Record demand at BAUMA 2016
17/04/2016
A seven-day show of superlatives at BAUMA attracted around 580,000 visitors from 200 countries to Munich between April 11 and 17, that means a rise of more than nine percent.
After Germany, the top ten countries of origin among the visitors were Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, UK, Sweden, the Russian Federation, Poland and the Czech Republic.
A total of 3,423 exhibitors—1,263 from Germany and 2,160 from abroad—from 58 countries presented their products, developments and innovations on a record 605,000 square meters of exhibition space.
Exhibitors from outside Germany accounted for 63 percent of the total—higher than ever before.
Mr. Klaus Dittrich, Chairman & CEO of Messe München, was delighted: “The response from the participants this year was amazing. The visitors at bauma always come looking to invest, but this year the exhibitors’ order books filled up much faster than expected. Many exhibitors are talking about a record level of demand at BAUMA 2016. And that is an extremely positive sign in this current uncertain climate.”
Mr. Johann Sailer, Chairman of the VDMA Association for Construction Machinery and Building Material Machines, agrees: “BAUMA is the ideal platform for presenting innovative new developments, because it has a big impact in the industry around the world. Again in 2016 the world’s largest show of construction machinery will deliver impetus for further growth in our sector.”
The next bauma takes place from April 8 to 14, 2019 in Munich.
On the other hand, in the frame of BAUMA 2016,six companies and research institutions were honored with the BAUMA Innovation Award during a festive ceremony held on April 10 in the church Allerheiligenhofkirche in Munich.
The bauma Innovation Award is “a reflection of the innovativeness of the German and international construction, building material and mining machine industry,” Bavarian Economics Minister Ilse Aigner said in praising the award winners and all of the other companies that took part in the competition. “It serves not only as a demonstration of what is technically feasible, but also points the way to the future.”
The six winners of this year’s award are:
- Kramer Werke GmbH, Pfullendorf (machinery)
- IMKO GmbH, Ettlingen (components)
- LEONHARD WEISS GmbH & Co. KG, Göppingen (construction process/construction work)
- The Technical University of Dresden, Department of Construction Machinery Technology, Dresden (research)
- Groupe Mecalac S.A., Annecy-le-Vieux, France, and the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden (design)
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