CIOSH 2026 PPE Expo

CIOSH 2026 will take place in Shanghai from April 7 to April 9, 2026 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), using halls E1 to E7, which is a practical layout for structured sourcing and category-based routing. Official opening hours are 09:00–18:00 on April 7–8 and 09:00–15:30 on April 9, enabling a disciplined three-day agenda where buyers can combine broad market scanning, technical clarification meetings, and final-day shortlisting without compressing evaluation into a single session. The event’s long-run maturity is commercially relevant because PPE procurement depends on repeatability, certification alignment and lifecycle support, and a stable exhibition format improves comparability of offers and the efficiency of vendor selection cycles.

Safety at work, security at work and health at work are presented as the core thematic structure, which helps professional visitors evaluate PPE and protection solutions through real operational scenarios rather than isolated product claims. The exhibit logic covers the full protective ecosystem, including personal protective equipment and workwear, protective materials and components, manufacturing and enabling technologies, and the compliance layer that supports certification-driven purchasing. In practical terms, this approach suits manufacturers and channel buyers who must balance worker protection outcomes with procurement constraints such as unit economics, standardisation across sites, training needs, and the ability to maintain stable supply and quality across multiple purchasing cycles. The show environment supports side-by-side comparison and rapid qualification of suppliers by focusing attention on performance, usability, and deployment readiness in industrial settings.

CIOSH targets a clearly professional visitor profile that includes specialised buyers, wholesalers, distributors, agents and OEM buyers, alongside offline and online retail channels and purchasing departments of manufacturing enterprises. The audience scope also extends to work safety administrators, safety engineers and HSE management departments, as well as inspectors, safety supervisors, local safety supervision bodies, fire control departments and emergency rescue departments, which reflects the decision reality of occupational safety where purchasing is often linked to compliance, incident prevention and operational risk governance. For exhibitors, this profile increases the probability of meeting stakeholders with implementable demand; for visitors, it provides a market environment where procurement discussions can be anchored in standards, usage scenarios and total lifecycle responsibilities rather than only initial pricing.

Exhibit positioning is structured around the practical categories used in real safety programmes, covering PPE and corporate workwear, protective fabrics, accessories and components, and the equipment and services that support industrial-scale PPE production and qualification. Security-related protection is also reflected through areas such as aerial work and fall protection equipment, fire protection and rescue equipment, hazardous substance management and monitoring and measurement technologies, aligning product evaluation with high-risk operating environments. This breadth is commercially useful because many buyers procure protection as a system, not as single SKUs, and they need to validate interoperability, certification fit, training implications and supplier capability for repeat deliveries and consistent quality over time.

The event venue is Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) in Shanghai, with the official venue assignment covering halls E1 through E7, enabling multi-hall routing and efficient scheduling for teams attending with procurement, HSE and technical stakeholders. The published daily opening hours support meeting discipline, especially on the final day when the earlier closing time requires planned follow-ups with shortlisted suppliers. For international visitors and large buyers, SNIEC’s established trade-fair infrastructure helps run structured agendas, including supplier meetings, sample evaluation, and post-show action planning around documentation, certification evidence and supply continuity requirements.

CIOSH is organized by the China Textile Commerce Association, with Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. listed as strategic partner and CIOSH Asia (Beijing) Co., Ltd. listed for fair management, forming an organizer model focused on professional buyer acquisition and disciplined trade-fair operations. This structure matters because PPE markets rely on trust, standards alignment and repeat procurement cycles, and the organizer framework typically increases the relevance of exhibitors and improves the quality of buyer–supplier matching for both manufacturing end-users and channel operators.