Precisiebeurs, marketed in English as the Precision Fair, returns to the Brabanthallen in 's-Hertogenbosch on 18 and 19 November 2026 for its 25th edition, which organiser Mikrocentrum is running as a jubilee. The dates are confirmed on both the organiser's own visitor information page and the Brabanthallen venue calendar, which classifies the event as a trade fair rather than a public show.
The fair is the Benelux trade event for high precision and ultra precision technology. Mikrocentrum expects more than 400 exhibiting companies and more than 6,500 high technology specialists, with free admission restricted to professionals working in high technology and manufacturing. Opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00 on both days.
Exhibits and the lecture programme are organised around six themes: Mechatronic Engineering and Systems, Metrology, Micro Processing and Motion, Production for High Precision, Laser and Photonics, and Vacuum and Clean. The attendee profile is engineering rather than commercial, drawing design engineers, mechatronics and systems architects, metrology specialists, production and process engineers and research and development managers, principally from the Brainport Eindhoven high technology supply chain and its international equivalents. Mikrocentrum reports a record number of inbound international delegations at recent editions.
Three items stand out in the 2026 programme. There is a world premiere presentation of UltraAir, the optical communications technology developed by TNO and Airbus. A Deep Tech and Big Science strand covers work at the European Space Agency, CERN and the Einstein Telescope. And a Next Generation Area gives floor space to student engineering teams and startups including HyDriven, InMotion, Forze Hydrogen and Project MARCH.
The knowledge programme is built from technical sessions led by industry practitioners rather than academic paper sessions, which is what keeps the event a trade and industry fair rather than a conference. For suppliers, the two days function as the annual qualification round with the precision engineering buyers of the southern Netherlands and the Belgian border region.
The 25th edition lands at a point where precision engineering demand is being pulled by two distinct customers. Semiconductor equipment remains the anchor for the Brainport cluster, while the space, fusion and large scientific instrument programmes represented in the Deep Tech strand buy in smaller volumes at higher tolerances. The presence of both on the same floor is the commercial argument for attending: a supplier can qualify for two very different order books in one visit.
The Next Generation Area also serves a recruitment purpose that senior engineering leaders in the region will recognise. With the precision sector competing for a limited pool of mechatronics graduates, giving student teams floor space alongside established exhibitors is as much a hiring channel as a showcase.
