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Results of 2017
Exhibitors:
Total number of exhibitors: 512
Origin: 23 countries
Most significant countries in terms of number of exhibitors:
Portugal, Italia, Francia, Alemania, Polonia, Taiwan.
Geographical distribution:
| AREA | % |
|---|---|
| Basque Country | 31% |
| Rest of Northern region | 14% |
| Central region | 14% |
| Catalonia and eastern | 24% |
| Southern region | 1% |
| National total | 84% |
| Abroad | 16% |
Distribution by activity sector:
| Processes (80%) | |
|---|---|
| Part machining and processing without chip removal | 30% |
| Casting | 28% |
| Manufacturing of finished or semi-finished parts | 16% |
| Thermal treatments and surface coatings | 11% |
| Plastic and rubber processing | 8% |
| Engineering and Specialised services | 7% |
| Equipment (20%) | |
|---|---|
| Supplies for foundry, surface treatment, welding, iron and steel industry | 34% |
| Equipment, tools and manufacturing of special machinery | 28% |
| Metrology, CAD/CAM | 16% |
| Coding, marking and identification | 5% |
| Other equipment: storage, structures, protections, etc. | 17% |
Visitors
Total visitors: 19.245
Domestic: 94%
Foreign: 6%
Most significant countries of origin: Portugal, Francia, Italia, Alemania, Colombia, Reino Unido.
Subcontratación 2017 visitors by activity sector
| ACTIVITY SECTOR | % s/total |
|---|---|
| Manufacture of other machines, equipment and industrial supplies | 18,08% |
| Automotive | 14,61% |
| Iron and steel industry | 12,53% |
| Manufacture of machine tools and their auxiliary industry | 9,75% |
| Equipment goods | 6,38% |
| Metallurgy | 6,05% |
| Services (engineering, industrial design, consulting, research, telecommunications, information technology …) | 5,94% |
| Energy and its auxiliary industry | 3,87% |
| Construction Elements | 3,84% |
| Aeronautics and its auxiliary industry | 3,70% |
| Treatments, coatings, chemical products | 2,15% |
| Railway and its auxiliary industry | 1,96% |
| Electricity and Electronics | 1,46% |
| Training | 1,44% |
| Equipment and transformation of plastic | 0,80% |
| Consumer goods (furniture, decoration, toys, food equipment, household appliances, household goods …) | |
| Otros | 6,96% |
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Total Guest Purchasers: 106
Total Interviews held: 1.224
Guest origin: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, Morocco , Poland and Serbia
Sectors of buyers: Automotive, Aeronautics, Building, Robotics, Medical equipment, Railway (vehicles and infrastructures), Electricity and Electronics, Energy, Defense, Manufacturers of different types of machinery (packaging, processing, agro-food) and additive manufacturing and 3D printing.
Results of 2015
Exhibitors:
Total number of exhibitors: 606
Origin: 24 countries
Most significant countries in terms of number of exhibitors:
Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Morocco, Belgium, Romania and Switzerland.
Geographical distribution:
| AREA | % |
|---|---|
| Basque Country | 40% |
| Rest of Northern region | 14% |
| Central region | 8% |
| Catalonia | 15% |
| Eastern region | 7% |
| Southern region | 2% |
| National total | 86% |
| Abroad | 14% |
Distribution by activity sector:
| Processes (80%) | |
|---|---|
| Part machining and processing without chip removal | 30% |
| Casting | 28% |
| Manufacturing of finished or semi-finished parts | 16% |
| Thermal treatments and surface coatings | 11% |
| Plastic and rubber processing | 8% |
| Engineering and Specialised services | 7% |
| Equipment (20%) | |
|---|---|
| Supplies for foundry, surface treatment, welding, iron and steel industry | 34% |
| Equipment, tools and manufacturing of special machinery | 28% |
| Metrology, CAD/CAM | 16% |
| Coding, marking and identification | 5% |
| Other equipment: storage, structures, protections, etc. | 17% |
Visitors
Total visitors: 18,513
Domestic: 94%
Foreign: 6%
Most significant countries of origin: Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Turkey, Belgium, Algeria, Morocco, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador
Subcontratación 2015 visitors by activity sector
| SECTOR | % of the total |
|---|---|
| Machine tool (including manufacturing of equipment, components, tools and accessories for M-T and automation) | 18.16% |
| Automotive | 14.06% |
| Iron and steel industry | 13.29% |
| Manufacturing of parts, assemblies and subassemblies | 6.80% |
| Manufacturing of other machines, equipment, dies and tools | 6.09% |
| Aeronautics | 5.70% |
| Specialised manufacturing services | 5.64% |
| Energy (wind, solar, petrochemical…) | 5.54% |
| Shipbuilding | 4.93% |
| Engineering | 1.81% |
| Domestic appliances and hardware | 1.78% |
| Capital goods | 1.72% |
| Railway | 1.68% |
| R&D&I, Technology centres | 1.62% |
| Raw materials, materials and chemicals | 1.44% |
| Heat and surface treatments | 1.44% |
| Naval | 1.35% |
| Industrial maintenance | 1.16% |
| Training | 1.10% |
| Defence | 0.64% |
| Public administration | 0.55% |
| Electronics, electricity | 0.52% |
| Others: jewellery, medical, lighting, health, paper industry, recycling, food, furniture manufacture. | 2.98% |
B2B meetings. 15th EUROPEAN SUBCONTRACTING MEETING
Total Guest Purchasers: 80
General subcontracting purchasers: 43
Automotive purchasers: 18
Aeronautics purchasers: 19
Guest origin: Germany, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Morocco and Romania
Interviews held:
Total Interviews: 1,224
General subcontracting: 538
Automotive: 238
Aeronautics: 248
Additional interviews agreed on-site: 200
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