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bauma 2025 Sets the Pace
2025-04-24
Not every trade fair can act as a gauge for the industry—but bauma does every time. The world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment was held from April 7 to 13 at the Munich exhibition centre. In a time characterised by global challenges, bauma has impressively demonstrated what the industry is capable of. It was not only a stage for pioneering innovations and new partnerships—it also continued to be a key source of inspiration.
With around 6,00,000 visitors from more than 200 countries and 3,601 exhibitors from 57 nations, bauma 2025 proved to be a stable foundation and forward-looking platform in turbulent times. Stefan Rummel, CEO, Messe München, is delighted: “We hosted around 600,000 visitors from more than 200 countries and regions. bauma is the heartbeat of the industry and has once again shown how crucial exchange and personal encounters are for progress and global trade. The Munich exhibition centre sends out a strong signal of confidence for the entire industry.”
Beating heart of the industry and topic leader
Many exhibitors confirmed that bauma sets the pace for the industry both in terms of content and emotion—especially with regard to sustainability and future topics. Erich Sennebogen, Owner, Sennebogen, emphasises the signal effect: “bauma 2025 showed a strong heart of the industry—with SENNEBOGEN representing its green core. We are delighted with the positive atmosphere in the sectors, which we hadn’t expected in this form. For this reason, bauma can be a positive stimulus for a revival in the construction industry, as well as in the material handling sectors, both in Germany and internationally.”
Holger Schulz, Managing Director, Zeppelin (CAT), also emphasises the relevance of bauma as a leading trade fair and innovation platform: “The who’s who of the German, European and international construction and extraction industries meets at bauma. Once again, it demonstrated its status as a leading trade fair and proved to be the beating heart of the industry. The seven days of the fair are a pure adrenaline rush for us. For us, bauma is the best sales platform in the world. Sustainability—the sustainable operation of construction machinery and construction sites with the latest drive systems and energy storage solutions—remains an important topic. In addition, there is also the entire area of networked construction sites and networked construction machinery.”
A focus on topics of the future
Wolfgang Sochor, CEO, HAWE Hydraulik, likewise sees clear technological trends confirmed: “bauma 2025 has impressively demonstrated that trends such as CO? reduction and alternative drives have established themselves in the industry.”
Steffen Günther, a member of the Board of Directors, Liebherr-International AG, adds: “At bauma, we showcased a number of important future topics, such as drive technology and autonomy. For us, bauma is much more than just a trade fair—it is the platform where the future of the industry is made tangible. My personal highlight was our bauma motto ‘Hands on the future’. For us, this is not just a phrase, but an attitude; one that was also well received by our customers.”
Business platform with a global impact
The event also emphasised the fact that bauma is not only a meeting place, but above all a driver of business. Robert Hauser, CEO, Doka, summarises that “the joint trade fair appearance of Doka and other brands of our parent company was a complete success. The interest in our innovations and further developments was overwhelming. For us, bauma is the most important platform for advancing future topics. It brings the world of the construction industry together—from North America to Asia. Nowhere else do we have so many high-quality discussions with the most important customers worldwide in such a short time—we only get this at bauma! In short: it was the most successful bauma for us to date.”
Joachim Schmid, Managing Director, VDMA Construction Machinery and Building Material Plants Association, adds: “The trade fair is a great success and, in some cases, exceeds the business expectations of our member companies. The upcoming formation of a new government with the recently published coalition agreement and the expected investment packages are providing positive momentum, as is the trend to focus more strongly on the European market.”
International appeal and visitor quality
This year’s trade fair contacts were characterised not only by their quantity, but also quality—a fact that was particularly emphasised by international exhibitors. Toshiaki Ujiie, President and CEO, Tadano Group, points out the role of bauma as a global platform, saying: “bauma offers the perfect stage to present our latest technologies and solutions to a global audience. It is an invaluable event that enables us to exchange ideas directly with our customers and industry experts.” Mehmet Varlik, Managing Director, SCHWING Stetter Group, was also impressed by the response: “bauma 2025 surprised us with an extraordinary level of international public interest from the very first day of the trade fair.”
bauma recorded significant increases in visitor numbers, particularly those from Brazil, Portugal, Romania, the Netherlands, Turkey and Spain. The numbers from China also increased again compared to the top result at bauma 2019.
Together toward the future
In times of change, bauma shows that innovative strength is primarily the result of encounters, exchange and cooperation. Summing up, Alexander Fickers, CEO, Faymonville, says: “What an incredible week at bauma in Munich! Countless inspiring conversations with customers and partners from all over the world have made this event a true highlight. bauma once again reminded us: innovation thrives where people come together with vision, enthusiasm and drive.”
The next bauma will be held from April 3-9, 2028, at the Munich trade fair.
- Around 6,00,000 visitors from more than 200 countries and regions
- 3,601 exhibitors from 57 nations
- Corporate decision makers emphasise the relevance of bauma for sustainability, digitalisation and progress
- Significant growth among visitors from abroad
Exhibitor Reactions
“bauma continues to be a highlight for us, because it shows how the industry is developing. This is where we see trends – and set them! Anyone who has visited our stand at bauma knows that there is a special atmosphere here. The visitors are enthusiastic and every day you can experience what it is that makes us as the Wacker Neuson Group so unique: Innovation, team spirit, passion and a trusting partnership with our customers. bauma offers us a fantastic platform to engage with visitors and inspire them with the solutions from our strong Wacker Neuson and Kramer brands.”
- Alexander Greschner, Chief Sales Officer, Wacker Neuson Group
“At bauma, we showcase a number of important future topics, such as drive technology and autonomy. For us, bauma is much more than just a trade fair – it is the platform where the future of the industry is made tangible. My personal highlight is our bauma motto, “Hands on the future”. For us, this is not just a phrase, but an attitude; one that is also well received by our customers. We are a reliable partner and bauma is an opportunity for us to come together with customers and partners to jointly find solutions for the construction site of the future.”
- Steffen Günther, a member of the Board of Directors of Liebherr-International AG
“bauma is an indispensable platform for us. It brings together decision makers in the industry from all over the world – and as a technology leader, this is exactly where we want to be. The quality of visitors was particularly high this year: there were lots of concrete project inquiries and good discussions. The big issues were clear: digitalisation, automation and sustainable solutions for the infrastructure of the future. My personal highlight was the direct feedback from our customers on our latest innovations.”
- Martin Herrenknecht, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Management of Herrenknecht AG
“bauma is the largest and most important trade fair for the construction and mining industries. It addresses the entire industry – end consumers, dealers and rental companies alike. It also presents all the technical innovations, market strategies and market requirements. The visitor quality is excellent. Almost 90 per cent of visitors are characterised by specific, short- or medium-term needs. bauma’s main topics are different drive systems, such as combustion engines, electric drives and battery drives; electrification of the construction site; and digitalisation as the basis for increased efficiency and an even higher level of quality for processes in the construction sector.”
- Thomas Kaeser, Chairman, Kaeser Compressors
“The Wirtgen Group and John Deere are thrilled by the feedback from our customers – especially regarding our digital solutions in the field of Smart Automation. Their trust, which is also reflected in the sales successes at the show, is overwhelming and serves as motivation at the same time. bauma was the ideal platform to showcase holistic solutions for our customers’ production systems in line with our motto Smarter. Safer. More Sustainable.”
- Volker Knickel, CEO, Wirtgen Group
“This year in particular, bauma was of great significance for Volvo Construction Equipment: our fully electric machine line-up was met with tremendous enthusiasm – especially the world premiere of our electric hauler. The quality of visitors was impressive: highly knowledgeable, open to innovation, and genuinely interested in sustainable solutions. Our dealers had numerous high-value conversations – a clear indication of the relevance of our topics. No other trade fair combines international reach, technological innovation, and practical relevance quite like bauma – that’s what makes it so unique. The strong response to our electric solutions was one of our major highlights.”
- Carl Slotte, Head of Sales Region Europe, Volvo CE
“bauma has impressively demonstrated that trends such as CO? reduction and alternative drives have established themselves in the industry. With our wide range of electrification products and a case study on the use of artificial intelligence in hydraulics, we were able to hold lots of interesting discussions with specialist visitors and gather valuable feedback from the market. AI can help us to operate our systems in a particularly efficient and resource-saving manner, significantly reduce energy consumption and thus also reduce our carbon footprint.”
- Wolfgang Sochor, CEO, HAWE Hydraulik
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