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Spain ranked eleventh among the leading providers of German industry

Germany imported from Spain machine tools amounting to EUR 40 million in 2004

15/08/2005

The Spanish economy also recorded a growth of more than 2 percent, higher than the average in comparison with the EU in the difficult years. Industry contributes 20 percent short by GDP. After tourism and computer industries and telecommunications, have great importance of processing of metals including construction of cars and boats as well as the construction of machinery.

Spain is one of the largest manufacturers of vehicles in the world. And precisely in this sector the machine tools of high-performance play a prominent role.

The Spanish machine tool industry has developed fantastically in the past years. In 2004, Spain was among the 10 leading manufacturers in the world and, in the meantime, also ranked as number 10 of the largest markets of machine tools. In this sector, Germany is the first commercial partner of the Spanish industry. In 2003, German companies were the most important customer of machine tools ahead of France and Italy matches with Italy and Switzerland with a share of 23 percent, as also the most important buyer (here not available-mos from the current figures of the National Institute of statistics of Spain).

From the German point of view, in 2004 were imported from Spain machine tools amounting to EUR 40 million, above all punches and combined perforadoras-fresadoras, parts and accessories, milling machines, lathes and processing centres. Spain ranks as number 11 among the top providers of German industry.

For its part, the German manufacturers exported to Spain machine tools worth 178 million euros. Here dominated processing centers, parts and accessories, machine tools for laser and other systems of machining, scissors, presses, fitted-ras, as well as presses. Spain ranked therefore 9 bidders Germans most important sales markets. The next year also open good prospects for German machine tool to Spain supplies. Orders have increased almost by one third.

For the future development of the Spanish economy it is extremely important to have a competitive industry. Especially for executives who work in it, the visit to the EMO Hannover 2005 represents a good opportunity to learn about the latest manufacturing technologies, from the simple machine to the most complex installations. More than 1,700 Spanish visitors attended the 2001 EMO in Hanover. The EMO Hannover 2005, 77 Spanish companies show their offer in nearly 8,000 square metres of net exhibition area. This is the fourth largest national contingent of the fair. These exhibitors make use of the unique possibility of those who make their products to the international idea-canvas. Their participation at the EMO Hannover 2005 offers the opportunity to optimal further enhance their future export business.