BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand. Southeast Asia's largest metalworking and machine tools exhibition and conference is expected to attract more than 70,000 manufacturing industrialists. The exhibition will include more than 2,700 exhibitors from 50 countries, including 11 international pavilions, and over 4,000 new innovations and technologies.

Three annual industry conferences take place in conjunction with the trade fair: "METALEX Congress," "METALEX Nano Forum" and "Metallurgy Forum".