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May 6th | 9 am — 5 pm | Wannenäck­er­straße 50, 74078 Heil­bronn, Germany

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who & the why

Contain­erDay Manu­fac­turing returns on May 6, 2026, in Heil­bronn. This is a prac­ti­tioner-focused event that cuts through the noise — no marketing decks, no vendor pitches disguised as talks. Just real engi­neering. We’ve just confirmed a new group of speakers for this year’s edition—and this is exactly the kind of crowd we’ve been building this event for.

Engi­neers and archi­tects from compa­nies like Kuber­matic, Hilscher, Schwarz Digits, Endress+Hauser, and the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance will take the stage to share what actu­ally works on the factory floor.

​Why Attend?
​Join engi­neers from industry experts as they share raw, real-world expe­ri­ences with Kuber­netes on the factory floor. We’re high­lighting what actu­ally works and, just as impor­tantly, what doesn’t.

  • ​10–12 Expert Talks: Focused entirely on industry prac­ti­tioners.

  • ​Deep Dives: OT/IT conver­gence, edge computing, and container orches­tra­tion at scale.

  • ​High-Level Networking: A room filled with peers who have success­fully deployed Kuber­netes in indus­trial envi­ron­ments.​

​What to expect? 

Here’s a glimpse of what’s coming:

  • Securing the invis­ible factory across cloud and edge
  • Where OT meets cloud native—and what breaks
  • From factory floor to Kuber­netes core
  • Real-world inte­gra­tion between cloud racks and control cabi­nets
  • Cross-industry collab­o­ra­tion in Industry 4.0

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Speakers:

You’ll hear directly from:

  • Mario Fahlandt, Customer Delivery Archi­tect, Kuber­matic
  • Uwe Schnepf, Head of Product Manage­ment, Hilscher
  • Dr. Chris­tian Liedtke, Head of Strategic Alliances, KUKA and Pres­i­dent of Open Industry 4.0 Alliance
  • Yannic Talmon l’Armée, Cloud Plat­form Archi­tect, Schwarz Digits
  • Thomas Wein­schenk, Expert Busi­ness Inte­gra­tion, Endress+Hauser
  • Tobias Schneck, Prin­cipal Archi­tect, Kuber­matic

More speakers and sessions will be announced soon.

Co-located with ‘All About Automa­tion’
​This year, the Container Days Manu­fac­turing is co-locating with All About Automa­tion Heil­bronn, Europe’s leading automa­tion trade show. With over 10,000 engi­neers on the show floor, this will be our biggest and most impactful edition yet.

 

Who Should Attend?
​This event is designed for profes­sionals exploring how containers fit into the modern indus­trial stack:

  • ​Plat­form Engi­neers & DevOps Leads

  • ​Soft­ware Archi­tects

  • ​OT/IT Inte­gra­tion Leads

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Note: The full agenda and speaker list will be announced shortly.