EUROPE: A VARIABLE REGION

摘要

Spain is in quite a deep crisis but hopefully 2015 will be much better. This industry has space to grow and the numbers in normal economic circumstances would see growth at 20% per annum," says Angel Ortega. Ortega is president of the Spanish IbSTT which has around 65 members representing a wide range of technologies. The organisation supports members with events, promotion and technology sharing. He says that the current drivers in the local market at the moment are financial with clients opting for cheapest price over more advanced technologies. One of the side effects of the local downturn is that leading Spanish companies have been exporting their skills and products overseas. "A natural market is South America. Colombia currently going very well, Chile has some movement," he says also mentioning other markets such as Ecuador, Panama, Mexico, Brazil and Peru.