**EXHIBITIONETIKETKA 2000 (LABELS)**

 

SUBJECT COUNTRY(IES):                        RUSSIA

 

POST OF ORIGIN:                        MOSCOW

 

DATE OF REPORT:                        000202 

 

AUTHOR:                        SERGEYMINKO

 

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SUMMARY.   This IMI is an announcement of the Sixth InternationalExhibition Etiketka/Label 2000. The show will be held on March 14-18, 2000 and will cover labelmanufacturing and package bar-coding machinery, equipment, technologies andsupplies.  This is the main showfor the labeling industry and it enjoys a good reputation among industryspecialists.  Increasing demand forquality labels and modern printing technology attracts more foreign anddomestic companies to participate in the show, and the number of visitors isincreasing too.  The showorganizers are providing comprehensive services to international participantsin order to facilitate their exhibition activities.  END SUMMARY. 

 

1.  Just a few years ago, Russia almostcompletely lacked modern printing facilities.  Russian food processors, pharmaceutical and cosmeticcompanies had to place orders to print quality labels abroad at a cost of almost$200 million annually.  Thefinancial crisis of 1998 spurred domestic food production and demand for highquality labels for Russian products. The volume of domestically printing is increasing 10%-15% annually.  Modern technologies are now beingincreasingly introduced by Russian label printing companies.  

 

2.  The exhibition center Sokolniki inMoscow will host the Sixth International Exhibition Etiketka/Label 2000 onMarch 14 through March 18, 2000. This international exhibition is the main for labeling and labelprinting machinery and equipment show in Russia and the Newly IndependentStates.  It is very popular amongRussian industry specialists.  Theshow attracts many foreign companies from different countries.  Last year, over 200 companies from 21countries exhibited their labeling printing machinery in two halls of total100,000 square feet.  Over 45.000guests visited the show.  Theforeign companies represented Italy, Spain, Israel, Finland, Sweden, Poland,South Korea, Great Britain, Switzerland and Hungary.  Among the well known companies were Enso Paper Group, UPMKummene Group, Finland, Gallus, Sweden, AKZO International, De La Rue andWillett, Great Britain, Werner Kammann, Germany, and Avery Dennison,U.S.A.  According to the show participants,during the show they could conclude contracts, establish useful contacts,exchange experience and technologies. Among the most needed technologies were those of off-set andflexographic printing, as well as holographic stamps printing.  

 

3.    Despitethe financial crisis, the number of the show participants is growing.  Many

Russianand foreign companies are interested in participating in the showEtiketka/Label 2000.  This year,the show expands its exhibition area from 100,000 square feet to 150,000.  According to the show organizers, theyhave signed contracts with new participants, in addition to old clients. 

 

Inaddition, responding to increasing demand for packaging technology andequipment for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, the show organizers arespecifically recruiting from those industries.  

 

Theshow organizers are also working on expanding their internationalrelations.  Soyuzupack, a Russianassociation of packaging machinery and materials producers and suppliers, beganworking with the U.S. International Institute of Labeling and Converting.  The show organizers hope to attractthis institute to participate in the show. 

 

4.    In2000, the show participants will exhibit the following machinery and 

technologies:

 

�      Printingand publishing equipment and modern technologies for label making;

�      Labelmaking materials (paper, cardboard, polymeric wrapping materials, foil,printing inks, and others);

�      Converting;

�      Fastlabel printing equipment for retail and wholesale companies;

�      Labeldesign software programs;

�      Packagingproduction equipment;

�       EAN international system of bar-coding;

 

5.    Traditionally,various contests are held before the show opening and the winners’ 

productsare placed on a special display. Such contests are an additional great promotional tool for participatingcompanies, since the competition in the label production market isgrowing.  According to the showstatistics, the number of companies willing to participate in such contests isgrowing.     

 

6.    ContactInformation:  

 

Formore information on the show, reports on previously held shows, and other showsorganized by the Exhibition Center Sokolniki, please contact: 

 

TheExhibition Center Sokolniki

1Sokolnichevsky Val, Exhibition Hall 4, Moscow, 107113

Phone:+7-095-268-6323/268-1407

Fax:+7-095-269-4262/268-0891

e-mail:[email protected]

www.exposokol.ru

 

7.  The U.S.&Foreign Commercial Service(FCS) in Moscow offers assistance to U.S. companies interested in expandingtheir sales to the Russian market or developing contacts, including identifyingdistributors and arranging meetings with prospective buyers during businessvisits to Russia.  FCS wouldappreciate receiving contact information from companies identifying theirdealers or representatives in Russia, so that it can contact them directly andprovide them with trade leads.  Formore information on FCS Moscow services and the Russian food processing andpackaging equipment market, please visit the BISNIS site at: www.bisnis.doc.govor contact:

 

SergeyMinko, Commercial Specialist

FCS,Moscow

Phone:+7-095-737-5038

Fax:+7-095-737-5033

E-mail:[email protected]