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The event is one of the leading industrial
trade shows held in Russia, the CIS and
the Baltic States. It has become a primary
networking arena for international and
Russian steel makers and consumers. The
Russian steel and metallurgy market is
currently one of the strongest in the world
and highly lucrative.
The Russian metals market has grown
by 15 per cent annually and, according
to forecasts, there will be the same
demand for metals in 2009-2015. Due
to this healthy outlook, there has been
a steadily increasing demand from
the Russian metalworking industry for
the most up-to-date technologies and
equipment.
Metal-Expo brings together a number of
closely linked industries and incorporates a
range of products. Exhibits will include tube
and pipe, billets, profiles and long products
(ferrous and non-ferrous), equipment
and technologies for the steel and mining
industries, raw materials for the steel
industry, and ferrous and non-ferrous scrap
collecting and recycling.
Other products and services on display
will be processing equipment for long
products and sheet metal (welding, cutting
and bending), transportation and logistics,
equipment for warehouses, and scientific
research and developments (including
nanotechnology).
Amongst the sponsors of Metal Expo are
the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the
Russian Federation, Russian Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, International
Metallurgists’ Union, Russian Union of
Metal Exporters, and Russian Union of
Metal and Steel Suppliers. The exhibition
is also approved by UFI (Global
Association of the Exhibition Industry),
and the Russian Union of Exhibition and
Fairs.
Those exhibitors and visitors in
attendance will also have the opportunity
to take part as delegates in more than
60 conferences, seminars, and round
tables. The event is sure to provide many
mutually beneficial business contacts
between Russian and international steel
makers, consumers and equipment
producers.
Metal Expo – Russia
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Organisers Metal-Expo JSC has already
confirmed the attendance of over 750
steel and other metal companies and
related exhibitors from more than 30
countries. Taking place in halls 5, 6, 7, 8
and 11 of pavilion 2, the visitor attendance
is expected to be in excess of 35,000
professionals.
Metal-Expo 2008, Russia’s 14th international
industrial exhibition, will be held on 11-14
November at the Crocus Expo International
Exhibition Centre, Moscow. Set to be the
most successful event in its 14 year history,
it will be the first time that the exhibition
takes place at the ultra-modern Crocus
Expo Centre.
Asmag establish UK sales and design branch
Asmag, Austria, one of the world’s leading suppliers to the steel and non-ferrous metals
industry, is expanding its sales and design base to establish offices in the UK. Based
in the north of the UK, the office will serve customers within the UK and assist with
business in other English speaking countries.
The UK company, Asmag UK, will be managed by Mr David Liddle, who has over twenty
years of experience within the industry. The design department of Asmag UK will be
overseen and managed by Mr Paul Thompson, who also has substantial experience
within the industry.
Mr Liddle, managing director of Asmag UK, commented, “This expansion program will
allow Asmag in Austria to continue to give the highest priority to optimum customer
care and consultation. New work will be generated from the office in the UK, but our
experience will also be used to assist in reducing some of the pressures encountered by
the parent company during its busier periods.”
Whilst many companies outsource manufacturing and assembly requirements, Asmag
are actually expanding their workshops to deal with an increase in turnover. Mr Liddle
added, “Our combined experience in design, manufacture and assembly will put us in a
unique position to research and add new technologies in the production of ferrous and
non-ferrous tube.”
Asmag – Austria
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Metal-Expo set for best ever
show at new location
 To build on the last successful show, Metal Expo 2008 will welcome over 750 exhibitors, with around 35,000
visitors expected