A total of 1,171 companies from 25 countries, 46% of them foreign, showed their most advanced machinery and the latest manufacturing process solutions, drawing visitors from the five continents to the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, together with representatives of buyers in such strategic markets as Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey and Russia, among others.

With attendance slightly higher than in 2010, the 27th BIEMH started strongly, offering fundamental elements to respond to the commercial needs of the sector’s professionals in a space with a high technological level and international prestige.