34.BI-MU closed: 35,000 trade operators attending the event over 750 companies, 65,000 square metres of total area
35.BI-MU: Next Appointment October 2026, fieramilano Rho
Saturday, 12 October was the closing day of 34.BI-MU, the international biennial exhibition dedicated to the industry of machine tools, robots, automation, digital and additive manufacturing and subcontracting, held at fieramilano Rho from Wednesday, 9 October.
Organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE and promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots, automation systems and auxiliary products manufacturers’ association, 34.BI-MU featured the best of the international sector production, an expression of the product offerings of over 750 companies, 8.5% more than those registered for the 2022 edition, on a total area of 65,000 square metres.
A percentage of 37% of the exhibiting companies were from abroad: Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, USA, Spain, France, China, South Korea, Austria, UK, Turkey, Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Netherlands, San Marino, Ireland, Hong Kong, Belgium were the represented countries.
About 35,000 trade operators were present over the four days of the exhibition. Of these, 5% came from 62 foreign countries. The most represented countries were: Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Slovenia for Europe; the USA and Brazil for the Americas; China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Turkey for Asia.
Among the foreign visitors were also 80 operators – mostly users and including some journalists, coming from 16 countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Egypt, France, India, Morocco, Mexico, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam) – invited within the mission organised by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, in cooperation with ICE-Italian Trade Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
A total of 4,000 students took part in BI-MU through free and guided tours entrusted to 55 young tutors from Higher Technological Institutes. In addition to students from high schools, for the first time, the exhibition opened its doors to students from lower secondary schools, a crucial school time in deciding which educational path to take after “compulsory schooling”. All students were welcomed in the ROBOTGAMES area, where the initiatives of the special Education & Job project took place, conceived to encourage dialogue between the world of education and that of industry and to attract talents. A meeting point for matching job demand and supply was offered by Randstad, which also proposed job orientation and gamified light self-assessment activities. The real attraction of the area was ROBOTGAMES, the new automation and robotics contest for high school students, promoted by UCIMU Academy through UCIMU Foundation and organised by EFIM, with the support of Fiera Milano Foundation. The final of the contest, which took place on Friday, 11 October, saw a challenge among eight teams of eight different institutes coming from all over Italy.
