The French event that gives value to industry
A catalyst for ideas, innovation, and collaboration, Global Industrie brings together all the sector's stakeholders—manufacturers, regions, federations, associations, and business and political figures—for four days to design and build the industry of tomorrow. From March 30 to April 2, 2026, the major industry event, organized by GL events Exhibitions, returns for its 8th edition, confirming its role as a benchmark for the sector. Global Industrie offers companies concrete tools to develop their business, identify innovations, access strategic investors, and anticipate technological and social transformations. For four days, the show will welcome 60,000 professionals, 2,500 exhibitors, and 750 speakers across 100,000 m², transforming Paris Nord Villepinte into a true hub of innovation, technology, and industrial expertise. Exhibitors will be organized into 14 thematic universes, representing the main areas of the industry:1. Assembly, mounting, industrial fastenings2. Electronics3. Energy and sustainable production4. Industrial equipment and services5. Finishing and materials treatments6. Forging and foundry7. Raw materials and semi-finished products8. Measurement, control, vision, instrumentation9. Plastics, rubber, composites and additive/3D manufacturing10. Regions and countries11. Robotics12. Smart: digitalization, automation, mechatronics13. Sheet metal, metal forming, welding (equipment and know-how)14. Mechanical processing, material removal and additive manufacturing/3D metal (equipment and know-how)New for 2026THE BOOSTER SPACE CONNECTS EVERYONE. Global Industrie introduces the Booster Space, designed to guide industrialists towards immediately implementable solutions. Around 60 players will be involved to facilitate the connection between visitors and strategic partners, identify rapid responses to key challenges and offer personalized support. At the center of the exhibition area, a central hub will offer a guided tour and a mapping of the players based on the needs of companies: financing and investments, internationalization, skills and consultancy, organized into 4 thematic centers. Around the hub, 20 startups selected by a dedicated jury will present operational solutions to address the challenges of industrial transformation. Finally, the space will host workshops, meetings with experts and a speech area dedicated to in-depth analysis. THE ARENA, A SPACE TO DISCOVER PROFESSIONS AND PROMOTE EXPERTISELocated in Hall 6, the Arena will bring together the GI Avenir space, dedicated to the attractiveness of professions, training, and employment, and the Golden Tech, a continuous show that will see professionals from 11 disciplines compete. A unique opportunity for the 8,000 young people expected to discover the reality of today's industry up close, engage with experts, experiment with innovations, and participate in interactive and fun workshops. In this context, Global Industrie confirms its role as an accelerator of reindustrialization and a showcase for innovation, offering companies tools and opportunities to address the challenges of the future and build a more competitive, sustainable, and attractive industrial ecosystem. The history of Global IndustrieInaugurated in 2018, Global Industrie was born from the union of four major industrial events: Smart Industrie for connected, collaborative, and efficient industry; Global Industrie, which brings together manufacturing technologies and equipment; Tolexpo, which focuses on sheet metal working solutions and equipment; and Midest, dedicated to industrial subcontracting. The event takes place in Lyon in odd-numbered years and in Paris in even-numbered years. Global Industrie quickly established itself as one of Europe's leading industry trade shows, engaging the entire sector: the entire ecosystem (startups, large groups, subcontractors, manufacturers of industrial equipment and solutions, competitive clusters, research centers, etc.); the entire value chain (R&D, digitalization, design, production, maintenance, services, training, technical assistance, etc.); and all target markets (transport, energy, agri-food, chemicals, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering, etc.).