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Bolzano Fairs and most of the exhibitors look back happily to the last week-end, that offered to the construction industry and the 183 exhibitors a display where 9200 visitors could gather information on work security in constructions, construction machines, all purpose transporters, road constructions, traffic engineering and much more.

“It results from the surveys that Viatec lost visitors, as apprehended, based on the former bank holiday on Thursday march 16th, where as Baumec registered the same visitors traffic count as two years ago”, according to the fair manager Reinhold Marsoner, whom is still satisfied with the outcome, given the effect of the crisis on the construction industry. As by a random survey on 567 visitors, 27.9 % rate the economy of the sector as “declining”, just about half of the respondents (49.6 %) rate it as “stable” and 17.3 % as “growing”; 5.2 % did not answer this question.

Roughly 30% of the visitors came from other regions: the constructions fair combo attracted visitors from all over Italy and abroad and cut them off discreetly; the offer of both fairs was appraised as follows: for 54, 1 % the general impression was “good”, for 11.6 % “very good”, for 27, 3 % “satisfactorily” and for 5.8 % “unsatisfactorily”; 10, 8% of the visitors declared to have placed orders (transacted) during the fair.

There were 183 local and foreign exhibitors that found during the four days at the Bolzano fair a display of the construction industry and who took contact with the sector.

“We exhibit at Baumec/Viatec since we believe in the fair as a marketing instrument and we use this platform to introduce our product to the South Tyrolean market, where we would like to reach a higher degree of brand awareness. The number of the established contacts was the same as two years ago and I believe this will lead to developing good business relationships”, as by Marco Fais, sales manager of Faresin Buliding Division AG

The owner of company Kommland was also very satisfied with the course of the fair: “We meet new customers on the fair and can show our complete product range. We expect a good post fair business development from the contacts we have established”, emphasized Josef Reiterer.

The South – Tyrolean business woman Maria Niederstätter thinks positively, in spite of the ever so often quoted crisis in the construction industry: “We exhibit at the trade fairs in Bolzano since 1975 in order to constantly extend the network of our business contacts and to show our novelties. Trade fairs are an ideal platform, in order to take contact with 2000 representatives of the sector in four days. The construction industry is in crisis but we work hard on overcoming it by insisting on direct contact with the customers, on development and mostly on quality, and the customers are happy.”

The double fair was accompanied during the first two days by the international symposium “ BrennerCongress 2011”, with top class speakers such as Pat Cox – EU appointee for the Brenner Basistunnel; Ing. Konrad Bergmeister – from the BBT Company; Dr. Paolo Montagner – manager of the Road Patrol Department of the Autonomous Bolzano Province, and Ing. Carlo Costa – Technical manager of the Brenner Highways A22.

Saturday stood under the sign of work security: a congress organized with industry partners approached organizational and management models for work protection with the constructions field and implementation of the work protection models in companies. On the other hand, on Friday, within the frame of the double trade fair, the yearly assembly of the Council of the Construction Entrepreneurs in the region of Bolzano took place, where the chances and possibilities of reaching profit while the crisis in the field of constructions was discussed.

More detailed information on the two fairs at www.viatec.it and www.baumec.it.

Railway infrastructures in Europe, recycling in road construction, and the top quality construction of highways and roads for greater quality of life are just a few of the topics at the international specialized conference within the framework of “Viatec”, which will be held in Bolzano at the same time as “Baumec”, the tradeshow for construction machinery and equipment.

In parallel with the “Viatec” tradeshow, the fourth “BrennerCongress” will take place this year on March 17 and 18, 2011 in Bolzano.  The international symposium will provide information about the state of progress with the Brenner Base Tunnel and will deal with topics from research and practice regarding traffic infrastructure in the Alps.  The 2011 version will be the first time that the conference is being held in the capital of South Tyrol.

“Viatec” will once again take place in Bolzano, Italy this year, offering a valuable platform for those in the road construction and infrastructural rationing fields in the alpine regions to show their services to visitors in the industry.

The trade fair, which is now in its 7th year, to date remains the only trade show to cater for this particular group. Consequently, “Viatec” holds an air of exclusivity which is widely recognised and taken advantage of by companies and individuals, many of whom come to the show as vendors each year, exhibiting to thousands of visitors across three days.

As indeed, in 2009 “Viatec” will be again, combined with the “Baumec” trade show and figures from that year showed that 11,200 individuals came to the exhibition as visitors, with a figure of 4,100 attendees visiting to experience the “Viatec” show alone.

This year’s show is due to take place between the 17th and 20th March 2011, with a focus in particular upon the topics of construction and road reconditioning and maintenance at high altitude or in other areas presenting geographic difficulties.

During these few days, Bolzano will also host the 4th edition of the Brenner Congress, a two-day event held 17-18th March which will feature a range of experts from organisations from around the globe. The congress will provide the opportunity for visitors to experience reports on a variety of current topics important to the industry, as well as have the chance to undergo guided tours of A22 tollway and Brenner Base Tunnel worksites.

More information on the full Brenner Congress programme and pricing can be found on the website, www.brennercongress.com.

More info about both fairs on their website:  www.viatec.it and www.baumec.it

Railway infrastructures in Europe, recycling in road construction, and the top quality construction of highways and roads for greater quality of life are just a few of the topics at the international specialized conference within the framework of “Viatec”, which will be held in Bolzano at the same time as “Baumec”, the tradeshow for construction machinery and equipment.

In parallel with the “Viatec” tradeshow, the fourth “BrennerCongress” will take place this year on March 17 and 18, 2011 in Bolzano.  The international symposium will provide information about the state of progress with the Brenner Base Tunnel and will deal with topics from research and practice regarding traffic infrastructure in the Alps.  The 2011 version will be the first time that the conference is being held in the capital of South Tyrol.
    During the course of two conference days, international experts will report on the construction, operation, and maintenance of rails and roads.  The subject starting things off will be the Brenner Base Tunnel, followed by other base tunnel projects in the Alps.  These will include the new Turin-Lyons route, the progress with the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the railway extension of the new Lower Inn Valley route, and experiences with the operation of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel.  Another thematic topic will be road tunnels, dealing with an improvement in quality of life by means of qualitative road construction.
    The second day of the conference will be dedicated to the maintenance of roads and highways, with presentations on road bridges, roadway coverings in tunnel construction, and safety in the tunnel.  The topic of infrastructure design will also be presented from the point of view of traffic psychologists.  To conclude, the focus will be on product recycling for the construction of infrastructures and the durability of the bitumen.
    In addition to the lectures, two workshops will be held: one will compare the NATM, ADECO, and TBM tunneling methods, while the second will concentrate on the subject of natural stone.  The “BrennerCongress” will be rounded out by excursions to the Brenner Base Tunnel and to the A22 Autostrada del Brennero highway.
    The conference will be under the scholarly direction of Univ.-Prof. Konrad Bergmeister, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, und Univ.-Prof. Walter Purrer, Department of Civil Engineering Sciences at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck.

For additional Information on both tradeshows, please see www.viatec.it  and www.baumec.it .

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