Bauma 2025: latest news from world’s biggest trade show

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Photo: Tsurumi Pumps

How to have a successful Bauma visit
We have written a brief ‘key information’ guide to Bauma: how to get there, opening times, contact details, etc. It may not be the most exciting thing we’ve ever written, but useful. You can read it here.

Caterpillar to show new tech and equipment
Covering over 9,000m², Caterpillar’s exhibit will feature 48 machines, including 17 new introductions or upgrades. These include enhancements to the battery electric line-up, expansions to the Next Generation line-up, and additions to the Demolition, Waste Handling, and Recycling portfolios. More information here.

Nooteboom launches Super Wing Carrier XL trailer
Dutch specialized transport equipment manufacturer Nooteboom has launched the Super Wing Carrier XL for long wind turbine rotor blades.
Nooteboom Trailers’ latest offering is four-times extendable to cope with the blades now exceeding 85 metres long. Read more here.

Tsurumi to “showcase the future”
Japanese manufacturer Tsurumi Pumps has said that it will “showcase the future” on its stand at Bauma.
Exhibiting on stand A6.338, the company said it will show both drainage and sewage pumps, as well as its range of digital solutions in the form of its data link system and Tsurumi Connect. Read more here. 

Peri to unveil next-gen solutions
Peri will showcase a suite of formwork and scaffolding products aimed at revolutionizing construction safety, efficiency and sustainability. Visitors to the company’s exhibit will see solutions that span residential, infrastructure and digital solutions from the company. It also will highlight a number of digital innovations set to transform the work-at-height sector. Read more here.

Doka to highlight new formwork, shoring and scaffolding
At Bauma 2025, Doka will showcase more than 40 products and innovations aimed at boosting customer and jobsite productivity. The company’s focus will span automation, robotics, digital solutions and climate-friendly concrete advancements at its booth. Read more here.

TSR-Elsite to debut site management system
Power, lighting and heating equipment manufacturer TSR-Elsite will debut its construction site management system at Bauma 2025. The company will introduce Spine, a monitoring system that enables construction managers to track and optimise energy usage, environmental conditions, and operational safety in real time.

The Finnish company said that Spine offers predictive alerts to help prevent downtime and improve safety standards by combining advanced sensors, data analytics, and predictive modeling. Read more here. 

The concept of Germany-based start up QuiMo is a remote-controlled, two-wheeled electric powered loader. Image: QuiMo

Two-wheeled electric loader prototype
The concept of Germany-based start up QuiMo is a remote-controlled, two-wheeled electric powered loader that has a 360-degree movement capability, weighs 1.8 tonnes and can lift 1.8 tonnes. The loader will be shown for the first time at Bauma. Read an exclusive interview here.

Metso to showcase latest aggregates technology
Metso will exhibit its latest innovations and technologies for the aggregates industry at Bauma 2025, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the launch of its Lokotrack mobile crushers - a key focus at the event.

The company will also introduce the latest Nordberg HPe crushers, designed to improve performance in demanding conditions, as well as updates to its Lokotrack and Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening equipment. This includes the new EC range models and a “Build Your Own” tool that allows users to customise Lokotrack EC jaw or cone crushers. Learn more.

Wirtgen to show 45 world premieres and innovations 
Wirtgen Group says its focus will be on helping customers become more efficient and profitable through smarter and safer construction equipment, technological solutions and application processes. On the 13,000m² booth will be eight production

Wirtgen’s booth at Bauma 2025. Image: Wirtgen

systems for a variety of applications in the areas of road construction, earthmoving and materials processing, around 100 machines, 45 world premieres and innovations and, for the first time in its Bauma history, nine live shows. Learn more.

Komatsu to present new midi excavator
Komatsu, a global manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, will showcase a new prototype 7.5-tonne wheeled excavator at Bauma 2025. The machine will join the PW98MR and PW138MR wheeled excavator family. Read more.

Sandvik to return to Bauma
Sandvik will present its latest innovations in infrastructure, mining, tunneling, and quarrying. Visitors will have the chance to explore Sandvik’s products in ground support, surface drilling, stationary crushing and screening, rock tools, and parts and services. The new Pantera DP1510i top hammer drill rig will be displayed at Bauma 2025 for its full launch with updated key components, as well as the Ranger DX810i. Read more.

Trime promises ‘world first’ lighting tower
Lighting tower specialist will demonstrate a battery powered light with ‘swappable’ battery pack. Read more here. 

Perkins focuses on future engines
UK-based engine manufacturer Perkins plans to highlight its upcoming 2606 model in Germany. The 12.9-litre six-cylinder engine will replace the existing 15- and 18-litre models due to its superior power output. Perkins will also show its recently launched 904J engine, as well as release more details about its Project Coeus alternative fuels-based project. Learn more.

Off-Highway Research to hold market briefing
Specialist market research and forecasting company, Off-Highway Research (OHR), will hold an in-depth briefing on the state of the global construction equipment market. The briefing will take place on the second day of the Bauma exhibition, Tuesday 8 April, at 10.00 am at conference room B41 close to hall B4 at the Messe München show ground. For more information, and to book your ticket, click here.

At Bauma Munich Volvo CE will only be displaying electric models, including the EC230 Electric

Volvo CE goes all electric

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced that it will only be displaying electric equipment on its stand – which it said will be the “first-ever zero-emission-only lineup” at Bauma Munich. It also said it will be unveiling a new electric machine that is designed for key industrial segments in the construction industry. Read more here.

Bauma innovation award: finalists 2025
All finalists for the Bauma innovation awards 2025 have been announced in the five categories that the awards are held in. The five categories are: Climate protection; Digitalisation; Mechanical engineering; Building; Research. The awards take place the day before Bauma, which is held from 7-13 April 2025 in Munich, Germany. See all of the finalists here.

Hyundai CE display includes hydrogen excavator

In total, the South Korean company will have up to 18 machines on display. Of those, ten will be either all-new or feature new updates. Included in that lineup is a pre-production version of the HW155H, a 15-tonne wheeled excavator which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system. At Bauma 2022 this was a static model, but at this year’s event the machine will be working in the demonstration area. Read more.