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Construction Equipment

Bauma China show producers expecting signifiant recovery

More than 2,400 exhibitors will be showcasing their latest equipment at Bauma China, scheduled for Nov. 22-25 in Shanghai, China. Around 180,000 visitors are expected at the show, now in its eighth year. Even though the “situation in the Chinese market is complicated,” says Collin Davis, project group manager for show producer Messe Muchen, “…there […]

July 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > Tour the machines and giant halls of Bauma 2016

How big is Bauma? This big. As it is every three years, the Bauma show was held in Munich last week. We’ve been furiously writing up everything of note we saw at the show (and still have a bit more to write) and we’ve been gathering it all at the Bauma hub here on the […]

April 20, 2016

Construction Equipment

LiuGong intros 375, 385B skid steers at Bauma

LiuGong had the pleasure of kicking off Bauma 2016 with the first press conference of this gigantic trade show. The Chinese equipment manufacturer had a huge amount of new machines to show off at its booth, among them a new pair of skid steers. The CLG375 and 385B will soon make their way to the North […]

April 11, 2016

Construction Equipment

Coverage from Bauma 2016, world’s largest construction trade show, starts Monday

This weekend the Equipment World team is crossing the Atlantic and heading to Munich to provide coverage all next week of the ginormous Bauma trade fair. Held every three years, Bauma is the world’s largest construction trade show. The 2013 show drew half a million visitors from more than 200 countries and this year’s show will […]

April 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

Messe München establishes bauma Charity Alliance to promote and foster social programs in the construction equipment industry

Messe München has established the bauma Charity Alliance, an effort to create a network of construction machinery industry companies aimed at creating and promoting “social projects” for education, environment, health, nutrition and social integration in needy areas of the world. “Corporate societal and social commitment is no contradiction. On the contrary: long-term success requires both […]

January 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS >> 15 present and future machines, processes nominated for 2016 bauma Innovation Award

Fifteen nominations in five categories for the bauma Innovation Award 2016 were announced at the recent bauma and IFAT Media Dialog. This year marks the 11th time the awards have been presented. The bauma show, which is the largest construction-related tradeshow in the world at 605,000 square meters of exhibition space, held every three years […]

January 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

Stunt man climbs, flips way through construction equipment obstacle course in Bauma 2016 ad

While ConExpo-Con/Agg immersed us in 2014, there was one show exhibitor that had its sights on 2016: the producers of the bauma (intentionally spelled with a lower case “b”) trade show, slated for April 11-17, 2016 in Munich, Germany. ConExpo-Con/Agg is absolutely the premier construction equipment show for North America, enticing nearly 130,000 visitors two […]

March 17, 2014

Roadbuilding

Bauma: A Shapshot

Here’s a brief look at Bauma’s major equipment introductions.

June 6, 2013

Workforce

European neighbors look to Germany’s vocational training system in order to combat high youth unemployment rates

As of late, Germany has been receiving a lot of attention and praise for its dual-education system. A system the country credits for its very low 8-percent youth unemployment rate. For comparison, as outlined in a great new article from The Economist, European counterparts Spain and Italy have youth unemployment rates of 56 percent and […]

June 4, 2013

Construction Equipment

How to convince your boss (or spouse) that you need to be at the next big construction trade show

Our reader research throughout the years ranks trade shows relatively low as one of the ways you gather equipment information. And that’s to be expected, since these shows take place within a limited timeframe. You hear from other information sources – such as our monthly print editions and daily e-newsletters – on a much more […]

June 3, 2013

Business

U.S. needs to “Think Big” like Germany if it wants to escape construction, technician labor shortage

Contractors and equipment dealers struggling to find a solution to the shortage of trained technicians in the United States, need look no further than Germany for an example of how to do it right. The German Engineering Federation, VDMA, last month bussed in more than 10,000 teens to participate in Bauma 2013 and a program […]

May 3, 2013

Equipment

Alan Tolley discusses JCB’s “one-can” Tier 4 Final approach

To go more in-depth into JCB’s recent announcement of its “one-can” strategy for its Tier 4 Final EcoMax engines, I sat down with Alan Tolley, the manufacturer’s director of engine programs during the big Bauma 2013 show in Munich. JCB says its Tier 4 Final approach builds on its Interim strategy, still staying away from the […]

April 28, 2013