January 2021
SAMOTER: 31ST EDITION POSTPONED TO 2023. 2021 WILL WELCOME A NEW IN-QUARRY DEMO EVENT
Decision shared with manufacturers and sector associations
October 2020
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - ITALIAN MARKET IN LOCKDOWN: JANUARY-JUNE, SALES DOWN BY 20%. BETTER PERFORMANCE IN THE SECOND HALF YEAR (-8.7%) AND RESTART IN 2021
Analysis developed by Unacea and CER presented today at Veronafiere during the 7th edition of SaMoTer Day
July 2020
TRADE FAIRS - PIT-STOP FOR SAMOTER AND ASPHALTICA. NEW DATES: 3-7 MARCH 2021
Mantovani, CEO of Veronafiere: “We must now launch a promotional path shared with the community to support the recovery of these value chains. Verona in 2021 will host the first sector events on a European scale for the world of construction. A chance to intercept the restart on the market and organise an even more pertinent event.”
March 2020
VERONAFIERE: SAMOTER AND ASPHALTICA RESCHEDULED 21-25 OCTOBER TOGETHER WITH OIL&NONOIL
New date: 21-25 October 2020 - CEO Mantovani: “This decision was shared and supported by companies and reference associations; there is trust in our trade fairs as tools for overcoming the crisis”
January 2020
23RD SAMOTER INNOVATION AWARD - SPECIAL MENTIONS
The jury also awarded three special mentions to Asalift, Edilmag and Trevi Benne
23RD SAMOTER INNOVATION AWARD - THE WINNERS
Awards presented to companies during the SaMoTer B2Press event
23RD SAMOTER INNOVATION AWARD: THE FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY TAKES THE STAGE
Thirteen winners in the competition's various categories, plus three special mentions and a special prize for design
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR: GROWTH OF 5 BILLION EUROS FOR TWO-YEAR PERIOD 2020-2021. INVESTMENTS DRIVEN BY RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SECTORS
Construction investments will grow in the two-year period 2020-2021, albeit at a slower pace than 2019. Overall investments in Italy in 2018 came to more than 139 billion euros and current forecasts for 2019 as a whole suggest a further increase of 3.3%, worth around about 4.5 billion euros: these figures are also likely to improve over the next two years, with expected growth of 2.5 billion euros in 2020 (+1.8%) and 2.4 billion euros in 2021 (+1.7%). These updated estimates by the SaMoTer-Prometeia Outlook were published in Building & Construction sector Monitor for December 2019
December 2019
SAMOTER: CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY EXPORTS UP
Exports in the first nine months of 2019 came to more than €2.24 billion (+1.9%)
October 2019
SAMOTER DAY: THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY FOCUSES ON INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
Research provides updated mapping of the construction machinery fleet in the decade 2008-2018
THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN ITALY: INVESTMENTS UP BY 4.8 BILLION EUROS (+3.5%) IN 2019
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
SAMOTER - 6 MONTHS STILL TO GO. REGISTRATIONS UP BY 39% AND BOOKED EXHIBITION SPACE BY 66%
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
June 2019
SAMOTER: ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR 23rd INNOVATION AWARD
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.
May 2019
PRECAST CONCRETE: SAMOTER WELCOMES THE SECTOR IN 2020 WITH ICCX SOUTHERN EUROPE
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
March 2019
CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY: ITALIAN EXPORTS GREW IN 2018 TO ALMOST 3 BILLION EUROS
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
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY: FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF GROWTH FOR ITALY
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%)
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, BOOM IN SALES WORLDWIDE (+23%): MORE THAN ONE MILLION UNITS IN 2018
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
December 2018
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY: ITALIAN EXPORTS AT 2.18 BLN EUROS AS OF SEPTEMBER (+6.2%)
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
SAMOTER ARTWORK: SOCIAL CONTEST READY FOR LAUNCH IN JANUARY. AND THE PRIZE? A SCALE MODEL OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DOZER
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”
July 2018
GOOD PERFORMANCE BY ITALIAN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CONTINUES ON FOREIGN MARKETS. APRIL 2018, EXPORTS WORTH 973 MILLION EUROS (+13.5%)
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
May 2018
EXPORT BOOM FOR ITALIAN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY. SALES IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2018 TOTALLING 423.9 MILLION EUROS (+16.9%)
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
EXCAVATORS AND BULLDOZERS: WORLD MARKET FOR 1 MILLION MACHINES IN 2020
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
February 2018
SAMOTER 2020: #FOLLOWTHEBEAT, NEW DATE FOR THE NEXT EDITION
The international construction equipment trade fair returns to Veronafiere 21-25 March 2020
February 2017
TRANSPOTEC LOGITEC, SAMOTER AND ASPHALTICA: 84,000 VISITORS IN VERONA FROM 86 COUNTRIES
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
LASER LEVELLING, DRONES AND SELF-DRIVING MACHINES. SAMOTER 2017 - THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIERS COMBATTING HYDROGEOLOGICAL INSTABILITY
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: CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS WORTH 154 BILLION DOLLARS. OPPORTUNITIES IN GREEN RENOVATION AND ANTI-SEISMIC SPHERES
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
SAMOTER 2017: “SMART” EXCAVATORS WITH GEO-RADAR AND HYBRID ENGINES. THE FUTURE OF EARTH MOVING ON SHOW IN VERONA
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
INAUGURATION TODAY OF THE 30TH EDITION OF SAMOTER. DEL BASSO DE CARO: PUBLIC WORKS ARE VITAL FOR THE RECOVERY IN A SECTOR THAT GENERATES 3 POINTS OF ITALIAN GDP
“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
PRESS KIT - SAMOTER (22-25 FEBRUARY 2017)
SaMoTer 2017, the heart of construction equipment pulses in Italy
SAMOTER: 30TH EDITION OPENS TOMORROW. VERONA: CAPITAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
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 2017: REVIVAL OF THE EARTH MOVING SECTOR PASSES THROUGH VERONA
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)
January 2017
SAMOTER 2017: TELEHANDLERS ALSO IN THE FOREFRONT IN VERONA
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
SAMOTER AND VENETO REGION ENGINEERS TOGETHER TO COMBAT LAND SUBSIDENCE
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
December 2016
DOOSAN-BOBCAT, HIDROMEK, MECALAC AND VF VENIERI ALSO ATTENDING SAMOTER 2017
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%)
November 2016
ALL THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE 22ND SAMOTER INNOVATION AWARD
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
22ND SAMOTER INNOVATION AWARD: THE WINNER IS THE SELF-LOADING CONCRETE MIXER BY FIORI GROUP SPA
Special mentions made to Merlo, Cangini Benne, Blend Fbg and Komatsu. Awards presented during the SaMoTer Day at Veronafiere today
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY: MORE THAN 495,000 UNITS SOLD AROUND THE WORLD IN NINE MONTHS. GROWTH ON THE GLOBAL MARKET OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UP BY 38%
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
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY: THE “COMPACT” SECTOR IN ITALY IS GROWING. SALES OF MINI-EXCAVATORS BETWEEN JANUARY AND JULY UP BY +24%
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
October 2016
PALERMO HOSTS THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SAMOTER 2017 ROAD SHOW. HYDROGEOLOGICAL INSTABILITY AND PREVENTION UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
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
September 2016
DEBUT IN BARI FOR THE ROAD SHOW LEADING UP TO SAMOTER 2017. A TASK-FORCE, DRONES AND NEURAL NETWORKS AGAINST HYDROGEOLOGICAL INSTABILITY IN APULIA
“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
SAMOTER 2017 ROAD SHOW SETS OFF AGAIN - FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT HYDROGEOLOGICAL INSTABILITY
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
ROAD MACHINERY: ITALY CATCHES UP WITH MARKET RECOVERY. SECTOR APPOINTMENT AT ASPHALTICA 2017 WITH AMMANN, MARINI AND WIRTGEN GROUP
In 2015, Italy improved exports (+27.5%) and imports (+30.8%) of road paving technologies (source: SaMoTer-Prometeia Outlook)
July 2016
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY: THE TOP COMPANIES CHOOSE SAMOTER 2017. CASE, HYUNDAI, KOBELCO & KOMATSU ATTENDING THE SHOW
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
June 2016
WORLD CONSTRUCTION MARKET: INDIA OVERTOOK CHINA IN 2015
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
May 2016
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SITES: FEDERCOSTRUZIONI WITH VERONAFIERE TO RELAUNCH THE SECTOR
Federcostruzioni and SaMoTer join forces to support growth in the Italian construction sector. A new strategic partnership agreement signed in Verona today
March 2016
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: ITALIAN EXPORTS UP IN 2015 (+4.9%)
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
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, CRANES AND SCAFFOLDING INCREASINGLY “ON HIRE”. THE “RENTAL” SEGMENT CONSOLIDATES ITS ROLE IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
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
February 2016
CONSTRUCTION MACHINES, JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2015: ITALIAN EXPORTS UP (+7.6%) TO MORE THAN 2.2 BILLION EUROS
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%)
December 2015
EARTH MOVING & CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY: OUT OF THE CRISIS IN TWO YEARS' TIME
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
SAMOTER DAY: VERONAFIERE HOSTS THE 2015 EARTH MOVING MACHINERY REPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SCENARIOS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
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
November 2015
INDIA: GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY, PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY MARKET
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)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIERA MILANO AND VERONAFIERE. IN 2017 TRANSPOTEC AND SAMOTER WILL BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY IN VERONA
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
October 2015
BALANCE OF TRADE CONSOLIDATES 950 MILLION EUROS IN THE BLACK CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT IMPORT-EXPORT
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
September 2015
SAMOTER 2017 AT THE CECE SUMMIT DEDICATED TO “SMART MACHINES”. SHOW'S FOCUS MEETINGS IN LINE WITH THE VISION OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRY IN THE CONSTRUCTION EQUPIMENT SECTOR
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
June 2015
PRESS KIT - SAMOTER AND UNACEA: PARTNERSHIP FOR THE EARTH-MOVING MACHINERY SYSTEM
An agreement was signed today between Veronafiere-SaMoTer and Unacea to promote and support of the Italian construction machinery industry
May 2015
INDIA: BOOM IN INFRASTRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY
Confindustria Modena, Veronafiere-SaMoTer and Unacea team up to take Made in Italy to Bangalore
April 2015
SAMOTER 2017: FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL PROTECTION. SOLUTIONS THROUGH INTELLIGENT MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORMS
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