Chemspec Europe - International Exhibition for Fine and Speciality Chemicals

Key facts

Attendance 2025

4 037

Exhibitors

424

Floor space

7 627 m²

Admission

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Frequency

Annual

Editions

1 (2026)

Attendance and exhibitor figures for 2025 are the organizer's own and are not independently audited. They may include co-located or joint exhibitions.

Chemspec Europe - International Exhibition for Fine and Speciality Chemicals is an annual trade fair in Koeln (Cologne) covering agrochemical APIs, bio-based chemicals and chemical intermediates. The most recent edition on record ran 6–7 May 2026 at Koelnmesse; no future date has been announced. The 2025 edition reported 4,037 visitors and 424 exhibitors, a figure published by the organiser and not independently audited. Organised by RX.

What is exhibited

• Agrochemical APIs
• Bio-based Chemicals
• Biocatalysts
• Catalysts
• Chemical Intermediates
• Consulting
• Contract Research Services
• Contract & Toll Manufacturing
• Custom Synthesis
• Distribution
• Electronic Chemicals
• Explosive Chemicals
• Flow Chemistry Solutions
• General Chemicals
• Green Chemicals
• HPAPIs
• Industrial Chemicals
• Logistics
• Oilfield & Mining Chemicals
• Outsourcing
• Peptides & Proteins
• Pharmaceutical APIs
• Plant Equipment
• Processing Equipment
• Production Equipment
• REACH Regulatory Services
• Rheology Modifiers
• Supply Chain
• Testing Equipment
• Water Treatment Chemicals
• Waxes

J-messe subject tags

JETRO's own classification, kept verbatim. Fairs carry several; the sector in the sidebar is the single one this site browses by.

• Chemicals & Plastics
• Advanced Materials
• Industrial Machinery

Editions on record

Every dated instance of this fair the database holds. A series keeps one identity across renames and moves; each row below is one edition of it.

Where this came from

Field-level provenance for the most recent edition: what each fact came from, how far it is trusted, and when it was last checked.