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MosBuild on the horizon
The largest trade show in Russia, MosBuild, takes place this year between 31 March and 4 April, at Moscow’s two largest and best known
exhibition venues, Expocentr and Crocus Expo, covering a total of 90,000 square metres.
In 2008, a record 2,751 exhibitors took part in MosBuild, representing 43 countries and displaying the full range of products, services and equipment for
the building and interiors industry. The continued success of the event is a testament to its reputation, as the event director, Darryl Pawsey, comments. “The
feedback from our exhibitors indicated that for many international companies, Russia is the number one strategic growth market and MosBuild is the focal
point for business in the industry”.
MosBuild is the collective name for six co-located exhibitions focusing on specific sectors. ‘Buildex’ and ‘Cersanex’ take place in the Expocentr and cover
products such as building materials and equipment, hardware and tools, sanitary ware and ceramic products. Crocus Expo hosts ‘MosInteriors’, ‘WinTecExpo’,
‘Stonex’ and ‘CountryLiving’.
‘Buildex’ brings together five exhibitions dedicated to ‘Building Materials & Equipment’, ‘Hardware & Tools’, ‘Build Electrics’, ‘Plumbing and Pipes’
and ‘Building Automation Systems’. The exhibition features suppliers from all over the world, and this year, ‘Buildex’ welcomes national groups from
Austria, Belgium, China, Finland, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Poland, Serbia and Taiwan. In 2008, ‘Buildex’ alone hosted 606 domestic and international
exhibitors.
‘Hardware & Tools’ is a popular part of ‘Buildex’, appealing to a very wide audience of visiting professionals. The event features products including power
and hand tools, fixtures and fittings, work benches, kit boxes and storage,
ladders and steps, and handling equipment. Most tradesmen who visit ‘Buildex’
are interested in reviewing the latest general and specialist hardware and tools
available in the market. In addition to professionals within the building trade,
visitors also include buyers from trade and DIY retailers and wholesalers.
MosBuild is renowned for attracting huge numbers of trade visitors during
the four days of the event, as Pawsey explains: “MosBuild continues to have a
wide appeal; from companies who are new to the market and are looking for
distributors, to those who are already well established in Russia and are looking
to strengthen their presence, arrange meetings with clients and promote their
product range. MosBuild has many regular exhibitors who return to the event
every year to build on previous success. I look forward to seeing them and
welcoming our new participants”.
Since the launch of Mosbuild in 1992, London based ITE Building & Interiors
Division has developed events in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Las Vegas reports encouraging numbers
Exhibit space sales for the National Industrial Fastener Show, November 16-18, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA,
are “surprisingly good and very encouraging”, reports Susan A. Hurley, show manager.
428 companies have contracted to date, around 68% of the 2008 total. “A number of companies have informed us they are waiting to see what
the first quarter of 2009 brings before deciding on how much exhibit space they want. We believe that once the economy begins recovering, fastener
inventories will decline and we should see an increase in orders. This will bring more companies back to the show”, Susan Hurley added.
The show’s newly designed web site,
www.fastenershows.com, includes a floor plan showing which booths are occupied by which companies. There is
also an up to date alphabetical listing of exhibiting companies.
All industry event returns to Rosemont
Fastener Tech 2009 returns to Rosemont, Illinois - close to Chicago’s O’Hare international airport - between 8 and 10 June.
Similar to the 2007 event this year’s Fastener Tech features a comprehensive educational line up including seminars on Advanced Metrics, Fastener
Manufacturing, Print Reading and Fastener Quality presented by the Fastener Training Institute.
The Institute is a division of the Los Angeles Fastener Association, which now delivers the highly regarded Certified Fastener Specialist™ advanced
technical training program. This was launched by LAFA in 1998 since when over 600 students have participated in the programme, more than a third of
whom achieving the CFS status.
The ASM Heat Treating Society will address issues relating to the heat treatment of fasteners and also hydrogen embrittlement. The Chicago Metal
Finishers Institute will look at regulatory developments for coatings, expectations of the automotive industry and emerging trends in coatings. The trade
show, for which around 100 exhibitors are currently registered, will run all day Tuesday and between 10am and 3pm Wednesday, set up taking place on
Monday.
BAU has best year ever
BAU 2009, which took place on 12 – 17 January, saw 211,000 visitors attend the show making it BAU’s best ever year in its 40 year history.
Out of the 211,000 visitors, 36,000 were from outside of Germany, representing 151 countries. In total there were 1,924 exhibitors from 42 countries at
the show, covering 180,000 square metres of exhibition space.
The post show visitor survey demonstrated considerable levels of uncertainty in the light of current economic and market conditions. However, 94% of
exhibitors rated the event as excellent or good and 96% of visitors expressed their intention of visiting BAU again in two years time.
BAU 2011 takes place 17 - 22 January 2011 at the New Munich Exhibition Centre, Munich, Germany.
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