Alihankinta Finland 2025: Tampere Industrial Subcontracting Fair

Event Name: Alihankinta Finland
Category: Manufacturing and Repair
Event Date: 30 September – 02 October, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Location: Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre –  Ilmailunkatu 20, 33900 Tampere, Finland
Organizer: Tampere Trade Fairs Ltd. – Ilmailunkatu 20, FIN-33901 Tampere, Finland
Phone: +358 (0)207 701200
Email: info[at]tampereenmessut.fi
Timings: 09:00 AM – 17:00 PM
Tickets: Buy Tickets – Click Here! Admission ticket €20 (incl. VAT 10%)

Alihankinta Finland 2025: Profile

The place where industrial professionals meet

Subcontracting presents the metal, electronics, plastics and rubber industries, industrial ICT solutions, as well as design and consulting within these fields. In three days, Finland’s leading industrial event will offer visitors a unique overview of the industry’s prospects and the future.

Event theme of 2025 is Globally Local.

Subcontracting Fair, Alihankinta Finland 2025, the leading industry event in Finland and second largest subcontracting industry trade fair in Europe, will be organised at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre on 30 September – 02 October 2025, at Tampere, Finland. The theme for the 35-year event is Globally Local and the event partner for Subcontracting 2025 / Alihankinta Finland 2025 is Patria. Free of charge registration is now open for visitors. The exhibitor stands for Subcontracting have been sold out.

This year’s theme for the annual industry festival will be comprehensive and topical: Globally Local – intertwining the world of industries, from local production to international collaboration.

– A forward-looking industry is experienced and created at Subcontracting. A partner company with an exceptionally Globally Local position has been confirmed for the event. We are proud and excited to be partnering this year with the international top professionals of Patria. The smooth functioning of subcontracting chains is key to their operations as well, and with their cutting-edge technology expertise they embody the very meaning of Globally Local, rejoices Project Manager Sami Siurola of Tampere Trade Fairs Group.

Highlights:

What Is Subcontracting Fair / Alihankinta Finland 2025?

Alihankinta Finland 2025 = the three most important days of the year

The Subcontracting Trade Fair is the leading industrial event in Finland and the second largest industrial subcontracting fair in Europe. It is an event where various innovations are exhibited, including products, services, production methods and processes, materials and components.

Exhibitors Profile: Product Groups

Manufacturing processes: Alihankinta Finland

Powder metallurgy / Additive processes

• Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)
• Laser coating
• Metal powder pressing
• Metal powder spraying
• Sintering
• Casting

Moulding and machining of composite materials and absorbers

Fitting / Assembly

• Automatic /robot-assisted assembly
• Gluing
• Line assembly
• Riveting
• Assembly taking place in a cleanroom
• Compressing fitting
• Roll forming
• Bending
• Filling/packing

Metal welding / Soldering

• Soldering
• Soldering (vacuum engineering)
• Friction welding
• Cold welding
• Laser beam welding
• Licence welding
• MIG/MAG-welding
• Spot welding
• Plasma welding
• Pressure welding
• Robot welding
• TIG welding
• Resistance spot welding
• Ultrasonic welding

Metal hardening

• Ageing
• Low-pressure hardening
• Annealing
• Carburising
• Induction hardening
• Laser hardening
• Flame hardening
• Through hardening
• Normalisation
• Temper hardening
• Full annealing
• Nitriding

Metal machining

• Boring
• Gear manufacturing
• Milling
• Circular grinding
• Internal grinding
• Turning
• High speed machining
• Deep hole drilling
• Surface grinding
• Machining centre manufacturing

Metal cutting

• D-laser cutting
• Photo punching
• Laser cutting
• Plasma cutting
• Flame cutting
• Pipe laser cutting
• Water jet cutting

Metal cutting, pressing, punching

• Cutting
• Splitting
• Manufacturing expanded metal
• Mould forging
• Nibbling
• Pressing
• Punching
• Precise shearing

Surface treatment of metal

• Anodising
• Electrophoretic surface treatment
• Electrolytic polishing
• Enamelling
• Phosphating
• Galvanising / Electro-galvanising
• Silver plating
• Powder coating
• Hard chrome plating
• Chromate coating
• Chrome plating
• Gold plating
• Copper plating
• Heat galvanising
• Laser marking
• Locking, fixing
• Fluid painting / Wet painting
• Nickel plating
• Printing
• Plating (plastic, Teflon, coatings reducing friction)
• Dot peen marking
• Screen printing
• Sealing
• Zinc flake coating
• Etching
• Tampo printing
• Tinning
• Bar code marking

Plastic deformation of metal

• Hydraulic moulding
• Helix rolling
• Cold drawing
• Wire bending
• Wire drawing
• Metal spinning
• Pressing
• Pipe drawing
• Bending of pipes, tubes and profiles
• Edge bending
• Roll forming
• Extrusion
• Deep drawing
• Rolling

Metal forging

• Hot working
• Hot pressing
• Cold working
• Cold upset forging
• Mould forging
• Precision forging
• Upset forging
• Free forging

Metal casting: Alihankinta Finland

• Vacuum casting
• Sand casting
• Continuous casting
• Centrifugal casting
• Plaster mould casting
• Shell mould casting
• Hand forming
• Vacuum injection moulding of metal
• Injection moulding of metal
• Pressure moulding
• Precision moulding
• Wax moulding

Machining of plastics and rubber

• Assembly
• Welding
• Laser cutting
• Gluing
• Vulcanisation of joints
• Mechanical finishing treatment (milling, turning etc.)
• Working
• High frequency welding
• Water cutting

Moulding of plastics and rubber

• Compression moulding
• Gas-assisted injection moulding
• Thermoforming
• Modelling/ model building
• Combining other materials with plastic/rubber
• In-mould decoration (IMD)
• Mould pressing
• Pressure casting
• Profile drawing
• Blow moulding
• Rotational moulding
• Injection
• Injection moulding
• Extrusion
• Vacuum forming

Surface treatment of plastic and rubber

• Labelling, ink jet
• Embossing
• Laser marking
• Adhesive
• Painting
• Metal coating
• Printing
• Tampo printing

Other metal machining

• Electrochemical treatment
• Brushing/blowing
• Honing
• Engraving
• Polishing
• Electric discharge machining
• Laser machining
• Drum sanding
• Smoothing

Rapid prototyping / Freeform-methods

• FDM extrusion
• Ink jet/DP
• Stereolithography (SLA)
• Selective laser sintering (SLS)

Electric engineering and electronics

• D-MID manufacturing
• Wave soldering
• BGA assembly
• Assembly of Flip-Chip components
• Marking of cables
• Manufacture of cables
• Assembly
• Casing
• Fibre cables
• Coiling
• Varnishing
• Through placement
• Manufacture of electric circuit boards
• Surface mount placement
• X-ray inspection
• Screen-printing
• Electromechanical manufacturing
• Power electronics
• Testing

3D: Alihankinta Finland 2025

• Printing services
• Design services

Products, components and their manufacturing

• Electromechanics
• Electronics
• Trimmings, locks
• Springs
• Fasteners, bottom plates
• Machine components
• Signs, industrial stickers, labels, tapes, marking products
• Bearings
• Seals, gaskets
• Tubes, pipes, connectors
• Adhesives
• Heating and cooling
• Magnets
• Optics
• Packing, plugs
• Filters
• Tapes/films
• Tools and clamps

Materials, crude materials and intermediate products

Noble metals

Light metals, other metals

• Aluminium
• Lead
• Magnesium
• Nickel
• Nickel alloys
• Zinc
• Tin
• Titanium

Copper and red metals

• Gunmetal (red brass)
• Copper
• Brass
• Brass alloys
• Bronze alloys

Glass

• Fibre glass

Other composite materials

• Carbon fibre reinforced
• Friction materials
• Fibre glass reinforced
• Thermal insulation
• Other reinforced materials
• Grids/nets
• Sound-proofing

Polymer, plastic and rubber

• Rubber
  Hot curing resin
  PUR-plastic
  Cellular plastic
  Thermoelastic TPE/TPO-plastics
  Thermoplastic resin

Powder metals and ceramics

Wood and wood fibre

• Paper board
• Laminated materials
• MDF/HDF
• Wood, wood products
• Wood fibre
• Plywood

Coating

• Liquid paint
• Powder coating

Iron and steel moulding

• Malleable cast iron
• Grey cast iron
• Spheroidal graphite cast iron
• Stainless steel
• Steel moulding
• Compacted graphite cast iron
• White cast iron

Steel

• Sheet metal
• Profiles
• Structural steel
• Stainless steel
• Electrical steel/magnetic steel
• Bars/pipes
• Steel wires
• Steel wire
• Tool steel

Planning and product development services

CAD, CAM

• CAD
• CAE
• CAM
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Calculation services

• Strength calculations FEM
• Heat exchanger calculation
• Other technical calculations
• Pressure device calculation
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Methods, analysing, verification

• DFA/DFM (Design for assembly/Design for manufacturability)
• Digital prototypes
• Life-cycle analysis (LCA)
• Sustainable development assessment
• Training
• Measuring services

Planning, product development and simulation

• Consent planning
• Software developing
• Patents
• Solid-planning
• Planning
• Operational simulation
• Product documentation
• Product development

ICT

• Customer relationship management (CRM)
• System integration
• Hardware and software
• Mobile and wireless solutions
• Online business activities
• Data communications and data security solutions
• Enterprise resource planning
• Supply chain management (SCM)
• Product management
• Outsourcing and maintenance services

Services

Commercial development

• Consulting
• Training
• Quality and environment
• Development of business
• Commodification
• Enterprise Resource Planning

Maintenance

• Maintenance services
• Maintenance of tools and devices

Publishing and printing

Financial services

Wholesale businesses

Intermediators

• Online information services
• Intermediators – services
• Intermediators – manufacturing

Organisations

• Trade associations
• Clusters/networks
• Research institutes and organisations
• Export promotion organisations
• Common stand – organiser