Interest among new international key players in all exhibition sectors remains high Another increase in exhibition space to total of 200,000 square meters
  Demand for exhibition space at the upcoming bauma China 2008 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre is higher than ever. On a total exhibition space of what has now increased to 200,000 square meters, according to the current status of planning more than 1,200 exhibitors can exhibit at this year's fair. Compared to the 2006 exhibition, that corresponds to a 33-percent increase in space and an approximately 10-percent increase in the number of exhibitors. Additionally well-known international key players are strengthening the various exhibition sectors.
 
For the first time ever, companies such as DOKA, HALFEN, MAN, SCANIA, PIUSI, LISSMAC, TEXNOCAT, LONG GONG and JIANGSU WORLD will present their product portfolios at bauma China in November 2008. In addition, joint exhibits from Germany, Great Britain, Finland, Italy, Spain, Korea and the USA will give several first-time exhibitors a chance to make new contacts with the audience of trade visitors. As a result, at more than 50%, the share of international exhibitors will remain at a high level, which reflects bauma China's importance as a leading exhibition for Asia. The wide range of products that the 1,200 exhibitors will have on display will be presented on 69,000 square meters of space in the exhibition halls and 131,000 square meters of space outdoors. Demand for exhibition space remains high, and according to Exhibition Director Collin Davis, some 250 additional interested companies are on a waiting list.

The trade visitors who attend this year's fair are expected to be as international as they were in 2006: of the 80,000 visitors at the 2006 fair, some 15,000 were from countries other than China. Japan was the most strongly represented country, accounting for 15-percent of the visitors, followed by Korea at 10 percent and India and Russia at 7 percent each. There were also some 65,000 Chinese trade visitors representing 31 provinces. Due to increased international interest, the visitor service, which visitors use to prepare their visit to the upcoming bauma China 2008, has been expanded to include Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.