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Research provides updated mapping of the construction machinery fleet in the decade 2008-2018

Investments in the construction sector continue to grow, driven by the resumption of public works. While overall value in Italy in 2018 came to 139 billion euros, an increase of 3.5% is expected by the end of 2019 (4.8 billion euros) followed in 2020 by a further 3.3 billion euros (+2.4%). These figures come from the construction industry report for October 2019 prepared by the SaMoTer-Prometeia Outlook

Liebherr and Wacker Neuson return after the last attending the trade fair in 2011. Confirmations from Bobcat, Doosan, Eurocomach, Hidromek, Hyundai, Komatsu, Sany, Takeuchi, Venieri and Yanmar

SaMoTer, the international exhibition dedicated to construction machinery, will once again promote technological evolution and research during the run-up to next edition scheduled at the Verona Exhibition Centre 21-25 March 2020. The closing date for entries in the 23rd Innovation Award is 28 October 2019. The event now boasts more categories to ensure even better representativeness of the sector, as well as the debut by a day of appointments with the trade press and a focus on design.

SaMoTer becomes the new landmark for the precast concrete supply chain business in Southern Europe thanks to the agreement signed by Veronafiere Spa and ad-media GmbH, the German company that organises ICCX-International Concrete Conference & Exhibition: the traveling exhibition-conference in the precast concrete sector

Positive results for Italian exports. In 2018, according to analysis by Prometeia based on Istat data, there was another increase for exports of construction machinery (+5.7%), worth 2 billion 958 million euros. This performance was outlined in the SaMoTer Outlook 2019, the sector observatory presented today at Veronafiere during the 5th edition of SaMoTer Day. The event is one of the stages in the run up to the 31st edition of SaMoTer, the international construction equipment trade fair scheduled at Veronafiere 21-25 March 2020

The positive trend for the Italian earthmoving machinery market also continued through 2018, the fifth consecutive year of growth after the strong setback in sales between 2008 and 2013. The country ranks fourth in the Western European construction equipment sales market with a share of 9%, behind Germany (23% of market share), the United Kingdom (22%) and France (17%)

Sales of earth moving machinery in 2018 on a global scale accelerated sharply, achieving growth of 23%, thereby equalling the splendid performance already posted in 2017. In total, 825,000 machines were sold in 2017, while 2018 saw sales leap to more than one million units. A positive scenario that crowns a three-year period (2016-2018) that was even better (+8%) than the cyclic expansion phase that characterised the period 2003-2007

Imports were also up, to 710 million euros (+14.4%). Investments in the construction sector also improved (+0.5%). Latest data from the SaMoTer - Prometeia Outlook

The legend of the super bulldozer by Acco comes to life again in a hand-made 1:50 scale model as the first prize in the SaMoTer Artwork social media contest launched by SaMoTer in collaboration with “Quelli del Movimento Terra”

The second two-month period of 2018 again confirmed the favourable moment for the Italian construction industry on international markets. From January to April 2018, exports of vehicles and construction equipment were worth 973.3 million euros, an increase of 13.5% over the same period in the previous year

Exports of ‘Made in Italy’ construction machinery closed the first two months of 2018 on a high note, with two-figure growth. From January to February, Italian manufacturers sold machinery and equipment abroad worth 423.9 million euros, up by 16.9% over the same period in the previous year

Sales of earth moving machinery in Italy grew by 16% in 2017. Recovery over the next three years will be driven by the replacement of vehicle fleets and new investments in the building & construction sector. Forecasts for the next three years developed by the SaMoTer-Prometeia Outlook

The international construction equipment trade fair returns to Veronafiere 21-25 March 2020

Impressive attendance by operators, satisfaction among companies and successful business on the stands. The three shows held for the first time together at the Verona Exhibition Centre, thanks also to an agreement between Fiera Milano and Veronafiere

Self-driving bulldozers and excavators capable of redesigning the morphology of hills and embankments guided by drones, GPS and computers. Prevention of hydrogeological instability today even involves increasingly advanced earth moving machines taking inspiration for the rovers used to explore Mars

Iran is currently in the limelight at the Verona Exhibition Centre with 15 important buyers and as the Guest Country of the 30th edition of SaMoTer. This Middle East country today also received the SaMoTer International Award for the considerable impulse given to sector development. It was accepted by Amir Masud Miri, Consul General in Italy of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The world of earth moving, site and building machinery meets at SaMoTer in Verona 22-25 February to present the latest innovations and news in the sector

“The three events inaugurated today at Veronafiere are key areas for the development of Italy, which can resume growth by resuming public works”. This is the comment by the Secretary State at the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, Umberto Del Basso De Caro, during the inauguration of the 30th edition of SaMoTer today in Verona alongside Asphaltica and, for the first time, Transpotec Logitec

SaMoTer 2017, the heart of construction equipment pulses in Italy

SaMoTer will be held alongside sister-events Asphaltica and – for the first time – Transpotec Logitec. In all, 780 exhibitors from 30 countries will occupy 10 halls and 6 outdoor areas for a total of more than 84,000 sq.m. of show area welcoming 210 selected international buyers and 130 conferences and workshops

SaMoTer will be held alongside sister-events Asphaltica (road paving, safety and infrastructures show) and – for the first time – Transpotec Logitec (transport and logisitics event by Fiera Milano)

Exhibitors at the international show include Bobcat, Dieci, Faresin Industries, Magni Telescopic Handlers, Manitou and Merlo. The Italian construction machinery market: SaMoTer-Prometeia Observatory data indicate growth in exports (+0.7%) and imports (+26%) from January to October 2016

FOIV-Federation of Orders of Engineers in the Veneto Region will present award at Veronafiere to the most innovative proposals for the prevention of hydrogeological risk and the recovery of areas affected by natural calamities. SaMoTer 2017 will focus on the contribution of earth moving equipment in emergency situations

These four companies joined the list of exhibitors that already includes Case CE, Hyundai, Kobelco, Komatsu, Eurocomach-Sampierana, Ihimer, Kubota, Takeuchi and Yanmar. Signs of recovery on the construction machinery market: Italian exports of construction machinery in January-September 2016 totalled 1.86 billion euros (+0.8%); imports were worth 580 million euros (+26.3%)

The contest, organized by SaMoTer in collaboration with Imamoter - Italian Research Council, selects and promotes an international showcase detailing technological progress in the construction equipment industry

Special mentions made to Merlo, Cangini Benne, Blend Fbg and Komatsu. Awards presented during the SaMoTer Day at Veronafiere today

7,551 construction machinery units sold in Italy January-September (+32%). A further increase of +37% is estimated in Italy for the two-year period 2017-2018. The third SaMoTer Day today in Verona saw the presentation of the new SaMoTer-Veronafiere Outlook

The specialists at SaMoTer 2017: Eurocomach-Sampierana, Ihimer, Kubota, Takeuchi and Yanmar and have already officially confirmed attendance as exhibitors at the earth moving, site and building machinery show at Veronafiere

Land management-protection and solutions for environmental emergencies: SaMoTer also presents in Sicily the focus of its 30th edition. Palermo next 14 October will host the second stage of the SaMoTer Road Show by focusing spotlights on problems related to hydrogeological instability and the contribution of machinery and technology at work in environmental contexts exposed to high risks

“The Apulia Region in August approved the creation of a dedicated task force that seeks to become a replicable model throughout Italy,” said Ruggiero Mennea, Regional Councillor and Chairman of the Standing Committee for Civil Defence today during the first stop-off in Bari of the road show leading up the 30th edition of SaMoTer

Four meeting – in Apulia, Sicily, Calabria and Liguria – to present the 30th edition of SaMoTer to companies and take stock on maintenance work performed in local areas together with the Civil Protection Department, Fire Brigades, public institutions, universities and sector professionals

In 2015, Italy improved exports (+27.5%) and imports (+30.8%) of road paving technologies (source: SaMoTer-Prometeia Outlook)

The top players in the earth moving and construction market will be on hand: Case CE, Hyundai, Kobelco and Komatsu are the first top companies to sign up for the 30th SaMoTer

Earth moving machinery: for Italy, the first quarter 2016 posted growth with exports worth 612.39 million euros (+5.9%) and imports totalling 155 million euros (+21.3%). The second SaMoTer Day today in Verona saw the presentation of the new SaMoTer-Veronafiere Outlook

Federcostruzioni and SaMoTer join forces to support growth in the Italian construction sector. A new strategic partnership agreement signed in Verona today

Italian exports of construction machinery in 2015 were worth over 2.5 billion euros, an increase of 4.9% compared to 2014. This emerges from SaMoTer Outlook, the construction sector observatory provided by SaMoTer in collaboration with Prometeia and the contribution of Unacea

Machinery and equipment: the hire sector is growing in Italy, not the least thanks to the “Expo effect”. Estimates for the end of 2015 suggest a slight upturn which should consolidate the 2014 result (+0.7%). The forecast came from Marco Prosperi, Director of Assodimi-Assonolo interviewed by the SaMoTer Press Office

Figures published by the SaMoTer-Prometeia Observatory certify increases in key markets: Europe (+7.7%), Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey (+3.7%), North America (+23.1%), Central and South America (+6.3%), Middle East (+26.3%), Asia (+28.7%), Australia (+23.5%) and Africa (+2.5%). Another sharp fall in Russia (-62.8%)

Presentation of the SaMoTer-Veronafiere Outlook, developed in collaboration with Prometeia. The outlook of Italian and world market trends for the next two years was outlined today during the first edition of SaMoTer Day, a training and guidance event focusing on opportunities and trends in the building and construction machinery market

Premiere for the market outlook drafted by the SaMoTer-Veronafiere Outlook in collaboration with Prometeia. The day-long event also welcomes a workshop on machinery and equipment hire, safety in concrete production and focus on market in the Western Balkans and Iran

Confindustria Modena, SaMoTer and Unacea are organising the Italian pavilion of construction machinery at Excon, in Bangalore, from 25 to 29 November 2015. After a slowdown linked to the trend in the national economy, the Indian construction machinery market has recorded a 13% increase in 2015, and should also improve over the next two years, achieving +15% in 2017 (estimates by Off-Highway Research)

An important new chapter in the Italian exhibition sector is currently opening out. Fiera Milano and Veronafiere have signed a collaboration agreement for the contemporary scheduling in synergy of the next editions of their respective events Transpotec Logitec and SaMoTer, which will now be held 22-25 February 2017 in Verona

Western Europe is the leading market. Russia plummets following Ukraine crisis sanctions and the devaluation of the rouble. Agreement between Veronafiere-SaMoTer and Prometeia: construction equipment market outlook set up

Renewed partnership with CECE - Committee for European Construction Equipment for SaMoTer, which will focus on issues such as environmental protection and hydrogeological risks, as well as possible solutions through smart machines and technology platforms

An agreement was signed today between Veronafiere-SaMoTer and Unacea to promote and support of the Italian construction machinery industry

Confindustria Modena, Veronafiere-SaMoTer and Unacea team up to take Made in Italy to Bangalore

The heart of construction equipment beats in Italy. And more precisely for over 50 years at Veronafiere, where – from Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 February 2017 – the 30th edition of SaMoTer will be held