GERMANY continues to rank among the top exporters of construction equipment and building material machinery to the near and Middle East, having sold goods worth €4.72 billion ($6.297 billion) within the first nine months of 2012, a significant increase over figures achieved during the same period in the previous year.

TECHNICAL excellence combined with innovative designs, materials of the highest standards and meticulous attention to detail have long been seen as the defining characteristics of Germany manufacturing quality around the world.

HAVING set up a representative office in the UAE last year, nora systems, a specialist in high-quality, resilient floor coverings, has strategically positioned itself to take advantage of the upsurge in airport, education and healthcare projects in the Middle East.

ENERGY-efficiency and fuel-saving are buzzwords in the construction industry and this will be amply reflected in the exhibits and technologies on display at bauma 2013, the world’s largest exhibition for construction machinery, vehicles and equipment and building material and mining machines.

MANITOWOC has recently added two new rough-terrains to its already stellar line-up of Grove rough-terrain cranes.

POWERSCREEN, a leading global provider of mobile crushing and screening equipment, will be unveiling new product improvements at bauma 2013 including the XA400S Pre-Screen jaw crusher, the XH320X impact crusher, and the Warrior 1400X screen.

AT BAUMA 2013, Bauer Maschinen Group along with all its subsidiaries will present the broadest offer in the specialist foundation engineering equipment sector. The group has been continually expanding its product range over recent decades and offers a diverse range of equipment on the market to meet every requirement of the sector.

VOLVO Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is looking at the bigger picture at this year’s bauma 2013, showcasing a total ‘rock to road’ package of new machine and customer solutions that together help build our societies.

BRAND new product innovations will be showcased alongside proven classics at Wolffkran’s stand at bauma this year at it continues to live up to its corporate motto “All you need is… Wolff”.

MATERIALS washing specialist CDE Global will launch a range of new machines including its enhanced M2500 mobile washing plant, AggMax portable logwasher, and EvoWash sand washing plant when it participates at bauma next month.

CIFA, a full-line manufacturer of concrete machinery and equipment and a market leader in Italy, will be at bauma along with its Chinese parent group Zoomlion where it will unveil a broad range of equipment including some new and innovative concepts.

AT BAUMA this year, Bomag will put the spotlight on a number of innovations and world premieres in each of its business sectors – light equipment, asphalt and soil compaction – as well as on specialist machines.

IN LINE with its slogan “Pathbreaking. Beyond solutions”, international formwork supplier Doka will be showcasing innovations in four different theme worlds at its own 3,600-sq-m pavilion at bauma 2013.

TRELAWNY will be putting the spotlight on its new collection featuring a highly developed and engineered redesign of the TCG250 when it showcases its range of surface preparation equipment at bauma next month.

FROM compact loaders to huge mining equipment and towering cranes, Liebherr has lined up an impressive array of attention-grabbing machines at its stand, which it started erecting last November. Framed by two long building sections raised on stilts, the stand will display more than 60 exhibits.

AT BAUMA next month, Sennebogen will be presenting a broad range of cranes, duty cycle crawler cranes, and material handling machines that are backed by the German company’s 60-plus years of competence and experience in developing sophisticated machines.

PERI will be showcasing a wide range of new and established products for formwork, scaffolding and engineering over an area of 4,200 sq m at bauma. The formwork specialist will also be using bauma as an international platform to present its project-related services to customers and interested visitors.

AT BAUMA this year, Joseph Vogele intends to present a total of 11 “world firsts” in the field of pavers and extending screeds to the trade public. The German company will launch a completely new category of pavers – the dash 3 generation – which is expected to herald a new era in road construction.

A REGULAR participant at bauma, Paschal-Werk G Maier, service provider and concrete formwork systems manufacturer, will again be at the world-leading event to showcase its prowess in developing innovative formwork.