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Following a four-year break, BAU, the world’s leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems, is back with an excellent result. “BAU has once again proven that it is and will remain the most important platform for innovations and premiers in the construction segment. Despite the four-year enforced interlude, more companies than ever presented themselves in Munich. This underpins the very positive reception to trade fairs, in particular leading international trade fairs, as also seen in 2022,” is how the Co-CEOs, Reinhard Pfeiffer and Stefan Rummel, sum up BAU 2023.
Dieter Schäfer, Chairman of BAU’s Exhibitor Advisory Board agrees this year’s BAU was extremely successful: “By shifting BAU 2023 to April we did everything right. Fully occupied halls and a high number of international visitors underscore BAU’s relevance. And of course, it was all the more important because the fair was back again after more than four years. In future BAU will take place again as usual in January.”
Katharina Metzger, President of the Federal Association of the German Building Materials Trade also believes BAU’s return after more than four years is a major success: “We are more than happy with BAU 2023.”
Very good marks from exhibitors and strong satisfaction with visitors
BAU’s successful comeback is also reflected in the survey run by the Gelszus opinion research institute, in which 93 percent of the exhibitors rated the fair as good to excellent. Visitors once again gave best marks for BAU 2023.
Visitors’ internationality hits record level
At the top of BAU’s international visitor ranking are Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Poland and Turkey now rank fourth and fifth thanks to strong growth. International visitors on the whole amounted to almost 80,000, which represents 40 percent of the total number of visitors and therefore a record result.
Supporting program – special shows and award presentations
Competitions such as “Auf IT gebaut – Bauberufe mit Zukunft” (Built on IT – construction professions with a future) as well as the Balthasar-Neumann Award and the BaustoffMarkt Oscar used BAU as a stage for their award ceremonies.
The next edition of BAU will be held from January 13 to 18, 2025, at the Munich exhibition grounds.
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