Around 600,000 visitors from more than 200 countries and regions visited bauma 2025 Munich (7-13 April).
The triennial industry showpiece event housed 3,601 exhibitors from 57 nations, with corporate decision-makers emphasising the relevance of bauma for sustainability, digitalisation and progress.
This year’s exhibition saw significant growth in foreign visitors, according to the show organiser’s Messe München.
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 at the Munich exhibition center. In a time characterised by global challenges, bauma has impressively demonstrated what the industry is capable of. It was a stage for pioneering innovations and new partnerships, and continued to be a key source of inspiration.
Stefan Rummel, CEO of 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 center sends out a strong signal of confidence for the entire industry.”
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 of Sennebogen, emphasizes 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 at Zeppelin (CAT), also emphasizes 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.”
Wolfgang Sochor, CEO of HAWE Hydraulik, likewise sees clear technological trends confirmed: “bauma 2025 has impressively demonstrated that trends such as CO₂ reduction and alternative drives have established themselves in the industry.” Steffen Günther, a member of the Board of Directors of 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.”
The event also emphasised the fact that bauma is not only a meeting place, but above all a driver of business. Robert Hauser, CEO of 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 of the 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.”
This year’s trade fair contacts were characterised by their quantity and quality—a fact that international exhibitors particularly emphasised. Toshiaki Ujiie, President and CEO of the 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 of the 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.”
“Overwhelmed” by the course of the fair, Joachim Strobel, Chairman of the VDMA Trade Association, said that the industry was optimistic about the future and that customers were ready to invest – also thanks to the 500 billion euro investment package announced by the future German government.
As a conceptual partner of bauma, the VDMA Construction – Equipment and Plant Engineering Association set important thematic accents and organised numerous events during the fair. The THINK BIG! initiative for pupils and young students was very well attended with around 15000 participants, and the contributing companies were very satisfied. Hall LAB0, which housed the Startup Area, the Science Hub, MiC 4.0 and the bauma Forum with its five focus days, was well attended. The high quality of the trade visitors and discussions and the large number of new and promising contacts were particularly praised. VDMA Mining & Minerals presented live interoperability demonstrations on its own stand. The Fluid Power and Power Transmission Engineering Association presented itself at bauma with a joint company stand.
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.
In times of change, bauma shows that innovative strength is primarily the result of encounters, exchange and cooperation. Summing up, Alexander Fickers, CEO of 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.
