Automation Expo 2026 Returns with 700+ Exhibitors and AI Focus

Automation Expo 2026, an exhibition for industrial automation, instrumentation, robotics, and digitalization, will be held from July 22 to 25, 2026, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. Organized by IED Communications Ltd, the four-day event will host more than 700 exhibitors and bring together manufacturers, engineers, project teams, system integrators, startups, and decision-makers from India and overseas.

Under the visionary leadership of Dr M Arokiaswamy, Founder, IED Communications Ltd, Automation Expo continues as a meeting place for ideas, business, and progress, where visitors can discover new suppliers, meet experts, explore partnerships, attend knowledge sessions, and understand where the industry is heading next.

A key highlight of this year is the Futuristic Control Room on July 22, 23, and 24, a dedicated track on next-generation control rooms, integrated operations, and AI-led remote monitoring. Futuristic Control Room will bring together plant heads, control room operators, project teams, and instrumentation engineers to address centralized monitoring, real-time decision support, digital twins, remote operations, operator effectiveness, safety, and reliability, topics organizers say are increasingly critical as industrial operations run more complex, large-scale, and interconnected assets.

Dr Shrikant Patil, Chief Executive Officer, Maharashtra State Innovation Society, will attend as the Chief Guest. Exhibitors at the wider expo will present process and factory automation, robotics, machine vision, control systems, sensors, Industrial IoT, AI, digital twins, predictive maintenance, OT cybersecurity, energy efficiency, and industrial software.

“For exhibitors, Automation Expo 2026 is a direct line for the people who actually make purchasing and project decisions,” said organizers of the event. “Over four days, they get to demonstrate live applications to plant heads, project teams, and procurement leaders from across India and overseas and turn those conversations into real business.”

Organizers say the expo is also timed for project teams: as new plants and expansion projects are increasingly designed with automation, digitalization, cybersecurity, and energy efficiency built in from the start, the show gives EPC teams and consultants a chance to evaluate technologies at the planning stage itself.

An OT-Cybersecurity Workshop on July 25 will address risks and practical approaches to securing DCS, PLC, SCADA, and other industrial control systems as factories become more connected. The expo will also include an Innovation & Startup Zone featuring early-stage companies developing industrial technologies, alongside displays of drives, motion control, edge devices, test & measurement equipment, and safety systems.

Automation Expo 2026 is open to plant heads, project engineers, maintenance professionals, automation specialists, procurement leaders, startup founders, researchers, and students.

For more information: www.automationindiaexpo.com