Bauma 2016
The Driller attended the 2016 Bauma construction and heavy machinery tradeshow in Munich. It featured acres of outdoor displays of drilling rigs and other heavy equipment. Click though to see our photos of the event. All photos by The Driller staff.
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Crowds stream into the Bauma 2016 event. The event was expected to attract more than half a million visitors over the course of a week.
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The Bauer display was one of the larger outdoor displays at Bauma.
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The view from the terrace of the Bauer display. Many of the outdoor displays had a few floors, which gave people a bird’s-eye view of the acres and acres of machinery.
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Many of the drilling rig manufacturers were grouped closely together on the north side of the Bauma event campus.
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This Liebherr LB 24-270 rotary drilling rig is on home turf. The manufacturer of rigs and other heavy equipment was founded Germany.
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Crowds could get lost among rows and rows of heavy equipment.
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It wasn’t just construction drills and equipment – HDD rigs were well represented.
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Weather mostly cooperated, with blue skies gracing the first day of the event.
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Construction oriented drilling rigs were well represented, with Casagrande, Soilmec, Fraste, Bauer and others all in attendance.
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The new SR-125 from Soilmec was among several rigs rolled out for the first time at Bauma.