The Movimat show.

More than 25,000 people visited Brazil's biennial materials handling expo, Movimat, this month.

Edson Carillo, director of show organiser IMAM, told Forkliftaction.com News international forklift manufacturers BT, Clark, Crown, Doosan Daewoo, Heli, Hyster, Hyundai, Jungheinrich, Linde, Nuova Detas, Still, Toyota and Yale were among 200 exhibitors in a 20,000 square metre space in ExpoCenter Norte, Sao Paulo, on August 8-11.

Brazilian manufacturers Paletrans and Skam and forklift attachment makers, and battery, tyre and fork suppliers also exhibited.

Carillo said the Brazilian market was the biggest in South America with more than 8,000 forklifts expected to be sold this year.

From next year, Movimat would be combined with logistics software show Salon de Logistica because both shows had synergies in exhibitors and visitors, Carillo said. The combined biennial show, Movimat Salon Intralogistica, would make its debut on August 7-19 at the same venue.