bauma Africa has entered the African market with a bang: The first edition of this International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles took up 60,000 square meters of exhibition space (gross) – 40,100 square meters net – which makes it the biggest industry event for the sector in Africa.
Elaine Crewe, CEO of MMI South Africa, is overwhelmed by the results: “This is huge for South Africaand the industry here. With its premiere, bauma Africas immediately become the largest show for the construction machinery, building material machines and mining machines sector. The feedback we have received is just fantastic.” Lawrence Peters, Chairman of CONMESA (Construction and Mining Equipment Suppliers‘ Association), confirms the outstanding success of the show: “baumaAfricaexceeded our expectations by far – we are extremely satisfied. This show is what we wanted, it is for the industry.”
14,700 registered trade visitors from more than 110 countries came to this year’s premiere of bauma Africa, which took place at Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg from September 18 to 21, 2013. 84 percent of the visitors came from South Africa, six percent from other African countries and a further ten percent from other continents. The top ten visitor countries were South Africa, Mozambique, Germany, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Italy, Namibia, United Kingdom and India – in that order.Gary Bell, CEO at Bell Equipment, states that bauma Africa “worked very well for us. We are very pleased with the number of visitors and their quality was good. It seems that we are going to have a good output.”
