abs ASSOCIATIONS GEDAC: The Guild Participates in 2016 Rehabilita -Bureau Veritas receives a visit from the Lift Guild -The Guild participates in a conference-debate about the current and future situation of the rental housing market in Barcelona under the title «Housing, A Right as Big as a House» - The Guild pays homage to Juan Luis Pérez, General Director of the Feeda - Qualification of operators: certificate of competence AECAE: Jesús de la Peña, new president of AECAE. The AECAE General Assembly was held in Zaragoza on 26 November with the participation of the new associates Salleras Hermanos, Ingeniería SAMAT, SAGMotor, CTV and CEG Innova. AECAE now works in industry 4.0 New AECAE website at the service of all its associates. FEEDA: Training in lift maintenance. Marta Ladero, Legal Adviser of FEEDA, discusses the difficulties posed by the low number of access routes to the activity of lift maintenance Interview with Javier del Pozo, President of FEEDA: «There are still thousands of flats without a lift which, at the rate we are going, will still not have one for the next few years» SURVEY The prospects for the lift sector in 2017. The year 2016 closes with good results for virtually all companies surveyed in the sector. The modest but continuous growth of rehabilitation is combined with a yet to be confirmed recovery of new construction, making the forecast for the next fiscal year promising. On the horizon, however, the regulatory changes will still have a lot to say, according to the professionals consulted, despite the large number of firms that claim to be ready for them. FAIRS Smart City Expo World Congress 2016. On the last occasion of this discussion summi t l inking urban reality with the technological revolution recently held in Barcelona, a number of experts made clear that the Internet of Things (IoT) and digitalisation represent the future of urban mobility. Following the conference ‘Unlocking the Potential of the Internet of People, Things and Services’, ThyssenKrupp, together with other experts such as HP, TMB or the GSM association, revealed the role of connected devices in sharing information. Matelec 2016. The specialized fair for the electrical, electronics, lighting and smart factory industry brought together almost 700 direct exhibitors under the same roof, 45% more than on the last occasion, and 40,000 professional part icipants in the sector, enhancing their geographical coverage throughout the Iberian Peninsula, and in the international arena. The last Interlift Fair in 2015 was, until now, the largest in its history. With 540 exhibitors, 20,440 visitors and 42,500 m² of occupied area it set three new records which, in 2017, could be broken yet again. Because the current number of registrations indicates further growth of this leading international fair of lift technology: the coordinators of the AFAG project, the organizer of Interlift, currently register almost 10% more exhibitors than in October 2014. Asansör Istanbul is positioned as one of the three main trade fairs for the lift and domestic stairs industry. The event is being held again, for the 15th time, from 23 to 26 March 2017. LifTech Jeddah 2017 Expo is a four-day event scheduled to take place from 9 to 12 February 2017 at the Jeddah Centre for Forums & Events in Saudi Arabia; it is the only trade show 64 - Ascensores y Montacargas
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