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 at a glance
- 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
Create your Professional digital card
Share your details by QR code, NFC or link instead of paper cards.
- 2
Add your Business digital card
Your company profile and brochures, for partners and suppliers you meet.
- 3
Create a Automechanika Shanghai category
Plus the visitor intent signals below, to sort vendors by fit later.
- 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
Install Habsy on every rep's phone
Give each rep a digital card, plus one Business digital card for the company.
- 2
Set up intent signals and templates
Every rep qualifies and follows up the same way, by email or WhatsApp.
- 3
Add an enquiry form to your card
Print its QR code on the booth so visitors leave details when you are busy.
- 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.

1Your Professional digital card

2Your Business digital card

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.

1Open Manage Intent Signals

2Review the signals Habsy suggests

3Tap the answers after each scan
- Distributor
- Importer
- Workshop operator
- Manufacturer
- Service network
- Purchasing manager
- Technical manager
- Distribution director
- Workshop manager
- Parts and components
- Vehicle electronics
- Workshop equipment
- Repair and maintenance
- Aftermarket distribution
- Within 3 months
- 3 to 6 months
- 6 to 12 months
- Researching
- Book a demo
- Send a proposal
- Share a case study
- Introduce a colleague
- Parts and components
- Vehicle electronics
- Workshop equipment
- Repair and maintenance
- Aftermarket distribution
- Exhibit hall booth
- Session or reception
- Strong fit
- Possible fit
- Not a fit
- Book a demo
- Request pricing
- Share with my team
- No follow-up
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.

1Create the category

2Pick it when you save a 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:
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}}
Hi {{recipient.name}}, this is {{user.name}} from {{user.company}}. Good meeting you at Automechanika Shanghai.
Would fitment details or sample options help your sourcing review? Happy to clarify the vehicle application, supply requirements and support before the next step.
Words in braces are variables. Habsy fills them in from each contact and from your profile when you send.

1Let AI write the template

2Save your WhatsApp templates

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.
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.

1Scan a business card

2Scan a badge QR code

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:
Lin Zhou
Purchasing Manager, Harbour Oak Parts
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.
Top locations
Example numbers.

1Export to Excel, CSV or VCF

2Set a reminder to call back

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.

1Write the follow-up with AI

2Pick a template for each contact

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

- 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
Overview: what your team captured at Automechanika Shanghai, how complete it is, and what stands out.
Analytics: the kinds of organizations and the seniority of the people your team met at Automechanika Shanghai.
Intent signals: what contacts at Automechanika Shanghai are interested in, when they plan to buy and the next step your reps agreed.
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When and where is Automechanika Shanghai 2026?
It runs December 2–5 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), 333 Songze Avenue, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China.
What are the visitor opening hours?
December 2–4: 09:00–18:00. December 5: 09:00–15:00, Shanghai local time. Schedule final-day meetings around the earlier close.
Who can attend, and is admission free?
The official visitor page states free admission for trade visitors aged 18 or above. Use the organiser’s preregistration link and follow the badge instructions in your confirmation.
Does general registration include buyer-club benefits?
Do not assume it does. The organiser describes separate eligibility and assessment for its Premium Buyers Club and Auto Tech Club. Programme benefits are distinct from general trade-visitor admission.
What should I record when sourcing automotive parts?
Capture the vehicle application, part references, technical documents requested, sample needs and supply requirements. Ask the supplier to confirm fitment; a catalogue match or a show discussion alone does not establish interchangeability.
How should workshop-equipment follow-up differ?
Include the service task, vehicle coverage, existing equipment, installation constraints, training and support needs. Agree a technical review or demonstration with defined questions before requesting a final equipment proposal.
Can Habsy access the organiser’s badge database?
No. It can read supported QR codes that contain contact details. If a badge contains only a registration identifier or restricted organiser link, use the official retrieval option or exchange a business card. A separate contact app does not grant access to registration records.
How do I keep the Automechanika Shanghai team’s contacts organised?
Use consistent qualification questions, agree a follow-up owner and save the next action with the contact. Categories and intent signals require Habsy Plus; free text notes and reminders can record the same discussion in a simpler workflow. Habsy Platform is separately priced for shared team campaigns, assignments and reporting.
Which Habsy features are free and which require a plan?
Scanning, text notes, reminders, exports and two digital cards are free. Categories, voice notes, intent signals, templates, enquiry forms, card analytics and integrations require Habsy Plus. Sending and CRM steps need the relevant account integration; offline capture is processed when the device reconnects.
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.

