The organiser of the exhibition, GL events, will be holding the SMART MANUFACTURING SUMMIT BY GLOBAL INDUSTRIE for the first time in Aichi Prefecture, the heartland of manufacturing. Global Industrie is one of the largest industry exhibitions in Europe, created in 2018 by the amalgamation of four existing industry exhibitions. Organized every March in France (alternating between Paris and Lyon) by GL events, it attracts 2,500 exhibitors and 40,000 visitors from 64 countries, including some of the best-known companies in Europe. As more than half of the visitors are executives, the exhibition is also a place where many business meetings take place.
Global Industrie also operates an online industrial marketplace called Industrie Online, which boasts 500,000 registered visitors and supports the industrial community outside the exhibition.