Already - eleven months before bauma opens - all space at the show is fully booked. This International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment has a waiting list for all sections of the exhibition. And this is despite the fact that the exhibition space allocated to the event has been extended to a record 570,000 square meters.

For this event, the biggest trade show in the world - taking place in Munich from April 15 to 21, 2013 - a further 15,000 square meters of space has been made available in the north-west corner of the exhibition site. Georg Moller, Exhibition Group Director at Messe M?nchen International: "With this additional space we can now admit more exhibitors than at the last event. Nevertheless it is still not possible to accommodate all those who want to take part, or to meet in full the space requirements of all participants."

bauma 2013 is well on track for exceeding the results of the previous event: at the last bauma, in 2010, 3,256 exhibitors from 53 countries took part, and over 420,000 visitors from more than 200 countries.

The last bauma, in 2010, attracted 3,256 exhibitors from 53 countries, and over 420,000 visitors from more than 200 nations. Covering a total of 555,000 square metres of exhibition space, bauma is the largest trade show in the world. The statistics for the fair are independently audited by Ernst & Young AG on behalf of the Gesellschaft zur Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe- und Ausstellungszahlen (FKM), a society for the voluntary control of fair and exhibition statistics.

Organising trade fairs for the international construction machinery sector is a core competence of Messe M?nchen International, one of the world's leading trade-show companies. In addition to the world's leading trade fair, bauma in Munich, MMI also organises the brand events bauma China in Shanghai and bC India in Mumbai. Outside Germany, the Group engages in activities via its subsidiaries MMI Asia and IMAG, or as a cooperation partner in regional events for the sector. It organises around 40 trade shows for capital and consumer goods, and key high-tech industries.