RUSSIAN + CIS NEWS
PTFair 2012 improves on previous editions
The 8th edition of St. Petersburg Technical Fair was held on 13th – 15th
March 2012. The event
included a wide range of specialist exhibitions, conferences and activities.
O
rganisers Restec Exhibition Company report that the PTFair 2012 exceeded previous editions in terms of organisation, the event programme and numbers of both participants and visitors. More than 600
Russian and international companies and organisations from 17 countries showcased their products, services and projects in exhibition space totalling 7,760 square metres. Countries represented included Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Finland, Poland, China, Taiwan, Turkey, Spain, Malta, France, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Estonia. Restec reports 8,700 specialists and experts attended the Fair’s events and activities. The Fair was also attended by four high-ranking regional
officials: Georgy Poltavchenko, governor of St. Petersburg; Nikita Belykh, governor of Kirov region; Igor Slyunyayev, governor of Kostroma region; Vyacheslav Shport, governor of Khabarovsk region. In his welcome address Mr Poltavchenko stressed the significance and high level of the event: “It has become a good tradition to hold such a large-scale business and exhibition event. I’m sure that St. Petersburg Technical Fair will mark one more step on the way of developing the economy of St. Petersburg – as wall as that of the whole country”. The Fair was divided into several specialised exhibitions
open throughout the three days: Metallurgy and casting; Metalworking; Mechanical engineering; High technologies, Innovations; Investment; Non-metals for industrial purposes; and Services for industrial enterprises. The main fastener activity was a special conference organised in conjunction with Fasteners, Adhesives, Tools and … Magazine. Exhibitors DEMA Präzisionsteile GmbH, Germany, told the organisers: “We are very pleased with the Fair. It was a good experience”. Ocotec Oy, Finland, said: “The general impression is positive. The Fair was well organised. There was broad geographic spread of Russian visitors, even from Siberia”. Restec says its objective was not only to demonstrate new
products and services, but also to contribute to establishing direct contacts between R&D specialists and high-tech manufacturers – as well as industrialists. To this end over 1,000 experts were reported to have participated in the St. Petersburg Industrial Congress, which began with a panel discussion on the ‘Technological Future of Russia’. The 6th
St. Petersburg Partneriat, a multi-sector cooperation
platform aimed at ensuring efficiency of interregional and international cooperation, consolidation of cultural and economic relations, introduction of innovations, and presentation of achievements, was staged alongside the PTFair. It was attended by delegates from 58 regions of the Russian Federation. The next edition of PTFair will be held from 12th
– 14th March
2013 alongside the first Fastener Fair Russia and sheet metal specialist exhibition BLECH Russia. For more information visit -
www.ptfair.ru;
www.fastenerfair.com;
www.blechrussia.com
36 Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 75 May 2012
Conference ‘Adhesives 2012’
Shortage of raw material, information secrecy, conflicts of interest and a low technological level in the sector are the main concerns for members of the Russian adhesives market.
O n 16th March, the International Conference ‘Adhesives
2012’ took place in Ritz-Carlton Moscow Hotel. CEO of Creon Company, Sandjar Turgunov, noted in his opening speech that the aim of this year’s meeting
was discussion of a more narrow specificity of adhesive industry, namely, hot melt adhesives, which are one of the fastest growing sectors of the market. Creon Company has created a platform for discussion of the current industry problems and in particular the difficulties of state regulation. The keynote of the whole Conference was the question of a
possible union of the adhesives market members in Association. Now Creon Company has begun forming a working group to prepare the foundation for the Association, planned to be announced at an additional sector conference in October or November 2012.
Fewer exhibitors at Fasttec 2012
Organisers MVK say there were “more than 75 companies from Russia, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, China, Sweden and Taiwan” exhibiting at Fasttec 2012, staged 12th
– 15th C March at the Sokolniki exhibition grounds, just outside Moscow.
hinaFastener Magazine, which attended the show, reports that around half the exhibitors were from Mainland China. The exhibitor list published by Fasttec confirms 32 Chinese exhibitors and includes
five media stands. In 2011 Fasteners, Adhesives, Tools and … Magazine reported 92 exhibitors. The magazine, together with Russian Hardware Association Rosmetiz, previously a highly visible partner of Fasttec, did not attend the 2012 show, instead support the newly inaugurated fastener conference at the St. Petersburg PTFair on the same dates. In its own report Fasttec describes: “fully packed rooms
throughout the duration of the exhibition” which “once again emphasised the effectiveness of the event”. The organisers have not published the actual visitor attendance but say there were a year on year increases of nearly 15 percent on day one and 24 percent on day two. Reported visitor totals for the 2011 show were 4,000, with 60% of visitors coming from the Moscow region. In 2013 Fasttec goes head to head with the first edition of
Fastener Fair Russia held alongside the PTFair in St. Petersburg 12th
– 14th March. Visit
www.fasttec.ru for more information on Fasttec 2013.
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