80 AFM CLUSTER COMPANIES PRESENTED THEIR NEW FEATURES AT +INDUSTRY 2021

After many months with scarcely any on-site events in the advanced manufacturing sector, +INDUSTRY 2021 held a successful edition between 26 and 28 October at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, with a total of 10,332 professional visitors, 633 exhibiting firms and 60 expert speakers, from Spain and abroad. The event was presented as a great opportunity to bring all sides together again on the fair circuit and was embraced as such by the participants. The common denominator in the reviews given by exhibitors, visitors, conference-goers and speakers alike, was their satisfaction at having been able to participate in an event of this kind.

At the +INDUSTRY fair, AFM CLUSTER accompanied 80 companies from the different fields of activity it represents: machine-tools, additive manufacturing and 3D printing, industrial supplies and hardware, machining and metal mechanical transformation and startups, which were distributed throughout the different trade fairs held in parallel with +INDUSTRY: ADDIT3D, SUBCONTRATACIÓN, INDUSTRY TOOLS, BEDIGITAL, MAINTENANCE and PUMPS&VALVES, and WORKINN. AFM CLUSTER also had a stand with group participation by 22 companies from its different collectives, as well as the association itself; and also a B2B meeting space.

Ainara Basurko, Bizkaia Regional Councillor for Economic Promotion, presided the opening ceremony of the +INDUSTRY event on 26 October, alongside BEC managing director, Xabier Basáñez, the general manager of AFM Cluster, Xabier Ortueta, and the president of ADDIMAT, Jaume Homs.

On 27 October the industrial employment fair WORKINN took place, attended by Teresa Laespada, Bizkaia Regional Councillor for Employment, Social Inclusion and Equality and Gloria Múgica, managing director of Lanbide.

Over the three-day duration of +INDUSTRY a series of seminars were also held, such as Digital & Additive Talks by CMH, and also AFM CLUSTER held a series of B2B gatherings throughout the fair, entitled “Advanced and Digital Meetings”, which are now in their 6th edition, and witnessed over 150 bilateral meet-ups between sector businesses and advanced and digital manufacturers.