BIEC Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre

The Bangalore International Exhibition Centre stands on Tumkur Road, part of the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway corridor in north-western Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is run by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association, which built it around the IMTEX machine-tool show and still anchors the calendar with manufacturing events; the Bangalore Tech Summit, Indiawood and Excon also use the site. BIEC is described as India's first LEED-certified exhibition and conference facility, a status that shaped both its landscaping and its building services. The campus covers 57 acres and holds 77,200 sqm of covered, column-free, air-conditioned exhibition space in five single-level halls ranging from 6,000 to 17,500 sqm. A 5,600 sqm conference centre accommodates up to 15,000 people, and there is a 7,500 sqm food court, helipad, amphitheatre and parking for around 10,000 vehicles. The venue has logged more than 400 exhibitions and conferences since 2007. Its single-level layout lets exhibitors drive machinery straight into the halls. The halls are deliberately industrial in character: clear-span sheds with high floor loadings, laid out for machinery rather than for decorative effect, which is why heavy engineering fairs work here. Kempegowda International Airport is roughly 45 km away, about 45 minutes by road, and the Namma Metro Green Line now runs to Madavara near the campus.