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OE-A and Messe München together host LOPEC, the world’s leading International Exhibition and Conference for the Printed Electronics Industry. It is the business-oriented platform for end-users, engineers, scientists, manufacturers, and investors.

LOPEC 2027: 2 – 4 March, Munich

2026, Award Show, Award Winner at ICM, LOPEC

LOPEC – Driving the Future of Printed Electronics

LOPEC is the world’s leading conference and exhibition on the rapidly growing market of flexible and printed electronics. Jointly organized by the OE-A and Messe München, LOPEC is the global platform in the sector that provides support on every aspect of the industry, from research to application. It connects, inspires, and puts ideas into practice, for today and tomorrow. This is the place where printed electronics comes to life.

Read here the LOPEC 2026 Fact Sheet:

LOPEC 2026 – Final Report

Stable industry platform in challenging times: International impetus and marketable solutions characterize LOPEC 2026

A total of 158 exhibitors from 29 countries, more than 2,400 visitors and a clear focus on marketable applications: From February 24 to 26, 2026 at Messe München’s International Congress Center, LOPEC once again confirmed its role as the world’s leading platform for flexible and printed electronics. Compared with the previous year, there was a slight increase in visitor numbers, the atmosphere in the halls was very positive, shaped by a high level of professional quality. The focus of LOPEC was on applications in which printed electronics is increasingly demonstrating its strengths in the areas of mobility, smart living, medical technology, energy and industry. The overall image of the exhibition and conference was marked by sustainable material concepts, energy-efficient production processes and resource-saving solutions. At the same time, the technology is increasingly being seen as a key industrial component.

The focus topics at LOPEC

LOPEC offers in-depth insights by further focusing on industries which currently play a crucial role in the world of printed electronics.

Smart Living

Smart Living

With this focus topic, LOPEC is demonstrating the enormous range of how products and applications of printed electronics will make our everyday lives easier, smarter and more environmentally friendly in the future. For example in the form of fitness trackers, smart textiles, smart pharmaceutical packaging, adhesive solar films or steplessly dimmable windows.

Mobility

Mobility

Especially in the automotive and aviation industries, printed electronic components open up a multitude of opportunities and possibilities. Summarized under the focus topic Mobility, LOPEC showcases the current state of the art and provides exciting outlooks.

From sensors in passenger seats to electrochromic windows to ultra-flat touch screens in the cockpit: Numerous applications of printed electronics are already being used in the field of mobility or will soon be ready for series production. At the same time, 3D-structural electronics solutions already define the next level.

Reasons to participate at LOPEC

There are various reasons for you to play an active role at LOPEC, either as a visitor, an exhibitor, a speaker, and/or as a sponsor. The key ones being:

Present your company and products to a broad audience representing over 40 different countries.

Network with the entire value chain of the flexible and printed electronics industry at one place, from suppliers, equipment manufacturers, and service-providers to end-users in various application fields.

Initiate business opportunities by forming partnerships with the visiting trade professionals from major application sectors such as Automotive, Consumer electronics, Healthcare, Internet of Things, Printing & Packaging, and Smart Buildings.

Inform yourself about current trends, innovative products, scientific developments, and new market opportunities.

Safe the Date: March 2-4, 2027