Elmia Subcontractor Connect 2025
Previous events
Subcontractor Connect has a long-standing history as a quality matchmaking event within the manufacturing industry. The matchmaking event Subcontractor Connect has been arranged at the Subcontractor fair for 16 years. In other words, it's a well established event that attracts exhibitors as well as visitors at the fair.
In 2024, the event was yet another great success! Companies from 25 countries attended nearly 100 meetings! A majority of the participants estimate that their meetings will lead to business agreements.
Matchmaking gave Hydac AB new contacts
Hydac AB participated as a visitor during Elmia Subcontractor 2023, and looks positively on its participation in Subcontractor Connect. The company was mainly there for the personal meetings that the fair format offers - and not least the organised form of matchmaking.
– As a buyer, it's very pleasant not to have to look for suppliers yourself. We had 11 meetings booked during one day at the matchmaking, and the next day we walked around the fair looking for exhibitors and suppliers in our segment, says Maria Johansson, buyer and logistics manager at Hydac AB.
This was Maria Johansson's first visit to Subcontractor Connect, but Hydac AB had previously participated. Read the full article about Hydac here.
Alternating booked and spontaneous meetings
Petr Ruzicka, Industrial Engineering in the Czech Republic, participated as an exhibitor at Elmia Subcontractor for the first time in 2023. He chose to alternate customer meetings in the stand with matchmaking.
– On the first day I had six meetings booked; three digital and three physical, which was a good mix. I found the matchmaking a very effective way to get in touch with customers. They felt better than other meetings I have had, says Petr.
Repeated success
Subcontractor Connect has been a welcomed event with high participation for many years.
- We have seen a greater interest among the exhibitors in participating in the matchmaking for each year it has been at the fair. Most of the meetings are now taking place physically on site, which we see is a change in behavior now that the pandemic is a little further away in time. In the past, more companies wanted digital meetings, and the hybrid variant is of course still offered. Flexibility is important, because after all, it is the meeting that is the focus, says Elin Berlin from Almi / Enterprise Europe Network, who is one of the organisers of Subcontractor Connect together with Elmia Subcontractor.