RechargRussia Expo 2009 held successfully in Moscow!

From July 15 to 17, 2009, the new edition of RechargRussia Expo took place in Moscow, Russia. The expo is the most significant and outstanding event in the aftermarket of imaging supplies in Russia and CIS countries. For local cartridge remanufacturing companies, distributors of printing supplies and service centers the show has become the traditional meeting point important for finding serious and reliable suppliers, for acquiring practical hands-on skills and for learning the latest news from the industry. The exhibition was hosted by the prestigious Building of the Moscow Government. Its reputation, venue and growth of the remanufacturing industry in the region made the expo a huge success.

Attracting visitors from the regions of the Russian Federation and CIS countries, the expo also gathers well-known international companies willing to penetrate local markets through local partners, promote its products and meet potential and existing customers. Therefore, the show is so popular with Asian and West European manufacturers and distributors of parts, supplies and raw material. This year 46 companies from 12 countries took an active part in the exhibition as exhibitors. The prevailing number of the participants came from China (21 companies); 11 companies from Russia followed; Germany had 3 companies; the USA and Turkey were represented by 2 companies each; companies from Ukraine, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Bulgaria, Japan, Korea were also amongst the exhibitors. The product range offered by the exhibitors covered almost all segments of the aftermarket of imaging supplies: supplies (parts, toner, ink), ready-for-sale no-logo cartridges, chips, packaging solutions, etc.


The organizers of the expo registered over 2400 visits during the 3 exhibition days, the most important being the first two days. The visitors came from 21 countries. The great majority of the visitors represented Russia. Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan were also heavily presented at the show. Companies from the Baltic states, Moldova, Poland, Germany, Georgia, Armenia were also visiting the Moscow show. Drawing a general conclusion about the visitors' profile, the result is: 95% of them represented the aftermarket industry (management and technical personnel), the rest being mainly from large companies or forwarding agencies.

The educational technical program of the 2009 show consisted of a practical course on remanufacturing and repairing the most popular models of color and monochrome printers (based on Samsung and HP models). Besides it, the two-day course include a short intro and a detailed overview of service techniques for Konica Minolta copiers.

The expo also hosted an international networking VIP forum, which gathered managers and owners of local and foreign companies. During the 4-hour presentation and question-answer sessions organized by the U.S.-based company Raven, a lot of questions touching upon the local markets were discussed and given answers to.

At the market level, the presentation of local companies about the state of the market drew a particular attention. According to the statistical information the local aftermarket is growing despite the severe economic crisis in the region. The explanation to it lies in the fact that in the price-sensitive markets (Russia and CIS countries) users do not cut on printing habits, but they cut on the price for printing supplies by switching to more cost-efficient alternative supplies.



In the opinion of a large majority of the exhibitors, the expo was successful. As many participants mentioned, it exceeded expectations in terms of target visitors. Visitors were also glad to have so many various suppliers offering competing products at accessible prices.

Carlos Cardona,Uninet, USA: We believe that the Russian market has a lot of potential, especially the color printing segment. The same trend has been seen in Americas during the last 5-6 years. So, we are very enthusiastic about the market and we will definitely come here next year.

Pavel Starikov, MVKP, RUSSIA: It was our first expo. We are very excited about it, especially after finding new prospects and perspective clients.

Stanislav Malinsky, Business-Inform, RUSSIA: We are happy to have been invited to participate. We've got 200 new contacts during the expo. We are glad to get in touch with companies from the regions and other countries, like Ukraine and Belarus.

Oleg Sharyghin, Digital Systems, RUSSIA: Our participation in the expo gave us the possibility to further develop our partners' network in the country. The expo met all our expectations.

Cao Guozhu, Zhuhai Printmax, CHINA: We came to the exhibition to find reliable local partners. To us the Russian market is really huge, and we will explore it carefully.

WWM, UKRAINE: Participation in RechargRussia Expo 2009 is a very important event for our company, which is over 15 years in the business of printing supplies manufacturing and distribution. At the show we had a great chance to present our products to the Russian market. We met a lot of perspective partners and had multiple fruitful discussions.

Yurii Egorov, Lintek, RUSSIA: The exhibition was a success. We liked the first two days when it was packed with visitors. We believe the expo will have a promising future.

About RechargRussia Expos:
RechargRussia expos are organized by RechargEast and RechargRussia Magazines, published in English and Russian and focused on the cartridge remanufacturing industry in Eastern Europe and Russia. The expos are held annually in Moscow.

www.rechargrussiaexpo.com

Results of RechargRussia Expo 2009

Last Friday, July 17, the 2009 edition of RechargRussia Expo was successfully completed. During the 3 exhibition days the organizers registered 2400 visits. The visitors came from 21 countries, mainly from the CIS countries. The number of the exhibiting companies and their partners was over 50.

In the participants’ and visitors’ opinion, the expo was a success and it even exceeded expectations. “In the conditions of the global economic crisis we have not expected such an interest to the industry and so many visitors from Russia and abroad,”, - said the exhibitors we had chance to speak with during the exhibition.

The detailed overview of the exhibition with the participants’ opinions will be available in the coming issues of RechargRussia and RechargEast Magazines and online at www.rechargrussiaexpo.com.

See you at RechargRussia Expo 2010!

Key words: RechargRussia Expo 2009, Moscow

RechargRussia Expo 2009 - DAY II

The 2nd exhibition day turned to be not only productive. It proved that the Russian market of office and home printing is in a constant growth despite the economic crisis, which hit the global economy last year. But let's see the details of what have happened today...


Traditionally, the second exhibition day is the most important, full of various events and heavily visited. That was the case of all the former expos, that was the case today, July 16. In addition to yesterday's visitors we met a lot of specialists coming from the outside of Moscow. They came from Tomsk, Izhevsk, Yekaterinburg as well as from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia, Lithuania and Kazakhstan. Coming from so far and having limited time to spend, such visitors had to hurry all over the expo floor to be able to go over all the booths, visit the seminars and take part in the VIP forum. By the way, the forum is worth being mentioned separately.


RechargRussia Expos are not only about exhibiting products, they are also about knowledge sharing. The VIP forum organized within the expo today gathered the key people from the local and international companies present at the exhibition. The main question of What to expect from the aftermarket of imaging supplies in Russia and abroad? was touched upon. The forum was sponsored by the U.S.-based company RAVEN, which offered to create a friendly and comforting atmosphere for the participants to have a detailed and open discussion. And the discussion was there. The presenters coming from OCP, Raven, Uninet gave their standpoints about the state of matters at the printing market globally and in their countries. The speech of Stanislav Malinsky from Business-Inform, the leading market research agency in the field in Russia, was a real hit. Stanislav provided statistical information about the market of laser printing in Russia and gave some conclusions based on the data. According to his words, the local market is not in stagnation - it continues growing despite all financial difficulties the local consumer may be facing. The data were a real find for the participants.


At the same time the seminar rooms were living their own life: the technical hands-on seminars about cartridge remanufacturing techniques and methods was overcrowded with technicians willing to get new skills or discuss the most urgent issues with others. In the neighboring seminar rooms were held presentations about toner and its manufacturing.

According to the opinions expressed by a number of exhibitors, the expo is an interesting and useflu event. After the first two days the impressions are: OCP from Germany is content with the new contacts they made; the Korean Park & OPC also confirmed the company got some perspective contacts; and the Chinese Menston, manufacturer of inkjet cartridges, told they would probably need to switch to laser cartridges due to the information they got at the expo from the visitors, presenters and other exhibitors in Moscow. The exhibitors and visitors were also satisfied immensely with the new venue of the exhibition. This tells that the organizers had made a good choice coming to the Moscow Government building to hold this year's expo here.

The second exhibition day was fresh and successful in spite of the hot Moscow weather. Tomorrow the expo will be drawing to its close.

Key words: RechargRussia Expo 2009, Moscow

RechargRussia Expo 2009 - DAY I

From the early morning on July 15 groups of people were seen to enter the building of the Moscow Government: some of them had nothing to carry, other had heavy baggage in the hand. There were just a couple of minutes left till the expo began...Everybody was in a hurry to get to the exhibition floor and cast a last eye at the booth to be able to see and eliminate all drawbacks and inconveniences or add some attractive details. The exhibitors were in place and they were expecting the first visitors to show up. By 9 am the registration was ready with piles of badges and advertising packs expecting again the first visitor to be seen. We were all waiting for the show to begin...And it began at 10 am. The first visitors came to the registration desk and, then, continued to the exhibition hall with the exhibition guide in the hand to lead them through.



The first-day visitors had to face a lot of choice: over 50 companies representing all the segments of the aftermarket of printing supplies were there to exhibit their products. Chip fiends were able to see the newly developed products from local and international manufacturers. Companies needing spare parts, toner and inks could freely browse through the multiple booths of exhibitors and get to know the product range, delivery conditions and prices of each manufacturer or distributor. Besides the "pure" supplies, visitors could see ready-for-use compatible cartridges and refilling machines as well as get to know the latest packaging solutions. The exhibitors were eager to show their latest and newest products to attract local visitors, who come from 9 countries (according to the registration information for the first day).

Touring around the booths during the first exhibition day we were amused by the great number of Chinese companies present at the expo. But there is no surprise in it since the Chinese government is heavily subsidizing every single perspective industry and the printing industry is one of them. The subsidies go as far as to cover trip expenses for a company taking part in a leading exhibition. But politics aside...We can just say that the Chinese companies are really topping the number of the exhibitors. They take over not by their power, but the quantity. Their quality is remarkable, too, as the visitors and competition confessed.


Whereas the Chinese companies tend to cover a wide range of products, the European and U.S. companies, taking part in the expo, focus their effort on specific market niches. The visitors could see this trend after visiting the booths of the companies from Germany, the USA, Turkey.


The Russian and CIS exhibitors were also in the highlight. They surprised the public by their innovative products and breakthrough equipment responding to the local market's needs.


In the afternoon the educational program started. The seminar room were all filled by people thirsty of new theoretical and practical knowledge.

In a nutshell, the first exhibition day was very successful!

In the end, let' s give some statistical data: over 500 people visited the first exhibition day. In addition, over 100 representatives of the exhibiting companies were also pre-registered. With these on July 15 the exhibition floor hosted people from 18 countries, from 3 continents.

The expo has begun and there are two more hot days ahead! We will be glad to see you there too!

Key words: RechargRussia Expo 2009, Moscow