More than ten thousand visitors in the Resale 2007

According to the Organization of the fair Resale 2007, the pageant had 528 exhibitors and 10.009 visitors from 120 countries, figure that exceeded the figure achieved in the previous edition. About 65 percent of buyers came from outside of Germany. Nearly 70 percent have already made purchases of machines or be processed orders after the fair. Also exhibiting companies have reported the implementation of good and very good business in all areas of the supply. More than 80 percent of the exhibitors from Resale have already announced that they would also participate in 2008. Exhibitors attributed the extraordinary balance of the fair to the strong growth of the global economy and the high quality of visitors at Resale. The fair was especially frequented by visitors of Ukraine, Romania, Belarus, Russia, the India, Turkey and Iran.

In addition to the companies for the sale of second-hand machinery, increasingly there are more manufacturers represented in Resale. Bruderer, Swiss manufacturer of machines for working metal, exhibited for the first time; as a claim, the company placed in your stand an automatic press of 25 tonnes and 18 years old. "The three hours to begin the fair, had already been sold to a German customer", had Ulrich Schmidt, Member of the address. "Because our machines have a particularly long life, for an article of second hand of this type we get about 65 percent of the new price of nothing less than 330,000 euros". In Exchange, gets a second hand equipment updated technically and a guarantee of a new product. Bruderer is dedicated to the sector of second hand machines for only two years. "This started because we had to accept as payment old machines in the context of a business of new machines," said Schmidt. "Curiously, due to second-hand machines we have established numerous new contacts, also in Resale".

This can be confirmed so Günter Keck by his experience. "This year have come to our booth buyers that we met many years ago in Resale", notes the director of modernization of used equipment of Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen (Germany), "with the difference that this year do not want to buy used machines"", but new". This is not the only reason why Keck was so happy in the collective stand of the manufacturer with SHW, Siemens and Chiron: "this year we have sold four used machines to the India by more than 300,000 euros"": a machine for measuring horizontal alarm for the automotive industry and three meters of precision". Another manufacturer, Kuka Roboter, Augsburg (Germany) are also showed very satisfied. "We have spoken with many end customers," said Sophie Wittmann, responsible for the section of second-hand robots. Booth visitors, mostly from Russia, look for complex solutions for their factories. "In the coming months will develop these contacts," adds Wittmann.

According to the survey of visitors, about 60 per cent of the persons concerned sought machines for their own use in Resale 2007. "Given the importance of the strong point of the offer, one-third of the visitors were interested in machines to work metals", analyzes Florian Hess, Manager of the organizing company of Resale, Hess GmbH, Weingarten/Baden (Germany). This benefited the bidders, both German and international, of the metal sector. "The issue has been quite good for us", sums up Paolo Dell'Oro. "Some of our many contacts are very promising"; the director-general of Meccanica Adda, Italy, hopes to return to do business as a result of the fair. "The most popular are the machines for the treatment of plates in Eastern Europe and even in some African countries," explains Dell'Oro. Eastern Europe is also one of the target markets of the company Müller Maschinen AG, Brugg (Switzerland), who has spent many years exhibiting their products in Resale. This company, more than 90 years old, sells machine tools of court around the world. "Demand, can supply these machines turn-key according to the customer's needs", explains Laurent Müller.