Trade Fair Year 2025 documents an extraordinary breadth of topics. From heavy industry and robotics to construction, packaging and sensor technology to tourism, the book market and consumer goods, it was a year in which technological integration and sustainability were shaping forces across all sectors. Leading events such as bauma, Hannover Messe, automatica, transport logistic, IFA and the Frankfurt Book Fair are examples of this diversity.
In the context of all about automation and automatica, 2025 will see a significant maturing of industrial automation. Collaborative robots, mobile robotics platforms, motion control systems and high-precision measurement technology form the backbone of modern production environments. Companies such as KUKA, Siemens and ZEISS represent the combination of software, drive technology and precision measurement. At the same time, modular electronic housings, intelligent gripping systems and integrated robotics solutions are gaining in importance. Automation is no longer thought of as an isolated individual application, but as a scalable system concept.
bauma 2025 highlights the structural change in the construction industry. Electric dumpers, battery-powered mobile excavators, hybrid mobile cranes and autonomous operating solutions show that decarbonisation and digitalisation go hand in hand. Manufacturers such as Liebherr, Volvo and Komatsu are presenting machines with intelligent control systems, AI safety systems and remote control concepts.
In addition, BAU 2025 will focus on sustainable insulation materials, serial construction methods, modular brick concepts and solutions for green roofs and heat pump installation. Energy efficiency is no longer an additional topic, but an integral part of every product development.
With events such as SENSOR+TEST, Productronica, Semicon and Medica, precision sensor technology will take centre stage in 2025. Vibration sensors, ultrasonic transducers, torque measurement and thin-film sensors demonstrate how closely industrial production, mobility and medical technology are linked. The integration of sensor technology into brake-by-wire systems, thermal management and real-time particle analysis points to an industry that not only collects data but also processes it directly in a process-relevant manner.
transport logistic 2025 documents an industry caught between digitalisation, sustainability and global supply chains. Logistics software, circular systems, pharmaceutical logistics containers and industrial object recognition show how data-driven transport processes are organised today. Players such as DHL Group, Lufthansa Cargo and UPS stand for international networking.
With IAA Mobility and eMove360°, 2025 will complement the topic of electromobility. Driverless vehicle solutions, thermal management and recycling approaches for carbon fibres show that mobility is viewed as a holistic system.
Ambiente, ISPO Munich, ITB and the Frankfurt Book Fair form the cultural and consumer-oriented counterbalance to industry. Interior design, modular room design, sustainable fashion, travel offers from the Caribbean to the Indo-Pacific and new literary publications show how diverse economic dynamics are beyond production.
Biofach and Anuga also illustrate developments in the food sector: vegan alternatives, plant-based protein sources and packaging-reduced concepts represent a market that takes ecological criteria seriously.
Fachpack and K 2025 focus on recycling, plastic alternatives and data-based material flows. Bio-based plastics, RFID-supported traceability and new compound solutions illustrate how closely sustainability and industrial scaling are linked.
The 2025 archive thus depicts a year in which almost all industries were characterised by transformation. Electrification, automation, sensor integration and sustainable material concepts are a common thread running through industry, construction, mobility and consumption. The articles enable a differentiated classification of these developments and show how technological innovation is now consistently understood as systemic change.