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Special Area

SupplierThe value chain in one place

From hidden champions to tier-1 partners: the supplier world bundles the aerospace supply chain.

Photo: Messe Berlin / Johannes Zappe
Supplier Segments & special areas // Overview
Three trade visitors discuss metal components displayed in a glass case, with the man on the left explaining something with his hand raised. Machined components and a gold-coloured gear structure sit on and beside the case, while TÜV SÜD marks are visible in the left background. Supplier · ILA 2026 Photo: Messe Berlin / Johannes Zappe
The format

Where buyers meet their supply chain

The Supplier Hall connects suppliers, OEMs and buyers in one place: materials, components, manufacturing tech and conversations that drive contracts. ILA Connect & Meet builds your network well before the event.

  • Supplier Hall: the dedicated hall for the supply chain.
  • ILA Connect & Meet: 1,276 registered participants and 1,086 organised B2B meetings in 2026.
  • Expert talks at the exhibit: from engines to ring components.
Cem Özdemir looks through a glass panel at a manufacturing cell dominated by a yellow industrial robot in the foreground. A booth representative explains the installation with metal clamping and machining components as the exhibition hall is reflected in the glass. Moment · ILA 2026 Photo: Messe Berlin / Volkmar Otto
At the stand 2026

Business at the component

Whether a gold-coloured ring component or a turbofan cutaway: in the supplier world, negotiations happen at the exhibit. Trade visitors from 90 countries made ILA 2026 the supply chain’s marketplace.

Buyers, budgets, deals

The Supplier audience in figures

72
Procurement influence
of Supplier trade visitors help shape purchasing decisions
66
New business contacts
of the Supplier audience made new contacts at ILA
54
Deal potential
made contacts with potential for post-show deals
29
1m € budget or more
of budget holders control at least one million euros
The demand

What Supplier professionals are looking for

Engines & propulsion 46 %
Aircraft & airframes 44 %
Materials & additive manufacturing 32 %
UAS & drones 31 %
Components & subsystems 27 %

Share of Supplier registrations interested in each product category; multiple answers possible.

Gallery

Supplier in pictures

A man in a white shirt uses both hands to inspect a circular opening in the large gold-coloured ring component and studi
Photo: Messe Berlin / Sandra Prengel
Two men talk at the Lang Technik booth over a clamping system with a metal component mounted on a demonstration table. The man on the right gestures above rails and fixtures while a large product graphic behind them displays LANG and item number 4620-77.
Photo: Messe Berlin / Sandra Prengel
A Zeiss demonstrator points a handheld T-SCAN hawk 2 at a light-colored structural component covered with fittings and tracking markers. A product monitor and ZEISS and HandsOnMetrology branding appear behind the demonstration at a white exhibition booth.
Photo: Messe Berlin / Sandra Prengel
A white technical module with a dark lower edge hangs just above a small populated circuit board on a white tabletop. Several people stand in the heavily blurred exhibition hall background, leaving the possible inspection or scanning device and the board as the visual focus.
Photo: Messe Berlin / Sandra Prengel
The supply chain

From engines to MRO

42
Equipment & engines
of Supplier registrations come from equipment, engine and component suppliers
19
MRO
maintenance, repair and overhaul
17
Materials
materials and composites
40+
Markets of origin
international markets of origin in the Supplier community
Your contacts

Your direct line to the Supplier segment

BDLI shapes the content and stage programme; Messe Berlin runs the exhibition and exhibitor services.

BDLI · Equipment & Materials Division
Dr. Stefan von Glasow Berndes

Dr. Stefan von Glasow Berndes

Head of Equipment & Materials
+49 30 2061 40-20
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Pierre Loos

Pierre Loos

Advisor Equipment & Materials, Aero Excellence
+49 30 2061 40-50
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Beate Gabbe

Beate Gabbe

Office & Event Coordination Equipment & Materials
+49 30 2061 40-21
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Messe Berlin
Luna Ernst

Luna Ernst

Project Manager Sales & Exhibition
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ILA 2028

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