VDMA road show success

A Cement + Minerals road show to South America, organised by the German VDMA, is said to have been a success. The event was arranged by the Association on Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery, part of VDMA, along with seven of its member companies. In 2012, Latin America represented 7.6% of all exports done by German manufacturers of mining machinery equalling €5.78 billion/US$7.6 billion). These markets ranked fifth among the biggest export countries following Russia, Australia, the USA,
July 2, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Seen following a meeting are (from left) Pascual Veiga, president of Aprimin (Chilean Mining Suppliers’ Association); Juan Carlos Olivares, CEO of Aprimin and Lothar Jungemann, head of the VDMA delegation
A Cement + Minerals road show to South America, organised by the German 1331 VDMA, is said to have been a success.

The event was arranged by the Association on Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery, part of VDMA, along with seven of its member companies.

In 2012, Latin America represented 7.6% of all exports done by German manufacturers of mining machinery equalling €5.78 billion/US$7.6 billion). These markets ranked fifth among the biggest export countries following Russia, Australia, the USA, and China.
The show visited Brazil, Peru, and Chile.

Lothar Jungemann, managing director at ThyssenKrupp Resource Technologies’ cement division, led the VDMA delegation, which also included Dr Reinhold Festge of Haver & Boecker (chairman of the Latin American Initiative by the German Economy) and Professor Dr Holger Lieberwirth of Technical University of Freiberg as well as representatives of 4786 Loesche, Christian Pfeiffer, Claudius Peters, Toni Technik and 7001 FLSmidth Pfister.

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