Mexico. The official presentation of the Fabtech Mexico 2015 event was held, which is linked to the Coatech 2015 fair, specialized in paints and coatings and corrosion control, which will be held from May 5 to 7 at the facilities of Cintermex, Monterrey.
During the presentation of Fabtech Mexico 2015, the importance of advanced manufacturing was highlighted as one of the areas of greatest growth opportunity for the metalworking industry; which is strengthened day by day with the arrival of new companies in the automotive, aerospecial and electro-electronic area; highlighted Marcela Ordaz (photo), director of the exhibition.
For his part, Jorge Arizmendi (photo), director of Coatech Mexico Expo, commented that in addition to the strength of the metalworking sector, the consumption of paints and coatings in Mexico also has a great presence, since it reached 870,000 metric tons in 2013, and is expected to increase to more than 998,000 metric tons in 2018, representing a market value of approximately 32,000 million pesos (about US $ 2,100 million - Anafapy Data, 2013).
The organizers announced that during the three days of exhibition four exhibitions will be held simultaneously, which will be connected to each other, which will allow visitors to move freely through the 25,000 m², in which more than 550 exhibiting companies from more than 24 countries, will show the most advanced in welding, robots, dies, machinery, technology, cuts, paints and coatings.
For this edition, the generation of business for US80 million and the attendance of 11,000 visitors from Mexico and Central America from industries such as automotive and auto parts, aerospace, maquiladoras, heavy machinery, food and ampacadoras, locks / hardware, communications and transport, construction, electrical and electronics, appliances, pharmaceutical, furniture, naval and shipping, shipyards, petrochemicals, refineries and oil, plastics, pulp and paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, refrigeration, water treatment, maritime transport, merchant marine and shipments, among others.
