Good prospects for the Resale 2007

The 13th edition of the fair of used machines more important in the world, from 18 to 20 April 2007 in Karlsruhe, already has very good data. In the light of the good situation of registration for Resale 2007, organizers have again with more than 500 exhibitors and around 10,000 visitors from more than 100 countries. Also extremely positive show exhibitors of Resale and important helper associations, as the German Association of foreign trade (BDEx), the German Association of wholesalers of machinery and tools (FDM) and the European Association of machine tool merchants (EAMTM), which underscore the great international demand that was manifested in the figures for this year: 70 per cent of the visitors of Resale in 2006 came from outside of Germany.

The section of used machines of the FDM in Bonn confirmed an excellent trading position for almost two years. "Her benefit above all the bidders of processing machines for working metal and plastics", notes the FDM, Kurt Radermacher Manager. According the FDM, today, the demand for machines for the treatment of wood also has returned to increase. According to the FDM, export is the primary responsibility that this boom is maintained. With the growing activities abroad also increase requirements to suppliers of used machines. "Provisions for introducing used machines vary widely from country to country," it looks Radermarcher. This makes business very demanding and, often, difficult and arduous.

The central points of the supply of Resale 2007 have barely changed. "There are machines for all sectors," says Florian Hess on the range.

"This is ideal to make a purchase to the"one-stop-shop"style, recommended that the Manager of the organizing company of Resale, Hess GmbH in Weingarten/Baden:"entrepreneurs can buy machines for the production in its main sectors, as well as trucks lift for store or photocopiers for the Office."" The purchase to the "one-stop-shop" style is not an empty slogan, but that is the feature that makes it unique to Resale: why comes, for example, the Ugandan buyer Yahaya Yusuf frequently to Karlsruhe: "We work in the oil business," explained the director of operations of Hared Ltd. in the latest edition of Resale. "I'm looking for trucks, machines for the food industry and bottling, to diversify our offerings, and at the same time, I'm looking for machinery for other companies in Uganda."

The sector with the most extensive of the fair offer remains of machines to work metals. The offer of processing machines for the treatment of wood, and plastics as well as those of conveyors and technology of propulsion, the machinery for the food industry and construction, packaging, is also very wide. Also providers of commercial vehicles, robotics and automation are present with a wide range. In the same way that in the last edition of Resale, again more than 200 foreign companies, mainly of France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Great Britain, will resubmit its offer. The majority of the exhibitors of Resale are dealers of used machines. Approximately one quarter of the exhibiting companies are manufacturers of machines, which include prestigious companies such as Unipack Höfler Maschinenbau, Kuper, Westfalia Separator, Jungheinrich, Siemens and Carl Zeiss.

Other renowned manufacturer is the company Gildemeister AG, participating through its subsidiary DMG distribution. Used machines section employs 70 people with an annual turnover of around 65 million euros. They sold each year around 550 used machines around the world. "With the sector of machinery second hand tool open new circles of buyers," explains Ralph Christnacht. "And new markets," added the Manager of the company DMG Vertriebs - & Service GmbH, the German town of Geretsried. On the one hand, seduces the price by at least 30 per cent more economical with regard to new machines. At the same time, convinced the comprehensive after-sales service. "Our machines are supported throughout the cycle of life, since the purchase until that they are not used", so Ralph Christnacht explains the concept. "Whether it's new products as if they are second-hand."