Record bauma Attracts More than 620000 Visitors

With more than 620,000 visitors from over 200 countries, bauma 2019, the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment, generated the best results in the exhibition’s 65-year history.   The number of visitors rose by …..

….. about 40,000 over the total produced during the previous event in 2016.   More than 250,000 visitors came from countries outside Germany.   The top 10 visitor countries after Germany were: Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland and Great Britain.   The trade fair also experienced a strong increase in attendance from overseas visitors.   Significant gains in this group were produced by China, Australia and Japan.   More than 5,500 visitors came from China alone.   The number of exhibitors totaled about 3,700 from 63 countries – likewise a record.   With its unprecedented 614,000 square meters of space, the largest bauma ever held was once again a bauma filled with records.

During the 2019 edition, exhibitors unveiled a huge number of innovations and new products to the trade fair’s global visitors.   Zeppelin/Caterpillar, for instance, introduced more than 20 world premieres.   Business conducted at the exhibition was correspondingly good.   Many exhibitors spoke of a high willingness to invest.   The record-setting bauma also had a strong impact on order books, as exhibitors generated the highest sales in the history of their participation at the trade fair.

Klaus Dittrich, Chairman and CEO of Messe München, was more than satisfied with the results of bauma 2019, and said, “For the industry, bauma is by far the world’s most important innovation platform and economic engine, something that we clearly saw this year.   Particularly in these times of sweeping technological change that is being triggered by digitalization, bauma provides the industry with security and confidence.   Thanks to the momentum in demand generated by the fair’s seven days, companies will be able to calmly face economic slowdowns. bauma 2019 highlighted the opportunity and tremendous outlook of the industry as a whole.”

For exhibitors, bauma 2019 was a complete success:

• Masa Managing Director Frank W. Reschke: “the most successful bauma of all times.”
• Martin Herrenknecht: “Every bauma is something special. But 2019 topped everything for Herrenknecht.”
• Domenic G. Ruccolo, CEO of the Wirtgen Group, rated bauma 2019 as “the most successful in the history of the Wirtgen Group.”
• Many exhibitors of bauma’s partner country, Canada, were enthused as well.   Melinda Zimmerman Smith of Serious Labs said bauma created “exciting opportunities that we didn’t even know existed.”
• Andreas Böhm, a member of the Board of Directors of Liebherr-International AG, said: “We took orders from all parts of the world and made a whole lot of new contacts.”
• PERI is also “taking many excellent orders home with it,” said Alexander Schwörer, Managing Director for Marketing and Sales.
• Zeppelin Baumaschinen also “closed a lot of business deals,” said Fred Cordes, Chairman of the Management Board.

Professional industry visitors act as the foundation of success
bauma’s visitors added a strong new accent to Munich during the seven-day trade fair.   There were people from all parts of the world everywhere you looked – this was the defining feature of the fairgrounds in Riem, both in the halls and on the outdoor exhibition area.   Visitors massed at the trade fair’s hot spots, the impressive vehicle and machine displays set up by major exhibitors. In addition to its industrial focus, bauma was also a huge world of experience and adventure with a selfie tower and Ferris wheel.   Jorge Cuartero, Managing Director of the Spanish manufacturer association Anmopyc, said that, for a full week, bauma was “the place to be.”

The next bauma will be held from 4th-10th April 2022 at the Messe München Exhibition Center.