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Med-Tech Expo 2027

Med-Tech Expo puts the development of medical devices at the center of its Birmingham exhibition: components, materials, electronics, software and the equipment used to prototype, assemble and test products.

Sep 15-16, 2027 · the NEC, Birmingham

Show days
2

Its audience spans design engineers, R&D leaders, procurement teams, regulatory specialists and contract manufacturers. That mix makes it a supplier-sourcing show with clinical and regulatory conversations close to the production questions.

The UK and Ireland are its commercial center of gravity. The organizer points to buyers from businesses including Medtronic, Stryker, Jabil and Boston Scientific, alongside the NHS. Co-location with TCT 3Sixty and Interplas expands the conversation into additive manufacturing and polymer processing. For a team moving a device from design toward manufacture, those neighboring technologies are part of the same sourcing problem, while the Med-Tech program adds market access and regulatory context.

How it compares

  1. InterplasBirmingham, every three years
  2. TCT 3SixtyBirmingham
  3. Medical Technology IrelandGalway, 1,500
  4. This show: Med-Tech ExpoBirmingham
  5. COMPAMEDDüsseldorf

COMPAMED in Düsseldorf is the broader international supplier comparison. Its connection with MEDICA gives components, materials and production technology a place alongside the finished-device market. Choose it when the project requires an international supplier shortlist or when commercial relationships across the wider European medical market matter as much as the engineering discussion.

Medical Technology Ireland in Galway keeps the focus on device design and manufacturing while shifting the business conversation toward Ireland. It is the more direct alternative for suppliers seeking Irish production relationships. Both shows belong on a medical-supplier calendar, but the reason for choosing Galway is the customer base a company wants to reach.

Birmingham is the practical choice for a UK device team comparing engineering partners, testing services and production methods. The additive and plastics neighbors give the visit a useful second dimension: a question about a device component can lead into how it will be made. Med-Tech Expo suits that development brief, with NHS perspectives and regulation in the program.

Med-Tech Expo is the right trip for UK device teams choosing the engineering and manufacturing partners that will take a product from design into production.

Who exhibits

Materials, electronics, cleanroom manufacturing, packaging and testing sit alongside prototyping and assembly equipment. Past exhibitor feedback from Sotas, FORTEC UK and Rapid Fluidics gives the show a supplier-side voice, while the organizer's buyer examples include major device manufacturers and the NHS. The useful distinction is between the technologies that go into a medical device and the finished equipment a hospital buys: this floor is built around the former, with live demonstrations helping engineers evaluate production possibilities.

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Med-Tech Expo 2027

Med-Tech Expo 2027 returns to Birmingham with a development and manufacturing brief that reaches into additive processes and plastics through its co-located shows. The visitor program covers live demonstrations, supplier discussions and conference themes ranging from clinical case studies to market access, regulation and sustainability. For device teams, the useful thread is the connection between a technical choice, the process needed to manufacture it and the requirements for bringing the resulting product into healthcare.

  • For a device that combines polymer components and additive parts, connect Med-Tech supplier discussions with the neighboring Interplas and TCT 3Sixty offers.
  • Use the live prototyping, assembly and testing demonstrations to compare production approaches for the same device-development problem.

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 Med-Tech Expo 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 Med-Tech Expo knowing who to meet.

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