# Italian Trade Fair Exhibitors (SAIE, MECSPE & more) (`modoai/italian-trade-fair-exhibitors`) Actor

Exhibitor lists of five Italian B2B trade fairs as clean company data: name, sector, hall and stand, description, products, address, website and generic company email. No personal data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/modoai/italian-trade-fair-exhibitors.md
- **Developed by:** [Modo AI](https://apify.com/modoai) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 exhibitors

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Italian Trade Fair Exhibitors (SAIE, MECSPE, Exposanità, Cosmofarma, EVOLIO)

Get the exhibitor lists of **five Italian B2B trade fairs** as clean company data in one run. All five run on the same organiser's portal (Senaf, Gruppo Tecniche Nuove):

| Fair | Sector | Exhibitors (Oct 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| **SAIE Bologna** | Construction and building | ~470 |
| **MECSPE** | Manufacturing, machining, automation | ~1,490 |
| **Exposanità** | Healthcare and assistance | ~350 |
| **Cosmofarma** | Pharmacy and health retail | ~360 |
| **EVOLIO Expo** | Olive oil industry | ~150 |

### What you get

For every exhibitor: `fair`, `companyName`, `sector`, `hall`, `stand`, `shortDescription`, `logoUrl` and `detailUrl`.

With **Include details**:

- `description`: the full text;
- `productsAndServices`;
- `booths`: every hall and stand;
- `address`, `city`, `province`;
- `website` and `socialLinks`;
- `email`, but only generic company mailboxes such as info@, sales@ or export@.

```json
{
  "fair": "SAIE Bologna",
  "companyName": "3D TARGET SRL",
  "sector": "Progettazione e Digitalizzazione",
  "hall": "30",
  "stand": "F71",
  "city": "Castenedolo",
  "province": "Brescia",
  "email": "info@3dtarget.it",
  "website": "http://www.3dtarget.it",
  "detailUrl": "https://www.saiebologna.it/portale/it/3d-target-srl?slug=3d-target-srl"
}
```

### Who uses it

- **Suppliers and distributors** prospecting Italian manufacturers, builders, pharmacies and healthcare companies, for example with the keyword "laser", "calcestruzzo" or "BIM".
- **Exhibitors and visitors** planning meetings: who is in which hall and stand.
- **Market researchers** mapping an Italian industry by sector and region.

### How to use it

1. Pick one or more **fairs**, an optional **keyword** and **Maximum results**.
2. Turn on **Include details** for addresses, websites and products. This is slower: one extra page per exhibitor.
3. **Only new exhibitors**: the first run records the current list; each later run returns only newcomers. Lists grow in the weeks before a fair, so run it weekly.
4. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to Google Sheets, a CRM, Zapier or Make.

### Privacy by design

- **No phone numbers.** The fair sites hide them behind a click, and this Actor respects that.
- **No personal mailboxes:** only generic company addresses are kept, and anything that looks like a person's mailbox is dropped.
- **No sole proprietorships named after a person**, because that is personal data.
- Email addresses and phone numbers written inside descriptions are replaced with `[rimosso]`.

### Reliability

- Public pages only, one request at a time with a pause in between. No proxies, no logins, no workarounds.
- **Quality checks on every run:** if the catalogue layout changes or records come back incomplete, the run fails with a clear message instead of giving you wrong data.
- Catalogues are emptied between editions. When that happens, the run tells you which fair is currently empty.

### FAQ

**When are the lists complete?** In the weeks before each fair. MECSPE is held in March and SAIE in October. Use "Only new exhibitors" to follow the list as it grows.

**Something broke or a field is missing?** Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Fixes are usually shipped within a few days.

*This Actor is independent and not affiliated with Senaf, Tecniche Nuove or the fairs it covers.*

# Actor input Schema

## `fairs` (type: `array`):

Which fairs to collect. All five run on the same organiser's portal.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Keep only exhibitors whose name, sector or short description contains this text (e.g. 'calcestruzzo', 'laser', 'BIM').

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many exhibitors.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Open each exhibitor's page to add full description, products and services, all halls and stands, address, website, social links and the generic company email (info@, sales@...). Slower: one extra page per exhibitor.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Return only exhibitors added since your previous run. The first run returns up to 'Maximum results' and records the whole current list; each later run returns only newcomers. Exhibitor lists grow in the weeks before a fair: schedule it weekly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "fairs": [
    "saie"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "onlyNew": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `exhibitors` (type: `string`):

One record per exhibitor: fair, company name, sector, hall and stand, short description and link (plus full company details if requested).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "fairs": [
        "saie"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("modoai/italian-trade-fair-exhibitors").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "fairs": ["saie"],
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("modoai/italian-trade-fair-exhibitors").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "fairs": [
    "saie"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call modoai/italian-trade-fair-exhibitors --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,modoai/italian-trade-fair-exhibitors"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9haOIWU3aX7RwYnc7/builds/dtC2i1hzKy7TCrlDm/openapi.json