RUSSIA
Optimism at "Interplastica 2010" in Moscow / Plastics market widely believed to be improving
Some 800 exhibitors from 28 countries showcased their products at this year’s “Interplastica” (www.interplastica.com) fair, held from 26-29 January in Moscow. Overall, 21,000 visitors attended the event, a marginal improvement over last year’s 20,500.
Event organiser Messe Düsseldorf Moscow, a subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf (www.messe-duesseldorf.de), sums up the mood as optimistic, with exhibitors surprised about visitors’ concrete investment ideas. “The market appears to have bottomed out now and things seem to be gradually improving for the Russian market,” said Erhard Wienkamp, a Messe Düsseldorf management board member.
Event organiser Messe Düsseldorf Moscow, a subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf (www.messe-duesseldorf.de), sums up the mood as optimistic, with exhibitors surprised about visitors’ concrete investment ideas. “The market appears to have bottomed out now and things seem to be gradually improving for the Russian market,” said Erhard Wienkamp, a Messe Düsseldorf management board member.
 The mood at this year's Interplastica was optimistic (Photo: Messe Düsseldorf) |
But the renewed optimism belies the often severe economic downturn that characterised the Russian plastics market in 2009. German plastics machinery exporters, for example, reported an almost 50% year-on-year drop in exports to Russia – see also Plasteurope.com of 09.12.2009. Nevertheless, even in this field, Interplastica exhibitors felt the winds of change, although Bernd Nötel, of the German engineering federation VDMA (Frankfurt / Germany; www.vdma.org) said that financing of the planned investments "remains a key issue for the Russian converters.”
His sentiments were echoed by Alessio Fineo of the Italian plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers association Assocomaplast (Assago, Milan / Italy; www.assocomaplast.com), who said signs point to a market recovery, adding that medical products especially are proving very crisis-resistant. "Although the number of Italian exhibitors has dropped in comparison to last year, the companies represented here have reported having made excellent contacts and are very satisfied. Overall, the signs show that the market is recovering, but the industries which our customers are in are too diverse to draw any general conclusions," he said. The Russian market is also very important to the Italian manufacturers in the industry, who are the second-largest supplier of plastics machinery to the region.
Next year’s Interplastica will be held from 25-28 January 2011. For more information contact Kurt Ayfer, Tel: +49 211 4560-7768, E-mail: KurtA@messe-duesseldorf.de
His sentiments were echoed by Alessio Fineo of the Italian plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers association Assocomaplast (Assago, Milan / Italy; www.assocomaplast.com), who said signs point to a market recovery, adding that medical products especially are proving very crisis-resistant. "Although the number of Italian exhibitors has dropped in comparison to last year, the companies represented here have reported having made excellent contacts and are very satisfied. Overall, the signs show that the market is recovering, but the industries which our customers are in are too diverse to draw any general conclusions," he said. The Russian market is also very important to the Italian manufacturers in the industry, who are the second-largest supplier of plastics machinery to the region.
Next year’s Interplastica will be held from 25-28 January 2011. For more information contact Kurt Ayfer, Tel: +49 211 4560-7768, E-mail: KurtA@messe-duesseldorf.de
10.02.2010 Plasteurope.com [215457]
Published on 10.02.2010
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