Factory Innovation Week 2027

How it compares

International Robot Exhibition (iREX) concentrates more of the trip on robotics. Its production and community robot fields sit alongside component technologies, system integrators, parts feeders, and logistics systems. A robot developer comparing sensing, drives, and integration partners has a strong reason to choose that specialist setting. FIW gives a factory team more room to compare robotics with software, staffing, energy, and safety measures in one program.

Manufacturing World Tokyo covers a broader sourcing brief, including mechanical components, design software, contract manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and measurement. It suits engineers who need production partners or parts as well as factory technology. FIW is especially useful when the brief begins with how an existing plant operates and connects technical investment with organizational needs.

The family also offers Factory Innovation Week Osaka for western Japan and Factory Innovation Week Nagoya for a separate Aichi-area itinerary. Tokyo's distinctive draw is the simultaneous automotive and electronics program. Choosing among the regional FIW shows therefore starts with customer geography and the adjacent industries a supplier needs to meet.

FIW Tokyo suits manufacturing teams that need to evaluate robots, factory software, workforce solutions, energy efficiency, and safety together.

Who exhibits

Past FIW exhibitors include FANUC, Mitsubishi Electric, PTC Japan, Siemens, and UT Technology. That combination points to a floor where automation hardware, industrial software, and workforce services share the conversation. The specialist shows add recruitment and training suppliers, energy-management systems, resource-recovery technologies, safety equipment, and exosuits. For a production team, the exhibitor mix supports a discussion about the whole factory and its operating priorities. It also makes the show relevant to HR and safety colleagues alongside engineers.

Last year's exhibitors

1. 

   Unipulse

2. 

   1NCE

3. 

   SoftBank

4. 

   Smart Craft

5. 

   Forgers

6. 

   TDK

7. 

   DOOG

8. 

   Zabbix

9. 

   M2X

10. 

    Ryoden

11. 

    Ollo

12. 

    Zaico

13. 

    SCSK

14. 

    NSW

15. 

    NECnekusasoryuushonzu

16. 

    Fixstars Amplify

17. 

    DBR77

18. 

    FCE

19. 

    SIRC

20. 

    IoTBank

21. 

    RUN.EDGE

22. 

    DrumRole

23. 

    GreenAI

24. 

    Enechain

This year's list is on its way. A HallBrief brief ranks every exhibitor against your goals and finds who to meet at each. Get a brief

Factory Innovation Week 2027

The 2027 Tokyo winter show moves from January to February and presents five factory themes. Alongside SMART FACTORY Expo, RoboDEX, and GREEN FACTORY Expo, the program includes Manufacturing Industry's HR Expo and Factory Safety & Accessibility Expo. Recruitment, skills management, safety training, emergency monitoring, and lifting aids widen the discussion beyond equipment and software. For manufacturers, that makes the trip relevant to colleagues responsible for staffing and working conditions as well as production engineering.

• For a labor-shortage project, compare RoboDEX's automation offer with the recruitment, reskilling, and technical knowledge-transfer tools at Manufacturing Industry's HR Expo.
• For factory decarbonization, GREEN FACTORY Expo's FEMS, resource circulation, and heat/water recovery categories provide a more specific route than a robotics-only visit.
• Use the neighboring AUTOMOTIVE WORLD and NEPCON JAPAN programs when the factory project also involves automotive products or electronics production.

Exhibiting

Applications are allocated in order of submission and close when the available space is taken. Rental Display packages include furniture, electrical service, and construction and removal. Exhibitors can also purchase in-hall Product/Technology Seminar slots. The strongest fit is a supplier whose proposition connects factory technology with an operating problem represented by one of FIW's specialist shows.