Press Release Elektro 2018
The 27th International Exhibition for Electrical Equipment, Lighting Engineering and Building Automation
Elektro 2018 is co-located with a major event in the oil and gas industry, the 18th edition of the Neftegaz International Exhibition for Equipment and Technologies for the Oil and Gas Industry and the National Oil and Gas Forum. The synergy of these two projects will create a high-profile show of oil and gas and electrical equipment, raise the level and scope of business meetings, and increase the number of professional visitors.
Elektro has been held in Moscow since 1972 and is a major trade show of the electrical industry in Russia and neighbouring countries. Elektro is a high standing international meeting place for Russian and foreign industry leaders.
Dates: 16-19 April 2018
Venue: Pavilions No.8, Forum and open air sites of Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow
Organized by Expocentre AO
Supported by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade
Auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Sponsor of registration: Chint Electric
Logos: UFI, RUEF, the Best Exhibition in Russia in the Electrical Engineering category (Russian National Exhibition Rating)
Exhibitors: 250 companies
Countries: 16 (Austria, Belarus, China, Czechia, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, the USA)
Country pavilions: China supported by CCPIT, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Spain supported by AFME, the Spanish Association of Electrical Equipment Manufacturers
Types of products on display: electrical equipment, electric power engineering, energy saving and innovations, lighting engineering, cables, wires and fittings, building automation, building efficiency
Participating companies:
Foreign companies: Chint Electric, Eaton, EAE, Finder, Isovolta, LSIS, Mesan, Makelsan, Phoenix Contact, RPS Riello, TP Electric, Wago Contact, Weidmuller, Kentau Transformer Plant (Kazakhstan)
Russian companies (200): Plant of Electrotechnical Equipment "ZETO", Korenevsky Plant of Low-Voltage Equipment, Novye Inzhenernye Resheniya (New Engineering Solutions), Ryazan Plant of Cable Structures, Sverdlovsk Works of Current Transformers, EKF Electrotechnica, Elinar, Elektroizolit, EKRA, and others.
Elektro 2018 offers professionals a new format of business events. Each exhibition day is aimed at different target groups. It would better correspond to the interests, requirements, and demands of the Elektro participants and visitors and increase its effectiveness
1. Manufacturer Day (16 April 2018)
2. Customer Day (17 April 2018)
3. Designer Day (18 April 2018)
4. Youth Day (19 April 2018)
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The plenary Meeting on Smart Energy of the Future: New Approach to Technologies That Change the World;
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The 9th International Conference – Elmash 2018: Electric Power Industry and Electrical Engineering. Problems and Prospects;
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The 15th International Conference on Renewable and Small-Power Energy 2018. Energy Efficiency. Autonomous Systems of Electricity Supply of Mobile Objects and On-Site Facilities;
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The Foresight Session on Electric Cars and New Infrastructure
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Seminars, conferences, round tables;
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Discussions, talk show;
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Competitions of student teams;
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Career Center
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Electroreklama Competition, etc.
"For almost five decades the internationally recognized Elektro exhibition has successfully demonstrated the world achievements in electrical engineering. Elektro 2018 makes it possible to assess the effectiveness of the Federal Targeted Program aimed at support of the projects for manufacturing energy efficient electric equipment."
Sergey Katyrin, President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The exhibition opening hours are from 10.00 to 18.00; on the 19th of April from 10.00 to 16.00.
Expocentre Press Service