With one week to go until PMW Expo 2025, which will be taking place at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany on November 12 & 13, here are our top reasons to visit.
PMW Expo is the essential meeting point for engineers, innovators and decision-makers working at the intersection of technology transfer between motorsport, high-performance road car programs and the niche vehicle manufacturing industry.
The show brings together more than 200 exhibitors and a global audience of senior engineers, department leads and procurement specialists. It is a concentrated two-day opportunity to benchmark suppliers, find new components and technologies and discuss engineering solutions that transfer from track to road.
Two dedicated, free-to-attend tech forums
PMW Expo’s 2025 content program is centered around two pivotal elements driving the future of the industry: advanced powertrain technology and additive manufacturing.
Advanced Powertrain Technology Forum
This forum targets the contemporary powertrain challenges in motorsport and niche vehicles – hybrid and electric race powertrains, alternative fuels, energy-recovery systems, thermal efficiency and engine simulation – with a race-to-road technology-transfer focus. It offers insight into how racing teams and OEMs are addressing the evolving performance and sustainability demands of motorsport and niche vehicle engineering.
In the presentation Developing a hybrid powertrain to deliver a naturally aspirated driving experience – Lamborghini’s new L411, biturbo V8 hybrid, Automobili Lamborghini head of vehicle motion and energy management Davide Bizzarri, will reveal how the company is redefining performance for the hybrid era. Bizzarri will discuss how Lamborghini has engineered the L411’s V8 ICE and electric power integration to meet modern efficiency standards without sacrificing the visceral, emotional driving experience that defines its supercars.
Another session to look forward to is the MissionH24: Pioneers in Hydrogen Endurance Racing panel discussion, which will explore how MissionH24, a collaboration between the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and H24Project, is driving the creation of a hydrogen prototype category for the Le Mans 24 Hours and FIA WEC by 2028. With the motorsport world accelerating toward carbon neutrality, panelists will discuss MissionH24’s role as both a technological demonstrator and catalyst for zero-emission hydrogen mobility — building a complete, competitive and sustainable racing ecosystem. The panelists include Sam Guest, head of telemetry, control and analytics, motorsport, Motion Applied; Bassel Aslan, technical director, MissionH24; Douglas Campling, general manager, motorsport, Fortescue Zero; Michael Muerlebach, director of projects, Bosch Motorsport; and Pierre Tipner, head of engineering sales, Forvia (Hydrogen Solutions)
AM for High-Performance Automotive Symposium
Additive manufacturing has moved from rapid-prototype curiosity to production-critical workflows across motorsport, hypercars, prototype programs and low-volume manufacturing. Sessions in the AM for High-Performance Automotive Symposium will cover use cases such as lightweight structural parts, high-speed printing without the loss of quality, innovations specifically for motorsport and hypercars, and how 3D printing is revolutionizing design and manufacturing in automotive.
Jan Tremel, founder of the center of competence for 3D printing at Robert Bosch, will present the Additive manufacturing for motorsport applications session. This will explore how additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing design, prototyping and production across motorsport disciplines, and how Bosch is transferring these high-performance innovations from the racetrack to series production.
Ralf Frohwerk, global head of business development at Nikon SLM Solutions, will explore how additive manufacturing is redefining performance and production in the automotive world in the Revolutionizing design and manufacturing in automotive forever session. In this presentation, Frohwerk will share how metal AM, particularly the powder bed fusion (PBF) process, is being industrialized to reduce total cost per part while meeting the industry’s highest standards for quality, repeatability and sustainability.
Red Bull Powertrains materials engineer Rajan Singh Panesar and Christian Hertrich, powertrain chief engineer at Ford Racing, will reveal how Ford’s legendary manufacturing heritage and Red Bull’s F1 innovation are converging in the development of the 2026 power unit. In their presentation, Transforming and redefining the additive process at lightning speed with Red Bull Ford Powertrains, the pair will discuss how advanced additive manufacturing is helping the team meet the relentless demands of Formula 1, while potentially accelerating and streamlining passenger car development for the future. 
PMW Magazine Awards
The PMW Magazine Awards celebrate technical and commercial achievements
across the motorsport and high-performance automotive supply chain. They are judged live at the show, with a panel of industry experts spanning various automotive engineering and motorsport disciplines, from former Le Mans-winning race-car designers to Formula 1 and rally engineers. The adjudication process is based on technical credibility rather than publicity.
Winners will be announced live at the show at the end of Day 1 during the drinks reception, which is being sponsored by Bold Valuable Technology.
