Live event week · 16 to 20 November 2026
FaXtory Live.
One week a year, the floors go live. One sector per day. Each hour, a verified supplier carries a phone across their real shop floor while procurement asks the questions. Show me the 5-axis line. Show me quality control. Show me the casting that ships to an OEM. No staged footage, no marketing voice-over.
The 5-day program · one sector per day · CET
Mining and Off-highway
Castings 5 to 30 t. Wear-resistant alloys. Ground-engaging tools, crusher liners, rope-shovel parts.
Invitation targets, not confirmed attendeesEpiroc, Sandvik, Metso, FLSmidth, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Liebherr Mining, Atlas Copco
Energy, Hydro and Wind
Hydro runner castings, Pelton, Francis, Kaplan. Wind hub castings, gearbox housings, structural forgings.
Invitation targets, not confirmed attendeesVoith, Andritz Hydro, GE Renewable, Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, Nordex, ENERCON
Marine and Propulsion
Propulsion castings, engine components, thruster gearboxes. Stainless, super duplex, nickel alloys.
Invitation targets, not confirmed attendeesWärtsilä, MAN Energy Solutions, Rolls-Royce, ABB Marine, SCHOTTEL, KONGSBERG
Rail and Rolling Stock
Bogie castings, machined running gear, structural weldments. EN 15085 path, EN 1090-2 baseline.
Invitation targets, not confirmed attendeesAlstom, Siemens Mobility, Stadler, Škoda Group, Wabtec, Knorr-Bremse, Vossloh
Heavy Equipment
Construction, lifting, port and agricultural machinery. Frame weldments, forged shafts, hydraulic housings.
Invitation targets, not confirmed attendeesLiebherr Construction, Volvo CE, Hitachi CM, Manitowoc, Konecranes, John Deere, CNH
The names above are the OEM procurement organizations our outreach targets, stated as targets, not as confirmed attendees. Registered attendance publishes here as it becomes real. Buyers attend only the day that matches their category. Every supplier on a sector day is verified for that sector's specs, certifications and references before the week starts. Walkthroughs are recorded and stay available to approved visitors inside the expo for 30 days.
How a live day runs
Morning briefing. Live floors. Booked meetings.
Sector briefing
15 minutes. Who is on the floor today, what envelopes, what certs. No keynote theater.
Live walkthroughs
30 minutes per supplier. 20 on the floor, 10 of questions. One floor at a time, no overlap.
15-minute meetings
Booked straight into the maker's calendar, before, during or after their walkthrough.
Sector shortlist
Every buyer with an active request receives a shortlist of matching verified suppliers.
The platform underneath
The week ends. The expo does not.
FaXtory Live runs inside the Stratosteel Digital Expo. The booths, the videos, the booking calendar and the audit badges stay open all year. The live week is when the whole sector is on the floor at once. First platform live day: Thursday 22 October 2026.
Founding phase · applications open
Be on the floor in November.
Buyer seats are screened per sector day. Founding exhibitor slots are capped and audited first.