bauma 2022 prominently features industry’s power to innovate and exceeds expectations

Around 3,200 exhibitors from 60 countries.
More than 495,000 visitors from over 200 countries.
Industry expectations greatly surpassed.
A total of around 3,200 exhibitors from 60 countries (2019: 3,684 exhibitors from 63 countries) and more than 495,000 visitors from over 200 countries (2019: 627,603 visitors from more than 200 countries) came to Munich for the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment held from October 24 through 30. The proportion of international visitors was around 50%.

The top 10 exhibitor countries were, in this order: Germany, Italy, Turkey, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Netherlands, France, the U.S., Austria, Spain and China. The share of international exhibitors was nearly 65%.

Stefan Rummel, the CEO of Messe München responsible for the event, is pleased: “This bauma has again stoked enthusiasm and fascination! After the world fundamentally changed following the last bauma, we’re really thrilled that bauma 2022 demonstrates the trade fair remains a powerhouse of the construction-equipment industry thanks to our customer’s great variety of innovations, good business deals and many visitors from all over the world.”

«After the Covid pandemic we had moderate expectations towards Bauma» maintains Luca Nutarelli, Secretary General of the Italian construction equipment association UNACEA. «After the first days of exhibition we were happy to revise our opinion. The flow and quality of business visitors were much higher than expected. In a situation characterized by uncertainty and geopolitical tensions this is an encouraging sign.»

A focus on topics of the future
Joachim Schmid, Managing Director of the Construction Machinery and Building Material Association of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) underlined the leadership of the event in setting topics for the future: “The exhibitors are offering solutions to address current challenges related to CO2 neutrality as well as tackling the issue of skilled worker shortages with automation and digitalization. This is the future. You see this with the traditional companies and with the nearly 50 startups at the trade fair for the first time.”

The next bauma will be held in Munich from April 7–13, 2025.