Report of Autotec 2008

“Business-to-business” exhibition, only for professionals.
Business format of the Fair permits all the participants communicate with partners and clients in a tranquil atmosphere and get maximum benefit for both participating in the Fair and visiting it.

Main sectors:

• Equipment, instruments and materials for body repairing
• Equipment and materials for units and components repairing
• Diagnostic and test equipment
• Washing equipment and products
• Painting equipment, tools and materials
• Paints, enamels, special coatings
• Tires mounting equipment
• Automotive spare parts, components and units
• Automotive wheels and tires
• Autochemistry, autocosmetics
• Oils and lubricants

Aims and objectives:
Five years ago, when it was a period of prosperity of image making exhibitions which were destined both for public and for professionals, it became clear that in addition to image building and entertaining, exhibitors and visitors of automotive exhibitions have also commercial objectives.
To achieve these goals, it was necessary to organize a specialized, commercially-oriented exhibition.
With a view to create the space for professional experts, working in the field of automotive maintenance, repair equipment and spare parts industry, IFA LLC held the exhibition AUTOTEC «Automotive spare parts. Car service equipment and technologies».

Such objectives called forth the next pattern of the event:

• “Business-to-business” exhibition, only for professionals
• Wide program of connected professional events (seminars, conferences)
• Reasonable participation fee

Such project, by the opinion of professionals, provides the opportunity for participants to get the most effect of participation and enables to establish and develop long-term relations.
Today AUTOTEC has already proved to be the professional event of high quality.

Next task was to consolidate several - previously separated - exhibitions which had resembling subjects and similar visitor audience.
“One time, one place” – it was profitable both for the exhibitors and visitors, who prefer to retrench time and expenses participating in the unified show than in several separate events.
The first step on this way was successfully done. This year the main news of the exhibition was the integration of three separate exhibition into united event.
On the base of AUTOTEC 2007 was held “International Automotive Salon”, organized by the consolidated efforts of the leading operators of automotive exhibitions in Russia.

Within «International Automotive Salon-2007» have passed following exhibitions:

• V-th International specialized exhibition AUTOTEC. «Automotive spare parts. Car service equipment and technologies.». Organizer - International Fairs Agency «IFA LLC»,
• IV International specialized exhibition AT&M «Automotive technologies, automotive components, accessories, auto service, refueling stations and materials». Organizer - ASM-holding
• International specialized exhibition INTERAUTOMECHANICS. Organizer - «Crocus Expo»

Statistics 2007:

Total exhibition space about 15 000 sq.m.

Visitors

During 4 working days about 9500 visitors attended the show, 96% of them were specialists.

Quality of visitor’s audience:
(Level of competence decision making on purchase)

Final decision maker	30.3%
Influence	20.8%
Research and recommend	22.7%
Not applicable	20.9%

Visitors’ geography:

Moscow, Moscow regions - about 60%,
Russian regions, foreign– about 40%.

Exhibitors
About 230 companies presented their expositions.
Among them there were such well-known companies as GAS GROUP. “RUSSIAN VEHICLES”, AVTOVAZ, KAMAZ INCORPORATED, ZIL AMO “THE LIKHACHEV PLANT”, AMTEL-VREDESTEIN, 3M RUSSIA, INMART, ACC, GARDIA HOLDING, EQUINET, TECHNOSERVICE GROUP, TRANSTECHSERVICE, AMEURO, OMG LTD RUSSIA, BARCLAY HOLDING, AVTOGRAPH GROUP, GARO, MAHA RUSSIA, GEDORE WERKZEUGE, GEMA MOTORS, NEWCOM COMPANY (KARCHER), ENGTECHSERVICE, PROMSNABCOMPLECT CONCERN, SAINT-GOBAIN, SIVIK, SOVPLYM, STANKOIMPORT, TADEM GROUP, TROMMELBERG GmbH, TRITON-INTER, KNORR-BREMSE SFN GmbH, LIQUI MOLY, TECHNOLAK, ATLAS COPCO etc.

Support
Exhibition was held with the official support of Moscow Government and Government of the Moscow region, Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Association of Automakers of Russia, Moscow Association of technical service and car repair Enterprises, National Association of Automotive Component Manufacturers, Russian Automotive Union, The Association of European Businesses.

Active support of professional associations and of Moscow Government allows to inform broadly the specialists of the industry about the coming exhibition and to attract numerous professional visitors from all regions of Russia, the CIS states and foreign countries.

“International Automotive Salon-2007” has shown that right format of the show and integration of events which have stable visitors audience, allows the exhibitors to get maximum effect of the participation.

International Fairs Agency «IFA LLC» is ready to contact and to work for it in cooperation with the profile associations and with all key organizers of professional exhibitions to continue the process of consolidation of specialized exhibition.



Yours sincerely,
AUTOTEC direction