Review bauma

Pipe machinery and manhole machinery

Fig. 1 Besser-Omag: Completely automated pipe systems improve the productivity.

Fig.3 B+S: Body for milling with channel.

Fig. 4 Booth of
HawkeyePedershaab.

Fig. 5 Prinzing: Milling into the concrete.

Fig. 6 Schlosser-Pfeiffer: Fully automatic quick change system of the rollerhead.

This year’s bauma started with several question marks: Would the exhibitors respond with strict austerity programs to the crisis also when it comes to their trade fair presence? In this respect, the answer is a clear no. Here and there the number of exhibits was reduced; however, the presences on the whole were as prestigious as always. Have the austerity programs hindered the development and thus reduced the capacity for innovations? Here the answer is also a very clear no, on the contrary, there were striking innovations to be seen.

And last but not least: how would the ban on flights over Europe affect the especially export-oriented manufacturers of pipe and manhole machinery? Unfortunately, this was reflected at least for the first days of the trade fair, however, exhibitors in general were confident that the specific projects could then be realized after the bauma in turn. The flying ban was luckily lifted still during the bauma, so that the foreign exhibitors were yet in the position to complete their teams at the booth. The following part gives a review of some manufacturers and their exhibition programs (note from...