The Ferroforma-Bricoforma hardware and DIY fair opened on Wednesday 23rd in a new format, featuring almost 600 international exhibitors and a highly participative programme of activities. By the close of the event 4 days later, 16,275 visitors from a total of 80 countries from all over the world had walked through the halls of the Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), drawn by the business potential of Europe's benchmark event in its field for 2011. José Miguel Corres, the CEO of BEC, describes this figure as "satisfactory, which is just how this year’s participants have assessed the event to us".

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