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With Fastener Fair Russia, from 12-14 March 2013 at the Lenexpo Exhibition Centre in St Petersburg, companies of the fastener and fixings industry are now offered a dedicated trade exhibition to target the vast Eastern European market of Russia. Organised by Restec-Brooks, a joint venture between Fastener Fair organisers Mack Brooks Exhibitions and their Russian partner Restec Exhibition Company, this launch event will be co-located with BLECH Russia, a highly successful industry exhibition focussing on sheet metal working.

After the global economic crisis, Russia’s economy has bounced back with a 4.1% increase in GDP in 2011. Due to new infrastructure projects such as the high-speed railway track from Moscow to St. Petersburg with an investment of some 23 billion US$, and with Russia hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games as well as the 2018 World Cup, alongside several other multi-billion US$ investments in infrastructure, the country provides excellent business opportunities for both investors and manufacturers.

“This positive economic development in Russia together with an increasing demand from companies in the fastener and fixings sector to approach this important market, made us launch a new Fastener Fair in St. Petersburg, Russia’s fastest growing industrial region” says Susanne Rauberger, Exhibition Director Fastener Fair Russia.

“The region around St. Petersburg is renowned for its automotive and shipbuilding production and as a centre for R&D, robotics, IT, metal working and the electronics industry. Fastener Fair Russia 2013, therefore, offers great business opportunities for local as well as international manufacturers, suppliers and traders of fastener and fixings technology,” explains Susanne Rauberger, on behalf of the organisers.

The exhibition profile of Fastener Fair Russia covers industrial fasteners and fixings, construction fixings, assembly and installation systems, fastener manufacturing technology as well as storage and logistics services. As a dedicated market place for the fastener and fixings sector, the exhibition provides buying and networking opportunities for distributors, suppliers, engineers and industry professionals.

For companies interested in exhibiting at this specialised industry event for Russia’s fasteners and fixings industry detailed information is now available from the Fastener Fair website at www.fastenerfair.com

Issued by: Susanne Neuner, PR Director
Fastener Fair Press Office, Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd
Romeland House, Romeland Hill, St Albans, Herts AL3 4ET, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0)1727 814400, Fax +44 (0) 1727814401; Email: press@mackbrooks.co.uk

EcoPrint is delighted to announce that Intergraf, Europe's leading professional federation for commercial print, is now a supporting association of EcoPrint 2012.

The news extends EcoPrint’s reach into the commercial print sector and confirms the exhibition as the number one forum for promoting a sustainable print industry.

Beatrice Klose, Secretary General, Intergraf said: “It makes perfect sense for Intergraf to support EcoPrint 2012. For many years we have been providing our members with the advice, solutions and, more recently, the practical tools they need to successfully adopt sustainability within their companies. EcoPrint is both a unique and inspiring prospect for Intergraf and we are delighted to be a part of it.”

As the leading pan-European professional print trade organisation, Intergraf has achieved notable success in its long-term work devoted to sustainability. This includes the development of key steps in the formulation of a carbon calculator that helps print businesses to measure and gauge their carbon output.

Frazer Chesterman, Director, EcoPrint said: “Since the launch of EcoPrint in October 2011 we have been pleased at the level of interest in the show from across the entire print spectrum. The issue of sustainability is not confined to any one part of the print industry and Intergraf's support is exciting given its respected place in the commercial print sector. EcoPrint 2012 will mark the formation of a new community focussed on the biggest single issue facing the industry today, that of sustainability – both ecologically and economically.”

Intergraf represents 23 national printing federations in 20 countries in Europe. It promotes and protects the interests of print and related industries by working with the European Institutions to enhance the sector's competitiveness through lobbying, informing and networking.

EcoPrint 2012 will feature seminars, debates, discussions and advice for print businesses, creative agencies, marketeers and print buyers who are keen to successfully adopt a sustainable strategy. It will be the first exhibition devoted to driving forward the print industry’s definition of sustainable products and services for print production. EcoPrint 2012 will focus on applications and the business of sustainability, in a unique format unlike the traditional print trade show model.

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Exporail 2012, Russia’s exhibition of railway technology and services, will take place in Moscow’s Expocentr from 7 to 9 November 2012.

This will be the sixth in a highly successful series of events that serve as a major showcase for the very latest in railway equipment, products and expertise across all sectors of the industry.

Exporail has a proven track record in attracting managers, engineers and industry professionals from Russia and beyond. More than 3,000 visitors attended the last Exporail, staged in Moscow in 2011. Visitor numbers were boosted by over 200 delegates to the 4^th International Transport Congress, which took place alongside the exhibition.

Exhibitors at Exporail 2011 totalled around 100, a mix of leading Russian and global companies, offering products for both rolling stock and infrastructure sectors of the market, as well as many of the specialised needs of the rail industry.

As at previous exhibitions, Exporail 2012 will feature a full supporting conference and seminar programme, providing valuable insights into the strategic direction of developments in the dynamic Russian railway market. Details will be announced later.

Exporail is organised by Restec Brooks Exhibitions, a joint venture of Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd in the United Kingdom and the St Petersburg-based Restec Exhibition Company.

Additional information on Exporail 2012 will be available on the regularly updated show website – www.exporailrussia.com

For further press information contact:
Ken Harris
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 300 434
Email: ken.harris@mackbrooks.co.uk

For general information about Exporail 2012
Natalia Charman, Mack Brooks Exhibitions
Tel: +44 (0) 1727 814 400
Email: exporailrussia@mackbrooks.com

The upcoming Fastener Fair Hannover, from 24 – 26 April 2012 has been well received by companies in the fastening and fixings sector. Some four months ahead of the show, a total of 304 exhibitors from 28 countries have already booked their stands at the first edition of Fastener Fair Hannover. The exhibition will be held in hall 21 at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds. Fastener Fair Hannover 2012 covers a net exhibition space of some 5,000 square metres.

The majority of exhibiting companies are European with Germany and Italy being the largest European exhibitor countries, followed by Turkey, Great Britain, the Netherlands and France. Companies from Asia and North America are also represented at the show. A total of 55 companies have never exhibited at any Fastener Fair before and will therefore add value to the fastener and fixings show with their new range of products and services.

Fastener Fair Hannover 2012 will take place alongside Hannover Messe, internationally renowned as the world’s most trendsetting technology fair covering all areas of the industrial value chain.

“In addition to the traditional manufacturing and trade audience at Fastener Fair, we expect a greater end user audience from all over the world in Hanover,” says Exhibition Director Susanne Rauberger on behalf of Mack Brooks Exhibitions. “Co-located to the world’s key event for industrial technology, Fastener Fair Hannover will be able to offer its participants a wide range of new business contacts in additional industry areas, such as the automation, energy and mobility sectors.”

The exhibition profile of Fastener Fair Hannover covers industrial fasteners and fixings, construction fixings, assembly and installation systems, fastener manufacturing technology as well as storage and logistics services. The exhibition provides buying and networking opportunities for distributors, suppliers, engineers and industry professionals.

Hanover, renowned for hosting international industry events, offers excellent national and international travel connections by air, rail and road as well as a wide range of accommodation at all ratings. Information on travel and accommodation can be found in the travel section of the exhibition website www.fastenerfair.com.

Visitors to Fastener Fair Hannover 2012 who register in advance at the show website www.fastenerfair.com will profit from a favourable price of 20 Euro instead of 30 Euro, the ticket price on site. Registration will be open from mid January onwards. Visitors holding an entry ticket to Hannover Messe get free entry to Fastener Fair Hannover 2012. The exhibition catalogue is available on-site and included in the entry price.

Fastener Fair Hannover 2012 is open from Tuesday, 24 April 2012 to Thursday, 26 April 2012, from 9.00 - 17.00 hrs. The nearest entrance is Entrance West 3 of the Hannover Exhibition grounds.

Detailed information about the exhibition including an up-to-date exhibitor list is available on the show website at www.fastenerfair.com

Susanne Neuner, PR Director
Fastener Fair Press Office, Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd
Romeland House, Romeland Hill, St Albans, Herts AL3 4ET, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0)1727 814400, Fax +44 (0) 1727814401; Email: press@mackbrooks.co.uk

The first edition of Fastener Fair Brazil, held from 8-9 November 2011 in São Paulo’s Expo Centre Norte, proved to be a big success. A total of 170 international exhibitors and more than 2,500 visitors participated in this launch event for Brazil’s fastener and fixings industry. Based on the highly positive feedback from both visitors and exhibitors, organisers Mack Brooks Exhibitions have already announced that the next event will be held next year, from 20-21 November 2012, at the same venue.

“We want to thank our participants at the first Fastener Fair Brazil for this great success. The commitment from our exhibitors as well as the support from industry organisations and media partners was extraordinary. And I am particularly delighted to be able to report that the quality and quantity of the visitors have not just exceeded our expectations, but those of many of the exhibitors,” says Candyce Costa, Exhibition Manager Fastener Fair Brazil, on behalf of Mack Brooks Exhibitions.

During the two show days, the exhibitors had put a comprehensive range of industrial fasteners, construction fixings, assembly and installation systems as well as manufacturing technology on display. Well over a third of exhibitors were Brazilian companies alongside suppliers and manufacturers from Europe, the USA and Asia. In the exhibition survey the majority of exhibitors were able to report positive business enquiries at their stands; most of the exhibitors stated to have achieved their aims.

Highly qualified visitor audience

In the exhibitor survey the event received excellent marks for the quality and quantity of its trade visitors. These were mainly from Brazil (95%) and the neighbouring South American countries; however, some 2% of visitors came to Fastener Fair Brazil from other parts of the world, in particular from the USA.

Visitors at Fastener Fair Brazil 2011 were mainly fastener and fixings manufacturers (45%) followed by distributors/suppliers (24%), end users (23%) and wholesalers/retailers suppliers (8%). Key industry sectors to which the visitors belonged included the automotive industry, the distribution sector, construction, hardware/retail, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical products and furniture manufacturing. The exhibition attracted fastener and fixings specialists at all levels, with the majority being either company owners, having managerial or purchasing responsibility or being technical engineers.

Next Fastener Fair Brazil in November 2012

“The launch of Fastener Fair Brazil came exactly at the right time, and it successfully met the demand of the Brazilian fasteners and fixings industry for a targeted industry event in São Paulo. We look forward to sustainably developing this show into Brazil’s key platform for the fastener and fixings industry,” says Candyce Costa.

Fastener Fair Brazil will come back to the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo from 20–21 November 2012. The event is part of the Fastener Fair series of Mack Brooks Exhibitions’ targeted trade fairs for the fastener and fixings industry which includes Fastener Fair Hanover, Fastener Fair India, Fastener Fair Thailand, Fastener Fair Russia and the flagship event, Fastener Fair Stuttgart, Europe’s leading international trade fair for this industry sector.

Information on Fastener Fair Brazil 2012 will soon be available on the show website www.fastenerfair.com

Issued by:
Susanne Neuner, PR Director
Fastener Fair Press Office
Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd
Romeland House, Romeland Hill, St Albans, Herts AL3 4ET, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1727 814400, Fax: +44 (0)1727 814401, Email: press@mackbrooks.co.uk