Already – eleven months before bauma opens – all space at the show is fully booked. This International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment has a waiting list for all sections of the exhibition. And this is despite the fact that the exhibition space allocated to the event has been extended to a record 570,000 square meters.

On May 2, 2012, on the occasion of the Conbuild Mining Indonesia Trade Show, Mr. Djoko Kirmanto, Minister of Public Works of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Klaus Dittrich, Chairman & CEO of Messe München International, and Mr. Walter Hess, the VDMA’s Special Envoy for the bauma Partner Country of Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.), specifically the relevant trade association within this industry federation, is coordinating this partnership initiative.

The German Engineering Federation (VDMA), the head associations of the German construction industry and Messe München International take the opportunity of bauma to honor forward-looking technology with the bauma Innovation Award.

The building and building material machines industry is assuming moderate growth to continue in 2012. For example, according to information from the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), following a good performance in 2011, German manufacturers of building and building material machines are again banking on turnover to increase in the current year.

Indonesia has been chosen as the partner country for the next edition of bauma, the world’s largest trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment.

Strong demand for German mining technology and expertise, particularly from abroad | Mining section again to take up an entire hall and part of the open-air site at bauma in 2013

The registration process has now started | New: Exhibitors can now send applications online

Visitor quality good despite fewer visitors from overseas as a result of the temporary closure of European airspace | Record exhibition space and record number of exhibitors | Over 420,000 visitors from more than 200 countries

"Our expectations of bauma 2010 have been more than fully met - despite the volcano ashes. bauma is the most important trade fair worldwide for our line of business and forecasts that demand will distinctly pick up again have been confirmed."