On 2 December 2015, Kazanskaya Yarmarka Exhibition Centre hosted the opening ceremony of the 15th International Specialised Exhibition ‘Mechanical Engineering. Metalworking. Kazan’ and the 10th Specialised Exhibition ‘TechnoWelding’. The exhibitions will be held till 4 December.
The official ceremony was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan Interim Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, Aide to the Tatarstan President on Aviation Complex Ravil Zaripov, Director General of Thuringian Economic Development Agency (Germany) Andreas Krai, etc.
This year over 150 companies, including 133 Russian enterprises from 29 cities, 18 foreign companies from Italy, China, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Kazakhstan, as well as representative offices of Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, India, China, France, Finland, the Czech Republic, South Korea and Japan in Russia participated in the exhibitions. The participants displayed machine tools and equipment, components, welding materials, etc.
In his welcome speech, Rustam Minnikhanov emphasized the importance of the event for the whole Volga Region. Andreas Krai, in turn, expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to participate in these specialized exhibitions.
During the exhibitions, the International Subcontract Exchange was organized. During the International Subcontract Exchange, 14 companies from Russia and Europe will place their orders for a total amount of RUB 1.3 billion.