• 150,000 square meters of exhibition space already booked
• Strong interest from the Asian market

More than 1000 exhibitors signed up to present themselves at bauma China 2006, the third international trade fair for building and building material machines, construction vehicles and building equipment will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in China, 21 to 24 November, 2006. This means an increase of 37 %. Exhibitors are coming from 30 countries compared to 27 at the last edition of bauma China. Indonesia, Poland and Turkey are newly represented at the trade fair.

The great acceptance of the trade fair in the Asian market is underlined by the enormous growth of Chinese exhibitors by nearly 50%. The number of exhibitors from Korea increased by 66 % and from Japan by 70%.

This year bauma China will occupy nearly 150,000 square meters, almost 50,000 square meters larger than the bauma China last year. Therefore, bauma China became the industry's most important and most successful trade fair in the Chinese and Asian market.

About bauma China
bauma China is the most successful and most important trade fair for the building and building material industry in the Chinese and Asian market with 50,000 trade fair visitors from all regions of China and all continents in the last event. In 2004, a total of 738 exhibitors presented the complete range of construction and building material machines on an area of 100,000 sqm at one of the most modern trade fair centers in Asia, the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). In 2006 bauma China will cover 150,000 sqm exhibition space.

About Messe München International (MMI)
Messe München International (MMI, Munich Trade Fairs International Group) is one of the world´s leading trade-fair companies. It organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and key high-tech industries. Each year over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from more than 200 countries take part in the events in Munich. In addition, MMI organises trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and South America. With five subsidiaries abroad - in Europe and in Asia - and 66 foreign representatives covering 89 countries, MMI has a truly global network.

Additional information is available at: www.bauma-china.com and www.bauma.de/english


Contact person for the press:
Henrike Burmeister, Communication Manager
Messe München GmbH
Tel. (+49 89) 949-20 245, Fax (+49 89) 949-20 249
Henrike.Burmeister@messe-muenchen.de

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