Why Exhibit?

Why Exhibit?

MERIT1

“MECT” −Japan’s biggest machine tool show in 2021

MECT is the machine tool show started in 1987. It is held in autumn every two years at Port Messe Nagoya city (Nagoya Int’l Exhibition Hall) in Nagoya and is the biggest machine tool show in odd-numbered years. MECT2019 (total 17 times) attracted 477 companies and organizations occupying 1,941 booths and over 90,000 visitors attended.


MERIT2

Promote your business in the center of manufacturing area - CHUBU!

CHUBU is very famous as the area where many leading automakers (TOYOTA, HONDA, MITSUBISHI, SUZUKI etc.) and auto parts manufactures (DENSO, AISIN etc.) are concentrated in. Moreover the latest products and technologies can be directly appealed to the market in the Chubu where various manufacturing industries such as automobiles, aerospace and general machines are concentrated.


MERIT3

Power to attract domestic engineers

There are 92,305 visitors in 2017 and 90,244 visitors in 2019. Cooperation with Aichi Industrial Distributor’s Association lead many visitors through their customer network. In addition, because of opening on Saturday, SME visitors who are very difficult to come to MECT on weekdays can visit. It is useful not only for business negotiations directly related to orders, but also for finding new customers.

来場者の業種:20.7%が「自動車・部品」、21.4
             %が「一般機械・部品」、14.3%が「商社・代理店」だったことを示すグラフ
製造技術者

The reason why many visitors come to MECT

Demonstration of the latest technology

Every time, MECT organizer offers the demonstration of the latest and greatest technology at the concept zone. The theme of 2017 was “Aerospace” and 2019 was “Robot”. You will be able to see and experience the latest technology and find ideas that are useful for your business.

The close connections with local machine tool trade companies

The Aichi Industrial Distributor’s Association collaborates with us to mobilize visitors. Also the Japan Tool Distributor’s Association has joined MECT as special cooperating organization. We give our best to gather people from all over Japan.

Valuable seminars by key person and engineers

You can listen to hot topics from the Machines Tool business world at the seminar and symposium. So far, many key person have given presentations about the automobile and aerospace industries at MECT. You can also listen to presentations about the latest technology from Exhibitors at the “Exhibitor’s Work Shop” at the venue. Find the way to resolve the problem in this exhibition.

セミナーの様子

Over 80,000 visitors visit MECT every time

  MECT
2009
MECT
2011
MECT
2013
MECT
2015
MECT
2017
MECT
2019
Number of exhibitors 349 365 464 444 457 477
Number of booths 1,178 1,490 1,747 1,915 1,933 1,941
Dates 10/14~
10/17
9/29~
10/2
10/23~
10/26
10/21~
10/24
10/18~
10/21
10/23~
10/26
Number of visitors 90,920 83,057 93,741 94,124 92,305 90,244
多くの来場
来場登録者数の推移

Promotion

We make a lot of effort into promotion to mobilize many visitors form many fields. Over 500,000 direct mail were delivered for MECT2019. We also advertised in newspapers, magazines, trains, and main train station in Chubu and promoted in TV and radio commercial.

名古屋駅デジタルサイネージ
Digital signage at Nagoya station
前回展ポスター
At Nagoya station※Previous exhibition poster

Strong mobilization from Mikawa area

Free shuttle bus from Mikwa area – one of the important area of automobile industry – every 25 minutes was serviced by MECT.

三河地区からの来場を強化

Machine Tool Top Seminar

MECT organizer actively mobilize students from graduate college, university and specialized high school over Japan. Seminar program for students called “Machine Tool Top Seminar” is held by JMTBA which is special cooperating organization of MECT to introduce attractiveness of working in machine tool industy during the event.

工作機械セミナーの様子