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| bauma 2007 is the most successful bauma of all time  The 28th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Materials Machinery, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment took place from 23 to 29 April 2007 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, outstripping the last bauma in 2004 not only in terms of exhibition space but also as regards exhibitor and visitor numbers. "Contributing significantly to this success is the global boom in construction – above all in the emerging countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa – and also the pick-up in the construction sector in Europe, " said Manfred Wutzlhofer, Chairman & CEO of Messe München.bauma 2007 set a new record for visitor numbers – around 500,000 attended this year (2004: 416,000). That represents a rise of around 20 percent over 2004. The proportion of visitors from outside Germany increased strongly, reaching around 160,000 (2004: 116, 000), which is approximately 30 percent of the total. The rise in interest from abroad was noticed both among visitors from Germany´s immediate neighbours and among visitors from south and eastern Europe and from overseas (in some cases the rise here had been over 100 percent). Munich Airport was also able to confirm this growing traffic from abroad, as it registered 120,000 passengers passing through the airport on Thursday, 26 April 2007 – a new record for the airport. Among the overseas visitors to bauma 2007, numbers were particularly high from Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and the United States. The number of visitors from the Arabian Peninsula – the partner region of bauma this year – also rose strongly to around 2,300 (2004: 962). In total around 190 countries of origin were represented among the trade audience at bauma 2007 (2004: 171). This is an increase of over 11 percent. bauma can justifiably claim to attract visitors from virtually every country on the planet. 3,041 exhibitors (2004: 2,805) presented their products and services in Munich, which was seven percent more than at the last event in 2004. This total was made up of 1,390 German exhibitors 2004: 1, 363) and 1,651 (2004: 1,442) exhibitors from abroad. Germany, Italy and Great Britain were the three strongest contingents of exhibitors at bauma 2007. Messe München provided 180,000 square metres of hall space (2004: 165, 000), and 360,000 square metres of outdoor exhibition space (2004: 335, 000). In comparison to the last bauma, the exhibition space has thus increased by around 10 percent. The world´s biggest trade fair in terms of exhibition space, with a grand total of 540,000 square metres (2004: 500, 000), was fully booked. For the first time the bauma FORUM provided information for exhibitors and visitors on the market for construction machinery and on new product developments and in the form of country specials. In over 60 events in this forum, more than 70 expert speakers discussed the latest developments with 2,400 representatives from the sector. The next bauma will take place from 19 to 25 April 2010 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |