Part of the buyer delegations participating in the Hosted Buyers’ Programme are already at
BIEMH. Representatives from 26 countries are touring the six halls of Bilbao Exhibition
Centre with very clear objectives: discovering the latest technological developments,
identifying competitive solutions, forging strategic alliances, and anticipating the trends
that will shape the future of the industry.
This is a prominent part of the thousands of visitors from around the world who are expected
this week at BIEMH. They are highly qualified profiles with direct decision-making power,
linked to strategic sectors such as aerospace, automotive, capital goods, defence,
electronics and electricity, energy, rail, shipbuilding, oil & gas, steelmaking, and industrial
subcontracting. In total, the programme brings together around 300 international buyers.
This year, the global dimension takes on particularly significant importance. The overseas
campaign—expanded to new sectors and markets—has boosted the arrival of delegations
from India, one of the strategic focal points of this edition, along with the United States,
Mexico, Germany, Turkey, Portugal, Morocco, the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland,
France, Italy, China, Brazil, and the Netherlands. In the case of India, around 20 companies
and associations are taking part under the umbrella of the Hosted Buyers’ Programme, the
result of BIEMH’s ongoing work with this market.
At the national level, the presence of buyer companies is equally significant. The event is
also supported by 73 associations belonging to the main associations in Spain,
representing companies that use machinery, advanced technology, and strategic industrial
sectors.
Today’s agenda will conclude this afternoon with an institutional reception offered by the
Barakaldo City Council at the Cargadero de La Orconera, an emblematic site of our region’s
industrial heritage.
On Thursday, a new reception for invited buyer companies will take place, adding to the one
held yesterday at BEC. This will complete the participation of all attendees of this edition’s
Hosted Buyers’ Programme at BIEMH.
