Exhibitors in growth + 19%, with many news (27%)

From 9th to 13th October 2018, fieramilano Rho will host the 31st edition of BI-MU, presenting a special focus on the Internet of Things, big data, cyber security, cloud computing, augmented reality, system integrators, additive manufacturing, vision e systems controls.

Over 850 enterprises have already registered as exhibitors, 19% more compared with the last edition of BI-MU. OF these 850 companies, 343 are from abroad, coming from 24 different countries. These are very positive figures for an exhibition getting ready to welcome over 70,000 visitors from Italy and overseas.

Even the total booked exhibit area has been increasing: to date, it is 12% more than in June 2016 A decidedly significant growth that follows the trend of the Italian market that has reached the top of the consumption value.

But the most significant figure for the exhibition comes from the registration of new exhibitors that represent 27% of the total. Numbers that show how the bets of the organizers, who have expanded the technological repertoire of the fair “opening” to the world of digital manufacturing and enabling technologies, as well as consulting, has well intercepted the interest of the new manufacturing players, and not only , who answered numerous.

The new interpretation of the event has found the full appreciation of the companies belonging both to the traditionally present sectors at the fair and to new sectors such as the IoT, exposed in the Fabbricafutura area and consulting, present in the Box Consulting area. Sponsored by SIRI, it is then Robot-Planet, an area of innovation, dedicated to robots, industrial and collaborative, integrators and automation systems. Among the novelties also BI-MU Startupper, dedicated to young innovators and new companies engaged in the development of products and projects related to the world of production systems and metal processing. BI-MU Startupper will allow BI-MU to transform itself into a field of comparison between consolidated industrial models and new business visions.

To these areas will be added: Club Addittive Technologies edited by AITA Italian Association on Addittive Technologies; the Fluid Power area that will showcase the best of the systems and components for the transmission of mechanical power and fluid dynamics; Focus Meccatronica; The World of Surface Finishing, dedicated to the most qualified offer of machines and systems for surface finishing and treatment.

For the first time in its long tradition of B2B trade show, BI-MU will combine the exhibition with a cultural, thematic dimension, developed not only through the “classic” conference programme, but also thanks to a rich agenda of side events that will enliven BI-MUpiù.

As a real arena set up in Hall 13 of the Exhibition, throughout the trade show, BI-MUpiù will propose: meetings, one-to-one discussions, performances and insights offered by the organisers and by the exhibitors. Besides the cultural insight events (one every day) arranged by Exhibition Organisers in the BI- MUpiù area that will welcome up to 100 people, exhibitors will have the opportunity to present their best product offering in 20 minutes’ time

The program of events is still under definition.