Quick Answer
Companies that exhibit at QME 2026 fall into nine main categories:
- Mining OEMs & heavy equipment (Komatsu, Caterpillar/Hastings Deering, WesTrac, Liebherr, Epiroc, Sandvik)
- Parts, components & consumables
- PPE, workwear & site consumables
- Safety, compliance & fatigue technology
- Mining technology & field software
- Engineering, fabrication & workshop
- Electrical, automation & power
- Mining contractors & service providers
- Training, RTOs & workforce providers
The official QME 2026 exhibitor list is published on the official Queensland Mining & Engineering Exhibition website.
Who exhibits at QME 2026?
QME is Australia's largest regional mining event, and the exhibitor list reflects that. Every second July, several hundred companies fill the pavilions and outdoor hardstand at the Mackay Showgrounds — everyone from the biggest OEMs on the planet down to a two-person hydraulic hose specialist out of Moranbah.
The final QME 2026 exhibitor list is maintained by the show organiser and published on the official QME website. Below is a plain-english guide to the categories you'll see so you can plan your walk of the floor before you arrive in Mackay.
The 9 categories on the QME 2026 exhibitor list
Mining OEMs & heavy equipment
Original equipment manufacturers bring haul trucks, excavators, drills, loaders and dozers — often with live static displays outdoors at the Mackay Showgrounds.
Typical exhibitors: Komatsu, Caterpillar / Hastings Deering, WesTrac, Liebherr, Epiroc, Sandvik, Hitachi
Parts, components & consumables
Aftermarket parts suppliers, OEM dealer parts desks and specialty consumables — the aisle where shutdown coordinators go shopping.
Typical exhibitors: Hydraulic hoses, bearings, filters, wear plates, GET, lubricants, welding consumables
PPE, workwear & site consumables
Head-to-toe PPE, workwear, boots, gloves, eye protection and respiratory kit for coal, metals and quarrying environments.
Typical exhibitors: Blundstone, Bata, Hard Yakka, TradeMutt, Bolle, safety gloves, hi-vis, respirators
Safety, compliance & fatigue tech
Vendors solving the safety KPIs that keep Tier-1 miners awake at night — fatigue, collisions, high-risk energy and hazard reporting.
Typical exhibitors: Fatigue monitoring, gas detection, proximity awareness, HSEQ software, drug and alcohol testing
Mining technology & field software
Software vendors for contractors and operators — jobs, timesheets, pre-starts, workshop kiosks, asset registers, dispatch and fleet telemetry.
Typical exhibitors: Field service software, workshop management, digital forms, fleet management, GIS, IIoT
Engineering, fabrication & workshop
Regional and national engineering firms plus workshop tooling suppliers — everything from a torque wrench to a full modular workshop build.
Typical exhibitors: Fabricators, machine shops, welding equipment, workshop tooling, mobile cranes
Electrical, automation & power
Electrical contractors, automation integrators and power supply specialists servicing fixed plant, underground and remote sites.
Typical exhibitors: Switchgear, VSDs, generators, battery storage, hazardous area equipment, control systems
Contractors & service providers
Mining contractors themselves — showcasing capability to mine owners, and looking for subcontractors, apprentices and technology partners.
Typical exhibitors: Drill & blast, earthmoving, mechanical, shutdown, cleaning, transport and logistics
Training, RTOs & workforce
Registered Training Organisations, workforce providers and industry bodies — critical for keeping crews compliant and staffed.
Typical exhibitors: Site inductions, VOC assessors, high-risk work licences, apprenticeships, labour hire
How mining contractors should use the QME exhibitor list
With hundreds of stands over three days, walking the floor with no plan is a fast way to waste your trip. Before you fly into Mackay, do the following:
- Download the official QME 2026 exhibitor list once it's published.
- Highlight vendors by the four or five categories most relevant to your FY27 plan.
- Pre-book meetings with your top 5–10 suppliers before Wednesday 22 July (the busiest day).
- Group similar stands so you can walk aisles efficiently — parts on Tuesday, software on Wednesday, contractors on Thursday works well.
- Bring your existing supplier quotes so you have real numbers to benchmark against on the day.
Mining software on the QME 2026 exhibitor list
The mining technology and field software category has grown fastest over the last few editions of QME — a direct reflection of Tier-1 miners demanding better compliance evidence, digital pre-starts and real-time visibility from their contractors. On the QME 2026 exhibitor list you should expect vendors covering:
Jobs, timesheets, dispatch and invoicing purpose-built for mining contractors.
Digital pre-starts, JSAs, take-5s, hazard reports and incident workflows.
Kiosk-based clock-ons, asset registers, maintenance and shutdown tracking.
FIFO/DIDO rostering, fatigue rules and integrations to fatigue monitoring hardware.
Need the dates, opening hours or venue directions? See QME 2026 Dates, Where is QME 2026 Held? and the plain-english overview in What is QME 2026?.
