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INTERPLASTICA 2010: Exhibitors sense a positive trend on the Russian market

  The international trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry in Moscow exceeds expectations

The Russian market is showing signs of movement again if the universal mood following INTERPLASTICA 2010, the International Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, the leading trade fair in the region, is anything to go by. The 13th INTERPLASTICA took place from 26 - 29 January 2010 and was held at the Krasnaya Presnya Expocenter in Moscow, once again in parallel to the UPAKOVKA/UPAK ITALIA trade fair for packaging technology. A sum total of around 800 exhibitors rented approximately 15,000 square metres of exhibition space.

The optimistic mood was not least thanks to the positive response from the 21,000 visitors. The feedback was much more qualified than anticipated by the exhibitors, who were very pleased with the number of specific enquiries and interest in investing shown by the visitors to the fair. Although this is no guarantee for a return to the dynamic market of bygone days, it is nevertheless a good sign that gives cause for optimism. The past few months were characterised by a difficult economic climate and a serious drop in orders as a result of the international financial and economic crisis. INTERPLASTICA 2010: Exhibitors sense a positive trend on the Russian market - read more

Testimonials from exhibitors at INTERPLASTICA 2010

  Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH,
Hubert Moritz, Sales Director
“We are very satisfied with how the fair has gone so far. We have had more visitors than expected, but you do still have to be willing to make compromises to attract customers when it comes to flexible finance options.”

Windmöller & Hölscher Vostok,
Vasilij Novoselov, General Director
“Our stand was full the whole time, which is a good sign, as things were much quieter last year. It’s hard to make predictions, but our customers are somewhat more optimistic than they were a while ago.”

AZO GmbH + Co. KG,
Wolfgang Schmitt, Head of the AZOPoly Division
“The enquiries from the visitors to our stand are becoming much more specific and we can see a slight improvement, which shows that our customers are now picking up projects that had been put on hold. The difficulties in financing them remain a problem for the time being though.“

Mikrosan,
Berkay Sönmez, International Trading Director
“After a very quiet first day we had a lot of visitors on the second day of the fair. The crisis seems to be having less of an impact on our customers now than it was a while ago and we are looking forward to a good year in 2010.”

Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG,
Karl Zimmermann, Sales Director
“Our impression of the fair so far is very good. Although we aren’t completely out of the woods just yet, we are very confident that things will improve in the months ahead. There is certainly a positive trend, as we saw how our customers here are looking at new topics and projects again. What matters most, though, is that their problems with financing projects will be able to be solved in the future. It is also important, especially in Russia, to maintain a presence even in tough times and to stay in contact with customers. Only appearing once things are improving again is the wrong way to go about it.“

The range of products of INTERPLASTICA 2010 at a glance

  Machines and equipment for the plastics and rubber industry, Machines and equipment for preparation and recycling, Machines and plants for processing, Processing and follow-up machines, Machines and equipment for finishing, decorating, printing and marking, Welding machines, Tools, Peripheral equipment, Equipment for measuring, controlling, regulating, and testing, Building components, Raw materials and auxiliaries, Plastics and rubber products, Logistics, storage technology for the plastics and rubber industry
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