Exhibitons

EXHIBITION ACTIVITY

Expocentre is an organizer of the largest international exhibitions in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe that has run over 6,000 exhibitions throughout its 50-year history.

Expocentre’s exhibitions promote new trademarks, advanced scientific developments and technology to the national market, and provide favourable conditions to establish business contacts, present products and study innovations. Exhibition forums bring together business, trade and scientific leaders from over 100 countries.

Expocentre’s programme includes the company’s own projects and hosted exhibitions held at Expocentre Fairgrounds by other national and foreign exhibition organizers.

Expocentre’s 22 exhibitions that carry a logo of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, as a label of approval include Khimia (chemical industry), Consumexpo (consumer goods), Zdravookhraneniye (health care), Prodexpo (foodstuffs and beverages), Mebel (furniture), Lesdrevmash (timber industry), Metalloobrabotka (metalworking), Agroprodmash (agriculture and food processing), Sviaz-Expocomm (telecommunications), Elektro (electric industry), Inlegmash (light industry), Mir Stekla (glass industry), Neftegaz (oil and gas), Mir Detstva (goods for children), Obuv. Mir Kozhi (shoes and leather products), Reklama (advertising), and Sklad.Transport.Logistika (warehousing, transportation, logistics), Photonics. The World of Lasers and Optics, Toy and Game, Interlakokraska (paints and varnishes), CJF (child and junior fashion) and Healthy Life-style.

Expocentre’s twenty-nine exhibitions are approved by RUEF, the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs, and proudly carry the RUEF logo.

When arranging a plan of its own exhibitions and conventions, Expocentre specifically focuses on both the country’s priority economic development areas, and development trends of the global economy as a whole. Today one of the company’s top priorities is to support innovative development of this country. More than 20% of events held Expocentre Fairgrounds (including events organized by Expocentre) are innovation driven. This figure is highest in the country. These exhibitions include High Technologies of the 21st Century, Lesdrevmash, Metalloobrabotka, Navitech, Neftegaz, Sviaz-Expocomm, Photonica. The World of Lasers and Optics, Elektro, Electrotechnoexpo, 5pEXPO and Expopriority. Taking into account the fact that innovative side of Russia’s economic development is of great importance nowadays, Expocentre has come to a decision to integrate several events, previously held by Expocentre at different time, into one big event called the Innovative Russia Week.

The Innovative Russia Week will be held at Expocentre Fairgrounds from April 17 through 20, 2012.

In May 2009 Chairman of the RF Government Vladimir Putin attended an extended session of the RF CCI Board. The focus of the session was on the creation and support of innovation growth points in the Russian economy. In particular, Vladimir Putin highlighted the role of exhibition and fairs activities in that process. RF CCI President Evgeni Primakov emphasized that Expocentre, an enterprise set up with participation of RF CCI, had already started some interesting projects. Specifically, innovation exhibitions make up 24% of the total number of Expocentre’s own projects that are supported by federal executive agencies and national industry associations.

Most of the exhibitions are held under the auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Government of Moscow.

Hosted exhibitions run at Expocentre Fairgrounds are organized by leading national and foreign exhibition companies that include I.T.I. Group Plc. (UK), Messe Duesseldorf GmbH (Germany), BolognaFiere (Italy), Trade Fairs Brno (Czechia), Ost-West-Partner GmbH (Germany), Messe Frankfurt (Germany), Euroexpo, Restec Event Management Technology ООО. The most well-known hosted exhibitions include Mosbuild, Travel and Tourism, Oil and Gas, World Food, CPM. Collection Premier Moscow, Interplastika, Upakovka/UpakItalia, Metallurgy-Litmash, Interlight, Modern Bakery, just to name a few.

Annually Expocentre Fairgrounds plays host to national exhibitions. The list of countries that have showcased their achievements over the last years comprises Bulgaria, Hungary, India, Thailand, Sweden, Iran, and Turkmenia.

Expocentre arranges participation of Russian companies in such events held abroad as the Paris Furniture Salon, international exhibitions and fairs in Dubai (UAE), Thessaloniki (Greece), Izmir (Turkey), The International Fair of High Technologies in San Paolo (Brazil), the International Specialized Medical Exhibition in Duesseldorf (Germany), the International Engineering Fair in Brno (Czechia). Expocentre has organized Russian collective expositions at exhibitions held in Hungary, Egypt, India, Republic of Korea, Panama, Poland, Syria, Croatia, Czechia and other countries.

For many years Expocentre has been organizer of Russia’s expositions at EXPO World Exhibitions.

Expocentre has concluded an Agreement with the Centre of Business Promotion of Moscow to reimburse the part of the exhibitors’ expenses from the budget.

The Agreement has been worked out as a part of the small and medium-sized businesses supporting programme of the Moscow City Government, which is aimed at promotion of their goods. The special attention is devoted to participation in exhibitions.

The Moscow exhibitors were granted subsidies of 10.3 million rubles for exhibition costs in 2011. It is about 30% of all fund allocations assigned by the Moscow City Government to support exhibition activities.

Expocentre makes a wide use of advanced exhibition and marketing techniques, provides an extensive range of professional solutions to organize and hold exhibitions of any scale, and offers most convenient conditions to meet for B2B communications.

It is clearly beneficial for exhibitors to attend free seminars on effective exhibiting to maximize the power of exhibitions and achieve the goals set prior to the trade show.

A single-window system established at Expocentre Fairgrounds allows booking required services at one place within the shortest time possible.

Exhibitors and professional visitors actively use the online MatchMaking System, to schedule appointments with their key prospects in the run up to the event, and arrange specific meeting times and places to maximize their day at the exhibition.

Online pre-registration available at Expocentre’s website for professional visitors enables a pre-registered person to get a complimentary ticket emailed in advance of the event. The complimentary ticket allows everyday admittance to the exhibition.

Expocentre Fairgrounds has free Wi-Fi zones.

Starting from 2009 admittance to Expocentre's own exhibitions is for professional visitors only. Registration is obligatory.