October 29, 2026 | Vogel Convention Center Würzburg
Industrial Benchmark Summit
The summit will focus on best practices from SMEs. In practice-oriented presentations, participants will learn how companies are successfully dealing with current challenges such as declining orders, rising costs, geopolitical instability and loss of expertise. The event is aimed at decision-makers and managing directors from SMEs and offers best practices and practice-oriented exchange with and from other SMEs.
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Facts and figures
150
Participants
15
Speaker
per month
10
Exhibitors
100%
To know
target group, industries, topics
Target group
- Corporate management
- Business Development
- Project management
- Product management
- Process management
- Analysis/statistics
- Controlling & Finance
- Purchasing/Materials Management
- Distribution/Sales
industries
- metal industry
- mechanical and plant engineering
- Automotive and vehicle industry
- robotics
- Tool & mold making
- automation technology
- Electromechanics / Electrical engineering
- Aerospace
- Plastics processing industry
main topics
- Order generation
- cost optimization
- Pricing
- Business models
- Law
- Data protection
Current challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises – responses and strategies
The program of the event deals intensively with the following current issues and provides answers to them:
- How can SMEs compensate for declining orders?
- What strategies help to reduce dependence on certain sectors or customers?
- How can we deal with the rise in labor costs?
- What ways are there to efficiently pass on rising costs to customers?
- How are companies adapting to political uncertainties in Germany?
- What strategies are needed to overcome geopolitical instability?
- How can the loss of expertise due to employee departures be prevented or minimized?
Packages 2026
| Services | S - "Be there" | M - "Get access" | L - "Presenting" | Gold - "Dominate" |
| Stand & Team | ||||
| Exhibition area with chairs, a table, electricity and WiFi | 6m² (3x2) | 8m² (4x2) | 8m² (4x2) | 12m² (4x3) |
| Tickets for the stand staff with catering and evening event | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| each additional m² | 500 € | 500 € | 400 € | 400 € |
| premium positioning of the stand | • | |||
| branding | ||||
| Placement & linking logo on the event website | • | • | • | • |
| Advertisement or insert in the conference documents | • | • | ||
| logo on the lecture stage | • | • | ||
| Branding in/at the event location | • | |||
| Logo in Event Communication | • | |||
| Mention in print/online reporting | • | |||
| company profile on the event website | • | |||
| leads | ||||
| List of participants (surname, first name, company) as .pdf | • | • | • | |
| Present | ||||
| Presentation on the Spotlight Stage (15 minutes) after consultation with the editorial team | • | |||
| Lecture on the main stage (20 minutes) or workshop (50 minutes) after consultation with the editorial team | • | |||
| 1-2 minute company presentation as part of a guided exhibitor tour or spotlight session | • | • | • | |
| complete price | 2.700 € | 3.700 € | 5.000 € | 10.500 € |
| Bookable Add Ons | ||||
| Advertisement in the event guide/conference documents 500 € | • | • | already included | already included |
| Whitepaper lead campaign in the special newsletter 6,900 € | • | • | • | |
| On-Demand Webinar 7,900 € | • | • | ||
| Lecture as an editorial contribution in the form of an online advertorial campaign (duration 1 month) 4,900 € | • | • |
Opportunities for participation
Further individual sponsorship opportunities
Let us talk
Phone:
E-Mail:
Max Stern
Director of Commercial Operations
