The international trade fair for manufacturing and automation technology, materials and outsourcing in the European medical devices manufacturing industry Medtec Europe 2012 will be held from 13 – 15 March 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany. With its various speciality areas, the trade fair covers all segments of the medical technology industry, including: medical metals; automation, assembly and robotics; medical packaging; and medical plastics. The organiser UBM Canon expects about 900 exhibitors and more than 13,000 visitors. Medtec Europe will take place in parallel with the Southern German suppliers show Südtec, the contamination control and cleanroom products trade fair 3C Europe, the exhibition for rapid product development and manufacturing RapidWorld, as well as the medical electronics design conference and exhibition DesignMed Europe.