• Demand for space considerably higher than at bauma China 2004
• More companies exhibit building and building materials machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment in Shanghai

bauma China 2006, the third international trade fair for building and building materials machines, construction vehicles and building equipment is expected to grow substantially with respect to the number of exhibitors and exhibition area. The fair will have considerably more exhibition space when it opens its gates from 21-24 November in Shanghai.

738 exhibitors participated in the last event, covering more than 100.000 square metres exhibitions space. Bauma China thus has become the number one event for construction industry in China and Asia. The number of exhibitors for bauma China 2006 is expected to increase strongly again. Already now the organiser Messe München GmbH can count reservations three times more than in 2004. The trade fair, which will be held 21-24 November in Shanghai, is planned to cover approximately 140,000 square metres of exhibition area.

Therefore, bauma China 2006 will be as expected the most important and largest international trade fair for construction machinery in Asia. As in 2004, Munich International Trade Fairs is continuing its successful cooperation with its Chinese partners: China Council for the Promotion of International Trade – Machinery Sub-Council (CCPIT-MSC), China National Construction Machinery Corporation (CNCMC) and China Construction Machinery Association (CCMA). These three associations together with the Munich Trade Fairs Shanghai Co., Ltd (MMI-SH) are the contact offices for all information concerning the bauma China 2006 in the mainland China.

Munich Trade Fairs International Group (MMI) with its three subsidiaries aboard and 62 foreign representatives are responsible for all other countries. They are supported by the German Engineering Association, Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association (VDMA) and the international partners including the Japan Construction Mechanization Association (JCMA), the Japan Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) and the Korea Construction Equipment Manufactures Association (KOCEMA).

The Industry leaders are going to present the latest products for the Asian market. The entire range of construction-machinery including earth-moving machines, building-material machines, construction-site installations, construction equipment, formwork and scaffolding, machines for road and tunnel construction and equipment and accessories will be on display at bauma China. Visitors who attend bauma China are predominantly decision-makers from the construction industry, the commercial sector, the service sector as well as state and regional government institutions from approximately 90 countries especially China and Asia, with the focus on Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. After the United States, France, Germany and Great Britain, China is the fifth most important market for the export of construction machinery and building-material machines worldwide.

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 approximately 140,000 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 four subsidiaries abroad and 62 foreign representatives, looking after 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, bauma China 2006 Press Office
Tel. (+49 89) 949-20 245, Fax (+49 89) 949-20249
Henrike.Burmeister@messe-muenchen.de

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