Since the last edition in Milan, in terms of exhibition coverage, it has far exceeded the former with 120,000 sq m across 12 halls. In total, more than 1,600 companies are participating to showcase their products.

According to Pier Luigi Streparava, who was appointed by CECIMO as Commissioner General EMO Milano 2015, participation in this show will be the ‘true gauge’ of one's dominance in each of their respective fields on the global stage.

With the largest players in the machine tools and automation sectors cramped side by side, the competition is set to heat up the floors already spread with the best of tomorrow's machines. The Italians make up for the largest numbers followed by the Germans; the Taiwanese, Chinese and Swiss exhibitors.

Also, touching a little on Industry 4.0 and the manufacturing techniques of tomorrow he mentioned: “EMO has always been considered the most important event at the disposal of trade operators from the world's manufacturing industry to keep up-to-date on the new production technologies," said Mr Streparava.

"It's exactly for this reason that we decided to include additive manufacturing into the technological index of products of the sector’s leading international exhibition. This is one of the technologies that will be increasingly developed in future and to which the tradeshow will dedicate a special in-depth focus,” he added.