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EVENTS Like many other exhibitors at bauma CONEXPO AFRICA 2018, Wirtgen South Africa plans to showcase the Wirtgen Group’s latest innovations alongside its equipment. The company, which attended both previous editions of the show, plans Facts and figures bauma CONEXPO AFRICA is presented by Messe München, organiser of bauma in Munich, and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), organiser of CONEXPO-CON/AGG. to use the show to display to its African customer base a range of its available solutions and a broad range of its services bauma CONEXPO AFRICA 2015: tailored to specific requirements for all areas 68 000m² of exhibition space of road construction, as well as mining and 616 exhibitors from 42 countries processing of minerals. This includes all of its brands: Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm, Kleemann, Benninghoven, and Ciber. Speaking of the challenges and expectations facing the equipment industry, Wirtgen South Africa sales and marketing manager Waylon Kukard says: “South Africa’s political and economic instability over the last couple of years has had a negative impact on the equipment industry, as can be seen from the dramatic decline in the total equipment sales during the past three to four 14 311 visitors from 75 countries 13% of visitors came from outside of South Africa Top visiting African countries: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia.