FEATURE
Highlights from Bauma 2019
Thousands of brands from across the globe descended on Munich, Germany, for the world’s biggest construction trade fair in April. This year Bauma, now 65-years-old, attracted a some 620,000 attendees, representing the industry in no less than 200 countries, giving stand-out exhibitors a chance to impress delegates from almost every nation on the planet.
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s per usual at Bauma, the scaffold and access industry had its own dedicated area, which offered an insight into the present and— perhaps most importantly— the future of this sector.There were some impressive systems, products and materials on display, from brands such as Switzerland’s AMMANN Group (celebrating its 150th anniversary during the expo) to China’s Sany Group and LiuGong, making any attempt to succinctly summarise the best of the best rather difficult. But we’re always up for a challenge, and when you have something as unique and ground-breaking as Nordic Platform’s
range of scaffolding accessories, the job of choosing what to write about becomes a little easier. The Danish company specialises in making products from recycled fishing nets salvaged from the world’s seas. Given oceanic pollution is one of the gravest causes for concern in the battle to save the planet, with nets responsible for killing countless fish and marine life, the idea couldn’t be more welcome. “We use discarded fishing nets as the main sources – depending on the final product we add stabilisation, UV-protection and so forth to meet the demands of the final products.
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