The BIEMH closes its doors with better than expected
June 7, 2010
The biennial has been known for the outstanding exhibition of stands that have could know the trends in technology major, especially drawing the attention of those who have attended the fair machines for large applications of machining in which Spanish sector holds worldwide market leadership, and the solutions for sectors wind, rail or aviation. The great contribution of technological centres in themes of automation, micro-machining, portable machines, machine vision, dimensional control, robotics and new applications has also been significant.
In addition, the announcement of the new 'Plan Renove' of the machine tool Monday, May 31, at the beginning of the contest, was also an important lever to revive operations and projects that were realized during these days.
On the other hand drew attention to the presence of the different public institutions which showed their understanding of the strategic interest of the sector for all sustainable economy. After the inauguration in charge of the Prince of Asturias, accompanied by the Lehendakari Patxi López and the President of the Basque Parliament Arantza Quiroga, the Minister of industry, Bernabe Unda, the general Secretary of innovation, Juan-Tomas Hernani, Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia General membersrepresentatives of ICEX (foreign trade Institute), of the employer Adegi and Confesbask of the SPRI, the Chamber of Commerce of Gipuzkoa and the Basque Government Industry Committee, among others, visited the exhibiting companies to hear first-hand wide and outstanding technological offer.
Also note that since the Organization pointed that the expectations with which both organizers and exhibitors started the twenty sixth edition of the biennial have been largely overcome.
In addition, and despite the fact that the recruitment of the fair started in the worst moment of the economic crisis, they emphasize that "manufacturers of machine tool companies have shown their firm commitment to the event which have represented the most prominent group". In particular, they occupied 24 per cent of net exhibition area.