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Asansör İstanbul 2027

Asansör İstanbul is the lift and escalator industry's fair at Tüyap Beylikdüzü on the western side of Istanbul, held every two years since 1992 with the backing of AYSAD, the Turkish association of lift and escalator manufacturers.

May 6-9, 2027 · Tüyap Fair and Congress Center, Istanbul

Exhibitors expected
400
Visitors expected
30K
Of visitors from abroad
20%
More exhibitors than in 2022
+16%

It is above all a component market: drives, controllers, doors, cabins, guide rails, ropes and signalization, shown next to complete lifts for homes, offices, hospitals, cars and freight.

The show has grown each time since the pandemic. It had 345 exhibitors and 22,348 visitors in 2022 and 363 exhibitors and 24,314 visitors in 2023, then filled eight halls and 60,000 square meters with more than 400 exhibitors from 24 countries in 2025. Turkish producers from 31 cities make up most of the floor, and the foreign visitors come largely from the Middle East, North Africa, the Balkans, Russia and southern Europe.

Installers and maintenance companies are the largest visitor group, followed by component manufacturers and building contractors. Informa Markets has run the show since 2025 and is pushing for more international buyers.

How it compares

  1. The Elevator Show DubaiDubai, every two years
  2. This show: Asansör İstanbul 2027Istanbul, every two years
  3. interliftNuremberg, every two years
  4. GEEMilan, every two years

interlift in Nuremberg is the bigger technology fair, with more than 500 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors in 2025, and the place to compare the international component makers side by side. The two run in the same years. Nuremberg is stronger for reach into Western Europe and the global groups, Istanbul for Turkish manufacturing partners and buyers from Türkiye's neighboring markets.

World Elevator & Escalator Expo in China works at another scale, with 1,050 exhibitors and 105,500 visitors in 2026. It is the trip for a buyer who wants Chinese supply; Asansör İstanbul suits buyers who want Turkish and European suppliers within a short flight of Europe, the Gulf and North Africa.

The Elevator Show Dubai is much smaller, with 110 exhibitors and about 3,700 visitors in 2024, and aims at Gulf developers, consultants and distributors. A supplier targeting only the Gulf can meet that group more directly in Dubai, while Istanbul offers a far wider supplier choice and already draws Saudi, Iraqi and Egyptian buyers.

GEE in Milan puts lifts inside a wider building and smart-building fair, which suits architects and developers more than component buyers.

For installers, distributors and lift builders sourcing components for markets between the Balkans and the Gulf, Asansör İstanbul is the most direct choice.

The right trip for lift installers, distributors and component buyers from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa who want to source from Türkiye's lift industry in one visit.

Who exhibits

Most stands belong to Turkish component makers and lift builders, and the Konya cluster has grown more visible at each show. Past shows featured Ah-met Asansör, Küçük Group, Akış Makina ve Kablo, Hedefsan, Yükseliş Asansör and Aybey Elektronik, while engineers from TKE, Otis, KONE, Wittur and Fermator spoke on the 2025 panels. The product sectors run from drive and control systems through doors, guide rails and ropes to package lifts, so a buyer can compare several makers of the same part in a single day.

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Asansör İstanbul 2027

Asansör İstanbul 2027 is the 20th show and returns to Tüyap in May, the slot it moved to in 2025. Informa Markets expects about 400 exhibitors on 60,000 square meters and around 30,000 visitors, with 8,000 of them from abroad, and its stated aim is more international participation and higher trade volume.

The Overseas Buyer Programme returns, hosting senior purchasing decision makers from lift and escalator companies in Istanbul. Smart lift systems, remote monitoring and maintenance, and energy-efficient motors and controls are the themes the organizer is putting forward.

  • If you buy for an elevator or escalator company abroad and hold purchasing authority, apply to the Overseas Buyer Programme through the show's customer service; accepted buyers are hosted in Istanbul.
  • The free standards panels run in the afternoons of the first two days and bring in people from CEN TC 10 and the European Lift Association; go on those days if seismic, fire or Lift Directive rules affect your products.
  • Konya's lift makers have become a larger presence at each show; set aside time for them if you source complete lift packages or controllers.

What your brief includes

The full exhibitor list, and what to do with it.

  1. Halvorsen ProzesstechnikIndustrial machinery / Germany#3
  2. Alpenküche SystemeCommercial kitchens / Austria#4
  3. Brauwerk WielandBeverages / Germany#5

#3Halvorsen Prozesstechnik

Why it matters
Their hygienic conveyor line fits the plant expansion you described.
Who to meet
Head of Key Accounts, Food Processing
What to ask
Lead times for installations in 2027.

Example from a sample brief. The company is fictional.

How a brief is made

  1. Tell us your goals

    A short interview: what you want from Asansör İstanbul 2027 and which kinds of partners you are after.

  2. We research each company, one by one

    For each company: what it makes, who it sells to, how it fits your goals and who buys there. Then we compare them side by side and rank the ones worth your time.

  3. Walk in with a plan

    A ranked list, a deep dive on each of your top picks, the people to meet and a strategy deck, all before the doors open.

Walk into Asansör İstanbul 2027 knowing who to meet.

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