ESS at Paint Expo 2026 — See Simulation Reimagine the Paint Shop

14–17 April 2026 · Messe Karlsruhe · Hall 3, Booth 3317

Paint Expo needs no introduction. Every two years, Karlsruhe becomes the undisputed center of the global coating technology world — and the 10th edition, running from 14 to 17 April 2026, is shaping up to be the biggest one yet. Over 400 exhibitors from more than 25 countries, and upward of 10,000 trade visitors from across the industry: it’s the one event where the entire coating value chain — from pretreatment and e-coat through sealing, topcoat, and curing — meets under one roof.

Find us at Hall 3, Booth 3317.
The right event at the right moment

The theme running through Paint Expo 2026 is one ESS knows intimately: digitalization, automation, sustainability, and optimization — not as buzzwords, but as engineering imperatives. AI and digital technologies are no longer peripheral to industrial coating; they are becoming central to how paint shops are designed, validated, and operated. This is the conversation ESS was built to be part of.

For more than a decade, ESS has been developing simulation software that gives automotive paint shop teams the ability to predict problems before they occur — in the e-coat tank, in the oven, on the sealing robot, in the body geometry itself. What was once only possible through costly physical prototyping and trial-and-error can now be solved virtually, accurately, and fast. Paint Expo 2026 is the perfect stage to show what that looks like in practice.

What to expect at Booth 3317

Our team will be running live demonstrations of the alsim Paint Shop Suite throughout all four days of the show — real use cases, real results, no generic slides.

Whether you’re an OEM engineer grappling with e-coat penetration in complex interior cavities, a process engineer trying to eliminate air entrapment during dipping, a paint shop planner validating oven curing conditions before commissioning, or a body designer who needs to know early whether a new geometry will cause manufacturing headaches downstream — there’s something at our booth worth your time.

Highlights include the alsim Corrosion Protection suite for the full pretreatment and e-coat workflow; the alsim Painting Suite covering sealing and topcoat application with full robotic integration; the alsim BlackBox automated BIW risk assessment tool for early-stage body design; and Anode Master, ESS’s flagship e-coat optimization solution that has delivered documented material savings of €2.55 per vehicle — without a single modification to the production line.

All of it powered by alsim Automate: select your BIW data, select your paint shop, press go and receive a management-ready report.

Come and talk to us

Paint Expo is where deals are made, partnerships are formed, and the industry’s most pressing challenges finally get the serious conversation they deserve. Our team will be ready for all of it — from a quick introduction to a deep technical discussion about your most specific paint shop challenge.

If you’re attending Paint Expo 2026, we warmly invite you to stop by Hall 3, Booth 3317. No appointment needed — though if you’d like to schedule time with our experts in advance, we’d be happy to arrange it.

We’ll see you in Karlsruhe.