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The North-West Region pioneered raising of suppliers for the global vehicle components market

webmaster@lenexpo.ru (webmaster@lenexpo.ru) — 13 Apr 2012 16:13:47 GMT

Inactivity amidst forthcoming entry in the WTO leaves little chance for the Russian manufacturing companies to occupy a niche in the international supply chain and to get orders for manufacture of vehicle components, summarised the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of St. Petersburg Kirill Soloveitchik on April 13 at the Automechanika St. Petersburg exhibition. St. Petersburg companies have already started preparation for breakthrough to the international markets.

"We felt it necessary to teach managers how to organise work so that their businesses become suppliers of the largest companies of the world. And to the moment we're the only region, which settled down to a course of own businesses development in this direction," - these words of Kiril Soloveitchik opened a School for Suppliers workshop, which was a part of the business program of the exhibition of vehicles, garages, service stations, spare parts and accessories Automechanika St. Petersburg.

The expert of the Centre for Strategic Research "North-West" Victoria Zheltova described situation in the global market of vehicle components in her report as follows: oligopoly of global brands and unprecedented pressure exerted on suppliers by assemblers, demanding lower prices. She advised to the companies entering international market in such situation to look for own niche more carefully (it shall not be applied only to goods, but also to some technological competences).

According to the Committee of Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade only 7% of companies in the Region are all ready to introduce their products to the world market, and 45-50% of the companies have to fulfill certain conditions, for example, to upgrade equipment, improve skills of personnel to enter global markets. Such training activities as School for Suppliers at the Automechanika St. Petersburg - are part of the strategy aimed at raising of own manufacturers of vehicle components with a focus on the world market, performed by the Government of St. Petersburg.

Green light to the Automechanika St. Petersburg exhibition

webmaster@lenexpo.ru (webmaster@lenexpo.ru) — 13 Apr 2012 16:09:07 GMT

On April 12 an exhibition of vehicle components, spare parts and equipment for garage and car service centers Automechanika St. Petersburg 2012 was opened at Lenexpo. According to foreign experts, Saint-Petersburg is a place where the greatest potential can be realised by the car market of Russia and Eastern Europe.

Automechanika is a number 1 exhibition brand in the world in this area. The exhibition is held in 10 countries around the world: Argentina, Germany, Spain, China, Malaysia, Mexico, UAE, Russia, Turkey, South Africa. In each of them it is an industry leader.

At the official opening ceremony the Executive Director of ExpoForum JSC, General Director of Lenexpo JSC Sergey Voronkov called this exhibition a landmark: it has not only changed the format by shifting primarily to the industry specialists, but also has become a new chapter in the history of the St. Petersburg congress and exhibition market. The promise of the project, coupled with the attractiveness of St. Petersburg vehicle market was evaluated by management of Messe Frankfurt, which decided to develop this exhibition together with ExpoForum JSC. Sergey Voronkov said that an agreement on cooperation had been reached within the unprecedentedly short time, and the whole exhibition had been organized within less than six months. He expressed gratitude to the partners for the prompt response and for well-formed foreign part of the exhibition.

On behalf of Messe Frankfurt Brand Manager of the Automechanika exhibition, Michael Johannes, thanked ExpoForum JSC and the city Government for assistance in conducting of the exhibition. Russia is the only country in the world, where the exhibition takes place simultaneously in two cities - Moscow and St. Petersburg, which indicates the special importance of the North-West region of the country. "Saint-Petersburg is the place where the greatest potential can be realised by the car market of Russia and Eastern Europe. Automechanika St. Petersburg has a great future "- said Michael Johannes.

On behalf of the Government of St. Petersburg guests and participants of the exhibition were welcomed by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Transport, Dmitry Znamensky. "The city is interested in purchasing high quality vehicles and spare parts", - said Dmitry Znamensky. He was granted an honorable mission to switch the green light at the symbolic traffic light near the stage, which became a symbol of a good start to a promising project.

The central event of the first day was an International Conference "Modernization of Road Transport - Strategy 2020". The following topics were covered by the conference: use of navigation systems, operation of gas management equipment, expert training, industrial policy of the city etc.

The conference was attended by industry professionals: representatives from government, business organisations, professional associations and specialised media. In particular, 170 professionals attended the plenary meeting, 70 experts attended the conference "Development of cooperation between Polish and Russian companies in the field of auto mechanics," and 60 specialists - the round table "Alternative fuels for modern vehicles". Over 40 persons participated in the filed workshop "Introduction of modern information technologies for management of urban passenger transport and organization of passage money collecting".

"Business Matchmaking" - a system of prior appointments for exhibitors and visitors had a great success. Thanks to this tool of communication 153 meetings were held only for the first day of the exhibition. And about 50 negotiations and meetings were held at the exposition stands.

The Automechanika exhibition takes place at Lenexpo on April 12-14.

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More than two hundred business meetings took place at the exhibition "Automechanika St.Petersburg" on the first day

webmaster@lenexpo.ru (webmaster@lenexpo.ru) — 13 Apr 2012 12:26:08 GMT

The first day of the exhibition "Automechanika St. Petersburg" 2012 has finished. "Business Contacts Exchange" and activities of the business program were the most successful. "Automechanika St. Petersburg" is the first time in the format 2b2: now it is focused primarily on the professional community.

153 meetings were held on the first day of the exhibition thanks to the "Business Contacts Exchange" – an effective system of prior appointments of the exhibitors and visitors. About 50 negotiations were held at the stands of the exposure.

Within the business program five major events took place. In particular, more than 170 professionals attended the plenary session, during which were made the following reports: "The role of the automobile cluster of St. Petersburg in the city's economy," "The development of inspection in the Russian Federation", "Prospects for the implementation of management systems certification for compliance with the ISO / TS 16949:2009" and others.

70 experts were at the conference "Development of cooperation between Polish and Russian companies in the field of auto mechanics." In his welcoming speech to the conference participants Head of department of Trade and Investment Promotion of the Consulate General of Poland Mr. Khenrykh Bushta has hoped that the conference will be the launching pad for joint projects between Russian and Polish companies.

More than 60 persons became the guests for reports presented at the round table "Alternative fuels for modern vehicles." Among them: "The strategy of implementation of the development of safe and environmentally friendly vehicles KAMAZ", "Gas fuel systems DVM and presentation of the first Russian professional training and practical guide for professional road transport with natural gas fuel systems for internal combustion engines," "Overview of the British electric market" and others.

More than 40 specialists went to field seminar, "The introduction of modern information technology for management of urban passenger transport and the organization of collecting fares," which was organized in the Committee for Transport under the Government of St. Petersburg

As part of the exposure project "Automechanika St. Petersburg" more than 100 companies from Russia, Britain, Germany, India, Spain, Italy, China, Poland, Turkey, Estonia and Japan represent their products. Compared to last year the exhibition area will increase by three times. About 50% of the total number of exhibitors is foreign participants – a rare fact for Russian exhibitions. In parallel with the "Automechanika St. Petersburg" 2012 the Motor Show of Commercial Vehicles "InAVTOTRANS" is organised, it demonstrate models of buses, trucks and other special vehicles.

The exhibition "Automechanika" takes place in the "Lenexpo" April 12-14.

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The business program of exhibition “Automechanika. St.Petersburg” is being extended

webmaster@lenexpo.ru (webmaster@lenexpo.ru) — 22 Mar 2012 08:24:27 GMT

A new event has been put on the program of international conference "Motor Transport Upgrading – Strategy 2020".

Included in the list of the conference topics was report “The introduction of modern information technology to manage urban passenger transport and organisation of fare collection” to be delivered by Igor Mailov, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Transport of St. Petersburg. The topic will be dealt with in a more detailed way at the traveling seminar hosed by the Committee for Transport of St. Petersburg to be arranged after the report where the participants will be able to familiarise themselves with innovative technologies for urban transport management and discuss the issues of relevance to them with top officials of the city administration.

Additionally, on April 12 and April 13 (correspondingly) a Russian-Polish round table of motor car component manufacturers and round table “Ecological innovations in the sphere of provision for megapolis road transport complex safety” will be held.

Throughout the Exhibition work period a business contact exchange will operate.

Automobile industry of St. Petersburg for 2011

webmaster@lenexpo.ru (webmaster@lenexpo.ru) — 13 Dec 2011 19:41:55 GMT

According to "Auto-Dealer-SpB", St. Petersburg automobile factories of Hyundai, General Motors, Nissan and Toyota produced more than 200 000 cars in 2011. It’s almost 4 times more than in 2010. Now the share of automobile industry of St. Petersburg is 14%. The growth of the industry is reflected not only by the quantitative indicators. It’s panned to start manufacturing Nissan Qashqai, Nissan Pathfinder, all models of Infiniti and several models of Renault. Almost 30 models of mentioned above brands will be produced in the north-western region in the nearest future.

Selected bands will cover the curb

webmaster@lenexpo.ru (webmaster@lenexpo.ru) — 13 Dec 2011 19:29:19 GMT

Curbs will appear on the streets of St. Petersburg. These structures are designed to separate the special lanes for public transport from the motorist-offenders. Boris Murashov (chairman of the transportation infrastructure of the city) has explained this by that fact that motorists often disturb to public transport movement.

Curbs will appear on Big Pushkarskaya St next to Kamenoostrovskim Av. and on Grand Avenue of Petrograd side near Tuchkov Bridge.

It should be noted that this is only a pilot project, which will last until the spring of 2012. During this time, the City government should estimate the attitude of motorists, the effectiveness of this measure, and possibility of snowplows.

The height of curbs would be 10 cm, width - 8 cm, length of protective line will not exceed one hundred meters, and barriers won't be installed around turns.