Images: Bauma 2025 in pictures

Bauma 2025 drew to a close on Friday, having drawn crowds of thousands.

This year’s show was undoubledly overshadowed by the looming figure of Donald Trump - first imposing a raft of new trade tariffs on US imports, and then dramatically agreeing a 90 day pause for most of his planned higher rate tariffs. Nonetheless, there was plenty more going on. 

Crowds flock to the main entrance waiting for the show to begin. Photo: KHL

Speaking at the show’s opening, Klara Geywitz, Germany’s minister of housing, urban development and construction, made her position on the new tariffs clear when she told delegates that “Free trade has propelled many parts of the world to a new level of prosperity. It isn’t a zero-sum game: it benefits everyone.”

“Whoever believes that you can just turn back time, cut global connections, and go back to a time where we just produced cotton, coffee, and cloth – I think at Bauma one can feel with their own two hands that this isn’t possible and that the innovation of the construction industry shown here disproves that idea in its entirety,” she added.

Klara Geywitz, Germany’s federal government minister for housing, urban development and construction, speaking at the opening of Bauma 2025 in Munich, Germany (Image: Neil Gerrard)

Across the show there were few signs that cross-border deals were being scuppered by the new tariffs. Significantly, United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company announced it had become the first buyer of Japan-based Tadano’s new AS-63HD boom lift. 

The new AS-63HD boom lift from Tadano made its debut at Bauma 2025. (Photo: KHL)

The exhibition featured 3,500 exhibitors from 57 countries, displaying construction machinery of all kinds.

Part of the Bauma show ground from one of Palfinger’s new TEC range of 3.5 tonne GVW hybrid truck mounts. Photo: KHL

And there were plenty of innovative new prototype machines on display at the show offering a glimpse at what the future of construction could look like.

These included Manitou’s second prototype of its hydrogen-powered rotating telehandler. The MRT 2260 is powered by hydrogen via a fuel cell and offers a lifting height of 22 meters and a load capacity of 6 tonnes.

Manitou’s hydrogen powered rotating telehandler prototype. Photo: KHL

Case Construction Equipment’s concept for a remote controlled autonomous compact wheel loader was also a crowd puller. The machine, which is operated from a dedicated control lounge is designed to be used in challenging environments and weather conditions.

Case’s remote controlled electric compact wheel loader. Photo: KHL

Magni Telescopic Handlers used Bauma to debut a range of new telehandlers, rough terrain forklifts, AC scissors and an AWP platform. The company also unveiled its latest tilting cab model which the company says enhances performance and simplifies transport while maintaining efficiency and capability.

Magni’s RTH 6.31 TC at Bauma. The unit features a tilting cab. (Photo: KHL)

Germany-based OEM Atlas and Develon announced a new strategic partnership which will see Atlas building select wheeled material handler models under the Develon brand.

A new Develon DX 350 WMH wheeled materials handling machine, manufactured by Atlas (Image: Murray Pollok)

One of the more surprising sights at this year’s exhibition was the robotic dog enabled to one day perform automated tasks on construction sites which was being used by its owners to advertise a new AI service for the construction industry in Germany and could be seen performing tricks in the exhibition hall.

Robotic dog advertises BauGPT at Bauma. Photo: KHL

Volvo Construction Equipment chose to only feature zero-emissions machines in its Bauma lineup this year. The company used the show to unveil its A30 electric articulated hauler, the world’s first serial produced battery-powered machine of its size class.

Volvo CE CEO Melker Jernberg unveils the Volvo A30 Electric. Photo: Volvo CE

Linamar Corp’s Skyjack celebrated its 40th anniversary at the show. Its E-Drive electric scissor lifts range made their European show debut at the event.

Skyjack’s booth at Bauma 2025. (Photo: KHL)

Meanwhile Hyundai CE demonstrated ten new or updated machines amongst its lineup. These included large tracked excavators as well as a pre-production version of the HW155H, a 15 tonne wheeled excavator powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system.

Hyundai demonstrates ten new machines at its stand. Photo: KHL

German aerial lift producer Teupen launched its first truck mount, 70 meter unit, following its acquisition by US-based utility lift specialist Altec last year. Until now Teupen has focused on producing spider lifts bit it plans to expand its truck range to four models.

Teupen launches its first truck mount, 70 meter unit. Photo: KHL

Netherlands-based Tobroco-Giant announced it had entered the site dumper market with a 1t capacity, diesel powered, hi-tip model which it said it intended to market to the rental market.

Tobroco Giant’s new 1t site dumper, launched at Bauma. (Photo: IRN)

Italy-based Dieci unveiled two new, all electric telehandlers at the show.

Dieci’s Apollo-e Smart 20.4 seen at Bauma 2025. (Photo: KHL)

And Liebherr’s stand featured some really big  machines including the T264 Battery Electric which was developed together with mining customer Fortescue.

The bucket of a Liebherr excavator. Photo: KHL