
EALA – European Automotive Laser Applications
27th Expert Conference
EALA, European Automotive Laser Applications, is Automotive Circle’s focus conference on everything to do with laser-based material processing in any area of automobile series production. Since 1999, the conference has taken place annually in Bad Nauheim, Germany, and has been discussing technical advancements regarding, for instance,
- laser-based welding, brazing, cutting, drilling, cladding, surface structuring or surface cleaning
- laser systems and laser optics
- laser beam and laser seam analytics and process control
- process data management and AI- or non-AI-based data analyses
- corresponding simulation techniques
- new application areas of industrial laser material processing, in any component of the automobile.
Bringing together an international audience of laser systems and automotive engineering experts, the conference always aims at presenting a mixture of latest application progress reports from trailblazing OEM and Tier1 module suppliers, most recent innovations from laser system and process control equipment suppliers and highly interesting academic study results.
Next Instalment
Please note the date: The 27th EALA edition takes place on February 3-4, 2026 in Bad Nauheim, Germany and online.
Call For Speakers
In early February, as the first AUTOMOTIVE CIRCLE event in 2026, EALA, the international focus conference on laser-based material processing technologies in automotive production, again invites its global community of renowned expert engineers to Bad Nauheim, Germany, to hear about and discuss latest developments.
Your speaking opportunity
As interested speakers representing trailblazing international OEM, Tier1 module suppliers, laser system and laser process equipment suppliers, or renowned research institutions, we cordially invite you to suggest your proposal for a half-hour technical presentation at EALA 2026. Generally, EALA aims to cover all aspects of improving laser-based material processing in the context of industrial automotive production, and we are looking forward to hearing about your specific recent progress or study results. Topics may address:
- Efficiency, quality and robustness of industrial laser-welding or laser-brazing processes, through process innovations and/or advanced laser system developments
- Laser-based joining solutions for challenging or novel substrate combinations, for instance involving megacastings
- Laser-based
- panel cutting
- drilling
- cladding/additive manufacturing
- surface cleaning or
- surface texturing
- Laser-based processes enabling new production solutions
- Applications of lasers in the production of electric or hybrid-electric drive components, e.g. in battery cells, tabs, battery modules, battery cases, fuel cells, power train components, or their encasement
- Possibilities for laser applications in future automotive recycling/refurbishing/reuse scenarios, e.g. lasers in dismantling or paint removal operations
- Efficient, closed loop process and quality control of laser beams and laser seams; integration of laser processes in smart production concepts
- Process data management and data analyses – AI- or non-AI-based
- Simulation of laser-based processes
To let us know about your suggested conference contribution, please submit your short, English-language abstract using our online submission form describing your presentation content in an engineering-oriented and non-promotional way
by October 3, 2025.
Based on your abstract, the Automotive Circle, in collaboration with the conference’s OEM Advisory Board, will decide on the acceptance of your proposal for the conference program. Please note that, for accepted contributions, one speaker per presenting company (max. two different companies) will be fully invited to the conference.
Further deadlines:
– Notification of acceptance: end of October 2025
– Publication of the conference program: early November 2025
– Submission of your (English-language) presentation files: by December 8, 2025
Conference Program
The conference program will be published in October 2025.
Participants
Exhibition & Sponsoring
Become a sponsor or exhibitor
Take advantage of the high coverage of the Automotive Circle and profit from the sponsoring options before and during the events. Show your competence and services, matching the conference subjects, to the numerous car body engineers of international OEM. Thus, you are strengthening your brand awareness in the automotive industry!
Come on board as an exhibitor or sponsor and benefit from this excellent platform to strongly promote your company’s capabilities as a reliable supplier!
Feel free to check out the various sponsoring options!
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