About Metstrade 2026
Metstrade is an international trade exhibition for the leisure marine equipment industry, bringing together marine professionals, exhibitors, and businesses across the wider leisure marine market. The 2026 edition runs from 17th to 19th November at RAI Amsterdam and is expected to feature nearly 1,700 exhibitors, with professionals from 140 countries and 13 exhibition halls. The show covers a broad range of marine equipment, materials, and technologies, with specialist areas including Marina & Yard, Superyacht, Construction Materials, Foiling Technology, Startups, and Country Pavilions.
Why Exhibit at Metstrade 2026?
Metstrade gives leisure marine businesses a place to present products, connect with international professionals, and develop industry relationships. The official event information highlights professionals from 140 countries and nearly 1,700 exhibitors expected for 2026.
Present Your Products Clearly
With specialist areas covering Marina & Yard, Superyacht, Construction Materials, Foiling Technology, Startups, and Country Pavilions, exhibitors can position products alongside relevant technologies and industry categories.
Meet Relevant Marine Professionals
Metstrade brings together marine professionals from more than 140 countries, giving exhibitors an opportunity to present their products and speak directly with people across the global leisure marine industry.
Support Product Demonstrations
Marine products often require more than a graphic on a wall. A considered stand environment can give your team space to demonstrate products, explain technical details, and answer questions clearly.
Create Space for Focused Conversations
Metstrade brings together product specialists, distributors, designers, boatbuilders, and other industry professionals. Your stand can provide dedicated areas for scheduled meetings and more detailed discussions.
Strengthen Your Presence in an International Market
With nearly 1,700 exhibitors expected across 13 exhibition halls, Metstrade provides an established setting for brands looking to build visibility and relationships within the global leisure marine equipment sector.
Build Meaningful Industry Relationships
The show creates opportunities to meet potential customers, suppliers, distributors, partners, and other professionals relevant to your business.
Who Visits Metstrade 2026?
Metstrade brings together professionals across the leisure marine equipment industry. The exhibitor and event information covers companies and professionals involved in areas including marine equipment, boatbuilding, superyachts, marina and yard operations, marine technology, and construction materials. Your stand, therefore, needs to be planned around different visitor needs, from
- Product discovery
- Technical demonstrations
- Product specifications
- Industry discussions
- Scheduled meetings
- Business development conversations
Why Your Exhibition Stand Matters at Metstrade 2026
At Metstrade, your stand is where visitors encounter your products, brand, and team. The design should support the way your team works while making it easy for visitors to understand what you offer.
Present Complex Products Clearly
A considered layout can organize products, graphics, demonstrations, and supporting information so visitors can understand your offering without making the stand difficult to navigate.
Create a Clear Visitor Journey
Product placement, graphics, access points, and meeting areas should work together so visitors can understand where to go and what to explore.
Give Your Brand a Physical Presence
Your stand translates your brand into the exhibition environment through its layout, materials, graphics, lighting, and technology.
Make the Space Work Around Your Objectives
Whether your priority is product presentation, demonstrations, meetings, or hospitality, the stand should be planned around what your team needs to achieve.
Design for Your Team as Well as Visitors
Storage, staff movement, product handling, meeting areas, and visitor circulation all need to be considered when developing the layout.
Specialist Zones at Metstrade 2026
Metstrade's specialist zones help organize the show around specific areas of the leisure marine industry. The 2026 zones include Marina & Yard, Superyacht, Construction Materials, Foiling Technology, Startups, and Country Pavilions. The Superyacht Zone has been expanded across three halls for 2026, while the Construction Materials Zone moves to Hall 11 and the Foiling Technology Zone is located in Hall 7. Metstrade 2026 will also feature 20 countries represented across 30 country pavilions. Tell us which zone or pavilion your brand is part of, and we can factor your products, visitor flow, and display requirements into the stand design.
How to Plan Product Demonstrations at Metstrade 2026
If your Metstrade stand includes product demonstrations, the layout should give visitors enough space to engage with the product without disrupting other conversations.
- Make key demonstrations easy to find: Give important products enough visibility and visitor space.
- Allow room for technical explanations: Demonstrations often lead to questions about specifications, applications, and technology.
- Separate demonstrations from private meetings: Keep focused meeting areas away from busy demonstration points where possible.
- Plan around the equipment: Consider product dimensions, screens, power, storage, and visitor access before finalizing the layout.
- Connect the demonstration to the visitor journey: Product displays, graphics, and meeting areas should work together.
Exhibition Stand Services for Metstrade 2026
10x10 Booths provides custom and modular exhibition stand solutions shaped around your brand, exhibition space, audience, and objectives.
01. Custom Exhibition Stands
Custom exhibition stands designed around your brand and the way your team needs to use the space. From product displays and demonstration areas to meeting spaces and reception zones, the layout is developed to support how visitors move through and interact with your stand.
02. Modular Exhibition Stands
Flexible modular systems for exhibitors looking for a practical and adaptable exhibition presence. Modular components can be configured for different spaces and reused across your show calendar, helping maintain consistency while adapting the stand to each event.
03. Double-Decker Exhibition Stands
For larger exhibition spaces where additional meeting or hospitality areas are required, double-decker stands can create greater use of the available footprint. The upper level can provide dedicated space for private meetings, while the ground floor remains focused on visitor engagement and product presentation.
04. Product Display and Demonstration Areas
Marine equipment often needs to be seen, explained, and discussed. We can incorporate dedicated product display and demonstration areas into the stand, giving your team a practical environment to explain specifications, showcase technology, and engage visitors around your products.
05. Meeting and Hospitality Spaces
Dedicated meeting areas give your team somewhere to move from an initial introduction into a more focused conversation. Layout, furniture, privacy, and visitor flow can be considered around the types of meetings you expect to have at Metstrade.
06. Exhibition Graphics, AV, and Technology
Large-format exhibition graphics, LED displays, touchscreens, TVs, laptops, and iPads can be integrated into the stand where they support your objectives. AV and technology are configured and tested as part of the booth build.
07. Furniture and Exhibition Accessories
Exhibition-grade furniture can be configured around reception areas, product displays, meeting zones, and visitor engagement areas. The aim is to make the space functional for your team as well as visitors.
08. Onsite Installation Across Multiple Markets
Our team manages installation and dismantling at the venue, so your stand is ready before doors open and cleared down without extra coordination on your side. For brands exhibiting across multiple markets, the same team can support your stand from design through install day at each show location.
