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28th edition of the International Exhibition for Paints and Coatings
27 February – 1 March 2024
EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia
The 28th edition of the International Exhibition for Paints and Coatings, Interlakokraska 2024, was a success as the year 2024 brought intensive growth for the show. This edition achieved record results over the last 15 years in terms of the number of exhibitors, floor space and number of visitors.
Maxim Fateev, Acting Director General at EXPOCENTRE AO
“Interlakokraska has doubled in size, not only in volume, but also in the intensity of its conference programme. The participation of domestic manufacturers almost doubled from 114 to almost 200. Those companies that had not taken part in the exhibition for several years returned to it. It shows the stabilisation of the industry itself, and its confident movement towards development.”
Leading Russian and foreign companies showcased the industry's capabilities and introduced the latest technologies and developments. The participants of the conference programme discussed current trends and outlined directions for the industry’s future development.
Dates: 27 February – 1 March 2024
Venue: EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia
Exhibition space: 16,000+ gross sq m
Attendance: 13,650 unique visitors
Exhibitors: 417 companies
Countries: 9 (Belarus, China, Estonia, India, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkiye)
Foreign exhibitors: IBA Kimya (Turkiye), Belneftekhim (Belarus), Rapid Coat, Soujanya Color (India), Peka Chemie, YCK (China), FTC Korea (South Korea), Tinting Systems (Saudi Arabia), etc.
Russian exhibitors: ABC Farben, Agscarb-Iskra, Afaya, Ditrix, UTS, Chempartners, Krata, Larchfield, Nortex, Omya, Plastic, Promcoat, PHK-M, Revada, RIF-Micromramor, Russian Hydrogen, RHS, Sibur, Salavat Petrochemical Complex, Talatu, Tecsa, Khimprom, Holiday Pigments, etc.
Products on display: advanced materials for treating different surfaces, raw materials for all types of paints and coatings, equipment and technology for production of paints and coatings and coating processes, dosing and cleaning equipment, cleaning and recycling systems, etc.
International salons:
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Surface Treatment
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Special Coatings
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Antirust Protection
Conference programme
The conference programme of Interlakokraska 2024 included 15 events with the participation of more than 110 speakers. The events covered the most relevant issues of the paint and coating market development.
The programme’s key event was the Plenary Session on the Paint and Coating Market: Realities and Prospects, organised by EXPOCENTRE AO in partnership with the Soyuzkraska Association and with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Russian Chemists Union.
The event was opened by Mikhail Yurin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia. In his welcoming speech he noted that the Russian paint and coatings industry is showing excellent results.
Mikhail Yurin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia:
“At the end of 2023, we see an 11 per cent increase in production volumes and a 10 per cent increase in consumption, which entails positive changes in the product range. Our companies are creating new products required for a wide range of industries. The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade actively supports them in this. It is also becoming obvious that the efforts of unfriendly countries that have imposed sanctions are not achieving their goal.”
The deputy minister also noted that the ministry, together with associations and enterprises of the industry, still has much to do in the direction of staffing and development of new raw material components and compositions.
Viktor Ivanov, President at the Russian Chemists Union, in his turn, emphasised that the potential to produce various types of paint and coating materials for all industries had been preserved. According to the speaker, the scale and number of visitors to Interlakokraska 2024 give hope that all the difficulties experienced by the paint and coating industry will be overcome. Many imported products can be abandoned by switching to domestic analogues.
The panelists discussed a wide range of issues related to raw materials supply for paint and coating production, their export and import, as well as current opportunities for Russian manufacturers of paints and coatings taking into account sectoral needs.
Other reports were made by Olga Sinitsina, a leading expert of the paint and coating market at Creon-Analytics, Anna Trofimova, Deputy Head of the Polymer and Elastomeric Materials Industry Development Division at the Chemical Industry Department of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Valery Abramov, General Director at Russian Paints AO and Chair at the Board of the Soyuzkraska Association, and CEOs of leading companies in the paint and coating industry.
The Discussion on if There is a Need for Personnel in the Paint and Coating Industry? How and Where to Train Industry Professionals? was organised by EXPOCENTRE AO in partnership with the Soyuzkraska Association. Experts discussed the current HR situation in the Russian paint and coating industry.
The event was moderated by Gennady Averyanov, Director at the Soyuzkraska Association, who gave a brief overview of the situation on the HR market and pointed out the general shortage of human resources in the country.
The participants reviewed and evaluated a number of vocational training programmes for the paint and coating industry. Olga Semina, Head at the Centre for Management and Development of the Professionalitet Federal Project, made a report, which aroused great interest from the audience. It was devoted to opportunities of the cluster approach for training of personnel.
The discussion was attended by the heads of industry enterprises and representatives of higher education institutions that train students majoring in paint and coating development and production. They discussed the practice and prospects of attracting specialists to production, current problems of interaction between educational institutions and industrial enterprises, issues of training applicants, efficiency of corporate universities, and other issues.
The Session on Import Substitution of Raw Materials. Myth or Reality? was organised by Ruschem AO with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Russian Chemists Union, the Soyuzkraska Association, and EXPOCENTRE AO.
The session participants included Viktor Ivanov, President at the Russian Chemists Union, Gennady Averyanov, General Director at the Soyuzkraska Association, Marina Bortova, Deputy Director General at Ruschem AO, top managers of paint and coating companies and companies producing raw materials for production of paints and coatings.
The Panel on Technical Regulations in the Paint and Coating Market was organised by EXPOCENTRE AO with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Soyuzkraska Association and with participation of representatives of the Technical Committee TC 195 on Paints and Coatings, the Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities, and the Federal Technical Regulation and Metrology Agency (Rosstandart). The discussed issues included an impact on the industry made by the EEU Technical Regulations on the Safety of Construction Materials and Products, the Technical Regulations on the Safety of Chemical Products, as well as other technical regulations of sub-sectors.
The Conference on Innovations in Corrosion Protection and Surface Treatment attracted a lot of attention from the audience. It was organised by EXPOCENTRE AO and moderated by Yulia Averina, Assistant Professor at the Department of Innovative Materials and Corrosion Protection of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. The conference focused on innovative anti-corrosion coatings, new raw materials and equipment for production of anti-corrosion paints and coatings, effective methods of surface treatment, as well as personnel training in the field of anti-corrosion protection.
At the Gallery of Solutions for the Paint and Coating Industry, exhibitors presented new products, and representatives of the Corporation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises held a workshop for small and medium-sized paint and coating companies on how to expand sales markets and find customers among Russian and foreign companies.
New events of the conference programme were the Workshop on Supplies of Paints, Coatings and Raw Materials from China and the Thematic Session on Powder Coatings: the Current Trends.
The conference programme also included such regular events as the International Coatings Forum (organised by the Russian Coatings Journal) and the General Meeting of the Soyuzkraska Association.
Interlakokraska 2024 became an important event for industry professionals. They learned about new trends in the paint and coating industry and found the right solutions to adapt their business to current conditions.
You can find the exhibitors’ feedback here.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the 29th edition of the International Exhibition for Paints and Coatings – Interlakokraska 2025 – at EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia, on February 25–28, 2025.
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