Control 2025: Thematically Focused, International, Future-Oriented

Quality assurance professionals are eagerly awaiting the 37th Control international trade fair for quality assurance (QA), which will take place in Stuttgart from the 6th through the 9th of May, 2025. Traditionally, this important industry event focuses on quality, relevance and high levels of expertise. Roughly 35% of the exhibitors will come from outside of Germany. The “Control Quality Talks” will be held for the first time this year – a panel discussion at which renowned experts will exchange ideas on the subject of AI.

Preparation for Control 2025 is in full swing. Suppliers and users of solutions for the quality of products, processes and services will meet from the 6th through the 9th of May, 2025. Trade fair promoters P. E. Schall are organising the international trade fair for quality assurance, which showcases various types of measuring technology and presents them with cross-industry relevance in halls 3, 5, 7 and 9 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre. The spectrum of topics encompasses the fields of vision, image processing and sensor technology, as well as measuring and test technology including the latest software and analysis technology.

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems represent a key technology trend in quality assurance. This year’s exhibitors, expert visitors and guests will experience the premiere of a new event forum as part of the trade fair programme – the 2025 Control Quality Talks. A panel discussion with renowned experts will be held addressing the topic of AI in quality assurance under the heading “AI in QA – Will the Future be Free of Defects? AI as Turbocharger for Profitability and Efficiency”. Discussions will be held with the aim of identifying which AI systems already exist today, which are already being used in industry, and which specific results they’re achieving in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency. The extent to which future AI systems will simplify QA and pave the way for error-free products and processes within the context of full automation will also be explored. Panel discussion participants include Dr.-Ing. Ira Effenberger, Group Leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Dr.-Ing. Ralf Christoph, Managing Director and Proprietor of Werth Messtechnik, Florian Schwarz, CEO at CAQ AG Factory Systems and Dr. Christian Wojek, Head of AI at Zeiss IQS. The discussion will be moderated by Dr.-Ing. Peter Ebert, Editor-in-Chief of trade journal “inVISION”. All industry players are cordially invited to attend the discussion in hall 7-7115 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on the first day of the trade fair. Exhibitors, expert visitors and guests will gain extensive background information and further inspiration from this dialogue.

QA measures are essential for all companies and will have a significant impact on their future. In particular during economically difficult times, modern QA solutions are of great importance. This is why Control is a trade fair highlight every year for many companies. In all industry sectors, it’s now more important than ever to take advantage of digitalisation, networking and the intelligent evaluation of information – and implement them in daily quality procedures. In addition to opportunities for increasing manufacturing efficiency, intelligent QA also makes a significant contribution to the production of safe products. In this regard the focus is on reducing the potential costs of errors and rework and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction, as well as detecting hidden errors in the value chain, avoiding legal consequences and often directly preventing danger to life and limb. Whether sustainability, climate protection, the energy transition, e-mobility or automation is involved, it will scarcely be possible to manage any of the current megatrends without digitalising QA for processes and manufacturing operations. Modern QA measures thus contribute directly to mastering numerous challenges of global importance.

In the meantime, quality assurance measures have become an integral part of the industrial production workflow. The trend is moving towards full automation of inspection processes as well, which are becoming faster and more efficient, are being run inline and are integrated into a broad range of diverse production sequences. AI systems are providing support to an ever-greater extent, in particular with regard to the acceleration of measuring processes, the evaluation of measurement data and increased degrees of automation. They’ve already deeply penetrated the QA industry and will be addressed extensively at the trade fair. Traditionally, Control offers expert visitors the opportunity of gathering up-to-date information and establishing new contacts by attending the world-class supplementary programme. The programme includes an expert forum with thematically specific, highly practical presentations, as well as a special show on “Contactless Measuring Technology” which is being held for the 19th time this year by Fraunhofer’s Vision business unit. The special show presents technologies, applications and system components from the field of contactless measuring and test technology at a central location and has established itself as an innovations marketplace for exhibitors as well as trade fair visitors.

“We’re looking forward to Control 2025, which will once again be a top-notch industry gathering,” says Bettina Schall, managing director of trade fair promoters P. E. Schall. “Large amounts of new technical information are exchanged and important new business contacts are established at this traditional event for the expert community. That’s why face-to-face meetings at the trade fair are so important.” Exhibitors meet up with well-informed expert visitors at Control, who possess in-depth specialised knowledge about measuring technology. Tangible demonstrations and explanations directly at the product in question, high levels of expertise amongst the visitors, the link between research and industry and, not least of all, personal contact make the trade fair indispensable for many industry players.

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Schall has developed successful business platforms with internationally recognised trade fairs for quality assurance (Control), optical technologies, components and systems (Optatec), stamping technology (Stanztec), automation in production and assembly (Motek), bonding technology (Bondexpo), plastics processing (Fakuma), sheet metal working (Blechexpo) and joining technology (Schweisstec). This has given rise to entirely new markets in various sectors, whose protagonists are distinguished by tremendous innovative strength, comprehensive systems competence and practical application solutions.