- Exhibitor numbers higher than at the last bauma China in 2006
- Section on building materials machinery mirrors the ongoing building boom in China and India
As space allocation gets underway for bauma China 2008, it is
already clear that a new record will be set for exhibitor numbers. In
2006, a total of 1,088 international exhibitors put on presentations in
the SNIEC (Shanghai New International Expo Centre), but for this
year´s event in November, bauma China is set to welcome at least
1,150 exhibitors, thanks to the expansion in space. This renewed
expansion and the broad product range at bauma China reflects the
continuously rising demand for construction machinery, building
materials machinery, construction vehicles and equipment in Asia.
Visitor interest is expected to focus in particular on the range of
building materials machinery at the fair, not least because the Chinese
and Indian economies are currently enjoying double-digit growth, with
similar potential being predicted for the coming years in the building
materials sector. According to the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), the
construction industry is one of the main engines of growth in the
Indian economy. By the year 2012 alone, a total of $500 billion is
being invested in infrastructure projects. By far the largest
proportion of this is earmarked for improving the road network, and
building new roads. In parallel with this, investment is also
continuing apace in commercial and residential construction.
An important measure of construction activity is cement production.
According to the Cement Manufacturers Association India was the second
biggest consumer of cement last year after China. For the current year
the association expects demand to be around 175 million tonnes.
A reorientation in the Asian building materials machinery marketThis building boom is also being felt in China: According to Chinese
statistics, in 2006 around 50 percent of the worldwide consumption of
cement was accounted for by the Peoples´ Republic, as well as 30
percent of total iron consumption and 15 percent of total energy
consumption. At the same time, by 2010 the aim is for energy
consumption to decrease by 20 percent and emissions of dangerous
greenhouse gases by ten percent. This ambition presents the
international exhibitors with the same challenges on Asian markets as
they are facing on European and American markets. Namely, that in terms
of both product innovation and optimisation, what is needed are new
techniques and a reorientation on the part of both manufacturers and
users. Automated processes, for example, increase the quality of
aerated concrete and sand-lime bricks, thus avoiding wastage in the
production process. Expensive soil replacement, too, can be avoided
through the use of new machinery, attachments and building materials,
with the result that emissions are reduced because less material needs
to be transported away from the site.
bauma China devotes plenty of space to building materials machineryWhat will be the building materials machinery manufacturers’
response to on the one hand rapidly expanding markets, and on the other
the need to save machinery and resources? The place to find out is the
fourth bauma China, from 21 to 24 November 2008 in Shanghai. Now that
the exhibition space has been extended to 188,000 square metres, there
is capacity to take at least 1,150 exhibitors at the SNIEC.
Accordingly, individual sections at the trade fair will have more space
available to them, especially on the open-air site. The building
materials machinery section in particular will be taking up around
40,000 square metres of space. Thus bauma China will be able to meet
part of the great demand from its exhibitors and integrate a number of
new exhibitors.
Further information: www.bauma-china.com
About bauma China bauma China 2006, which attracted over 80,000 trade fair visitors from
all regions of China and from all continents, is the most successful
and the most important trade fair for the construction and
building-materials industries in Asia. In 2006, a total of 1088
exhibitors presented the complete range of construction and
building-materials machinery on an area of 150,000 m² at one of
the most modern trade fair centres in Asia, the Shanghai New
International Expo Center (SNIEC). The statistics for bauma China are
independently audited on behalf of the Gesellschaft zur Freiwilligen
Kontrolle vonMesse- und Ausstellungszahlen (FKM), a society for the
voluntary control of fair and exhibition statistics.
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
six subsidiaries abroad - in Europe and in Asia - and with 66 foreign
representatives serving 89 countries, MMI has a truly global network.
Press contact:Claudia Stadler, Manager Communications
Messe München GmbH
Tel. (+49 89) 949-20 245, Fax (+49 89) 949-20249
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