In real terms, construction equipment orders were 11% below their year-earlier level, according to the VDMA, which represents 3,600 German and European engineering companies in Germany.
The last call is being made for entries to the international bauma Innovation Award, which will be presented for the 13th time on the eve of bauma 2022 this October.
The general meeting of VDMA Construction – Equipment and Plant Engineering on 3rd March 2021 drew a positive conclusion about the past and current year. Central topics were the economic situation, the importance of the European climate goals 2050 for the industry and the development in relations with the USA after the change of government.
German construction equipment and plant engineering trade association the VDMA has staged its annual BuB Construction Day which this year highlighted industry progress in digitisation, automation and machine communication.