TECHNICAL SHEET

Date: 18-19 March 2025

Opening hours: 18th March: 9.30 – 18.00 / 19th March: 9.30 – 17.00

Venue: FICOBA, Gipuzkoa’s Exhibition Centre, Irun, Spain

Character: Professional

Frequency: Biennial

Number of editions: Two

Past editions: 1st edition, 8 – 9 March 2023

Spain

Number of companies in sectors with a potential demand for welding products or services for their industrial processes

  • Gipuzkoa: 3,726

  • Basque Country: 9,273

  • Basque Country and Navarre: 17,087

  • Basque Country, Navarre, Asturias, Cantabria, Galicia, La Rioja, Aragon, Catalonia, Madrid, Valencia and Murcia: 167,597

Source: Eustat (Basque Statistics Institute) and INE (National Statistics Institute)

VISITOR PROFILE

Professionals who make decisions or provide advice for purchasing products and services for welding and other joining technologies :

  • Professionals in welding and other joining technologies

  • Workshop managers

  • Welding coordinators

  • R&D, Quality, Production and Purchasing Departments

  • Technical engineering and technical offices

from companies in the following sectors:

  • Automotive, Rail, Aerospace, Railway, Aerospace, Marine manufacturers

  • Metal processing

  • Boilermaking

  • Public works machinery

  • Power generation

  • Construction of metallic installations and structures. Industrial assembly

  • Sub-contracting companies

  • Maintenance and repair companies

  • Capital goods manufacturers

  • Offshore platforms

  • Specialized training centers

EXHIBITOR PROFILE

The sectors represented at the trade show are:

  • Manufacturers/Distributors of welding and cutting equipment and products

  • Manufacturers/Distributors of consumables, industrial gases and filling and deposition materials

  • Adhesives

  • Safety and protection equipment

  • Suppliers of industrial support services

    • Cutting, welding, transformation, forming, repair and automated solutions

    • Approval and certification

    • Inspection and testing

    • Training

    • Metrology and sensor technology

    • Advisory services

    • Surface technology and heat treatment

  • Welding and joining technology R&D

  • Engineering companies

  • Sector associations

PARALLEL ACTIVITIES

Welding competition:

Aimed at students and young professionals. It will consist of making welded joints, using different welding processes.

Conference area:

Program of lectures and round tables on the latest news and technologies in welding and joining technologies.