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Smopyc 2008 cierra sus puertas con gran éxito internacionalMore than 100,000 people chose fair of Zaragoza as a nerve center of the construction and public works sector
Smopyc 2008 closes its doors with great international success
Drafting Interempresas01/07/2008
Smopyc 2008, the appointment of the construction, public works and mining held this year at the international level, closed its doors after five days of intensive activity in fair of Zaragoza. For the Organization, "the balance of the living room is unbeatable and temporary visitors count points that they have exceeded expectations and the number of visitors".
Smopyc 2008, whose official inauguration was presided over by the Princes of Asturias, has tabled some excellent figures and has emerged as the exhibition space chosen by officials to boost the market. With the participation of 2.014 exhibiting firms and a total area of 400,000 square metres, the international exhibition has become an important appointment for the national and international companies that take advantage of their presence in the Hall to launch to the market its most cutting-edge machinery.
View of the outdoor area of Smopyc taken from atop a crane of Haulotte.
Business and Exhibition Center
During five days, the Aragonese capital became the Centre of business and exhibition of the most high-tech equipment for the construction and public works. Zaragoza became the ideal place to promote a dynamic and productive space in which to develop the business meetings. Thus, a total of forty-four countries from five continents gathered at the premises of the fair to participate in this international meeting. According to the Organization, "Smopyc represents a scene of real luxury in which to launch the latest advances." "This new edition, has also meant a new record, both assistance and improvements carried out in the infrastructure of the site and access".
After the descent of Smopyc 2008 backdrop we start already preparations for the next edition to revalidate the major figures who have placed it between large global citation of the sector. At the moment the gaze is already starting in 2011, among the 5 days and 9 April, dates already chosen to celebrate the Smopyc fifteenth edition.
11 pavilions and two large areas of outdoor exhibition realized for the latest news and developments from the exhibiting companies.
Also, events and activities were held during the exhibition five days. In addition, and for the first time in this edition of 2008 was held the first competition of presentation of Smopyc stands in order to recognize the hard work carried out by the exhibiting firms in terms of design and innovation. A multi-disciplinary jury assessed, among other things, the aesthetic elements, as well as the constructive difficulty and fair functionality, with a particular attention to the harmonization of design between the stand and the contest as a whole. In the purely commercial side, is the celebration of the commercial missions which, during five days, were the protagonists of international meetings. The sessions were attended by more than a hundred of delegations from countries which have concluded meetings with Spanish companies. The objective of this activity lies in the opening of new markets.
Conclusions and expectations
In statements to Interempresas TV (ie-TV, Sergio Diloy, Director of competition, says that Smopyc represents the "jewel in the Crown" for fair of Zaragoza.) In addition, explains that the celebration every three years allows them to "be able to be rotating with Munich or Paris". As for the novelties presented this year, Diloy especially noted "the unification of all the outdoor area, with 150,000 square meters of exhibition area (...)." In addition, one of the big surprises for the audience has been the testing ground, 50,000 square meters, with machines live, making the movement of land, works by crushing, aggregates, etc. "." Finally, and on the current situation of the construction sector, Diloy says that "despite the time of uncertainty being experienced by the sector, the truth is that the figures and results that we have we are talking about the illusion that transmitted the exhibitors with their participation and the reception given among the visitors". For his part, Jorge Cuartero, Director Gerente of Anmopyc, the Spanish Association created in 1982 to promote sales of Spanish machinery in foreign markets, explains what search partnership in competitions as Smopyc: "our main objective is the promotion of sales of our partners in the main fairs of the sector"", either at Bauma in Munich, Conexpo in Las Vegas, Intermat in Paris, SAIE Bologna and, of course, Smopyc Zaragoza". In addition, Anmopyc also organizes direct trade missions "and reverse missions such as the q have organized on the occasion of Smopyc". Also, it valued also the situation of the sector in 2007, stating that "he has behaved in a somewhat irregular way." Until the month of September sales increased very significantly in all sectors but from the month of September we noticed a major slump. In the 2008 face do not provide too many joys: "we are suffering a major crisis with everything related to the housing (...)" "but what makes reference to public works are not pessimistic."
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