Concepto Baño at Construmat

CONSTRUMAT 2007 will host the first ever CONCEPTO BAÑO, International Bathroom Show, which was created as a trade fair platform for sanitary ware, taps, fittings and bathroom furniture. Along the same lines, CONSTRUMAT will also incorporate PINTUDECORA, International Paint Show, which will showcase products from the paint and related services sector

The 15th CONSTRUMAT, International Construction Show organised by Fira de Barcelona, will be held from the 14th to the 19th of May 2007 in the Montjuïc and Gran Vía exhibition centre. The latter will have two new pavilions in addition to the four already operational. The overall net exhibition space of the two venues could exceed 150.000 m2.

CONCEPTO BAÑO and PINTUDECORA

CONSTRUMAT will showcase products from the overall construction industry and, at the same time, will serve the specific needs of each sector. An example of this is the creation of CONCEPTO BAÑO, International Bathroom Show; an event with the CONSTRUMAT trademark, which will represent the sanitary ware sector and related industries and PINTUDECORA, International Paint Show which is making its debut in CONSTRUMAT 2007.

Motivator of sector debate

In addition to being a leading trade show in Spain and an international platform of the European construction market, CONSTRUMAT is also a dynamic forum which stimulates dialogue.

With an ongoing innovative policy in matters of social housing, avant-garde architecture and sustainable development, at each new show CONSTRUMAT incorporates activities and monographic features which provoke, in the sector, in communications media and in public opinion, the debate needed to find solutions for the future.

Continuing with this philosophy, CONSTRUMAT 2007 will host a new edition of APTM which, on this occasion will focus on “Multi-habitats: polyvalent housing”; and also CASA BARCELONA, the avant-garde architectural space which uses prototypes to show the results of the work done jointly by leading manufacturers and prestigious architects.

The sector dedicated to SUSTAINABLE BUILDING will be very important in CONSTRUMAT 2007. The exhibits in this area, as well as the demonstrations and practical activities, will be very relevant largely due to the decrees approved by the Administration and to the relative solutions available on the market. Renewable energies and their use in housing, the application of the Technical Building Code and other environmental regulations will play an important role, both practical and theoretical, at the next CONSTRUMAT.

Pilar Navarro, new director of the show

Pilar Navarro has been appointed new director of CONSTRUMAT to replace Gonzalo Sanz, who will continue to be linked to the show as director of Fira de Barcelona’s Professional-Industrial Trade Shows.

Pilar Navarro joined Fira de Barcelona in 2001 as director of Graphispag 2003. She was responsible for Graphintro and Serigraph 2005, Maquitec 2005, and Expoquimia, Equiplast and Eurosurfas 2005. She graduated in International Management and pursued further studies in business management (MBA), marketing management and communication management (UAB). She has had an extensive career working for various multinationals in the consumer goods sector.

The previous CONSTRUMAT, held in April 2005, featured 2,134 exhibitors from 53 countries and recorded 265,000 visits. It is estimated that it generated 200 million euros worth of business for the city of Barcelona and the surrounding area, especially in restaurant, hotel and transport services.  
 
CONSTRUMAT is a trade show of Fira de Barcelona, the leading organiser of industrial and professional exhibitions in Spain and one of the first four in Europe in the number of events.