Aerospace & Defense Meetings-ADM Sevilla 2024 has 205 registered companies from 24 countries, more than a month before its celebration

• Andalucía TRADE and BCI Aerospace are organizing the 7th edition of the event between May 14 and 16, which reinforces its international character, with 70% of the contractors (OEMs) from abroad.
• Exports in the aeronautical sector increase 11-fold in the first month of the year 2024 to 490 million euros.

Aerospace & Defense Meetings ADM Sevilla 2024 has already reached 205 registered companies from 24 different countries, with one month and one week left for its celebration, which will take place between May 14 and 16 at Fibes. These participation figures demonstrate the interest aroused in the global industry by this biennial event, widely consolidated in its twelfth anniversary, as the reference in Spain and the most important in southern Europe to explore business opportunities in the aerospace sector, placing Andalusia as a strategic point of a business circuit that develops worldwide.

In this context, the first registration data of the seventh edition of ADM Sevilla include 162 companies registered as exhibitors, of which 73 come from other countries. These are important quantitative figures, together with qualitative records of maximum interest, since up to 70% of the companies registered as contractors (OEMs) are also based in foreign markets (30 out of 43), which reinforces the international nature of the event.

The event is organized by the Ministry of Economy, Finance and European Funds, through Andalucía TRADE, and by the company BCI Aerospace, specialist in international meetings of the sector. It also includes the main manufacturers of the European, Spanish and Andalusian industry: Airbus, the largest European manufacturer in the sector, as the main partner of the event; Aciturri, as a platinum sponsor; and Aernnova, Aertec, Capgemini, Gazc, Grupo Sevilla Control, Sofitec and Utingal, as gold sponsors.

Furthermore, ADM Sevilla has the collaboration, as institutional supporters, of the rest of the Spanish industry agents, through Tedae (Spanish Association of Technological, Defense, Aeronautical and Space Companies), and the Andalusian industry, with Andalucía Aerospace (Andalusian aerospace cluster). The event is also supported by CATEC-Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies and the Spanish Aerospace Agency (AEE).

Business in 2024

ADM Sevilla comes to be held with a successful start of the year 2024 for the sector, which has seen how in the month of January has multiplied its exports by 11 compared to January 2023, up to 490 million euros; and after closing 2023 with 2,094 million in international sales. These figures are in addition to the large numbers of international aircraft and business orders announced in recent months. This will translate into higher turnover, exports and employment for the Andalusian industry.

ADM Sevilla is configured, thus, as the business event of reference for the aerospace and defense sector in Spain. Its objective is to increase the turnover of the Andalusian and Spanish aerospace cluster, establishing Andalusia as a key point in the global aerospace market and boosting international growth opportunities for the aerospace industry in Andalusia and Spain in general, in the civil, military and space branches.

The Minister of Economy, Carolina España, celebrated the “significant participation figures that ADM Sevilla has achieved with more than a month to go, as well as the important presence of large international contractors, who make up two thirds of the total, and the two largest manufacturers in the world, which underlines the recognition of the event organized by the Andalusian Regional Government as a business event of great relevance, which makes the Andalusian cluster the host of the industry worldwide,” added Carolina España.

“This appointment boosts the business of the Andalusian aerospace industry, a competitive industry involved in some of the most important projects in world aviation, such as the A400M or the Airbus 320.”

“The next edition of ADM Sevilla offers global supply chain professionals an exceptional opportunity to meet and collaborate in the search for new business avenues. And by being held in Sevilla, the event further strengthens Andalusia’s position as Spain’s aerospace business epicenter,” Carolina España finally emphasized.

According to the latest data published by Andalucía Aerospace, the Andalusian aerospace cluster has 143 companies that generated in 2022 a turnover of 2,356 million euros, 17% more than in 2021; and 13,136 direct jobs (+8%). Moreover, 88% of these companies are located in the provinces of Seville and Cadiz, although other provinces such as Malaga, Jaen, Huelva and Cordoba are joining in recent years with companies and projects of importance.

Companies from 24 countries have already registered

The registration period for ADM 2024 is open at https://sevilla.bciaerospace.com/es/ As in previous editions, the organization of ADM Seville 2024 by Andalucía TRADE will be co-financed with funds from the European Union, under the Andalusia ERDF Operational Program 2021-2027, with a community contribution of 80%, or any other European Program likely to co-finance this action.

 To date, a total of 205 aerospace companies from 24 countries from four continents have registered for this new edition of ADM Seville. Of these, 162 are exhibitors and 43 are contractors.

Of the exhibiting companies, 73 come from abroad, with a strong presence of firms based in France (29), Italy (13), Germany (7), United Kingdom (7) and USA (4). Other companies from Austria, Morocco, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Holland, Poland and Portugal will also participate. The remaining 89 firms belong to national clusters and companies, mostly from Andalusia and Madrid.

On the other hand, 43 contracting companies (OEMs) have registered for the event to date, of which 30 are international and 13 are national. The international OEMs are based in the USA, France, Italy, China, Poland, the UK, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia and Chile, among others. As in the case of the exhibiting companies, the national contractors are mostly from Madrid and Andalusia.

ADM 2024 News

In this new edition, which celebrates its twelfth anniversary, ADM Sevilla presents important new features such as an interactive mobile application to improve the experience of companies in consulting their agendas; or the sale of tickets for Andalusian and Spanish companies without a stand or arranged meetings.

Moreover, the participation in the space called `Acción Startups’ has been boosted for the networking of these companies; and the presence of Ibero-American companies from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia and El Salvador. ADM Seville 2024 will also feature a program of high-level conferences under the common thread of sustainability, cybersecurity and human capital.