Here you will find background information about the exhibition.
Product groups
SPS – Smart Production Solutions Shenzhen is the exhibition for industrial automation technology. It covers all components down to complete systems and integrated automation solutions.
The trade fair and its adjoining conference are the ideal platform for comprehensive information on products, innovations and current trends within the industrial automation industry. Hence it gives an overview of the entire market.
The exhibitors – manufacturers of electric automation technology – present products and services from the following sectors:
1. Drive systems and components
1.1. Standard motors
1.2. Dedicated motors
1.3. Small motors
1.4. Drives, systems, motion control
1.5. Drive components
2. Sensor technology
2.1. Binary sensors
2.2. Rotary transducers
2.3. Identification sensors and systems
2.4. Industrial image processing
2.5. Measuring sensors and systems
2.6. Safety sensors and systems
2.7. Measuring transducers
2.8. Measuring instruments for electric signals
3. Control technology
3.1. Compact control systems (PLCs)
3.2. Modular controls
3.3. Logic modules
3.4. Computerized numerical controls (CNC)
3.5. Soft PLCs
3.6. Safety PLCs
4. Factory power-grids and -supplies
4.1. Power supplies
4.2. Monitoring and protection equipment
4.3. Safety devices and systems
4.4. Power quality
5. Interface and interface technology
5.1. Signal converters
5.2. Interface modules
5.3. Interface technology
6. Low voltage-switching devices
6.1. Contactors
6.2. Motor protection devices
6.3. Circuit breakers
7. Mechanical infrastructure
7.1. Control cabinets and control cabinet systems
7.2. Industrial housing systems
7.3. Cables and fiber optic systems
7.4. Rotary joints
8. IPCs
8.1. Box-PCs
8.2. Hat-rack-PCs
8.3. Panel-PCs
8.4. Rack-PCs
9. Software & IT in manufacturing
9.1. Planning and engineering software
9.2. Production/manufacturing software
9.3. Maintenance software
9.4. Cross-sectional technology
10. Human-Machine-Interface
10.1. Operator panels
10.2. Mobile operator panels
10.3. Displays, monitors, screens and data goggles
10.4. Keyboards
10.5. Control panels
10.6. HMI systems
10.7. HMIs for hazardous areas
10.8. Control and signal devices
11. Industrial communication
11.1. Industrial ethernet
11.2. Field bus systems
11.3. Safety field bus systems
11.4. Wireless communication
11.5. Telecontrol technology
11.6. Industrial security
11.7. Sensor/actuator communication
11.8. Industrial communication for hazardous areas
11.9. M2M Communications
11.10. Industrial IOT
12. Training and consulting
12.1. Teaching-/trainings-aid
12.2. Professional literature/publishers
12.3. Company-independent training
12.4. Company-specific training
13. Functional groups
13.1. Bodies & associations
13.2. Project planning & Engineering
13.3. Set-up
13.4. Operation
13.5. Smart Services (product- and system-related)
13.6. Service delivery
14. Robotization
14.1 Robots, software, devices and components
14.2 Integrated systems
Fair facts (2026)
| Exhibition Space | 28,500 sqm* |
| Exhibitors | 424* |
| Visitors | 40,026* |
| Conference topic |
Nearly 80 |
* Figures combined with co-located exhibitions
Previous edition figures
| Year | Exhibitors | Exhibition space in sqm | Visitors |
| 2025 | 555 | 31,500 | 39,127** |
| 2024 | close to 700 | 40,000 | 37,264** |
| 2023 | 450 | 20,000 | 35,015** |
| 2022 | 408 | 40,000 | 23,825** |
* Figures combined with co-located exhibitions