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| Messe München expects the biggest bauma of all time  The 30th bauma is ready for the start: Between April 15 and 21, 2013, Messe München will be opening the gates on the world´s biggest trade show – the "International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment". More than 3,400 exhibitors and over 450,000 visitors are expected to participate.This year´s show is even bigger than the last event in 2010: bauma 2013 is taking up a total of 570,000 m2 of exhibition space, spread between 16 halls, accounting for 180,000 m2, and the outdoor exhibition area, offering 390,000 m2. Over 3,400 exhibitors from 57 countries will be showcasing their innovations here. During the set-up phase, more than 600 HGVs arrived at the venue, to deliver the exhibits for the show. In one day alone, one major exhibitor maneuvered as many as 23 trucks to his presentation space. Already, the number of visitors registering their attendance in advance has risen as compared to the same stage in preparations for 2010. Messe München is now expecting over 450,000 visitors from 200 countries to come to the show. In the past an average of 51 percent of the participants traveled by public transportation to the venue. It is important to remember in this context that the entrance tickets to bauma no longer include free travel on public transportation. bauma 2013 will also be turning the spotlight on the next generation of mechanical engineers. On a 3,000-m2 event space the VDMA Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association, Messe München GmbH and the LandBauTechnik Bundesverband are putting on – for the first time – an extensive program targeted at young people. The aim of the initiative is to fill young people with enthusiasm for technology and the construction and building material machinery sector in particular. So far over 9,000 schoolchildren from more than 175 schools have registered to come along. At the West Entrance, there will be an "International Information Center Research Live". At this display, the ninth of its kind, 20 universities from Germany and abroad will be presenting the latest results from research and development projects. The event is being organized by the Technical University of Dresden. The official tour of the exhibition halls at bauma 2013 starts on April 15, at 10:00 at the East Entrance at Messe München. Taking part are Dr. Peter Ramsauer, Germany´s Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development, Ir. M. Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, and Djoko Kirmanto, Minister of Public Works, Republic of Indonesia. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |