IACE CHINA Shanghai

IACE CHINA 2026 will take place on March 24–26, 2026 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), a venue designed for large-scale industrial events and high-density B2B meetings.
IACE China
The 2026 show profile highlights a planned scale of 55,000+ m², 1,000+ exhibitors, 2,000+ participating brands and 80,000+ professional visits, which is operationally meaningful for buyers because it suggests a concentrated supplier landscape and strong comparability across competing solutions. In advanced ceramics, procurement decisions are typically constrained by strict performance and reliability requirements, so the value of the exhibition is not “seeing products” but compressing the qualification process: confirming process capability, discussing technical documentation and standards, evaluating supply stability, and aligning on cooperation models such as sample programmes, pilot orders and long-term supply agreements. The exhibition also highlights an extensive conference content layer with 100+ technical/academic reports and broad media participation, reinforcing the show’s role as a combined sourcing and knowledge platform for the advanced ceramics industry.

The core theme of IACE CHINA is advanced ceramics as a strategic industrial material class, covering both the upstream and downstream technology stack required for repeatable manufacturing. In practical terms, this includes ceramic raw materials and powders, forming and processing technologies, sintering and thermal treatment solutions, post-processing and precision finishing, measurement and inspection, and application-driven components used in high-demand industrial sectors. The show is structured to support system-level decision-making: buyers can evaluate how materials selection interacts with process parameters, and how equipment choices affect yield, dimensional stability and lifecycle performance. This is critical for industries where ceramics are adopted for wear resistance, high-temperature performance, electrical insulation, corrosion resistance and mechanical stability. The exhibition is positioned as a platform to connect innovation with industrial adoption, enabling companies to compare technology routes, validate manufacturing readiness and reduce engineering risk before committing to scale.

IACE CHINA 2026 is designed for a professional audience spanning the full ceramics value chain. Typical participants include materials and powder suppliers, advanced ceramic component producers, equipment manufacturers, automation and process-control providers, testing and laboratory solution companies, and industrial end users sourcing advanced ceramic parts and production technologies. The visitor profile is procurement- and engineering-driven: R&D teams, process engineers, quality managers and purchasing departments who need to compare suppliers not only by price but by capability, consistency and technical service. In practice, meetings at this type of exhibition focus on manufacturability, tolerances, repeatability, certification readiness and lead-time discipline, because these are the factors that determine whether ceramics can be integrated into real products and processes. The show’s scale and positioning support both domestic and international cooperation, helping suppliers reach decision-makers and helping buyers build multi-supplier pipelines to reduce supply risk.

The exhibition covers the industrial chain from materials to finished ceramic components and the equipment required to manufacture them reliably. This includes ceramic materials and additives, production and processing equipment, thermal processing and sintering solutions, precision machining and post-processing technologies, and quality control systems such as measurement, inspection and laboratory instruments. The practical procurement value is the ability to evaluate complete solutions rather than isolated products: suppliers can demonstrate how their materials behave under certain processes, how equipment supports process stability, and how testing methods ensure compliance with customer specifications. For buyers, this reduces the probability of “lab success but production failure” by enabling direct technical dialogue and early alignment on process windows, quality metrics and documentation packages needed for pilot and serial production. It also supports rapid benchmarking across multiple suppliers in one venue, which is often the fastest route to building a shortlist suitable for engineering validation after the show.

The venue for IACE CHINA 2026 is the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), located at No.333 Songze Avenue, Qingpu District, Shanghai. This site supports large-format exhibitions, technical demonstrations and intensive meeting schedules, which is essential for advanced ceramics where physical samples, process discussions and engineering consultations are central to supplier evaluation. The venue also supports parallel workstreams: procurement can focus on commercial and delivery terms, while engineers validate process feasibility and quality systems with technical specialists on-site. This structure helps compress sourcing cycles and improve decision quality within a three-day visit window.

IACE CHINA is organized by Uniris Exhibition Shanghai Co., Ltd., an exhibition operator focused on industrial events linked to powder metallurgy, cemented carbides and advanced ceramics in China. For participants, organiser specialization matters because it typically correlates with a higher concentration of qualified exhibitors and professional buyers, and with a show agenda oriented toward industrial adoption rather than general publicity. In a sector where supplier qualification is technically demanding and often involves multi-step validation, an organiser with deep industry alignment improves the likelihood that exhibitors arrive prepared for specification-level discussions and that buyers can move from discovery to structured follow-up actions after the show.