Reviews

M.Mishustin
Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
Due to its repute and the modern exhibition fairground the Metal Week in Moscow annually brings together leading industry professionals as well as representatives of the largest steel companies and enterprises from Russia and abroad. The event does not only exhibit the whole range of ferrous and non-ferrous products, the most state-of-the-art equipment and solutions, but also establishes a constructive dialogue, organizes discussions of the most pressing problems, as well as helps make important decisions and conclude mutually beneficial contracts.
The contemporary challenges which globally transform the economy and lay a course for technological independence make the steel industry quickly adapt to the new conditions, open new markets, build up new logistic chains and create new industrial and financial tools.
Metal-Expo hard-driving program includes conferences, seminars, and roundtables covering all the industry segments. Participants will have a good opportunity to discuss the most pressing problems of the industry, among them: use of new materials and solutions to the ferrous and non-ferrous industries, standardization of rebar steels, using new types of steel steel structures and hardware products, IT-solutions and corporate communication etc.
Wishing all fruitful work, stimulating discussions and new business contacts.

Denis Manturov
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Dear organizers, exhibitors and visitors of Metal-Expo’2020, the 26th International Industrial Exhibition!
Metal-Expo, one of the biggest industrial events comprising the congress and the exhibition, enjoys the status of a key business platform for exhibiting a powerful potential of the Russian steel industry and global recent achievements. This year, despite the tough situation caused by the microeconomic crisis and COVID-19 restrictions, the forum has brought together on its platform steel industry leaders.
It is worth noting that Metal-Expo’2020 offers all the steel market players a unique opportunity to meet offline under current conditions and discuss the most pressing problems of the global steel industry among them restoration of the economy after the pandemic, strengthening global cooperation, finding new growth spurts and jointly working out strategy of crisis overcoming.
An important role of Metal-Expo as a key event for industry professionals reflects the present and the future of such a high-tech industry segment as metallurgy and morphs into a new form today. In my belief, the exhibition will pay a weighty tribute to solving the governmental tasks of a complex support and development of the Russian steel industry, promoting the best business practices and strengthening competitiveness of Russian producers. The initiatives and conceptual approaches suggested at the forum will no doubt stimulate a further break-through not only in the steel industry, but in other industries as well.
Wishing all the Metal-Expo’2020 exhibitors and visitors interesting business meetings and a successful work on the field of this global forum!

S.S. Sobyanin
Mayor of Moscow
Dear Friends, Welcome to Metal-Expo'2022, the 28th International Industrial Exhibition!
This prestigious event has gathered together for more than 30 years professionals of the steel and heavy engineering industrial as well as producers and end-users of ferrous and non-ferrous products, the most state-of-the-art equipment and solutions from Russian and other countries. This is a perfect platform for industry professionals to share best practices and conclude cooperation agreements.
Today's event is held under tough conditions when the industry is challenged to find new markets and build up new production and logistic chains, as well as create new chains of supplies of consumables and components.
In by belief the forum will help find solutions to the new challenges, facilitate developments and implementations of new joint projects, and expand horizons of mutually beneficial cooperation among Russian companies and their partners from friendly states.
Wishing you, dear friends, successful business contacts, well-being, and new achievements in your businesses.

Alexander SHOKHIN
Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President
Greetings to exhibitors, visitors and organizers of Metal-Expo’2020, the 26th International Industrial Exhibition from Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs!
Metal-Expo, the annual industrial forum and the steel exhibition has long become an international event exhibiting tens world countries.
The event, bringing together on one business platform major steel corporations, steel producers, as well as leading scientific and research institutions, provides a good opportunity to discuss the most pressing problems and challenges of the steel complex, improve efficiency of steel producers and end-users, and work out ways of cooperation.
The events held in parallel to the exhibition covering priority directions of steel production, equipment manufacture, and solutions providing set up trends in the steel industry development strategy.
The steel industry forum has long proven its efficiency. In my belief, establishing a direct dialogue between steel producers and end-users, exhibiting industry achievements, exchanging experiences, and steel market trends discussing become major factors of the steel and steel-related complex development.
Wishing the organizers and exhibitors of Metal-Expo’2020, the congress and the exhibition fruitful work, success and well-being!

M. Fateev
Vice-President of Trade and Industrial Chamber of the Russian Federation
Greetings to Exhibitors, Visitors and Organizers of Metal-Expo'2022 International Industrial Exhibition on Behalf of Trade and Industrial Chamber of the Russian Federation!
It is hard to overestimate the significance of metals in the human history. The steel industry today is the foundation of almost all the economy segments for it supplies its products for the majority of human needs.
Traditionally Metal-Expo as a platform brings together steel products end-users from the construction industry, heavy engineering, fuel and energy complex, transportation, logistic and steel trading companies providing a good opportunity to openly discuss the most pressing problems of the industry development, share new solutions and exhibit the latest industry trends.
I am sure the event will serve to the benefit of all the concerned market players who will be able to conclude cooperation agreements, work out industrial and sales plans as well as joint strategies for the nearest future.
Wishing all the Metal-Expo'2022 exhibitors, visitors and organizers fruitful work, success and all the best!

A.G.Romanov
Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Metal-Expo
The steel producers’ forum this year is held under unprecedented conditions of extreme market volatility caused by the pandemic. The new reality teaches market players to be demand-responsive considering various scenarios and instantly react to any changes in the environment either positive or negative.
It is hard to overestimate the significance of professional communication and a business dialogue among market players. The present requires from all the steel industry professionals readiness for any scenario. Today, as never before, it is important to exchange opinions, updated forecasts, the best corporate solutions, innovative ideas and practices. For more than 25 years Metal-Expo has united professional community on its perfect business platform.
Exhibitors and visitors can participate in hard-driving events held in parallel to the exhibition on the most pressing problems of all the segments of the steel industry, metalworking, heavy engineering, metal trading, etc. In my belief, presentations, reports, meetings, panel discussions, and professional experience exchanges during the Autumn Metal Week in Moscow will help market players take in the situation and make right decisions.
For certain reasons not all who wanted to exhibit in Metal-Expo can manage it this year. Nevertheless, the exhibition will bring together the leading steel companies, tubes producers, hardware manufacturers, aluminium producers, steel traders and processers, as well as major steel products users, among them: builders, heavy engineers, oil and gas producers, as well as logistics and transportation companies. The whole range of contemporary materials, the most state-of-the-art equipment and solutions for the steel industry and metalworking, as well as steel products for steel consuming industries will be exhibited.
The industrial forum always provides a good opportunity to establish business contacts, find new market niches, and get an impulse for development. I am more than sure the steel industry quickly responding to any changes in the environment will keep its position as an innovative leader of the economy under any condition. Wishing all the exhibitors and visitors of Metal-Expo’2020 a successful event, new business ideas and good business partners!

B.A. Sivak
President of METALLURGMASH union
Another annual Metal-Expo event is held at tough times making special demands on all the professionals in the fields of science, production and exhibitions. Lots of work needs to be done to restore and strengthen scientific and technical potentials of the country. All the suppliers of Russian mining and metallurgical complex enterprises with modern competitive equipment are facing big challenges today. The main directions of the steel industry development were set out at the last jubilee Metal-Expo event. Company leaders and steel industry professionals announced strong intention to expand high-tech products manufacture with higher value added causing increase in demand for high-tech metallurgical equipment. Despite considerable shortage of exhibition spaces, one of the biggest expositions at Metal-Expo’2020 is dedicated to heavy engineering. Successfully managing the fallout from the crisis, members of METALLURGMASH International Union show sustainable growth in quality and quantity offering their customers not only a wide range of high-tech products, but also complex solutions to various most important scientific, industrial, and technical problems.
Welcome all the concerned to visit METALLURGMASH stand to inform of demand for new equipment, existing problems, and by this take an active part in working out the strategy of the Union for the nearest future.
Let me thank Metal-Expo Organizing Committee for high competence, professionalism, and perseverance in the field of restoration of the Russian steel industry.
Wishing all the organizers, exhibitors, and visitors of Metal-Expo’2020 creativity, good business contacts, optimism, as well as strong immune systems under present day conditions.

Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
In 25 years the exhibition has become a well-reputed platform to discuss prospects of the steel industry and present the most state-of-the-art solutions and equipment. Traditionally, the exhibition provides state authorities and businessmen as well as leading Russian and international experts a good opportunity to exchange best practices, exhibit achievements, and sign mutually beneficial contracts.
Today steel enterprises make a weighty contribution to development of the national economy, raise funds, and build and modernize facilities using the most advanced solutions. An extensive use of digital technologies helps them stay competitive, optimize management processes and improve safety. These and other issues will be discussed among delegates of conferences and round tables held in parallel to Metal-Expo’2019 while the best achievements will be awarded prestigious professional awards.
In my belief, the exhibition will help promote the national steel industry in the global market and create favorable business climate in the industry. Wishing you all fruitful work, constructive dialogues, and all the best!

Mikhail KORENEV
Europack, President
Europack is well-known in the market. We use the exhibition not to find, but to strengthen relations with our customers and to find ways of future cooperation. We had many meetings and successful negotiations.

Sergey IROSHNIKOV
SMS Meer
We manufacture equipment for welded & seamless pipes as well as long product manufacture: all this we exhibited at Metal-Expo’2012. In the last few years we fulfilled a number of projects including large ones on big diameter welded pipes production, seamless tubes finishing and long products manufacture.

Oleg MASLOV
VSMPO, Deputy Head of Marketing and Sales
The exhibition is a tool to promote our products and it has always been a success. We have held some 50 meetings we planned and we have had many visitors on our stand.

Vladimir BOGLAEV
ChLMZ, Director General
Cherepovetsk Casting and Mechanical Plant has participated in Metal-Expo International Industrial Exhibition for the 12th time already. Over the history of our participation our sales have grown 10 times!

Victor EVTUKHOV
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian
Participation in such forums as Metal-Expo and the experience of cooperation with our partners and colleagues from different industries help us adjust the industrial policy.

Vadim SHIPUNOV
Koroyov Pipes Works, Director General
We have always had positive emotions of Metal-Expo for it provides good opportunity to meet with our customers, find new sales markets and find new ideas of business developping.

Margarita NECHIPORUK
Asha Steel Works, Head of Marketing
We have participated in Metal-Expo for more than 10 years. Our impressions of the last exhibition are most positive. We had more visitors than a year ago. Steel industry professionals and steel traders asked us definite questions about steel products supplies and discussed the most pressing problems with us. We have seen unprecedented interest to our company from stainless steel sheets consumers and defense enterprises.

Victor GUTENEV
First Vice-President, Russian Engineering Union
In the organization of the exhibition efforts of industrial enterprises, large steel corporations, leading scientific and public organizations have been united, which enabled to hold event at the highest international level. Russian Engineering Union, supports this event, in my belief, the exhibition would give a new impulse to form competitive, dynamic, diversified and innovative Russian economy, through the creation of modern technological equipment of high quality metals, necessary for the domestic industry.

Alexander NOVOKRESCHENOV
Uraltrubprom, Head of Marketing
We met with our key customers, summed up results of the year, and made plans for the next year. Our professionals held many meetings with potential customers from all over Russia. For the first time we participated in the event on two stands to exhibit and promote our second products line: steel structures.

Alexander ZAKHAROV
Chamber of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Vice President
Metal-Expo International Exhibition facilitates implementation of energy-saving and environmental friendly technologies, helps increase efficiency and competitiveness of production and attract additional investments in the Russian heavy engineering and metalworking.

Konstantin RYABOV
NOVAEM, Director General
Representatives of all the NOVAEM divisions held many meetings during the exhibition. We received many positive reviews, suggestions and applications to be processed. In our belief, all the agreements we made during the four days of at the fair will be accomplished in the future.

Dr. Heike Peitsch
Botschaftsrätin Erster Klasse
Die Metallurgie hat als starkes Standbein der russischen wie auch der deutschen Wirtschaft eine lange Tradition. Die Branche ist ein hervorragendes Beispiel für den hohen Grad der Verflechtung und den sehr guten Stand der deutsch-russischen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen. Auch vor dem Hintergrund der deutsch-russischen Modernisierungspartnerschaft ist es wichtig, bestehende Beziehungen zu pflegen und neue Geschäftskontakte zu knüpfen. Die diesjährige Metall Expo bietet hierzu das ideale Forum. Die Metall Expo ist in den siebzehn Jahren ihres Bestehens zu einer festen Größe in der Metallindustrie geworden und hat sich in dieser Zeit zu einer der wichtigsten Messen im Bereich der Metallurgie und der Metallverarbeitung für Russland und ganz Osteuropa entwickelt.

Victor Semyonov
Ex-Director, Department for Metallurgy and Heavy Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (Counselor-Minister)
We need to develop communications between industries and increase the number of events including those held during Metal-Expo Industrial Exhibition which has been balanced over the recent years in terms of participation of suppliers and consumers of steel equipment and technologies.

Lev Avetov
Chairman of Board of Directors of Brok-Invest-Service
To us the exhibition has become the ground where we can adjust strategies and test our costomers.

Victor Rashnikov
Director General of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK)
"I think Metal-Expo exhibition is necessary to all. It provides a perfect opportunity to establish business contacts, exchange experience, as well as to demonstrate all kinds of steel products we produce at MMK. We are here the the seventh time already (only once we did not participate in Metal-Expo), and we are planning to participate in every Metal-Expo exhibition in the future. At Metal-Expo we meet new partners and work out strategy for the future based on our buyers' demands."