RUSSIAN + CIS NEWS
Mariya Valiakhmetova, editor in chief, Metiz Magazine, Ukraine
Severstal introduces new structural steel fastener pack
Severstal Hardware has introduced a sealed metal container with handle for fasteners used in bridge building and steel structures.
“Magnitogorsk Hardware and Wire Plant” announced January to September 2011 total sales revenue for fasteners and small screws increased by 46% to 2.3 billion rubles (53 million euros).
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he growth took fastener sales from 15% to 19% of the plant’s total turnover, which grew 17.7% to 11.6 billion rubles (279 million euros). MMK sold nearly 3.2 billion rubles of wire products and more than 3.5 billion rubles of steel and bimetallic wire in the period. Exports accounted for 10.6% of total revenues. Group gross profit increased 25% to 1.1 billion rubles: net profit exceeded 28 million rubles.
According to the Prommetiz Association MMK-METIZ holds around a 22% share of the Russian hardware market.
PT Fair introduces fastener section
The 2012 St Petersburg Technical Fair, which will be staged 13th
– 15th
March at the Lenexpo Fairgrounds, will include a section dedicated to fastener technologies for the first time.
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rganisers Restec Exhibition Company says: “The exhibition will embrace the whole cycle of fastening systems and elements from production to delivery,
from hardware to up-to-date nanotech products”. Other sections in the fair cover metallurgy and casting, metalworking, mechanical engineering, hi-tech innovations, non-metals for industrial purposes and services to industry. Restec also plans to have a conference
titled: “High-tensile fasteners: Quality and responsibility”, which will discuss “securing material facilities and technical base for high- tensile fastener production in Russia”. The 2011 Technical Fair occupied 5,460 square
metres exhibition space. Restec reported 500 companies participated in the exhibition and business programme: three quarters were from the Russian Federation, around a third from the Northwestern Federal District. Of 8,200 reported attendees, 63% also came from the district surrounding St. Petersburg and 96% from within the Russian Federation. More information at
www.ptfair.com
The tenth edition of the Fasttec International Exhibition takes place 12th
– 15th Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sokolniki. T
he Moscow event, which has been the only Russian trade exhibition dedicated to fasteners since it was launched by MVK in 2003, takes place at the same time as the PT Fair in St. Petersburg, which has announced a fastener technology section for the first time. At the end of 2010 MVK International Exhibition Company was acquired by the
ITE Group plc - the largest organiser of trade exhibitions in Russia and the CIS. In 2011 Fasttec returned to the Sokolniki exhibition centre following what was
seen as an unsuccessful attempt to move to the larger Crocus Expo Centre. A new Fasttec show director, Raisa Gazaryan, was appointed during 2011. In July Fasttec promoted the Russian show at the Fastener Expo Shanghai
and during 2011 extended its advertising to Asian fastener and hardware publications as well as some in the US and Brazil. International exhibitors will this year need to factor in the effect of Russia’s introduction of a “protective” tariff on fastener imports from all countries outside the Russian Federation. Indian fastener manufacturers GDPA Group and Fasteners & Fittings
Company have committed to exhibit but, so far, Fasttec has not published details of any other exhibitors, international or domestic. The only indication of the likely scale of the 2012 event is that Pavilion 4.1 at Sokolniki provides total gross exhibition space of 3,752 square metres. This year Fasttec has partnered with
Metizmetall.ru, it says, “to help
expand the profile of the event across Russian regions”. The organisers also say they anticipate a significant increase in the geographic profile of visitors. Metizmetall is a Russian language online trading platform for metal products. The main objectives of the Fasttec exhibition, says MVK, are “to reflect the
regional and global development of the fastener industry; present the latest achievements in the industry; and facilitate experience sharing of fastener usage - which will unite the interests of manufacturers and consumers”.
36 Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 73 January 2012
Tenth Fasttec at Sokolniki March 2012, in Pavilion 4.1 at the
he packaging for nuts and bolts has been tested in MPO Mostovik and proved popular for bridge building organisations. Depending on the size of the fasteners the packaging is in either a 25kg or 40kg size. Severstal says the key advantage is in providing protection against moisture and corrosion. The bolt, nut and washers are presented as kits, which means the user saves time assembling the components and is ensured that they are exactly matching. Previously the Orel plant had introduced soft container packaging for consumer fasteners.
MMK-Metiz 9 month fastener sales up 46%
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