – Meet the Saxon Exhibitors (Focus: Robotics, Automation; in English; the number of participants is limited)
12.03.2025, 09.00-10.00 am: Start at Saxony Lounge!, Leipzig Exhibition Centre, Messe-Allee 1, 04356 Leipzig, hall 2, booth A04
Guide: Dr. Claudia Scholta; Sector Expert Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Robotics; Saxony Trade & Invest
CONTACT – Individual Business Meetings 2025
12.03.2025, 10.00 am-5.00 pm: Congress Center Leipzig (next to Leipzig Exhibition Centre), Seehausener Allee 1, 04356 Leipzig, Level 0, Multi Purpose Area 3
The Saxon network partners within the Enterprise Europe Network invite you to participate in the 16th edition of the brokerage event.
Contact

Frederico Rosenbaum
Foreign Trade & Fairs
+49-351-2138 371
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Intec, the international trade fair for machine tools, manufacturing and automation, and Z - Zuliefermesse are an indispensable industry meeting place for decision-makers and experts from various fields of production technology. Saxony Trade & Invest, Leipziger Messe and partners invite international visitors to an exciting accompanying program.