Good balance of results to the closing of Sicur 2012

The tenth eighth edition of Sicur, International Living room of the hygiene, celebrated between the days 28 February to 2 March 2012, closed his doors with a positive balance of results. The fair, organised by Ifema, gathered the offer 1.233 companies —524 of direct participation— and received the visit of 38.840 professionals, some data that confirm the capacity of announcement of this living room, that with the years has consolidated like one of the referents of the European calendar of fairs of the sector.

Another data to underline of Sicur 2012 has been his international scope, so much from the point of view of the participation, that has meant 35% with the direct presence of companies of 21 countries, as in the influx of visitors of the outside enciphered, in this occasion, in 2.872 professionals of 80 countries.

In this chapter, also is necessary to signal the important presence of professionals of Portugal, that has supposed 45% of the total of visitors of the outside, as well as of 17 countries Iberoamericanos, with 10%, between which stand out by number and in this order, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. Of the European surroundings —in addition to Portugal— the greater number of visits corresponded to Italy, France, United Kingdom and Germany. Also it has been especially significant in this edition, the presence of a group of 60 pertinent professionals of Russia; 30 of United States, and the remarkable increase of pertinent visitors of India, Korea and Kuwait.

Regarding the national field, the results of this edition indicate that 48% of the visitors proceeded of out of Madrid, mainly of Catalonia, Andalucia, Valencia, Castilla- León and Basque Country, although it registered the presence of professionals of all the Autonomous Communities, as well as of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

On the other hand, and of simultaneous form to the commercial exhibition, Sicur was stage of celebration of multiple activities, exhibitions and professional meetings that developed with big success of assistance. Between them, the program of conferences Forum Sicur that along the four days of fair, gathered to 900 assistants, or the Brokerage Event, organised by Madrid+d, the days 28 and 29 February, that had the participation of 120 entities and that generated more than 200 interviews of work oriented to the technology transfer in hygiene.

Other foci of attention of Sicur 2012 situated in the Gallery of New Products, that this year stood out 31 especially starred proposals by the applications of available technologies in the field of the hygiene, as well as by concrete technological developments; the different simulations and manoeuvres of rescue carried out by the Firemen of the City of Madrid; the Canine Unit of Firemen of Madrid (UCAB); the Spanish Association of Escorts (ACES) and the exhibition of ancient police vehicles, Retorpol IV, or the XIII Photographic Contest Emergency 112.

Also premièred in Sicur the I Professional Meeting of Vertical Works in Spain, organised by the National Association of Companies of Vertical Works (Anetva). His president, Manuel Forcat, explained to Interempresas that this first meeting is a meeting of professionals that carry out a circuit of proofs and of “usual manoeuvres in the professional activity of the vertical works, but in shape of contest, in which it rewards the technician and the time”. Forcat Also stood out that they already prepare the second edition of the Meetings since “the sponsors of the event, the high presence of participants and the form in which it has developed , do to think that we will go back to Sicur the next year”.

All these activities, joined to the wide offer in Public and Private hygiene, Emergencies, hygiene Against Fires and Labour hygiene, gathered in the pavilions of Sicur, offered an informative space and of information of high repercussion in the different professional surroundings involved in the world of the hygiene, as well as in numerous media, so much sectorial and generalistas that during four days awarded to the hygiene an absolute leadership.

Sicur Also was the frame chosen by diverse associations and key entities of the sector of the one of hygiene for the celebration of his assemblies and other activities like the presentation of the Report on the social perception of the hygiene in Spain, of the Foundation Esys; the day on Evolution of the no labour Accidents in the Society, that organised the Foundation Mapfre; the celebration of the Day of the Fire of Tecnifuego – Aespi and the delivery of the I Prize SCI to the Inspection of the hygiene against fires, or the meeting of the Agora of Deans of the hygiene. The fair was inaugurated in the morning of 28 February, by the delegate of the Government in Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes.