AFEC has been present, for 4ª consecutive edition, in the fair Mostra CONVEGNO 2010, celebrated from the 23 to March 27, in the exhibition site of Rho-But of Milan, with a stand grouped.

Jointly with the Association and with air Conditioning (IFEMA), they have participated five businesses, of which REFRIGERATORS SUPPLIES Spaniard, IBERMATIC, LUYMAR, and TECNIFAN, they have done it in the modality of stand grouped and another, to BE USED TO & PALAU, has done it with an independent stand.

The participating businesses, in both modalities, they include the subsidy of the ICEX, Spanish Institute of foreign trade.

The presence in this Fair began to organize with plenty of advance to obtain a space well situated, but the fact that some of the businesses that initially they declared its interest by been present in this edition of the Fair, they declined finally its participation, obliged to redefine the dimensions of the space, and to delay the contracting of the stand before the doubt of that even itself was not reached the most minimum number Of businesses, necessary so that the ICEX subsidize this type of activities.

Finally, and still being the participation grouped, of the up to now organized by AFEC, that has counted with a smaller number of businesses, subsidy was obtained of the cited agency.

Once it to have been hired the space, and received different stand design proposals, a meeting with the participants was maintained to treat various themes, like the transportation, hostesses/interpreters, decoration of the stand, etc., and the location of the individual space was negotiated of each one of the businesses inside the stand grouped, that finally included a surface of 116 m2 and was situated in the building 15 of the precinct Fair.

Its construction and decoration, although was simpler than in previous editions, to cheapen prices, was of the flavor of the participants, since was very luminous and took advantage of to the maximum the space for expose the teams and to receive the visitors, counting also with a common zone of store.

During the contest, José Mª Ortiz, General Director of AFEC, maintained meetings with EUROVENT, and contacts with other European Associations, as well as with representatives of other fairs internments, journalists of foreign and Spanish publications, etc., in order to developing a work of diffusion and promotion of the Spanish air conditioning.

Soler&Palau that, an edition more, has participated in this contest with an individual stand, included in its decoration, just like was done in the stand grouped, the logos pertaining to Spain and in depth FEDER, mandatory on the part of ICEX, to opt to the subsidy.

The inclusion of the cited logo pertaining to FEDER, European Funds of Regional Development, itself due to that this activity can be susceptible of to be financed jointly by the European Union, through them cited European Funds, for that reason the ICEX require the apparition of the cited logo in the stand of the subsidy object businesses.

Once it finalized the contest, has been sent the representatives of the businesses the documentation that, once complimented, they should return to the Association for their presentation, jointly with another requested by the ICEX, to be able to opt to the subsidy previously assigned.

Among this documentation is a Questionnaire that should compliment each one of the participants, and that summarizes the degree of satisfaction of the same, in relation to: number of visitors, quality of the same, predisposition to buy, contacts carried out, general opinion of fair in its different aspects, appraisal of the participation grouped, etc.

The participating businesses declared their satisfaction with their participation in the Fair, as well as with the quantity and quality of the visitors. This satisfaction reflects in the questionnaires, since in a scoring from 0 to 3, the majority of the sections they receive a value of 2 and 3 and some of the participants has declared already their intention of been present in the next edition.

AFEC, as has come doing in previous editions, and once finalized the contest, takes charge of negotiating and to present before the ICEX all the documentation relating to the bills, receipts of payment of the same, bank statements, affidavits of aid, as well as the activity execution report, and any another documentation required. Once it prepared the same one, is notified upon citing agency, that takes charge of sending its auditors, so that they verify that all is correct and to give thus its Vº Bº so that proceed to the guarantee of the subsidy.