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AMEC URBIS is the Spanish Association for Urban and Environmental Equipment and includes the following sectors:

Traffic Equipment:

• Carriageway marking and traffic signing
• Road network control and safety
• Traffic regulation/planning
• Car park equipment
• Toll equipment
• Public transport
• Other

Street Furniture:

• Street Furniture
• Public lighting
• Green spaces
• Children’s playgrounds
• Other municipal equipment

The Environment:

• Drinking water and sewage
• Atmospheric pollution
• Solid urban waste
• Industrial, toxic and dangerous waste
• Recycling
• Alternative energy
• Company environment management
• The recovery of impoverished spaces and land

The main objectives of AMEC URBIS are as follows:

• to represent and defend the interests of the sector and its associate companies
• to encourage and promote export and the internationalisation of the sector and its companies, promoting competitive improvements in the field of commerce, industry and technology.

AMEC URBIS is part of AMEC which is made up of ten sector associations of manufacturers of capital goods and industrial products. Its 500-plus associate companies export around 2.5 billion euros.

AMEC URBIS is a member of EUCETSA (the European Committee of Environmental Technology Suppliers Associations) which is made up of AGORIA (Belgium), UIDA/ANIMA (Italy), APEMETA (Portugal), The Environmental Industries Commission (UK), FMS (Austria), SWISSMEM (Switzerland), VDMA (Germany) and VLM (Netherlands).

At a national level we work together with the Spanish Road Association (Asociación Española de la Carretera or AEC).

Furthermore, AMEC URBIS is recognised by ICEX (the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade) to design and manage the export promotion plan for the whole urban, traffic and environmental equipment sector.

We take part in the main international fairs in the sector, including the following:

The Environment
IFAT (Germany), IFAT CHINA (China), Pollutec Lyón (France), Enviro Pro (Mexico).

Street Furniture
BAU (Germany), BIG 5 SHOW (UAE – Dubai)

Traffic
Intertraffic in the Netherlands, Mexico, the USA, Thailand and Turkey

We are members of the Organising Committee of the following fairs: TRAFIC (Madrid), SMAGUA (Zaragoza) and MATELEC (Madrid).

Aware of the importance of research, innovation and technological development, AMEC-ASCON collaborates with a number of universities and technological centres.

The main national publications for the sector in which AMEC URBIS appears and to which it regularly contributes are:
DISEÑO DE LA CIUDAD
INFO ENVIRO
IMU (Ingeniería Municipal)
FOMENTO
TECNOAMBIENTE
RESIDUOS