Event guide

Automechanika Shanghai 2026: Keep Fitment and Sourcing Questions with Every Lead

Automechanika Shanghai 2026 takes place December 2–5 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. A parts enquiry needs fitment details; a workshop-equipment enquiry needs the service task and installation requirements. This guide covers visitor essentials and shows how Habsy can keep those questions with each contact for a useful technical or distribution follow-up.

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Automechanika Shanghai event guide, December 2 to 5, 2026

Automechanika Shanghai at a glance

Automechanika Shanghai key factsChecked Nov 5, 2026
Dates
December 2 to 5, 2026Wednesday to Saturday
Exhibition hours
Dec 2-4 09:00-18:00; Dec 5 09:00-15:00Shanghai local time; final day closes earlier
Venue
NECC ShanghaiShanghai, China
Entry
Free admission; trade visitors aged 18+Pre-register via the official event website
Official website
automechanika-shanghai.hk.messefrankfurt.comConfirm details before you travel

Who exhibits and who attends Automechanika Shanghai?

Begin with the vehicle application and the buyer’s role. A distributor may need range coverage, sample availability and supply terms; a workshop may need diagnostic coverage, training and service support. Record part references or fitment questions without assuming interchangeability. For equipment, save installation and support requirements. Ask the supplier to confirm the application before a trial order or purchasing decision.

Who exhibits

  • Automotive parts and components manufacturers
  • Vehicle electronics and technology suppliers
  • Workshop equipment and repair-tool providers
  • Automotive maintenance and service specialists
  • Aftermarket distribution and mobility firms

Who attends

  • Automotive parts distributors and importers
  • Workshop and service-network operators
  • Vehicle and component sourcing teams
  • Automotive engineering professionals
  • Aftermarket purchasing managers

The venue is NECC Shanghai at 333 Songze Avenue. Use the current product search and hall plan to group parts, electronics, repair and workshop meetings. Save the exact stand or agreed meeting point with the contact, especially when referring a colleague to another supplier.

How to prepare for Automechanika Shanghai with Habsy

Most of the work happens before you reach Shanghai. Set up Habsy once and every conversation at the show ends with a saved contact, the context you need and a next step.

If you are visiting

Before you fly

  1. 1

    Create your Professional digital card

    Share your details by QR code, NFC or link instead of paper cards.

  2. 2

    Add your Business digital card

    Your company profile and brochures, for partners and suppliers you meet.

  3. 3

    Create a Automechanika Shanghai category

    Plus the visitor intent signals below, to sort vendors by fit later.

  4. 4

    Turn on Send my digital card back

    Everyone you scan gets your card automatically.

If you are exhibiting

Before you fly, for every rep

  1. 1

    Install Habsy on every rep's phone

    Give each rep a digital card, plus one Business digital card for the company.

  2. 2

    Set up intent signals and templates

    Every rep qualifies and follows up the same way, by email or WhatsApp.

  3. 3

    Add an enquiry form to your card

    Print its QR code on the booth so visitors leave details when you are busy.

  4. 4

    Create a Automechanika Shanghai campaign

    Bringing several reps? Every scan lands in one live list.

How to set up Habsy before Automechanika Shanghai

Five steps, in the order the app walks you through them. Visitors need steps 1 to 3. Exhibitors should do all five.

1. Create your digital business cards

Every Habsy account includes two free digital cards under MyQR: a Professional digital card for you and a Business digital card for your company, with your services and brochures. Habsy's AI builds them from your LinkedIn profile and website, or from a photo of your own business card. Share them by QR code, NFC or link. The person you share with opens your card in their browser, with no app needed, and saves your contact in one tap. Add an enquiry form so visitors who scan your card leave their details and are saved as a new contact.

Create your digital business cardsHabsy
  1. Professional digital card in Habsy, ready to share at Automechanika Shanghai

    1Your Professional digital card

  2. Business digital card in Habsy with the company profile, ready to share at Automechanika Shanghai

    2Your Business digital card

  3. Sharing a Habsy digital card by QR code, NFC or link at Automechanika Shanghai

    3Share by QR code, NFC or link

2. Add intent signals

Intent signals are tap-to-answer questions you fill in for every contact, so every rep records the same details in seconds. In Settings, open Manage Intent Signals, then tap Create with AI to get suggestions from your website, or Create Manually to add the set below.

Set up intent signalsHabsy
  1. Manage Intent Signals in Habsy, set up before Automechanika Shanghai

    1Open Manage Intent Signals

  2. Reviewing the intent signals Habsy suggests for Automechanika Shanghai

    2Review the signals Habsy suggests

  3. Tapping intent signal answers after scanning a contact at Automechanika Shanghai

    3Tap the answers after each scan

Intent signals for Automechanika Shanghai
Organization typeSingle choice
  • Distributor
  • Importer
  • Workshop operator
  • Manufacturer
  • Service network
RoleSingle choice
  • Purchasing manager
  • Technical manager
  • Distribution director
  • Workshop manager
Interested inMultiple choice
  • Parts and components
  • Vehicle electronics
  • Workshop equipment
  • Repair and maintenance
  • Aftermarket distribution
Buying timelineSingle choice
  • Within 3 months
  • 3 to 6 months
  • 6 to 12 months
  • Researching
Product rangesNumber
Enter a number
Next stepSingle choice
  • Book a demo
  • Send a proposal
  • Share a case study
  • Introduce a colleague

Add them in Settings, Manage Intent Signals, with Create Manually, or start with Create with AI and adjust the options to match what you sell or what you are looking for.

3. Create a Automechanika Shanghai category

Create a category called Automechanika Shanghai and set it as your default for the days of the event, so every contact you scan at the show is filed under it automatically. After the show, use it as a filter to export only your Automechanika Shanghai contacts to Excel, CSV or VCF in one step. Exhibitors on Habsy Platform can also use the Automechanika Shanghai category to track how the event performed: contacts captured, companies reached, intent signals and each rep's results.

Create and add a categoryHabsy
  1. Creating a Automechanika Shanghai category in Habsy

    1Create the category

  2. Choosing the Automechanika Shanghai category when saving a contact

    2Pick it when you save a contact

  3. The Automechanika Shanghai category shown on a saved contact

    3Find it on every contact

4. Set up your email and WhatsApp templates

Connect your email account or WhatsApp Business account in Settings before the show. Then, with Send email or WhatsApp template turned on in your Card Preferences, your follow-up goes out from your own account the moment you save a scanned contact. The visitor often has your message, and your digital card, before they leave your booth. It shows you are organized and quick to respond, and it puts you ahead of every exhibitor who follows up next week. To write the template, open Email Templates or WhatsApp Templates in Settings, describe the message, and Habsy's AI writes it. Add variables such as the contact's name and company so every message is personal. Here is a template you can copy for Automechanika Shanghai:

Automechanika Shanghai follow-up template
NameAutomechanika Shanghai supplier follow-up
SubjectFollowing up from Automechanika Shanghai: fitment details and sample options

Hi {{recipient.name}},

It was good meeting you at Automechanika Shanghai.

I would be happy to share product specifications, vehicle-application details and sample options for the ranges {{recipient.company}} is reviewing.

Would the technical information help first, or should we arrange a discussion about fitment, supply requirements and after-sales support?

Best regards,
{{user.name}}
{{user.company}}

Words in braces are variables. Habsy fills them in from each contact and from your profile when you send.

Set up your templatesHabsy
  1. AI writing a follow-up template for Automechanika Shanghai contacts in Habsy

    1Let AI write the template

  2. WhatsApp follow-up templates saved for Automechanika Shanghai contacts

    2Save your WhatsApp templates

  3. Email follow-up templates saved for Automechanika Shanghai contacts

    3Save your email templates

5. Set your Card Preferences

Choose what Habsy does each time you save a contact, once in Settings or per save. It runs in the background while you move on to the next conversation.

Set onceDefaults in Settings, or change them per save
Runs in the backgroundNo waiting between conversations
Works for every saveSingle scans, batches and manual entries
Card PreferencesAfter every save
Company and profile details (AI)Look up the company and the person automatically
Send email or WhatsApp templateYour follow-up template goes out right after save
Send my digital card backThey get your card while you are still talking
Sync to CRMPushed to Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Dynamics 365, Odoo, Zapier or any of the 10+ CRM integrations

Lin Zhou saved at Automechanika Shanghai · 4 steps running in the background

Email, WhatsApp and CRM steps need the matching integration.

How to capture every contact at Automechanika Shanghai

Use one app for every contact you make, wherever you make it: at the booth, in a session, at a reception or over dinner. Every rep and every visitor captures contacts on their own phone, free and with no scan limit, and every contact lands in one list with your category, intent signals and notes.

Capture every contactHabsy
  1. Scanning a business card with Habsy at Automechanika Shanghai

    1Scan a business card

  2. Scanning an event badge QR code with Habsy at Automechanika Shanghai

    2Scan a badge QR code

  3. Typing in a contact with manual entry in Habsy at Automechanika Shanghai

    3Type it in with manual entry

  • Badges: point the Habsy scanner at a badge and Habsy reads the attendee's details from its QR code. If a badge holds only a registration number, scan the person's business card or type them in.
  • Business cards: scan each card in seconds, or switch to Batch and scan up to 150 cards in about 5 minutes without leaving the camera. Habsy reads cards in 200+ languages.
  • QR codes: scan digital business cards from any provider, LinkedIn QR codes and contact QR codes.
  • NFC: turn on NFC on the scan screen, then hold an NFC business card or an NFC event badge to the back of your phone. Habsy reads the contact and saves it, with no camera needed.
  • Manual entry: no card and no QR code? Choose Manual and type the details in.
  • Offline: capture continues when the hall Wi-Fi is busy, and contacts process once you reconnect.

Many shows also sell official lead retrieval through the organizer. Habsy works on its own or next to it. For more, read lead capture vs lead retrieval.

How to add context while you talk

A contact without context is hard to follow up. Before the next conversation starts, add what you discussed and what you promised.

  • Intent signals: tap the answers on the review screen after each scan.
  • Voice notes: tap Add Voice Note and say what they need. Habsy turns it into a searchable transcript.
  • Text notes: type a quick note, such as "Fitment and sample review for 3 ranges".
  • Reminders: in 1 hour, in 4 hours, tomorrow at 9 AM or any date and time, with a repeat and an alarm. All of them appear in My reminders.

Here is what a contact from Automechanika Shanghai looks like with context added:

LZ

Lin Zhou

Purchasing Manager, Harbour Oak Parts

Automechanika Shanghai

Intent signals

  • Distributor
  • Purchasing manager
  • Parts and components
  • 3 to 6 months
  • 3 ranges
  • Book a demo

Notes

Sourcing 3 product ranges; needs fitment details, technical documents and sample availability.

0:42 · "Please confirm fitment and samples for our 3 ranges before we discuss distribution."

Reminder

Monday, 9:00 AM · Send fitment details and sample options

Illustrative example: fictional person, company and buying requirements; not an actual attendee record.

Going to Automechanika Shanghai?

Your digital card and lead capture in one app.

Unlimited scanning, text notes, reminders and exports are free. Categories, voice notes, intent signals and templates require Habsy Plus. Habsy Platform is separately priced for teams.

What to do in Habsy after Automechanika Shanghai

The show ends on Saturday, December 5. What you do in the next 48 hours decides how many of those conversations turn into meetings, partners or deals.

If you visited: pick up the conversations you started

  • See who looked at your card: open QR analytics to see how many people viewed and saved your digital card, how they engaged and where.
  • Save and call back: save vendors to your phone contacts, and set a reminder to call back the ones you want to hear more from.
  • Drop a message: Habsy writes a short email or WhatsApp message for any contact, mentioning where you met.
  • Export and share: export your Automechanika Shanghai category to Excel, CSV or VCF, by date range, with a copy sent to your email, and share the shortlist with your team.
QR analyticsYour card at Automechanika Shanghai
186Card views
64Contacts saved
21Enquiries
47Link clicks

Top locations

Shanghai142
Ningbo18
Suzhou11

Example numbers.

Pick up after the showHabsy
  1. Exporting Automechanika Shanghai contacts from Habsy to Excel, CSV or VCF

    1Export to Excel, CSV or VCF

  2. Setting a call-back reminder for a Automechanika Shanghai contact

    2Set a reminder to call back

  3. Sending a quick follow-up message to a Automechanika Shanghai contact

    3Send a quick message

If you exhibited: follow up within 48 hours

  • Saturday evening: batch scan any cards left in your pockets and check that every contact has a note.
  • Monday: filter by intent signals, such as "Book a demo" and "Within 3 months", and send your Automechanika Shanghai template to the hottest contacts first.
  • Send at scale: select several contacts on the home screen, choose email or WhatsApp and a template, and send to all of them.
  • Next week: work through the rest by reminder, sync qualified contacts to your CRM, and export the list to Excel, CSV or VCF.
Follow up within 48 hoursHabsy
  1. Writing a personal follow-up with AI for a Automechanika Shanghai contact

    1Write the follow-up with AI

  2. Picking an email or WhatsApp template for each Automechanika Shanghai contact

    2Pick a template for each contact

  3. Selecting several Automechanika Shanghai contacts to send one follow-up

    3Select several contacts and send

For more message ideas, see our follow-up email templates.

Exhibiting with a team? Run Automechanika Shanghai on Habsy Platform

When several reps work the booth, the hard part is not capturing leads. It is knowing, during the show and after it, who met whom, who is hot and who follows up. Habsy Platform is the web dashboard for that, at app.habsy.ai. Reps keep scanning in the app, and the manager sees everything in one place.

app.habsy.ai

Habsy Platform campaign dashboard with total cards, companies, enrichment, engagement score and intent signals, as a team sees it for Automechanika Shanghai
A Habsy Platform campaign dashboard: totals, enrichment, engagement and intent signals for one event.
  • One campaign for Automechanika Shanghai: every rep's contacts land in one live list, by rep and by day.
  • Clear ownership: assign contacts, set reminders, and get alerts when two reps meet the same person.
  • Follow-up from one place: sync to your CRM and run email sequences, WhatsApp and LinkedIn outreach for the whole team.

The Automechanika Shanghai post-event report

When the show ends, Habsy turns your Automechanika Shanghai contacts into a post-event report: what your team captured, who you met, what they told you through your intent signals, and a dossier on every company with how well it fits your business. Use it to decide who to call first and whether the next edition is worth the booth. Here is what it could look like for Automechanika Shanghai, with example data:

Post-event report · Automechanika Shanghai

Automechanika Shanghai post-event report overviewEvent details, totals, capture quality and key observations for an example report.POST-EVENT REPORTAutomechanika ShanghaiExport all dataVENUENECC ShanghaiDATESDecember 2 to 5, 2026TYPETrade show · B2BREPS8 reps scanning186COMPANIES212CARDS205/212CONTACT ON CARD57BOOK A DEMOCAPTURE QUALITYEmail on card201/212Phone on card188/212Named person209/212Intent signals filled164/212Voice notes72/212KEY OBSERVATIONS64 of 186 companies are distributors.Parts and components is the top interest.41 contacts plan to buy within 3 months.38 contacts hold C-level titles.Wednesday, December 2 was the busiest day at the booth.

Overview: what your team captured at Automechanika Shanghai, how complete it is, and what stands out.

Habsy Platform has one team price, with no per-event or per-lead fees. See Habsy for teams or explore the platform.

Bottom line

Record vehicle application, fitment, technical documents and supply requirements with each automotive supplier so Automechanika Shanghai follow-up has a clear purpose. Visitors: create your digital card and scan every card and badge you collect. Exhibitors: set up intent signals and templates before you fly, capture every contact in one app, and follow up within 48 hours. See event lead capture with Habsy.

Bringing a team to Automechanika Shanghai and other events this year? See how Habsy works for sales teams, or book a demo of Habsy Platform.

Habsy is not affiliated with Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) or Sinomachint. Event details come from the official Automechanika Shanghai website and can change.

Keywords

  • Automechanika Shanghai 2026
  • Automechanika Shanghai visitor hours
  • NECC Shanghai automotive fair
  • automotive parts contacts
  • aftermarket supplier follow-up

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where is Automechanika Shanghai 2026?
What are the visitor opening hours?
Who can attend, and is admission free?
Does general registration include buyer-club benefits?
What should I record when sourcing automotive parts?
How should workshop-equipment follow-up differ?
Can Habsy access the organiser’s badge database?
How do I keep the Automechanika Shanghai team’s contacts organised?
Which Habsy features are free and which require a plan?

Going to Automechanika Shanghai?

Capture every contact you make in Shanghai.

Record vehicle application, fitment, technical documents and supply requirements with each automotive supplier so Automechanika Shanghai follow-up has a clear purpose.