Associations

According to the data provided by Aseban (Spanish acronym for the Association of Spanish Bathroom Equipment Manufacturers), the strong external demand for Spanish bathroom equipment products continues and the growth trend is maintained in the current complex and tense environment. This is revealed from the data analyzed by ICEX (Spanish acronym for the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade) Estacom-AEAT.

After two years of interruption because of the pandemic, the GRUP GAMMA managers' conventions returned to the face-to-face meeting format. And the initiative could not have received a better response from the members. Not only in terms of number of attendees, but also in terms of engagement, motivation, and satisfaction.

The National Association of Ceramics and Construction Materials Distributors (Andimac in its Spanish acronym) will present a report on the impact of the inflation rate on the commercial margins for the home improvement and refurbishment sector at its VIII National Congress. The event will be held on June 8th and 9th at the Valencia Fair, with Sala Baño as official media partner.

The Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Air Conditioning Equipment (AFEC) and the National Association of Distributors of Ceramics and Construction Materials (ANDIMAC) have signed a collaboration agreement for the development and promotion of the air conditioning market within the framework of a European funding program for rehabilitation works.
 

Standard Hidráulica and Mediclinics have been awarded with the AUNA 2021 Awards. The Awards reward the best product releases of the year and gathered in Madrid more than 400 professionals, mostly senior position managers, coming from the most important companies in the electrical equipment, plumbing, heating and air conditioning sectors.
 

The Spanish Kitchen Furniture Association (with Spanish acronym AMC) has presented the ultimate kitchen equipment guide, a new website in which it compiles all the essential information needed when designing a kitchen project.

Looking into the future is the proposal of the Amec Forum: performing industrial research to anticipate what is yet to come. In this edition, the focus will be on studying and analyzing the optimal business size.
 

According to the survey Quiero Vivir Mejor (Spanish for I want better living standards), prepared by the National Association of Ceramic Tile and Building Material Distributors of Spain (Andimac), Spaniards qualify the standard of their housing with a 6,8 score.

The major employers´ organizations in Spain of the sector of ceramic tiles, building materials and supplies have joined forces to make a joint statement on their concerns about the measure that precludes the opening of stores and retailers, related to the commercialization of the materials of the sector they represent.

Andimac will focus during its forthcoming annual congress, to be celebrated on the 23^rd and 24^th of October at the Feria Valencia venue, at the growing challenges that faces the specialist distributor store against the increasing competition of the large department stores and digital multi-national companies.