At the fair, a total of 311 exhibitors participated, representing 429 companies. 69% were Spanish and 31% were foreigners, from countries such as Italy, Portugal, Brazil, China, Germany, France, Turkey, The Netherlands and India.
38% of component companies in general, such as soles, ornaments, heels, templates, etc .
29% of exhibitors of skins and tanned
18% of textile companies
9% of machinery
3% in chemical companies
3% in the press.
There was a growth of 1.5% in number of exhibitors and 5% in number of brands. In this edition, it should be noted the subsector with more grown was the machinery and technology placing more than 2,500 m2 of exhibition.
The number of visitors that was approximately 6,000 people, has been maintained with respect to the previous editions. The origin of the visitors was 80% of the national market and 20% foreign, highlighting countries such as Portugal, Italy, France, Morocco, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Turkey, Austria, United Kingdom and America in general.
In this edition, from the organization and in collaboration with the IVACE - Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness -, a reverse trade mission was organized, where shoe manufacturers from COLOMBIA were invited to show great satisfaction and interest in the products exhibited at the fair.
An interesting conference program was also prepared at the "Expert Forum" where different topics such as internationalization, safety or digitalization in footwear, online sales, technological solutions, and fashion trends were discussed.