Maquitec improves their figures and becomes more international
For the first time, the fair includes a sector which has much to tell, of the contract makes no but complete the circle of the industry present in the fairground of M2. Maquitec 2004 has created a specific area dedicated to subcontracting in which will be represented more than 30 companies subcontractors, both Spanish and foreign - has confirmed the presence of Italian, Portuguese and Croatian companies seeking to enter the national market of her being outsourced -that they will exhibit products or services that are applicable in the development of various industrial processes. This sector represents nearly 10% of the supply of the Hall.
Also this year engineering and support services sector acquires its own identity within the commercial zoning of Maquitec. Traditionally these two specialties, increasingly decisive for the modernisation and advancement of the manufacturing industries, had participated in a scattered manner in Maquitec. On this occasion, at the request of the official Col·legi d'Enginyers de Catalunya, has been created within the living room a specific sector to gather in the same area companies in computer systems engineering; process engineering; product engineering; Engineering maintenance; r & d; and technological centres and certification services. More than 20 companies will present their services in this commercial area.
In this Edition, the sectors of machine tool (boot and deformation), welding and cutting tools are the greater weight within the range of Maquitec. It should be noted, also, an increase in the representation of companies of hydraulic and pneumatic, accessories and surface treatments on the last call.
Beyond the exhibition
In this sense, Maquitec 2004 hosts three important discussion forums: the Forum Mediterranean Industrial Cooperation (Industrial Meda Forum); the Forum Maquitec; and the Forum of subcontracting. This latest event will be completed with the holding of the IV meeting European of subcontracting organized by the Barcelona Chamber.
A thoughtful zoning
This year Maquitec increases its surface with respect to the call for the 2002, occupying nearly 26,000 square metres NET in halls 1 and 2 of the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via M2 enclosure. The forecast of the Organization are the commercial offer of the Hall in 1,450 companies from nearly 40 countries represented in more than 400 booths, representing a 7 per cent of direct exhibiting companies on the latest edition.
One of the highest rated aspects of the living room is its zoning, as facilitates the visit to the professional who can thus locate exhibitors of your interest by specialties. Thus, in Hall 1 are located companies of cutting tools and machine tool of chip startup. While in Hall 2, focus exhibitors of machine tool by deformation, welding, hydraulics / pneumatics, CAD-CAM, measurement and control, heat treatment, accessories, tools, engineering and support and outsourcing services.
The Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Industrial Cooperation (19 and 20 October) he delve deeply into the key role of the industrial sector as a model of economic and social development and discuss the ability to generate industry occupation in the South of the Mediterranean countries. Envisaged the participation of representatives of the ministries of industry in several Mediterranean countries in the euro area; the World Bank; UN, European Commission and others, as well as entrepreneurs that maintained trade contacts with exhibitors at Maquitec. In addition, to get to know the current situation of the sector in the Mediterranean area, will be presented, within the framework of the Forum, the first study on "industrial alliances in the Euro-Mediterranean area".
The outsourcing Forum, organized by the Cambra de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona, will be held on the 20th and will open a debate on the industrial sector in Catalonia, the activity of companies in outsourcing and the impact of the enlargement of the European Union. Within the framework of Maquitec will also run the IV meeting European subcontracting which will connect companies European buyers with suppliers of our country.
Doubles the foreign presence
Also, Maquitec has done important work of promotion in foreign markets in order to increase its international convening power. Advocacy in Italy, France, Portugal and the Mediterranean countries have carried out.
In this section, the holding of the Industrial Meda Forum - a space of debate, knowledge and relationships of Euro-Mediterranean area that will appeal to delegations of businessmen up to 11 Mediterranean countries - and the development of the IV meetings Europeans of subcontracting organized by the Barcelona Chamber can prove crucial. These meetings involve representatives of companies buying from different European countries.
Practical information:
In Maquitec is open from 10.00 to 19.00 h without interruption. A free shuttle service for visitors and exhibitors, using launchers, linking the venue Gran Via M2 of Fira de Barcelona with the Spain Plaza will be enabled during the celebration of the fair.
In addition, the Hall offers exhibitors and visitors different services in the modern facilities of the venue Gran Via M2: a total of 1,600 parking spaces; the publication of a visitor's Guide; Business Center; baggage check-in and delivery of boarding passes; a wide range of restoration on the premises of Gastrofira; or the new area of innovation and design.
Sectors:
- CAD/CAM
- Measurement and control
- Machine tool by booting
- Heat and surface treatments
- Machine tool by deformation
- Accessories
- Welding
- Automations
- Cutting tools
- Tooling
- Hydraulic
- Subcontracting
- Pneumatic
- Engineering and support services
