Cimag gets underway

Cimag is designed as a highly specialized monograph, which have scheduled their presence the most important firms in the market of machinery at the international level, such as Same Deutz, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Krone, Landini, Ferrari, Pasquali, Kubota or Lamborghini. All of them will show a wide range of products, which will include their latest releases to the market, so that all visitors can meet your expectations.

Also, during the contest is carried out parallel activities of great interest to the sector, including various technical conferences, such as those dedicated to 'The management of agricultural machinery safety' and 'Tractor in Galicia in the 21st century'. The event will host also a contest of skills for students of agricultural training schools.

Within the framework of Cimag 2009 also held the fourth edition of the 'machines featured competition', aimed at rewarding the machinery of newly manufactured that stands out for its advances in the design, performance and quality of work, as well as their special suitability for forage production and, extensively for agriculture practiced in the North-West of Spain and North of Portugal. The qualified jury of this event will be chaired by Luis Márquez, Professor at the technical school Superior of engineers agronomists of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, having been agreed also that integrated the same Gabriel Riello, head of section of machinery from the school of agricultural training of Guísamo; and the Italian and Portuguese University professors Ettore Gasparetto and Fernando Santos, respectively.

As a result the monograph, co-organised by the sector itself through Ansemat (Spanish Association of agricultural machinery, forestry and green spaces) and by the Foundation week Verde of Galicia, aims to confirm its position as the most important fair in Spain and Portugal on agricultural machinery of the forage industry, in which manufacturers, importers, distributors and professionals have an unmissable.

For the achievement of this objective, the organization also has the endorsement of the figures of the previous edition, which included 270 exhibiting companies from 28 countries who completed the 23,000 square meters of the two main halls of the enclosurethat they were visited by 23.627 people. In terms of the volume of business, it stood at more than 8 million euros, while displayed machinery had economic worth more than 15 million euros.