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On June 17, 2025, the final plenary meeting of the Council of Heads of Chambers of Commerce and Industry hosted an awards ceremony for the winners of a special nomination of the Golden Mercury National Award for Entrepreneurship. The nomination is called Demonstrating the Future – an Innovative Breakthrough at an Exhibition.

The awards were presented by Sergey Katyrin, President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Maxim Fateev, Director General of EXPOCENTRE. The award winners were Stankomashstroy (Penza), a regular participant in Metalloobrabotka (metalworking), Neftegaz (oil and gas), Agroprodmash (food processing), and Technoforum (processing of structural materials), and VEKPROM Industrial Group (Zhukovsky, Moscow region), an active participant in Metalloobrabotka, Technoforum, and Rusweld (welding and cutting). The winners received certificates, medals, and special prizes from the award's media partners.

The main winner of this nomination, Laser Systems (St. Petersburg), which is a regular participant in Photonics and Metalloobrabotka, received the award the day before at the official Golden Mercury Award ceremony.

The nomination called Demonstrating the Future – an Innovative Breakthrough at an Exhibition was established in 2024 on the initiative of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and EXPOCENTRE. Its aim is to support Russian enterprises that implement advanced technological solutions and demonstrate them at leading exhibitions.

“Today's winners are regular participants in the most technologically advanced exhibitions of EXPOCENTRE that annually showcase a huge number of Russian innovative developments,” said Mexim Fateev. “We will continue to expand the participation of Russian regional companies in our exhibitions and competitions as part of the cooperation programme of EXPOCENTRE and regional chambers of commerce and industry. It will no doubt contribute to the promotion of Russian innovative developments.”

Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO