More than 500,000 people visited Bauma in Germany in April, up 20% from last time. It was a show best, according to the organisers. The proportion of overseas visitors also grew, and the number of exhibitors rose to just over 3,000.
The Bauma outside area, including Comansa’s new luffing-jib crane, the LCL 500, which can lift 4t at 65m jib-end. It has an 8m slewing radius and stands 68m tall. Photo by Alex Schelbert for the Messe Muenchen
From a crane point of view, one of the most noticeable trends at the show was the increasing popularity of luffing-jib tower cranes. Not only were there displays from Terex Comedil, but also new launches from Comansa, Liebherr, Wilbert, Wolff and others.
The theme of cranes with a high-altitude angling boom ran through the show on other sorts of cranes, from mobile cranes (Tadano’s ATF 360-G has a powered telescopic luffing jib, Cranes Today May p17), to truck-mounted towers (Spierings and Liebherr), to something entirely different, in the form of MCG’s GTK 1100.
The Bauma outside area, including Comansa’s new luffing-jib crane, the LCL 500, which can lift 4t at 65m jib-end. It has an 8m slewing radius and stands 68m tall. Photo by Alex Schelbert for the Messe Muenchen The Bauma outside area
