Buyers come to Bilbao

speakers and looked at the challenges, advances and trends that will impact on the future of advanced industry.

One of the key meetings was the 20th European Industrial Subcontracting Meeting. Organised by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, CámaraBilbao and Bilbao Exhibition Centre, with the collaboration of the Spanish Chambers of Commerce.

Over three days around 1,000 meeting interviews were held with the participation of close to a hundred major buyers from countries such as France, Italy, Morocco, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, Finland, Holland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Tunisia, as well as Spain.

The first day was attended by subcontracting companies in general, while the second day was attended by representatives from the automotive, renewable energy and plastics sectors. The third day focused on additive manufacturing, defence and aerospace.

The meeting had the highest number of buyers to date, making it the largest B2B event of its type in Europe.

Josep Maria Gomes, International Business Developer Manager of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, said these meetings had established themselves as an essential platform with international recognition that brings together a select community of buyers from high value-added sectors looking for new partnerships and business opportunities.

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