The bauma 2022 construction machinery exhibition in Munich was a huge success, attracting over 495,000 attendees from 200 different countries. The exhibition was held from October 24 through 30, with around 50% of the attendees coming from outside Germany.
The event exceeded the expectations of the show organisers and although not reaching the 627,603 attendance of the last show, bauma 2019, showed that market confidence was strong in the wake of the global COVID 19 pandemic. There were also over 3,200 exhibitors who came from 60 nations, compared with 3,683 from 200 nations in 2019.
The grounds of Messe München are on the site of the city’s former airport, with construction machinery of all types and sizes filling the facility. The bauma exhibition is the world’s largest trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment. It is also said to be the world’s largest regular exhibition of any kind anywhere in the world.
The top 10 exhibitor countries were in order: Germany, Italy, Turkey, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Netherlands, France, the US, Austria, Spain and China.
Stefan Rummel, the CEO of Messe München commented: “This bauma has again stoked enthusiasm and fascination! After the world fundamentally changed following the last bauma, we’re really thrilled that bauma 2022 demonstrates the trade fair remains a powerhouse of the construction-equipment industry thanks to our customer’s great variety of innovations, good business deals and many visitors from all over the world.”
