The UK's leading Metals exPO

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One badge. Two days. If metals touch your projects, UK Metals Expo is where you’ll meet suppliers, discover new tech and find answers in one trip to the NEC.

5300 +

Peers

300 +

Exhibitors

100 +

Speakers

30 +

Seminars

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You’re only one step away from two days that could reshape your metals strategy – and it is completely free to attend.

UK Metals Expo is the only UK event that brings the full metals supply chain together – from raw materials and processing through to fabrication, finishing, recycling and reuse.

One trip to Birmingham, two days, and a year’s worth of metals and engineering conversations in one place.

Where the UK Metals industry comes together

Why UK Metals Expo is worth your time

Learn from the organisations setting the benchmark

Walk the floor and move from primary metal producers and stockholders to processors, fabricators, surface finishers, recyclers and technology providers in a single circuit of the NEC. Compare solutions side-by-side and shortcut weeks of separate meetings and site visits.

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Meet the people who keep your projects moving

Use theatres, lounges and networking areas to meet the buyers, specifiers, project managers and suppliers you rarely get in the same room. Build new relationships, strengthen existing ones and leave with contacts you can call when a project or problem lands on your desk.

Tackle real challenges with people who do the work

Sit in on free sessions where CEOs, engineers, contractors, policy‑makers and researchers tackle issues like cost, availability, decarbonisation, skills and regulation. Ask questions, hear what has actually worked elsewhere and take home ideas you can apply straight away.

Your Efficient Annual 'Metals MOT'

Turn two days in Birmingham into a year’s worth of supplier meetings, market research and benchmarking the latest solutions and tech – without juggling dozens of separate visits and calls.

Who attends UK Metals

300+ Exhibitors. 12+ Trade Associations. 20+ Leading industry media partners.

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What's new for 2026

Expand your experience with access to Advanced Engineering and Lab Innovations

This year for the first time, UK Metals Expo will be co-located with Advanced Engineering and Lab Innovations, creating one of the UK’s largest manufacturing events

Advanced Engineering gives you a practical way to compare suppliers, discover new technologies and hear expert insights across aerospace, automotive, space, rail, maritime, energy, electronics and more.

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What people say

Don't just take our word for it...

"It’s great to see, finally, a UK based metals expo that can promote and is a platform for us all to see what British companies can offer in the UK"

“The show is absolutely fantastic. I’ve been here the past two years. It’s grown year-on-year. It’s really positive to see engagement from a wider global industry.”

"Day 2 of the UK Metals Expo proved to be even better than Day 1. Great to catch several excellent discussion panels as well as visiting a few of my selected stands (though the expo is so vast that there was no chance of seeing them all!)"

"Great expo! It was fantastic to connect with both new and long-standing customers, as well as our trusted suppliers. The seminars were insightful, and the networking opportunities invaluable."

Seminar Theatres

Four theatres. Two days of cutting-edge insight

All our sessions are free to attend and open for you to drop in as you please

Your free registration gives you access to a full two-day programme spread across four expert-led theatres – designed for engineers, buyers, operations leaders and decision-makers across the metals supply chain.

The free to attend programme attracts a wide range of metal industry professionals and offers a very efficient way to review best practices across sectors, identify new industrial and commercial opportunities, source new ideas and connect with more than 100 leading practitioners and experts.

The Big Issues →

Theatre 1

Industrial Strategy | Best practice | Manufacturing | Engineering

Innovation and Technology →

Theatre 3

Engineering | Manufacturing | Process | Productivity | Case Studies

Circular Economy →

Theatre 2

Strategies | Resources | Recycling | Net Zero | Founding

Supply Chain, Trade & Policy →

Theatre 4

who is speaking at UK Metals?

Meet some of the 2026 speakers

Rajesh Nair

CEO

Tata Steel UK

Gavin Shipley

Technology Centre Director

Sarginsons Industries Ltd

Carles Rovira

CEO

7 Steel UK

Claire O’Connor

Circular Supply Chain Manager

Jaguar Land Rover

Gary Nutter

CEO

Sheffield Forgemasters

Alexandra Williams

Government Affairs and Policy

Novelis UK

Russ Hall

Lead for Sustainable Manufacturing & Circular Economy

Warwick Manufacturing Group

Claire Kevan

Casting Specialist

Jaguar Landrover

Guy Hollinshead

Head of Digital & AI Services

Primetals Technologies

Prof Claire Davis

Head of the Advanced Steel Research Centre

Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick

Paul Sheerin

Chief Executive

Scottish Engineering

Andrew Davis

Purchasing and Materials Manager

Sanoh UK Manufacturing Ltd

UK Metals Expo benefits from full endorsement and collaboration from the UK Metals Council, its member trade associations and numerous other industry bodies. Under the leadership of Lord Rupert Redesdale as the conference chair, the event’s impact will be felt year-round through the in-depth discussion and presentation of major initiatives, challenges, and successes in the show floor theatres.

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