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materials & finishes show 2026

17 - 19 May 2026
NEC, Birmingham

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Introduction

Materials & Finishes Show, formerly W Exhibition & Elements, is the UK's trade show for the furniture manufacturing and joinery industries.

The event builds on the success of the W Exhibition which, since its conception in 1974, has passed from being a woodworking machinery exhibition to covering the full range of technology and materials for industrial woodworking.  Materials & Finishes Show provides a platform for manufacturers, processors and installers of timber and associated materials. 

Visitors can expect to see all areas of the material journey, from the initial stages of raw processing through to finishing and component supply for completed products, at Materials & Finishes Show. The exhibition will run at the NEC from 17 - 19 May, 2026 and is the reimagined concept for W Exhibition, developed by Montgomery Group.

The History of Materials & Finishes Show

 

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  1. May 2024
    May 2024
    Materials & Finishes Show 2024 takes place at the NEC, Birmingham. Attracting 6000+ joiners, carpenters and wood professionals, the event will return in 2026.
  2. April 2023
    April 2023


    W Exhibition is relaunched as Materials and Finishes Show. The exhibition will run at the NEC from 19 - 22 May, 2024 and is the reimagined concept for W Exhibition.

  3. January 2023
    January 2023


    New Event Director David Todd is appointed to lead on the relaunch of W Exhibition post Covid.

  4. 2014
    2014



    Montgomery Group successfully runs, W14, W16 and W18.

  5. 2014
    2014


    The W Exhibition is acquired by Montgomery Group

  6. 2010
    The W Exhibition is bought by Huddlestone Events    
  7. 2006

    W Logo

     

    Woodmex rebrands to W

  8. 1994
    The launch of Woodmex
  9. 1974
    The year of the shows conception

 

 

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