Overview
- Galiforest Abanca, which opened Thursday, July 2 at the Centro de Formación y Experimentación Agraria de Sergude in Boqueixón, runs through Saturday as an expanded three‑day trade fair.
- Organizers report this is the fair's biggest edition with 125 direct exhibitors, 387 firms represented across 31 countries and 18,162 square metres of exhibition space.
- The programme features roughly 200 continuous machinery demonstrations, an 18‑entry innovation contest whose awards will be decided during the fair, and the II Simposio Ibérico de Silvicultura gathering experts from four countries.
- Xunta official Diego Calvo attended the inauguration to stress the sector's role for Galician jobs and rural cohesion, while Alfredo Fernández Ríos presented industry figures showing biomass turnover of €68 million and biomass/biogas supplying about 25% of Galicia's primary energy.
- By staging real‑condition trials of equipment, genetic and silviculture sessions and industry networking, the fair seeks to speed adoption of tools for productivity and fire prevention and to shape regional forestry and biomass policy in the coming year.