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2 Technical data Fair: FUNERGAL - INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF FUNERAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Edition: 8 th Event s Date: 7 th and 8 th November 2014 Enclosure: Expourense Execution s Place: Ourense Galicia - Spain Event s Type: Professional Periodicity: Biennial Category: International (Resolution Ministry of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Spanish Government - BOE 12/25/2013). Organized by: Finca Sevilla s/n Ourense Ph.: Fax: Website: Page 2 of 17

3 INDEX Introduction....p. 4 Sectors...p. 5 Previous edition s summary... p. 6 Significant Data..... p. 7 Funergal 2012 Report....p. 8 Distinctions...p.13 Exhibitors List... p.14 Press Briefing... p.15 Discounts and packages p.16 Promotion......p.17 Page 3 of 17

4 PRESENTATION Regarded as `International Trade Fair ' by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain, Funergal is the only international trade show in the funeral industry which will take place in 2014 in the Iberian Peninsula. The Fair will be held on 7 th and 8 th of November, reaching its eighth edition as a reference in the Iberian Peninsula, because of the affluence of professionals and the business volume. With an area of 8,000 square meters, Funergal brings together entrepreneurs, both from Spain and Portugal. It will become a framework for the promotion of new products and services, networking, project launches, etc.. The fair bets for the promotion of business and enterprise competitiveness. An inverse mission of potential investors will be included in the program of the fair. Funergal is complemented with Technical Sessions, where the professional associations have an important role. This and the inverse missions make the fair an important internationalization platform to the searching of new oportuinities. Page 4 of 17

5 I SECTORS - Coffin manufactures - Funeral articles - Equipment and machines - Private and public cemeteries - Crematorium - Funeral architecture - Vehicles - Flower ornamentation - Insurance companies and other services - Tanatopraxis - Professional wardrobe - Funeral Art - Consulting - Trade press - Professional Associations Page 5 of 17

6 PREVIOUS EDITION S SUMMARY SIGNIFICANT DATA FUNERGAL 2012 REPORT EXHIBITOR S LIST FUNERGAL DISTINCTIONS PRESS REVIEW Page 6 of 17

7 2012 SIGNIFICANT DATA EXPOSURE SURFACE: SQM 80 EXHIBITORS OVER VISITORS Page 7 of 17

8 FUNERGAL 2012 REPORT The last edition was the first one with the signature of internationality and served to consolidate Funergal business center as a reference on the Iberian Peninsula. With an area of 8,000 square meters and a total of 80 exhibitors, Funergal was visited by around 4,000 people from all over Spain and Portugal, interested in knowing the latest news of the sector. This event, purely professional, showed the ability of resilience of the sector to innovate in the creation of new products and services, to adapt itself to the situation of the market. The sector with more presence was the coffins one, where the visitors could know stone, silver or gold covered coffins, and coffins for pets. In relation to urns, different models were presented, from soluble models to Sargadelos ceramic models (a beginning presented during the fair). Another sector which had a strong representation was the funeral vehicle manufacturers. Among other novelties, luxury models equipped with thermopolarized crystal or plasma screens were presented. Page 8 of 17

9 Auxiliary industry was also present in the fair, such as the funerary art, tombstones, obituaries, bindings, funeral homes, specialized press As an example of adaptation to new technologies, graves with QR codes were presented in the fair, which allow you to get information about the deceased. This edition had a trade mission organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Ourense, attended by importers from Russia, Germany and the UK, which generated new business opportunities in foreign markets. Funergal, through Expourense, it was an excellent meeting point for professionals in the funeral industry, whose business expectations were exceeded during this edition. The Fair had a high rate of satisfaction of exhibitors from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, China and USA. Satisfaction Index: Exhibitors: 8,04 Visitors: 8,28 Page 9 of 17

10 EXHIBITION S AREA Funergal emphasised by combining tradition and innovation in the sector. Different ways to organize funerals respectful to the environment were presented, as well as employing new technologies in service delivery (online obituaries, QR codes, etc..). Iberataúd, Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Wood Coffins and Derivatives, presented the quality mark that identifies the coffins made in Spain. There were other projects at Funergal, such as Vitrificatum, by the artist Julia Ares, which involves the creation of sculptures, jewellery and other glass objects, including in ashes in the raw material. Within the exhibition area, you could look original and unique exhibitions, such as a small scale funeral cars exhibition, a photographic report of a manifestation of funeral cars which occurred in Madrid in 1996 and old funeral vehicles. Page 10 of 17

11 TECHNICAL CONFERENCES During the fair there were technical conferences took place, where experts talked about the actuality of the sector, from different perspectives: legislation, cemetery management, training, etc. One of the novelties of the last edition was a roundtable where the current rules of the Sanitary Police Mortuary were analysed by experts related to health and environment, as well as the conference on international transfers, which were treated from the point of view of Memora Group experience and doing a review on the current legislation. In this conferences they were discussed the new technologies applied to this sector, analysing the usefulness of QR codes and the possibilities appeared with online obituaries. In addition, was presented the web `In memoriam Galicia '. It was also celebrated the Municipal Cemetery Management Conference, attended by technicians from Spanish and Portuguese municipalities. This session analysed the evolution of these areas to adapt themselves to the changes in society, such as the increase in cremations or the new environmental regulations. It were also addressed the innovations about funerary architecture. On Saturday, it took place the Congress of the National Association of Tanatopraxis, where new embalming techniques were presented, such as the without formaldehyde embalming. The association also called elections to the board. Page 11 of 17

12 Among the activities, the quartet `Mortis Nostrae' played continuous musical performances. They were presented the books `Aquí yace o no. El libro que tienes que leer antes de morirte by Martha Sanmamed. With the support of FUNESPAÑA there were the signing of copies of the books `De cuerpo presente by Jesús Pozo and `Polvo eres II by Martha Sanmamed. During Funergal, it took place the awards ceremony of the fifth edition of the National Prizes of La Guia Funeraria, where it was recognized the excellence of companies, professionals and organizations more important of the sector. Page 12 of 17

13 FUNERGAL 2012 DISTINCTIONS: Due to the internationality of Funergal, the 2012 Funergal Special Awards Ceremony took place, where recognized entities, companies and individuals who contributed to strengthening the trajectory of the fair were recognized: - PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS BY THEIR SUPPORT: o APEFO- Asociación Provincial de Empresas Funerarias de Ourense (OURENSE) o Associaçao dos Agentes Funerarios de Portugal (PORTUGAL) - LOYALTY AWARDS WITH FAIR FROM THE 1 ST AND 2 ND EDITION: o Velatorios As Burgas (OURENSE) o Artículos Funerarios Ramón Chao (ALICANTE) o Concello de Ourense (OURENSE) o Atlántida Consultores (GRANADA) o Almuzinc (OURENSE) o Revista Funeraria (BARCELONA) o Bergadana (BARCELONA) o INOXCOCA (PORTUGAL) o Ataúdes González (OURENSE) - PROMOTION OF FUNERGAL 2012: o FUNESPAÑA (MADRID) o Ataúdes Gallego (OURENSE) o INTERFUNERARIAS (MADRID) - ENTITIES THAT HAVE FAVORED THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE FAIR: o La Guía Funeraria y Sectores Afines (GUADALAJARA) o Cámara de Comercio e Industria de Ourense (OURENSE) Page 13 of 17

14 EXHIBITOR S LIST - ARTÍCULOS FUNERARIOS RAMÓN CHAO NFDA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXPO - AFCM ASOCIACIÓN DE ENTIDADES Y EMPRESAS MUNICIPALES DE SERVICIOS FUNERARIOS Y DE CEMENTERIOS - AFE ASIA FUNERAL EXPO HONG KONG - AFUES ASOCIACIÓN FUNERARIA DE ESPAÑA - AG EDICIONES - AGESEF - ASOCIACIÓN GALLEGA DE EMPRESAS DE SERVICIOS FUNERARIOS - ALMUZINC - ANPIAN - APEFO - ASOC. PROV. DE EMPRESAS FUNERARIAS DE OURENSE - ARCAGAL - ATAÚDES LA ARTÍSTICA - ARCAS ARGALYA - ASISA - ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE TANATOPRAXIA - ASSOCIAÇAO DOS AGENTES FUNERARIOS DE PORTUGAL ASTAL - ATAÚDES DEL ESTE J. MARTIN - ATAÚDES GALLEGO - ATAÚDES GONZÁLEZ - ATAÚDES LA FÁBRICA - ATAÚDES ÓSCAR POUSA RODRÍGUEZ - ATAÚDES OTERO FAREIXA - ATLÁNTIDA CONSULTORES - AUTOS GONZÁLEZ - BALDAIA FÁBRICA DE URNAS FUNERARIAS - BERGADANA - CARLOS VILARINHO - CARROCERÍAS IRMAOS SALGUEIRO - CENATOLIM CENTRO DE NEGOCIOS - CENTRO FUNERARIO ALTO MINHO - CESMAR - CONCELLO DE OURENSE CONCELLERÍA DE BENESTAR SOCIAL - CONCELLO DE PIÑOR - COOPERATIVA OBRERA SAN JOSÉ - CRISTALERÍA EL REFLEJO - DIREC. XERAL DE EDUCACIÓN F.P. E INNOVACIÓN EDUCATIVA XUNTA DE GALICIA - EMPRESA GAVILANES - ENCUADERNACIONES QUATTRO EXPOSICIÓN VITRIFICATUM (VITRIFICACIÓN DE CENIZAS). ARTISTA JULIA ARES EXPOSICIÓN DE COCHES FÚNEBRES A ESCALA. CEDIDA POR JOSÉ MARÍA BAENA - EXPOSICIÓN DE FOTOGRAFÍA DE LA MANIFESTACIÓN DE COCHES FÚNEBRES REALIZADA EN MADRID EN CEDIDA POR AFUES EXPOSICIÓN DE VEHÍCULOS FUNERARIOS - FEAGA FEDERACIÓN DE AUTÓNOMOS DE GALICIA - FG GRABADOS - FLORISTERÍA DRÁCENA - FRANCISCO PARDO - ARTESANÍA EN PIEDRA - FUNDACIÓN CUM LAUDE - FUNERARIA CARRANZA - FUNESPAÑA - GLOBALE RC - HIJOS DE LUIS CHAO SOBRINO - IBERATAUD ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE FABRICANTES DE ATAÚDES DE MADERA Y DERIVADOS - INDUSAUTO - INORDE INSTITUTO OURENSÁN DE DESENVOLVEMENTO ECONÓMICO - INOXCOCA - INTERFUNERARIAS - J. GUERRA - KALFRISA - LA GUÍA FUNERARIA Y SECTORES AFINES - LA REGIÓN - LA VOZ DE GALICIA - LÁPIDAS PEREIRÓ - LOUSATEXTIL BORDADOS - M. NUEVO DISEÑO - MANUFACTURAS VG - MARTA SANMAMED AQUÍ YACE O NO - MEMENTO - MEMORIAL INTERNACIONAL EUROPA - MORTIS NOSTRAE - MUZI UNIFORMES - NECROEXPO - NORTEHISPANA - PANASEF - ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE SERVICIOS FUNERARIOS - PARAFUNERARIA MANUEL MOSQUERA RODRÍGUEZ - PISCINAS GALLEGAS - REVISTA FUNERARIA - SEGI HIRU - SFM SISTEMAS FUNERARIOS MODULARES - TANEXPO EXPOSICIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE FUNERARIO Y CEMENTERIOS - VELATORIOS AS BURGAS - VIO EUROPE Page 14 of 17

15 PRESS REPORT Page 15 of 17

16 PACKAGES AND DISCOUNTS For exhibitors and visitors: RENFE DISCOUNTS: If you travel to Funergal by TRAIN, you can benefit of RENFE SPECIAL BONUS including a 35% DISCOUNT on trains long or middle distance, including AVANT. ACCOMMODATION PACKAGE: Cost: 100 (price per person in double room.) It includes: - Fair and conferences pass. - 1 overnight stay in solitary A.D. (double room) in 4* hotel. - Lunch and dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday. - Transfers from the hotel to the fair. - Guided tour to the Ourense Old City. - "Thermal Train and thermal bath. (Supplement for single room 15 / night) Page 16 of 17

17 At website, you can see updated information about the news of the 8th International Fair of Funeral Products and Services, news about the funeral sector. PROMOTION Funergal has collaboration agreements with international trade fairs that give this project a worldwide promotion. So, Funergal is present at: - AFE (China) - NECROEXPO (Poland) - NFDA (USA) - TANEXPO (Italy) Funergal also has the collaboration of La Guia Funeraria, which lets the fair is present in other events such as EXPO FUNERARIA Mexico. Page 17 of 17