On 19 June 2012, the 12th international exhibition "Machinery. Metalworking. Kazan" and 7th specialized exhibition "TechnoWelding" was opened at Kazanskaya Yarmarka OJSC with the participation of Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov. The official opening ceremony was attended by representatives of the republic’s ministries and agencies, heads of large machine-building enterprises of Tatarstan, Russia and representatives of foreign companies.
As a part of the International Exhibition, a plenary session of the International scientific and applied conference "Education, science and industry. New Technologies as a Tool to Implement the Strategy of Development and Modernization 2020" was held, the Agreement on the establishment of non-commercial partnership “Association of Automotive Component Producers of the Republic of Tatarstan" was signed and the winners of the Best Product of Exhibitions contest were awarded.