Maquishoes
Where innovation fits the industry
Maquishoes – Footwear Industry Machinery, Technology, and Accessories Fair is Portugal’s leading trade fair dedicated to machinery, technology, components, and services for the footwear industry. In 2027, Exponor will once again bring together manufacturers, technicians, and brands from across the sector for three days of networking, innovation, and business.
It is the meeting point for those who design, produce, and transform footwear—focusing on solutions that shape the present and future of the industry.
The only trade fair in the sector in Portugal
At a time when the footwear industry faces new technological, environmental, and production challenges, Maquishoes offers concrete solutions:
- High-performance equipment for cutting, sewing, and finishing
- Automation, digitization, and sustainability technologies
- Raw materials, components, and technical accessories
- Production, modeling, and design software
- Chemical and treatment solutions
What will you find at Maquishoes?
Specialized technical exhibition
National and international brands and suppliers offering machinery, components, technology, and services for the sector.
Demonstration areas
Equipment in operation and technical presentations focused on productivity, innovation, and differentiation.
Professional networking
Direct contact with manufacturers, industrialists, designers, engineers, and specialized technicians.
Business opportunities
Three days of direct contact between those who develop solutions and those who make decisions in the industry.
Sections on Display
- Machinery and equipment
- Production technologies
- Components for footwear
- Chemical products
- Finishes
- Raw materialsMatérias-primas
- Soles
- Software
- Tanneries
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Visitor Profile
- Businessmen
- Managers and directors with expertise in the company's production process.
- Technical staff
- Production, purchasing, procurement, sales and quality directors
- Engineers
- Researchers
- Designers and consultants.
How to Get There
The Exponor exhibition park is strategically located just 15 minutes from the city of Porto, an important urban business and industrial center and gateway to a strong economic region, and 10 minutes from Francisco Sá Carneiro International Airport.
STCP buses stopping at Exponor:
Nearest metro station with bus connections:
- Casa da Música Station
- Senhor de Matosinhos Station
Arriving at Exponor
- A1 + A28, exit “Exponor”
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Maquishoes is the right destination for those who want to be at the forefront of the footwear industry. In 2027 at Exponor.
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