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Metal-Expo is an exhibition for steel producers and users. It has been held yearly since 1995 in Moscow at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre and the Crocus Expo International, since 1999 in November.
Metal-Expo, JSC is a full member of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry ( UFI), Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs, and Russian Union of Metal and Steel Suppliers. The company is an associate member of The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). Metal-Expo exhibition is endorsed by The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, International Metallurgists Union, Russian Union of Metal Exporters, Russian Union of Metal and Steel Suppliers, The International Union of Metallurgical Equipment Producers (Metallurgmash), and Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
More than 700 exhibitors from 33 countries participated in the 2008 Metal-Expo exhibition. Annually more than 30 000 professionals in all segments of the steel and related industries including machine-building, transportation, logistics, metalworking, stockholding etc. visit the event. All the major Russian, CIS, European, and Asian steel companies traditionally participate in Metal-Expo. More than 4,000 professionals work on the stands during the event.
The program of events of the exhibition includes some 60 conferences, seminars, presentations, and round tables on all the aspects of the steel business with more than 500 speakers.