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NEFTEGAZ 2017: Key Event for the Russian Oil and Gas
Industry registers to the Tune of 20,200 Trade Visitors
NEFTEGAZ 2017 – the International Exhibition for Equipment andTechnologies for the Oil and Gas Industry – succeeded in impressively
confirming its role once again as the most important industry meeting pointfor experts from all over the world: to the tune of 20,200 international tradevisitors travelled to Moscow to find out about the latest developments in thefields of equipment for the oil and gas industries.

586 exhibitors from 26 nations presented an extensive product portfolio onover 59,400 square metres of gross exhibition space. The most importantnational companies in the sector such as Gazprom, Tatneft, Transneft andTMK met with major international, household-name exhibitors like R&B
Industrial Supply Company, Honeywell Process Solutions, Jumo, KanexKrohne, China Petroleum Technology & Development Corporation orSchneider Electric at NEFTEGAZ 2017.

Alongside the latest extraction technologies for oil and gas reserves thetrend themes at many stands were the future of the raw materials business
all the way down to modern environmental monitoring systems and thetrend towards Industry 4.0.

Exhibitors at NEFTEGAZ particularly emphasised high visitor competence
and delighted at numerous business deals done and the networking amongexperts. Drawing positive conclusions, Alexej Kovalev, Vice-CEO of OOO
VEGA INSTRUMENTS and representative of VEGA Grieshaber KG,Germany, said: “Our company has already participated in NEFTEGAZ forover 15 years now. If a company opts in favour of participating, then it
primarily hopes to substantially boost its sales in the first place, to get toknow new customers and to strike new deals. In this connection ourparticipation has paid off to the max.”Many high-calibre companies such as Allrus OOO, Drillmec, Honeywell,
JUMO GmbH & Co. KG, KSR KÜBLER RUS, OOO MSA SAFETY; MTU
RUS OOO and KSR KÜBLER RUS have already announced their
participation at the next event in April 2018.

Pleased with the successful outcome of the event, Werner Matthias
Dornscheidt, President & CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, said: “One thing has
become perfectly clear again: the concurrent holding of the trade exhibition
and the national Oil & Gas Forum results in valuable additional business
opportunities for our exhibitors and visitors. At NEFTEGAZ experts meetwith the whole spectrum of national industry. As the only trade fair for thesector NEFTEGAZ is under the patronage of the Energy Ministry of theRussian Federation. We and our partners OOO Messe Düsseldorf Moscow
and AO EXPOCENTR regard this as a special honour.”

The trade exhibition also featured German participation this year. The“German Pavilion” organised by Messe Düsseldorf included 32 companies
on a total area of 774 square metres. “A good result, considering there was
no official participation on the part of the Federal Ministry of Economics andTechnology on account of the economic sanctions,” explains WernerMatthias Dornscheidt. Next to Germany, China also took part with its own
national pavilion.

This year NEFTEGAZ was again accompanied by a varied programme ofseminars, panel discussions as well as the concurrent Oil & Gas Forum for
Oil and Gas Extraction Technologies.
The coming NEFTEGAZ will be held from 16 – 19 April 2018 at theExpocentre in Moscow.

For further information go to: www.neftegaz-online.com
Contact persons at Messe Düsseldorf GmbH:Sabine Dahmani: DahmaniS@messe-duesseldorf.de
Tel.: +49 (0) 211 45 60-7736
Ute Wynhoff: WynhoffU@messe-duesseldorf.de
Tel.: +49 (0) 211 45 60-7779

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May 20173+++ ATTACHMENT +++Exhibitors’ Testimonials for NEFTEGAZ 2017

UweNeumann,

CEOat

Bauer

Kompressoren

OOO“Bauer Kompressoren has been active on the Russian market for over 30years. To us the trade exhibition participation first and foremost means
making “live” contacts with our existing customers, and, of course, getting toknow new potential clients. The principal aim we have set ourselves is todemonstrate our developers’ solutions for energy markets. I think that wewill take part in NEFTEGAZ next year again. This is a unique opportunity topresent our company and provide information about our products but to also
get a feeling for the competitors’ level and assess opportunities by andlarge.”

Sergej Popov, Marketing Manager Russia / CIS at Honeywell“At NEFTEGAZ 2017 we introduced trade fair visitors to the “Connectedplan Concept”, to name but one idea, which foresees the integration of IIoTtechnologies (industrial Internet of things) in operation. At our exhibition
stand a programmable logic controller of the new generation Control Edge
PLC with OPCUA server was presented in Russia for the first time. This
device guarantees cyber security, multi-vendor compatibility, efficient
operation, easy handling and maintenance of plants. Furthermore,
Honeywell presented a new line of products for gas measuring andreduction, manufactured by ELSTER Gaselektronika, a company forming
part of our group. We tackle our trade fair participation very carefully: weprepare and try to impress our audience with innovative solutions. Ourcompany has been represented in the oil and gas industries for a long time
now and quite successfully. This is why Honeywell’s showcase as part ofNEFTEGAZ is a key component of our image. For Honeywell NEFTEGAZ
has become a good tradition, which we want to continue developing andpromoting.”
Alexej Kovalev, Vice-CEO at OOO “VEGA INSTRUMENTS”,
Representative of VEGA Grieshaber KG, Germany“Our company has already taken part in NEFTEGAZ for over 15 years. I’ll
try to be brief: if a company opts in favour of participating with an exhibition
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stand, then it primarily hopes to substantially boost its sales in the firstplace, to get to know new customers, strike new deals, and extend its
database. In this connection our participation has paid off to the max in myopinion. At the exhibition we met new customers from Russia and the CIS,
showcasing our innovative solutions for the energy business. On top of this,we had the opportunity to meet and discuss with our existing buyers. I am
convinced that we will see the first results in view of expanding ourcooperation this year already.”
Natalija Proshina, PR and Marketing Manager at Allrus OOO“We have participated in NEFTEGAZ for over 10 years now. To my mind
NEFTEGAZ is a meeting point for finalising plans for the coming year aswell as an efficient platform for exchange. The main objective of our trade
fair participation is to present our range and take a closer look at the needsof the energy market. I would specifically like to praise the quality of visitors:
they are highly qualified specialists and industry experts. We had manyvisitors at our stand and are currently preparing a summary report of ourparticipation. Our experts have taken note of visitors’ interests and collectedleads over the entire duration of the exhibition. Soon this data will beprocessed and we will contact the customers we had negotiations with atthe exhibition. NEFTEGAZ is an efficient communication platform for us. In
2018 we are planning to take part in the exhibition again with a stand.”Ludmila Moskovskaja, Commercial Director at JUMO GmbH & Co. KG,representative for Russia“Our company has already had an exhibition stand at NEFTEGAZ for 20years. With our participation we aim to make new business contacts andmaintain existing ones. To us meeting with our potential buyers means anadditional opportunity to disseminate information about Jumo products forthe energy industry. Usually, we exhibit two to three new products at theexhibition. Our products are developed in line with the specifier’s
requirements and market needs. Our participation in the exhibition was verysuccessful and resulted in a good deal of business. I think we will take partagain in NEFTEGAZ with a stand.”5Igor Utkin, Marketing Manager at OOO MSA SAFETY“Our company has participated in NEFTEGAZ for the first time. Our main
objective for participation was to attract a particular target group’s attention
to our products. We should stress at this point that trade fair visitors arespecialists from the energy sector. It is highly probable that we will also
reserve an exhibition stand at NEFTEGAZ for 2018.”

GennadySychev,TechnicalDirectoratKSRKÜBLERRUS“We are regular exhibitors at NEFTEGAZ. We have already participated inthe exhibition for more than ten years now. To us NEFTEGAZ is an efficientplatform to inform the audience about our innovations. Here we disclose ourplans, meet with potential customers and, naturally, seek new buyers for ourproducts. You can break down our visitors into two groups: our partners withwhom we have already cooperated for more than 20 years. They visit ourstand to get an information update. And new visitors who have just been
introduced to our products – potential customers for us. We do our utmost toinform visitors as effectively as possible about our range and innovativepossibilities. In a nutshell: participation in NEFTEGAZ means for us toprimarily build our image in our buyers’ eyes and to boost sales. We will see
how efficient our participation was over the course of the year. On ourmarket you have to wait for results – there are no “quick wins”. I think we willtake part in NEFTGAZ with a stand in 2018.”
Andrea Ricotta, Sales Dept. at Drillmec“Our company has taken part in NEFTEGAZ for “ages” now. It is one of themost attractive trade fairs in the oil and gas industry. We met suppliers andlike-minded people in Moscow this time. We met many visitors who took aninterest in our products and were keen on testing our technology. We found
new partners and made new business contacts. I think this could prove
beneficial for us in future. Needless to say, we will participate in the next
NEFTGAZ 2018.”

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