Business platform for steel producers, traders and users will become more efficient in 2011

In order to organize the traditional annual business forum for steel producers, traders, machine-builders, steel structures manufacturers, and professionals in related industries in the best possible way, heads of unions, associations, and research institutions inspected more than 40k sqm of exhibition spaces including more than 10 meeting rooms for organizations of conferences, seminars and round tables at the All-Russia Exhibition Center, Moscow on 1 December.

A meeting of Metal-Expo’2011 Organizing Committee was held on the same date. The members of the organizing Committee analyzed the results of Metal-Expo’2010 and discussed the outlook of Metal-Expo’2011 which will include not only 17 major segments of the ferrous and non-ferrous industries, but also will he held jointly with MetallStroyFrum’2011, an exhibition for steel products and structures for construction and MetaluurgMash’2011, an exhibition for equipment and technologies for the steel industry and metalworking.

When discussing the results of Metal-Expo’2010, the members of the Organizing Committee pointed out that the exhibition had exceeded the forecasts regarding the exhibition space as well as the numbers of exhibitors and visitors: for more than 23k professionals in various segments of the economy including fuel-energy complex, transportation, construction, machine-building, the automotive industry, ship-building etc. visited stands of more than 550 companies from 28 countries. The independent auditing results show that on the average 6 exhibitors worked on 1 stand (the total of more than 3k exhibitors), and on the average 224 professionals visited each stand which is a good showing for an industrial exhibition. When filling out the exhibitor’s questionnaire including the following questions: estimate your satisfaction with the results of the exhibition, are you satisfied with the number of visitors, are you satisfied with the organization of the exhibition etc. exhibitors gave the exhibition 4 points on the average as per 5 points scale. Besides, the majority of exhibitors confirmed their participation in Metal-Expo’2011 on November 15-18 in Moscow.

Organizer of Metal-Expo’2011 estimates that more than 700 companies will exhibit on 30.000 sqm of the exhibition space and 4k professionals with work on stands during the exhibition, while more than 30k visitors will attend the event in 2011. The forthcoming exhibition will be held in halls 75 and 69 at the All-Russia Exhibition Center. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation will again hold a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Steel Industry with the participation of heads of major Russian steel mills. Prommetiz Association initiated a conference Equipment, Tools, and Auxiliary Products for the Hardware Industry. V. Nekrasov, Executive Director, SOYUZlom pointed out the importance of a conference on secondary materials taking into account a merging deficit in metal scrap.

Next year many companies will participate in such conferences of the Metal Week in Moscow as: Russian Metal and Steel Market, Zinc: Corrosion Protection, Metal and Steel Products for the Automotive Industry, IT for Steel Producers and Traders and many more seminars, round tables and presentations covering the whole range of steel business issues. Among other events the program of events will also include competitions for the best corporate video, publication and portal.

B. Sivak, Deputy Director General, VNIIMETMASH, pointed out the competition for young scientists as a good example: “I believe, winners of the competition should be awarded state prize”.

The whole range of the most state-of-the art equipment, products and technologies will be exhibited at Metal-Expo’2011 in November in Moscow. MetallStroyForum’2011, an exhibition for steel products and structures for construction will be held jointly with Metal-Expo’2011. The forum with the participation of more than 200 companies will cover the following segments:

- Steel long products and flats, round tubes and hollow sections for construction;
- Steel products and structures of sheets and plates;
- Quickly assembling buildings made of steel structures;
- Aluminium rolled products, profiles and structures for construction;
- Fasteners, wires, electrodes and other hardware products;
- Equipment and technologies for steel structures manufacture and assembling;
- Steel structures welding and joining;
- Corrosion protection and fire proof of steel structures.

TSNIIPSK named after Melnikov will hold a conference on Steel Structures Design during MetallStroyForum’2011 which will compliment Steel in Construction: Present and Future, 2d National Conference and Welding of Steel Structures conference initiated by Moscow Association of Chief Specialists. A decorative metal forging show will be also held during MetallStroyForum’2011.

Yu. Eliseev, President, Russian Metal Builders’ Association, believes that a special attention should be pain to promotion of Eurocodes in the Russian market which according to his British colleagues ranks 3d in capacity in the world. It is very important to create one theoretical base for standards for steel rolled products for construction are sold as part of projects, not individually. V. Butov, President, Moscow Moscow Association of Chief Specialists supported him saying that we needed to turn from ferroconcrete to steel structures.

N. Presnyakov, TSNIIPSK names after Melnikov promised to pay special attention not only to the recent changes in this segment, but also to their application in the forming of norms and standards at the next Steel in Construction: Present and Future conference.

I. Tikhonov, NIIZHB, stressed the importance of development of innovations. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation plans to organize an exposition of innovative developments in the steel industry which have received state grants and hold a competition for the best solution to application of steel and aluminium in construction.

Metal-Expo is one of a few events in Russia gathering together major steel producers, tubes and pipes mills, hardware products manufacturers, non-ferrous metals processing plants, aluminium alloys and rolled products manufacturers, builders, machine-builders etc.

MetallurgMash’2011 is another event which will be held jointly with Metal-Expo gathering together more than 200 exhibitors. The exposition will cover:

Equipment for the mining industry;
Melting and rolling equipment for the ferrous industry;
Melting and rolling equipment for the non-ferrous industry;
Metalworking equipment (cutting, shaping, and bending);
Press-forging equipment;
Foundry equipment;
Welding equipment;
Equipment for warehouses and steel service centers;
Handling equipment;
Engineering solutions.

Over its 16 year history Metal-Expo has become a traditional business platform for ferrous and non-ferrous producers, machine-builders, metalworkers, and related industries specializing in rendering services to the metallurgical segment. Now Metal-Expo Management is in the middle of arranging of exposition of Metal-Expo’2011, 17th International Industrial Exhibition (November 15-18, Halls 69 and 75, The All-Russia Exhibition Center, Moscow).