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Cerca de 1.300 firmas han reservado ya su espacio en la 24ª de la BIEMHAbout 1,300 signatures have already booked their place in the twenty-fourth of the BIEMH
January 17, 2006
A total of 1,293 companies spread over 604 stands have already confirmed their participation in the BIEMH, the Spanish machine tool biennial, which held its twenty-fourth edition of the 6 to 11 of March of 2006, coorganized by Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) and the Spanish Association of machine tool manufacturers (AFM).
According to recent numbers presented, the BIEMH will count with 53 per cent of foreign presence, a figure boosted this year thanks to the registration of direct exhibitors coming from Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, United States, France, Czech Republic and Taiwan.
For its part, machine-tool for boot sectors, accessories for machine tool and machine tool, machine tool by deformation tools are, to date, the greater representation, with 64 per cent of the total number of registered companies. The offer is completed with other machines and equipment, electrical and electronic equipment, metrology and quality control, hydraulic and pneumatic, equipment to the workshop and the company services, handling and robotics, CAD/CAM/CAE, welding and flame cutting.
As regards the classification of the fair, the 2006 Edition is follows:
Pavilion 1: boot
Pavilion 2: boot and Metrology
Pavilion 3: boot, CAD/CAM/CAE
Pavilion 4: tools and accessories
Pavilion 5: deformation and laser marking
Hall 6: Automation, hydraulics, handling, robotics, pneumatic, welding and other machines.
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Asociación Española de Automatización y Robótica
Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Máquinas-herramienta, Accesorios, Componentes y Herramientas, AFM