Asia Metal Building Expo – 2026

Preface

The global construction industry is currently undergoing a profound transformation centered on sustainable development and the digital technology revolution. Asia, particularly China, stands as the region with the most active construction activity, the largest market scale, and the highest concentration of innovative applications. Developing green buildings and promoting prefabricated construction have become key national strategic priorities. Against this backdrop, the metal building system—centered on steel structures, metal cladding systems, and smart construction—is rapidly expanding beyond traditional industrial buildings into residential, public, and large-scale infrastructure sectors. Leveraging its inherent advantages of being lightweight, fast to construct, high-quality, and cost-effective throughout its lifecycle, this system is emerging as a key driver of the global construction industry's green transition. The 5th Asia Metal Building Expo will undergo a comprehensive upgrade, deeply focusing on cutting-edge directions such as building industrialization, smart manufacturing, low-carbon envelope systems, and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). It will comprehensively showcase innovation achievements across the entire industrial chain—from design concepts and structural systems to innovative materials and smart manufacturing equipment. This expo will gather leaders from domestic and international industry associations/academic societies, university research institutes, industry experts, property owners, investors, design institutes, general contractors, construction firms, material suppliers, equipment manufacturers, distributors, international traders, and industry media. Together, we will accelerate the global metal construction industry toward high-quality, sustainable development.

Using steel as our pen and intelligence as our ink, we will jointly sketch the magnificent blueprint for the next generation of the metal construction industry.

Asia Metal Building Design and Industry Expo

Venue： Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)
Address： 2345 Longyang Rd, Pudong New Dist., Shanghai, China
Show Date：12-14 August, 2026

Organization

Guiding organization: China Construction Industry Association

Host: China Construction Industry Association Steel and Wood Construction Branch

Shanghai Metal Construction Association

Co-hosted by:

• Yangtze River Delta Engineering Quality Alliance
• Shanghai Construction Engineering Quality Management Association
• Shanghai Installation Industry Association
• Informa Markets

Co-organizers:

• Shanghai Municipal Highway Industry Association
• Shanghai Welding Industry Association

Domestic Support: Relevant industry associations/academic societies/chambers of commerce from 14 provinces and 3 municipalities nationwide

Overseas Support:

• Hong Kong Airport Authority
• Saudi Arabian Roads General Administration (RGA)
• Kuwait Municipal Council

Organized by:

• Informa Markets | Shanghai Yingye Exhibition Co., Ltd.
• Shanghai Zhanye Exhibition Co., Ltd.

Conference preview

• Opening Ceremony/Main Forum (Including) 5th Asian Metal Construction Industry Awards Ceremony
• 2026 Steel-Wood Structure Industry High-Quality Development Conference & International Project Forum
• 3rd Welding Industry Integration and Innovation Development Conference
• Oriental Hub Steel Structure Engineering Quality Lecture Series
• DAF Oriental Hub Planning and Design Forum
• Annual Major Future Construction “Four New Technologies” Achievements Release
• Smart Construction in the New Era: Policy and Technology Integration Exchange
• The “Skin” Driving Hubs: How BIPV Reshapes the Energy Future of Super Transportation Hubs
• Building Envelope Fire Protection and Energy Efficiency Technology Seminar
• Smart Building Robotics Operations and Intelligent Data Collection Demonstration
• Building Ecosystems Together: Low-Carbon Steel Supply Chain and Green Construction Synergy Forum
• Middle East/Southeast Asia Market Matchmaking Session

(Conference information is subject to on-site announcement)

Concurrent Exhibitions

2026 Super Transportation Hub Expo

Yangtze River Delta Smart Construction and Green Low-Carbon Exhibition

WOCA Asia Concrete World Expo

Audience Scope

• Leaders and guests from associations, chambers of commerce, societies, industry alliances, universities and government agencies in the construction/industrial field in the Asia-Pacific region;
• Design institutes/research institutes, consultants and major research institutes; new technology development and application units, general contracting and construction units of railway/highway/bridge/municipal and other engineering projects;
• Green park management committees, plant owners units; port and ocean construction and water conservancy and hydropower and other system contractors and construction units;
• Development, scientific research, design, construction, building materials parts production, equipment manufacturing, electronic production, consulting services and other related units in charge and management and technical personnel;
• Real estate developers, integrated housing manufacturers, urban planning and urban landscape design and construction units;
• Airports, high-speed railway stations, exhibition halls, conference centers, stadiums, science and technology halls, museums, schools and other public building construction and maintenance units;
• Traders, distribution agents and medium and large-scale purchasing units in the field of construction/building materials in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Testing and certification, standard setting, consulting service organizations; industrial electrical system service providers; green environmental protection organizations, etc.

Steel and Timber Structure Exhibition Area

1. Design institutes, consultants and third-party service organizations such as finance;

2. Engineering display: design technology and solutions for infrastructure, industry, science, education, culture and health, tourism, residential, commercial, office, communication, transportation and other buildings, and project case display of general contractors;

3.Green industrial park;

4. Steel structure foundry;

5. Structures and steel: architectural metal structures, light steel structures, heavy steel structures, marine steel structures, prestressed structures, steel concrete combined structures, space grid structures and other space structures; heavy steel, light steel, H-beams, seamless steel pipes, I-beams, cold-formed steel, stranded steel, special steel, etc;

6. Fireproof/anti-corrosion solutions: fire doors, fireproof glass, fireproof/anti-corrosion coatings, adhesives and other related materials and equipment;

7. Software: all kinds of steel structure design, analysis and BIM software; project management, bidding and engineering budget software; machining centers and structural sample drawings, CAD workstations;

Enclosure System Exhibition Area

1. Metal panels: color steel plate, color coated plate, stainless steel plate, titanium zinc plate, aluminum alloy flat plate, aluminum plate, aluminum-magnesium-manganese alloy plate, aluminum-zinc-plated plate, honeycomb aluminum plate and other roofing panels and accessories;

2. Roofing waterproof materials: asphalt-based waterproofing roll-roofing materials, polymer waterproofing roll-roofing materials, architectural waterproofing coatings, architectural sealing materials, anticorrosive coatings, all kinds of roofing materials, waterproof vapor permeable membrane/vapor barrier membrane, etc;

3. Lighting roof: light glass, light board (tile), photovoltaic light roof, light skylight, internal sunshade, mechanical equipment, etc;

4. Drainage system: HDPE drainage pipe, stainless steel pipe, rainwater hopper, siphon drainage system, energy dissipation suspension system, etc;

5. Ventilation equipment: ventilated air building, ventilated skylight, roof fan, air-exchange equipment, etc;

6. accessories: pre-embedded parts, rear anchors, fasteners, links, crimping parts, windproof clamps, hubs, sensors, monitoring systems, instruments and meters.

Intelligent equipment exhibition area

1. Processing equipment: all kinds of cutting machines, metal cutting machine tools, all kinds of welding robots, welding machines, welding equipment, welding auxiliary equipment, metal plate surface treatment equipment, metal wall panel processing equipment, all kinds of gantry cranes and so on;

2. Construction equipment: scaffolding, protective nets, baskets, winches, glue machines, power tools, tower cranes, winches, cranes, hoists, electric hoists, forklifts, jacks, priming chains, skid steers, total stations, latitude and longitude instruments, etc;

3. Connection products: riveting, stamping and other equipment, connecting elements, fasteners and precision parts, etc., aluminum profiles, drag chains, joints and other jointing agents, tapes and adhesive films, sealing materials and equipment, dispensing equipment, automatic screw machines;

4. Packaging equipment: various back-end packaging equipment for molded products;

5. Transfer equipment: material transfer systems and equipment, component transfer systems and equipment, handling equipment, vacuum handling equipment, lifting equipment, sorting equipment, automated guided vehicles, AGV trolleys, drive technology, conveyor belts/transmission rods, clamping tools, automated packaging equipment; roller conveyors, screw conveyors, linear conveyors, centrifugal conveyors, chain conveyors;

6. Welding materials: solid cored wires, flux cored wires, fluxes, cladding materials, soft and hard brazing materials, cushioning materials, other welding materials, raw and auxiliary materials and equipment, etc;

7. testing/measuring equipment: factory quality testing, high strength bolt testing, building materials testing, energy saving testing, digital flaw detectors, detectors, flaw detectors, couplers, thermometers, sensors, flow meters, strain gauges.

Contact Us

Shanghai Zhanye Exhibition Co., Ltd

Address: Room 1505, Mingshen Business Plaza, No.400 Caobao R

Tel: +86 21-5462 0033

Fax: +86 21-3327 5109

E-mail: info@zhanye-expo.com