INTERMAT (formerly EXPOMAT) is an international exhibition of equipment, machinery and techniques for the construction and materials industries, held every three years in Paris.
The exhibition is organised by CISMA and Seimat, French professional trade unions for the equipment industry, together with
Comexposium, a French
trade show
A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and cu ...
organiser.
History
The exhibition was initially held at the
Paris – Le Bourget Airport
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, and known as EXPOMAT. In 1988, it moved to the
Parc des Expositions de Villepinte
The Parc des expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte (''English: Paris Nord Villepinte'') is a large convention center located in Villepinte near Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. The center opened in 1982 and is the second-largest in France. The ...
and was renamed INTERMAT.
Several manufacturers display their
construction machinery
Heavy equipment or heavy machinery refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations or other large construction tasks. ''Heavy equipment'' usually comprises five e ...
and equipment in an outdoor demonstration area called INTERMAT Demo, where they can demonstrate machinery and equipment performance in simulated working conditions. The programme includes demonstrations of site machinery: backhoe loaders, mechanical diggers,
mini-excavators,
loader
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* Loader (equipment)
* Loader (computing)
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* Loader (surname)
* Fast loader
* Speedloader
* Boot loader
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s and
graders.
Construction equipment manufacturers who showcase their products at the exhibition include
Caterpillar
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As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
,
Komatsu,
Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Ni ...
,
Volvo
The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...
,
Liebherr
Liebherr is a German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer based in Bulle, Switzerland, with its main production facilities and origins in Germany.
Liebherr consists of over 130 companies organized into 11 divisions: earthmoving, mining, ...
,
JCB,
Bobcat Company
Bobcat Company is an American-based manufacturer of farm and construction equipment. Its American headquarters is in West Fargo, North Dakota, formerly in Gwinner, North Dakota. Its European headquarters moved in 2017 from Waterloo, Belgium, to ...
,
Haulotte Group
Haulotte Group is a major French aerial work platform manufacturer, the third-largest company in the world in this area of products.
History
Haulotte Group was formed from the merger of Pinguely and Haulotte in 1995, and renamed Haulotte Group in ...
,
Case New Holland
CNH Industrial N.V. is an Italian-American multinational corporation with global headquarters in Basildon, United Kingdom, but controlled and mostly owned by the multinational investment company Exor, which in turn is controlled by the Agnelli ...
,
John Deere
Deere & Company, doing business as John Deere (), is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, ...
, and
Michelin
Michelin (; ; full name: ) is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ''région'' of France. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world behind Bridgestone and la ...
.
References
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Bilan d'Intermat 2012Forum Chantiers (Publié le 18/07/2012)
Bilan d'Intermat : un baromètre de la croissance rassurant pour 2012BFM Business (Publié le 02/05/2012)
BILAN D’INTERMAT 2012Les Routiers
15,8% de visiteurs en plus lors d’Intermat 2012Le Moniteur.fr (Publié le 23/04/2012)
Exhibitions
Trade fairs in France