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stand,” confirmed Darren Kell, Tanfield Group
(Snorkel’s parent company) president. “We
had a cross-section of people looking at our
full-range of machines.”
According to organizer Messe München,
200,000 visitors came from outside Germany,
the greatest number of international visitors in
Bauma’s history.
“We’ve had visitors on our stand from
South America, Asia, parts of Europe, and
two guys from the US,” added Brad Boehler,
president of Skyjack.
But many access equipment manufacturers
at the show said there were fewer visitors from
North America and China than they had been
expecting, and said they were pinning their
hopes on regions outside Europe, including
South America, the Middle East, India and
Australasia.
During the exhibition, Haulotte reported
an unnerving first 2013 quarter revenue figure
following dips in its mature marketplaces. It
stood at €84.5 million, 5% lower than same
period last year which was €89 million. North
American sales were down -23%, followed by
a -11% decline in Europe.
A
record 530,000 visitors from more than
200 countries attended April’s Bauma
exhibition in Munich, Germany. Per
Torp, export manager at Time International,
manufacturer of Versalift van mounts, said,
“We have never seen a show like this before.
We have had more serious customers each day
here than we usually get in a whole week of a
normal exhibition.”
Mr Torp’s sentiments were echoed by a
large number of access-related manufacturers
at the show, who said their stands had been
busy throughout.
“We are thrilled with the show and our
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Access Equipment
manufacturers were
celebrating a successful
Bauma but remained
cautious when it came to
the European market
Top of the world
Part of the bauma
showground
taken from
Palfinger’s P900
Top Class truck
mounted platform
Platform basket’s
double-articulated 33.15
tracked platform
The 90 m
Palfinger P900
Top Class
truck mount
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