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Spain · San Sebastián
Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Machine Tools, Accessories, Components and Tools: the trade body that brings together the machine-tool sector in Spain.
Go to the official site →A curated directory of real institutions in the world of machine tools in Spain and internationally. Search, filter by category and go straight to the official site.
This is a directory of resources for the machining sector: the associations that represent machine-tool manufacturers, the formal training (vocational training and specialized centres), the professional trade fairs where you can see the technology live, and the standardization bodies that set the standards. Every entry links to its official website and is verified: if we cannot check a resource, we don't include it.
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Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Machine Tools, Accessories, Components and Tools: the trade body that brings together the machine-tool sector in Spain.
Go to the official site →Cluster that represents advanced and digital manufacturing in Spain: it brings together several industrial associations, a training centre and a museum around machine tools.
Go to the official site →Official record from the Ministry of Education of the Intermediate Vocational Training cycle in Machining (Mechanical Manufacturing family): competencies, modules and career paths.
Go to the official record →Advanced and Digital Manufacturing Campus: a vocational training and technological innovation centre specialized in machine tools, with cycles and continuing education for the sector.
Go to the official site →International Machine-Tool Biennial, at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre: one of the largest European trade fairs in the sector, with machinery, tools, automation and metrology.
Go to the official site →An Easyfairs trade fair that includes MetalMadrid: a meeting point for the industry in automation, robotics, machining, metrology, subcontracting and additive manufacturing.
Go to the official site →The world's leading trade fair for production technology and machine tools. It is held in Hannover and brings together the latest developments in machining, automation and digitalization.
Go to the official site →The sole standardization body in Spain and national representative before ISO and CEN. It publishes the UNE standards and provides access to its catalogue and technical standards search engine.
Go to the official site →International Organization for Standardization: publishes the ISO standards used in machining, such as those for Geometrical Product Specification (GPS) for tolerances and metrology.
Go to the official site →Keep learning
Before or after browsing the directory, take a look at the fundamental topics of the trade.
Real duties, day-to-day life in the workshop and types of machining.
Read the guide →Intermediate Vocational Training, certificates and what you study to work in this field.
See the path →Ranges by experience and position, with data from salary sources.
See salaries →Numerical control, basic G-code and good workshop practices.
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