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METEF-FOUNDEQ RECORD FIGURES
METEF and FOUNDEQ EUROPE 2002 held from the 8 to the 11 May 2002 at the Garda Exhibition Centre in Montichiari, Brescia, ended with record figures:
19,162 visitors of which 6,881 coming from abroad,
433 exhibitors of which 76 coming from abroad
18, 450 sq.m. net exhibiting area,a 43% more than the 2000 edition.
Metef 2002 was even a more complete display than the previous editions and put on show the best that the market has to offer in regards to aluminium in the field of production, transformation, machining and applications: machines, equipment for the various applications, semifabricated and finished products in aluminium, extruded products for building and components for the automobile industry.
| Metef-Foundeq 2002 to the microscope |
| General Data |
1997 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
| Exhibitor Nr |
187 |
245 |
318 |
433+10 |
| Net Area ( sq.m.) |
6,000 |
9,500 |
13,461 |
18,455 |
| Visitors |
6,499 |
12,450 |
15,383 |
19,162 |
| Average exhibiting area per company (sq.m.) |
32 |
39 |
42 |
43 |
| Comparison with 2000 |
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| Number of exhibitors |
+ 34% |
| Sq.m. booked |
+ 37% |
| Number of visitors |
+ 25% |
| Exhibitors analysis |
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1997 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
| Nationality |
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| Italy |
167 |
215 |
222 |
357 |
| Abroad |
20 |
30 |
56 |
76 |
| Total |
187 |
245 |
318 |
433 |
| % Abroad |
10% |
12% |
18% |
18% |
| Exhibitors provenience |
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| Italy |
82% |
| Other Countries |
18% |
| Total |
100% |
| Exhibitors divided per macroarea |
| Pressure diecasting |
38% |
| Extrusion |
30% |
| Foundry |
22% |
| Other |
6% |
| Total |
100% |
| Visitors comparison |
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1997 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
| Visitors |
6,949 |
12,450 |
15,383 |
19,162 |
| Italy |
6,499 |
10,300 |
10,448 |
12,281 |
| Other Countries |
450 |
2,150 |
4,935 |
6,881 |
| Visitors divided for position inside the company |
| Technical managers and operators |
41% |
| Entrepreneurs and administration |
21% |
| Marketing Managers and operators |
16% |
| Researchers, design engineers consultants, teachers |
10% |
| Other |
12% |
| Total |
100% |
| Visitors interest towards the different macroareas |
| Pressure diecasting |
34% |
| Extrusion |
23% |
| Foundry |
29% |
| Surface Treatment |
5% |
| Rolling |
4% |
| Other |
5% |
| Total |
100% |
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