As the name implies, the show was the first organised by the
US Association of Equipment Manufacturers. It was the first US-organised construction equipment show in China in recent memory, and faced a crowded market. The biannual Beijing BICES show, next held in October 2007, is organised partly by the Chinese Construction Machinery Association. The Shanghai Bauma China, next scheduled for 21-24 November,
is organised by the Munich, Germany Trade Fairs company.
Terex’s display, the fair’s largest, included products from its cranes, mining, earthmoving and Genie divisions. The crane exhibit comprised 350 and 500-tonne Terex-Demag AC 350 and AC 500-2 all terrains sold to Chinese customers joined by the largest model from Changjiang’s (CJ) line of 8-to-130-tonne telescopic truck cranes – the six-axle LT 1130. The LT1130 has a 49m(160ft) five-section hexagonal powered boom with a 15m (49ft) offsettable lattice swingaway extension offering a maximum tip height of 63m (210ft).
MCG’s display was dominated by a 450-tonne (550-ton) GMK 7450 seven-axle all terrain crane owned by state-owned contractor CLETC.
The Zhangjiangang-made Potain tower crane was its top-of-the-line model MC 485 and was the only tower crane exhibited at the show. The saddle-jib tower crane has a maximum load moment of 485tm and a maximum lifting capacity of 25-tonnes at 20m (27.5 US tons at 65ft) radius .
China’s largest manufacturer of cranes and construction machinery, XCMG, showed the new 70-tonne (77-ton) QY 70K four-axle truck crane featuring a five-section 42-metre (137ft ) rounded boom plus a 15m (49ft) offsettable lattice swingaway.
