Expert Visitors Experience a Highly Practical, Future-Oriented Control in 2025

Just four weeks to go till the industry highlight for all QA professionals, who will meet in Stuttgart for the 37th Control international trade fair for quality assurance from the 6th through the 9th of May, 2025. The trade fair promoters will fill up four entire halls and are inviting visitors to a world-class supplementary programme. The “Control Quality Talks” will be one of the highlights – a panel discussion at which renowned experts will exchange ideas on the subject of AI.

Quality assurance procedures are an integral part of the industrial production workflow, as well as in various processes in a variety of non-industrial settings. QA pervades a broad range of processes and its technologies span the fields of machine vision, image processing and sensor technology, as well as measuring and test technology, including the latest software and evaluation methods. As an international trade fair for quality assurance, Control enjoys a long tradition of focused thematic relevance, high levels of expertise and significant internationality. “Once again this year, we’re pleased to note that roughly one third of the exhibitors will come from outside of Germany,” announces Fabian Krüger, Control project manager at trade fair promoters P. E. Schall. “The participating companies are currently finalising their exhibition portfolios and will present expert visitors with interesting innovations in the field of quality assurance,” says Krüger. “Various types of measuring technology will be showcased in halls 3, 5, 7 and 9 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre and presented with cross-industry relevance. Artificial intelligence (AI) will be one of the key topics, and its use will be demonstrated extensively at the trade fair,” promises Krüger.

Due to the fact that AI systems have evolved into a key technology trend in quality assurance, exhibitors, expert visitors and guests will be provided with a new presentation format as part of this year’s trade fair programme: the 2025 Control Quality Talks. The current status of AI in practical applications will be discussed under the heading “AI in QA – Will the Future be Free of Defects? AI as Turbocharger for Profitability and Efficiency”. Panel discussion participants include Dr.-Ing. Ira Effenberger, Head of Research for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision 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. They’ll discover 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.

In addition to opportunities for increasing manufacturing efficiency, intelligent QA also contributes to the production of safe products. The reduction of potential costs resulting from errors, the avoidance of material waste and additional work, as well as high levels of customer satisfaction are directly linked to quality assurance. The more modern and consistent QA processes can be made, the fewer disruptions occur in the value chain. The trend is moving towards full automation of inspection processes during production, which are becoming faster and more efficient, are being run inline and are integrated into a broad range of diverse production sequences. Expert visitors will be brought up to date on these topics at the presentation forum. Expert visitors will also be able to benefit from the special show on “Contactless Measuring Technology” being held by Fraunhofer’s Vision business unit for the 19th time this year. It will feature state-of-the-art technologies, applications and system components from the field of contactless measuring and test technology. “Traditionally, Control offers expert visitors the opportunity of gathering up-to-date information and establishing new contacts by attending the world-class supplementary programme,” notes the project manager. “In addition to the exhibition, the supplementary programme is indispensable for gathering additional expert knowledge concerning modern measuring technology and quality assurance. We’re looking forward to welcoming large numbers of visitors again this year!”

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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 completely new markets in various sectors, whose protagonists are characterised by a high level of innovative strength, comprehensive system competence and practical application solutions.