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Bauma 2016 Innovation Awards entries accepted starting today

Entries are now open for the bauma Innovation Awards to be presented at the international construction and construction equipment trade fair bauma in Munich in 2016. As last time, in 2016 the awards are again being presented in five categories: • Machinery • Components • Construction process/Construction work • Research • Design bauma 2016 in Munich is a major international showcase for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and c
April 1, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
Entries are now open for the 688 bauma Innovation Awards to be presented at the international construction and construction equipment trade fair bauma in Munich in 2016.

As last time, in 2016 the awards are again being presented in five categories:

•    Machinery
•    Components
•    Construction process/Construction work
•    Research
•    Design

bauma 2016 in Munich is a major international showcase for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment. It takes place from April 11-17, 2016 at the 3995 Messe München exhibition centre. Presentation of the awards takes place on April 10, 2016, as part of the fair’s opening ceremony.

Entries can be submitted between April 7 and August 31, 2015. Those eligible to enter are exhibitors at bauma, research institutes, research companies and members of leading associations in the German construction industry.

The awards are backed by the German Engineering Federation (VMDA), German Construction Industry Association (HDB), Central Association of the German Construction Industry (ZDB), German Building Materials Association (BBS) and bauma.

Winners in each category have shown a high practical benefit that contributes in the areas of energy and resource-efficiency or a humanisation of the workplace.

In all categories, innovations submitted must be relevant to the construction equipment, building material and mining equipment industry or to the construction industry and the building material industry.

An international jury of representatives from research, industry and the trade press nominate three innovations in each category. These are then announced at the bauma Media Dialog in Munich on January 19 and 20, 2016.

bauma in Munich, which takes place every three years, has an exhibition space of 575,000m2, making it the largest trade show in the world. In 2013, bauma broke all previous records, attracting 3,421 exhibitors from 57 countries as well as 535,065 visitors from more than 200 countries.

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Further information can be found on bauma website.

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