The Exposition Mondiale de la Machine Outil (English: Machine Tool World Exposition), or “EMO” is a bi-annual European trade show for the metal working industry. It occurs every odd-numbered year, with a cycle that finds it at the Hanover fairground

Hanover fairground

The Hanover fairground is an exhibition area in the Mittelfeld district of Hanover, Germany. Featuring 496,000 m² of covered indoor space, 58,000 m² of open-air space, 27 halls and pavilions and a convention centre with 35 function rooms, it is the largest exhibition ground in the world.-...

 in Hannover, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 for 2 shows, then the FieraMilano exhibition center in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

, Italy

Italy

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 for 1 show.

The show covers the spectrum of metalworking technologies, such as cutting, splitting, milling, and forming machine tools, manufacturing systems, precision tools, automated material flow, computer technology, industrial electronics, and accessories.

EMO is an initiative of, and under the auspices of, the Comité de coopération des industries de la machine-outil, or CECIMO (European Machine Tool Industry Association). The Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken (English: German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), or VDW, is responsible for the organization of the trade show when in Hanover, while UCIMU, the Association of Italian Manufacturers of Machine Tools, Robots, Automation Systems and ancillary products (NC, tools, components, accessories) manages the Milan show.

An agreement between the Association for Manufacturing Technology

Association for Manufacturing Technology

The Association for Manufacturing Technology is a trade association based in McLean, Virginia in the United States founded as the National Machine Tool Builders Association in 1902...

 (AMT), which organizes the US-based International Manufacturing Technology Show

International Manufacturing Technology Show

The International Manufacturing Technology Show , first held in Cleveland, Ohio in 1927., is a trade show that features industrial machinery and technology. It is the largest manufacturing technology trade show in North America....

 (IMTS) and CECIMO coordinates the IMTS and the EMO such that every even-numbered year the IMTS is held in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, and every odd-numbered year the EMO is held in Europe.