15/01/2007 Between 15 and 20 January 2007, around 2,000 exhibitors from 40 countries will be presenting their products at Europe´s biggest building materials trade fair.

BAU 2007 will thus be taking up almost all the available space at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre - 180,000 square metres in 16 exhibition halls. The range of products and services on display at this event is more extensive than ever before.

Repeat bookings at 90%
Exhibitors are highly satisfied with BAU and the event enjoys high status in the German and European building materials sector, as reflected in the impressive number of repeat bookings from exhibitors: "Around 90% of our exhibitors have registered again for BAU, then there are a number of first-time registrations," said Dieter Dohr, who is the exhibition group director responsible for BAU at Messe München GmbH. "That is a sensational achievement. Yet despite this high level of demand, companies who haven´t booked but would like to take part, still have a chance. In some areas of the exhibition, we have a little spare capacity."


BAU 2007 at a glance: Everything under one roof
BAU brings together the whole European building and construction community under one roof. This in-depth review of different materials, techniques and systems, all competing with each other, makes BAU a unique display of what the industry can do.

The range on show at BAU is divided into product and theme areas. A current site plan of BAU 2007 is available on the Internet, at:
www.bau-muenchen.com, in the section 'BAU at a glance'.

Focus on renovations and modernisation
One main focus of BAU 2007, extending through all sections, will be renovations and modernisation. Against a background of stagnating population figures, adequate housing volumes, and state subsidies for energy-efficient houses, the subject of modernisation and renovation is gaining ever more significance across Europe. The new German government, too, in its coalition contract, has committed itself to improving energy efficiency in existing buildings, also as a way of boosting the building and construction sector.


As in 2005, BAU 2007 will again be putting on a display of all the initiatives and activities in the field of renovation, refurbishment and modernisation in a single hall. This display is supported by the German Ministry of Construction and a working group on renovations, the Bundesarbeitskreis Altbauerneuerung (Baka).


An important cornerstone of this extensive display is an award for innovative products in the renovations and modernisation market, given for future-oriented product ideas, systems and constructions. The award is to be presented for the second time at BAU 2007.

Visitor target group
The broad range of exhibits at BAU 2007 is designed to appeal to a variety of visitor target groups. It attracts all those involved in the process of planning and building:
- Planners: Architects, engineers, private and public building developers, local authorities
- Investors: Housing associations, real-estate managers, agents, building materials trade, DIY stores
- Building trades: Metalworkers, tilers, plumbers, roofers, fitters, carpenters, joiners, painters, plasterers, flooring fitters, heating engineers, landscape gardeners, bricklayers.


Accompanying programme and architectural competitions
BAU 2007 will once again be the platform for the presentation of many awards for architecture and engineering, among them the award for "The First House" (from the trade journal Bauwelt of Berlin), and the award for "Aesthetics and Construction", (from the trade journal DETAIL of Munich). The high point of the Bavarian Engineers´ Conference ("Bayerischer Ingenieurtag") is the presentation of the Engineering Award.

Traditionally, BAU is also the place at which the Oscars for the building materials retail trade are presented (by Wohlfarth publishers of Duisburg). In addition, many trade associations in the German building and construction industry use BAU 2007 as a venue for their conferences, congresses and symposia.