Start-up Area and Young Innovators

With the support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), more than ten young, innovative companies from Germany presented their ideas and products at AMB 2026 and used the trade fair as a springboard for a successful market entry.

Young ideas in focus

The AMB Start-up Area at the East Entrance was the central meeting point for young, innovative companies in metalworking at AMB. Whether machining technologies, industrial software & engineering, or other solutions: the start-ups showed their latest developments throughout the trade fair from 15 to 19 September 2026.

Impressions 2026

AMB Start-up Pitches supported by Allianz Industrie 4.0 and WRS

In short pitches, young companies presented innovative ideas and forward-looking technologies. Compact and vivid, they showed which innovations and solution approaches will shape metalworking in the future.

Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026 | 2:15–4:15 p.m. (AMB Stage, in the Atrium)

The AMB Start-up Pitches were supported and moderated by Allianz Industrie 4.0 Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart (WRS).

Start-Up winners

MAD Tech GmbH with Blankmile

MAD Tech GmbH stood out with Blankmile, above all as a browser-based remote support platform for industrial, mechanical engineering, and automation companies.

Winners of AMB-Pitches

The winners of the AMB Pitches 2024

  • Tetralytix GmbH
  • plasmotion GmbH

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