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84 E&MJ; • JUNE 2016 www.e-mj.com SUPPLIERS REPORT In round fgures, 580,000 visitors from 200 countries arrived in Munich in April for bauma, the world's largest equipment fair. That's an increase of more than 9%. After Germany, the top 10 countries of origin among the visitors were Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Nether- lands, U.K., Sweden, the Russian Fed- eration, Poland and the Czech Republic. A total of 3,423 exhibitors—1,263 from Germany and 2,160 from abroad—from 58 countries presented their products, developments and innovations on a record 605,000 m 2 of exhibition space. Exhibi- tors from outside Germany accounted for 63% of the total—higher than ever before. "The response from the participants this year was amazing," said Klaus Dittrich, chairman and CEO of Messe München, bauma's organizers. "Many ex- hibitors are talking about a record level of demand at bauma 2016. And that is an extremely positive sign in this current uncertain climate." Stefan Heissler, a member of the Board of Directors of Liebherr-Interna- tional AG, confrmed, "bauma 2016 was a tremendous success for Liebherr. We re- ceived many orders from a wide variety of different markets. In some segments our expectations were even exceeded." While bauma is mostly a construction event, activity in the mining hall C2 was brisk. Erwin Schneller, managing director for SBM Minerals, reported, "bauma is very international. We had visitors from Chile to Canada, from China to Russia, from Africa to Norway. My personal high- light was that we signed up some unex- pected sales at the show." The next bauma takes place from April 8 to 14, 2019, in Munich. Liebherr Celebrates Successful R 9200 Launch Although Liebherr only unveiled the R 9200 mining excavator to the public for the frst time at bauma 2016, the fami- ly-owned company has already sold 10 of the new 200-ton machines. "The initial feld test and the customer feedback from machines in operation thus far confrmed excellent productivity with lower fuel con- sumption," said Dr. Jörg Lukowski, man- aging director of sales at Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS. "And, if you have a walk around on the machine, you will note how proper and tidy the machine is designed. These elements paired together have created a high interest in the new R 9200 machine, of both existing and new customers." The Indonesian company PT Darma Henwa ordered three machines alone, which were symbolically handed over by Sophie Albrecht to CEO Wachjudi Marto- no at the Liebherr exhibition stand. "The Liebherr team in Indonesia is al- ways very involved and provides us with excellent support. This support charac- terizes our relationship with the Liebherr Group very well," stated Wachjudi Mar- tono, praising the relationship between the two companies. PT Darma Henwa's feet of machines already includes two R 9100s, two R 9350s and one R 984 C. The three R 9200 mining excavators will be used in coal mining applications. "We are all delighted with this pack- age order," Lukowski said. "It confrms the trust of PT Darma Henwa in our pro- ducts and services and affrms the de- velopment of a strong relation between our companies on a local and corporate level." In related news, Liebherr has decided to retire production of its 675-hp R 984 excavator, which was launched in 1986. Bauma Attracts Record Numbers Sophie Albrecht hands over the symbolic R 9200 key to Wachjudi Martono, PT Darma Henwa CEO, at bauma 2016. The mining equipment at bauma is a focal point for the crowd.

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