Munich, Germany: The Chinese market for construction and building material machines continues to grow without a stop. In the first quarter of this year alone, imports from foreign countries to China of excavators (+124%), loaders (+170%) and bulldozers (+57%) more than doubled compared to the same period of the previous year according to statistics of the Chinese construction machine association CCMA. bauma China provides an excellent opportunity to obtain information about sales possibilities on site and get a personal impression of the market. It has developed into the largest trade fair for construction and building material machines as well as construction vehicles in Asia within a period of only six years. More than 900 international and Chinese companies will present their latest products and services at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from November 21 to 24, 2006.

Industry experts are certainly already excited now about the latest developments and trends, which will be shown there. Chinese manufacturers are catching up to the know-how and development lead of Western countries with enormous capital and staff expenditures. The export figures prove that they are having a lot of success in this. According to CCMA statistics, the export of excavators alone increased by 124 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. The figures are similarly high for many other construction and building material machines. Although the main sales markets are in neighboring countries and include only a few industrialized countries, construction equipment “Made in China” can already be found at construction sites in many countries of Europe today, even though in very small numbers, and many other regions of the Western world. Most large manufacturing companies already have plans for further expansion ready to implement.

bauma China, the largest construction and building material machine trade fair in Asia, will provide all exhibitors and visitors with an international platform for know-how transfer at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) in China from November 21 to 24, 2006

About bauma China
bauma China is the successful and important trade fair for construction and building material machines on the Chinese and Asian market with approximately 50,000 trade fair visitors from all regions of the country and all continents at the last trade fair. In 2004, a total of 738 exhibitors presented the complete range of construction and building material machines on an area of 100,000 m² at one of the most modern trade fair centers in Asia, the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). bauma China will have exhibition space of approximately 140,000 square meters in 2006.

About Messe München International (MMI)
Messe München International (MMI) is one of the world’s leading trade-fair organizations with approximately 40 trade fairs for investment goods, consumer goods and new technologies. More than 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from more than 200 countries take part each year in the trade fairs in Munich. In addition, MMI organizes trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and South America. With four subsidiaries abroad and 62 foreign representatives covering 86 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, Press Officer
Messe München GmbH
Tel. (+49 89) 949-20,245, Fax (+49 89) 949-20,249
Henrike.Burmeister@messe-muenchen.de

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