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

This year鈥檚 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: 必赢体育

Speaking at the show鈥檚 opening, Klara Geywitz, Germany鈥檚 minister of housing, urban development and construction, made her position on the new tariffs clear when she told delegates that 鈥淔ree trade has propelled many parts of the world to a new level of prosperity. It isn鈥檛 a zero-sum game: it benefits everyone.鈥�

鈥淲hoever 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 鈥� I think at Bauma one can feel with their own two hands that this isn鈥檛 possible and that the innovation of the construction industry shown here disproves that idea in its entirety,鈥� she added.

Klara Geywitz, Germany鈥檚 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鈥檚 largest equipment rental company announced it had become the first buyer of Japan-based Tadano鈥檚 new AS-63HD boom lift. 

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

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鈥檚 new TEC range of 3.5 tonne GVW hybrid truck mounts. Photo: 必赢体育

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鈥檚 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鈥檚 hydrogen powered rotating telehandler prototype. Photo: 必赢体育

Case Construction Equipment鈥檚 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鈥檚 remote controlled electric compact wheel loader. Photo: 必赢体育

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鈥檚 RTH 6.31 TC at Bauma. The unit features a tilting cab. (Photo: 必赢体育)

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鈥檚 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: 必赢体育

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

Skyjack鈥檚 booth at Bauma 2025. (Photo: 必赢体育)

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: 必赢体育

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: 必赢体育

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鈥檚 new 1t site dumper, launched at Bauma. (Photo: IRN)

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

Dieci鈥檚 Apollo-e Smart 20.4 seen at Bauma 2025. (Photo: 必赢体育)

And Liebherr鈥檚 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: 必赢体育