An edit without equal in the 2004 BIEMH
On this occasion involving a total of 1,787 exhibitors, of which 300 had not participated in previous contests. The reserved exhibiting surface rises to 60.005 square meters (41% more than in the previous edition), distributed in 828 stands, which highlights the Exhibitor deployment of this new edition of the BIEMH, which will be fully operational capacity of the new enclosure BECfor which have been invested 440 million euros.
Demand from the exhibitors in this sector was, precisely, the fundamental element that took into account when adopting the decision to build a new fair exhibition centre. Companies of Japan, United States, Argentina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Taiwan, among many others, have confirmed their presence.
All these data and what point it is will be the edition of the BIEMH more excitement has aroused since its first contest in 1961. So, 54 years before the Spanish machine tool biennial is constituted as the first industrial and technological demonstration of the country, has established itself as one of the first international exhibitions in their specialty. This is matches, on the other hand, the fact that Spain should appear as third country producer and exporter of machine-tool of the European Union and the ninth in the world.
It will contribute to the consolidation of its international image the relaunch posed by the new framework of the BEC-Bilbao Exhibition Centre. This has the exhibiting innovations and more advanced services, including transport and mobility of visitors: station of Metro and fast roads, at the foot of enclosure, for fluid communication with the urban centre of Bilbao and the various terminals communications (Airport)(, among others).
For six days the BIEMH focus more relevant technological developments of the Spanish companies and other top producers in the world. Exhibitors from more than 32 countries make up the list of participants at a fair in which the largest number of foreign exhibitors will be up to Italy, Germany, Portugal and United States, with representations of other countries of first line like SwitzerlandFrance, United States and Japan.
The 23 BIEMH will also strengthen its international expansion by also focusing advocacy efforts on a key aspect as the visitors. Among other actions of the co-organizers, over forty offices abroad are coordinating the participation of delegations of potential customers and distributors of machine tool, a formula which in 2002 attracted the presence of professionals from 30 countries at the Bilbao international fair.
In the task working, together with the initiatives of the AFM and the Bilbao international fair, the commercial offices of Spain abroad, collaborating offices of the international network of the SPRI, distributors, associations, media, etc. of various countries.
BEC space represents a new concept of fair, for its design and construction, allowing the development of a new logistics of mounting and new systems of management and classification, in order to provide exhibitors and visitors the profitability and the better use of your trade fair presence.
The six wards that make up the new facilities are airy, with paving resistant to heavy loads and equipped with technologies tip at each booth.
They are these days technologies and developments of machine tools (for startup and deformation along with accessories and components) industry and auxiliary industry, as well as hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and electronic equipment, metrology and quality control, handling and robotics, services to the workshop and the company, CAD/CAM/CAE, welding and flame cutting, mainly.
