During the three days, 5,086 trade visitors attended the fair, and 139 exhibitors from at least 15 countries exhibited their products at the Expocentre in Moscow’s Krasnaya Presnya.
“The automotive parts and equipment industry and the car maintenance sector grow in size and importance every year,” said Eugen Alles, general manager of Messe Frankfurt for Russia. “This situation is reflected in the high quality to be found at Automechanika Moscow. Three halls, a large number of visitors and wide representation from companies from all over the world set the pace for the whole of the coming year. We are keen to preserve the B2B character of the fair and work carefully on acquiring trade visitors. Our exhibitors get a real opportunity to develop and strengthen their business in the Russian market.”
Numerous attendees also expressed their satisfaction with the Moscow show: "For us it has been a very interesting and busy fair,” commented Olga Zinov`eva, Russia manager for Green Light. “We have done a lot of business. The fair is well organised. We have made a lot of useful contacts. In short, the fair has been very successful for us. We should like to mention the large number of the right sort and quality of visitors, who represent useful contacts. We will definitely participate next year. I think that from now on we will participate only in Automechanika Moscow. The fair is not over yet, but we are already seeing results and they are good enough for us to make the decision to take part again in 2009.”
“The organisation and the location of the fair are very good,” said Nikolay Rodin, maintenance & service expert at Bosch. “This is the second time that we have visited Automechanika Moscow and we are very satisfied. The fair always lives up to our expectations. We are considering participating in the fair in 2009.”
A trade fair is all about image,” added Oleg Tikhomirov, Russia manager for Bahco Tools. “Consequently, it is very important for us to present our activities on a platform that has a very good image. Among our visitors there have been a lot of people from the regions as well as from Moscow. We have made new and interesting contacts. In 2009 we will definitely exhibit our products at Automechanika Moscow. We are also planning to go to Auto+Automechanika in Saint Petersburg.”
The next Automechanika Moscow will be held from Mar. 3-5, 2009 in the Moscow Expocentre. (Tyres & Accessories/Staffordshire, U.K.)
