The China International Heat Treatment Expo

The China International Heat Treatment Exhibition (CHTE) is an international and professional event jointly organized by leading industry associations and exhibition bodies in the heat treatment sector. Through years of innovation and development, it has become one of the most influential and well-recognized brand exhibitions in the industry, both domestically and internationally, garnering widespread attention and recognition from the global community. The exhibition integrates brand promotion, business negotiations, innovation aggregation, high-level seminars, and technical exchanges. It serves as an open and diversified platform that connects upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors, integrates large, medium, and small enterprises, fosters industry-academia-research-application collaboration, and facilitates interaction between Chinese and international companies. CHTE continuously promotes the integration of China's heat treatment industry into the global industrial and supply chain system, driving high-quality and sustainable development.CHTE 2024 achieved new heights in both exhibition scale and international participation, attracting over 200 enterprises from more than 20 countries and regions worldwide, including China, the United States, Russia, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, India, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and Canada. The number of visitors and procurement professionals exceeded 20,000.

Currently, driven by technological innovation and policy support, China's equipment manufacturing industry is accelerating its move toward the mid-to-high end of the global industrial chain. As a critical foundational process in equipment manufacturing, the development level of heat treatment technology and equipment determines the core competitiveness and upgrade potential of China's equipment manufacturing sector. To further advance the heat treatment industry toward high-end, intelligent, and green transformation, promote cooperation and exchange as well as collaborative innovation across the industrial chain's upstream and downstream sectors, strengthen the R&D and application of new technologies and equipment, and enhance the autonomy, control ability, and international competitiveness of China's equipment manufacturing industrial and supply chains, the 15th China (Shanghai) International Heat Treatment Exhibition will be held from May 7 to 9, 2026, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). This edition of the exhibition will bring together high-quality resources from industry, academia, research, and application in the global heat treatment sector, comprehensively showcasing the latest technologies, equipment, and innovative application practices. We sincerely invite industry peers from around the world to gather in Shanghai, share in this grand industry event, and jointly explore new pathways for development!