The first aircraft began landing in Munich and Frankfurt after the partial lifting on flight restrictions, enabling some overseas exhibitors and visitors to arrive at the Bauma 2010 trade fair. A number of tour groups were brought by coaches organized by show organizer Messe Munchen directly to the exhibition center. Messe Munchen’s representative in Turkey organized seven buses to bring exhibitors from Turkey to Munich.
Other exhibitors and visitors from China, India, Singapore, Egypt, Canada, the United States and other countries are now making their way to Munich, although some remain unable to attend.
At midday Monday, 80 of the 3,150 registered exhibition stands were unstaffed. However by midday today, about one third of the 80 were able to be staffed by the exhibitors’ own personnel. Others expected to arrive before the end of the day. The unstaffed stands were staffed temporarily by Messe Munchen personnel.
“We are offering delayed exhibitors support such as help with any equipment they still need for their stands,” said Klaus Dittrich, chairman and CEO of Messe Munchen. The show, which runs through Sunday, typically draws very well on the show’s final weekend.
At the last Bauma show, in 2007, more than 500,000 visitors attended, with 345,000 coming from Germany. Of the non-German attendees, 78 percent came from other European countries, 11 percent from Asia, 7 percent from the Americas, 2 percent from Africa, and 2 percent from Australia/Oceania.
With 555,000 square meters (almost 6 million square feet) of fully booked exhibition space, Bauma 2010 is the world’s largest trade fair.
