Testimonials

“Due to the crisis is seems there are less activities in the construction market, nevertheless, the private customers are still active in Russia, so we are optimistic that it will bring us success.”

“Russia is a very important market, last couple of years we have had a tremendous growth here, so it has become a strategy market for us. Although we focus on our home European market, in terms of export Russia and Eastern Europe are indeed the most important market for us.”

“It’s our second time here at MosBuild, and although many people talk about the crisis, with the right product we are looking forward to the future. We come here to generate new contacts, build relationships with our Russian and Eastern European partners, and of course present our new products, which are a little bit exclusive, premium, and different. It’s our strategy to be different, to stand out, especially in these difficult economic times.”

“This is the biggest exhibition in the East European Countries and I am very happy that we can be here, meeting our customers, showing our new designs, new products which we have specially for this market.”

“For Garroll Impianti, Russia is one of the most important markets in the world, because we see the possibilities and opportunities. The market is still developing, it’s very different comparing to Western Europe and USA, where the markets are very mature. We see these opportunities, which is exactly why we have an office in Moscow – this did not happen by chance, it was a strategic move for our company, because we recognised the possibilities and we still believe in this market.”

“Despite the economic crisis, we have a number of projects which are going ahead. We have also projects which were close to being defined and MosBuild helped us make another step forward in the right direction, so we are very optimistic, very happy.”

“Our aim was to meet as many existing clients and potential customers in one place, in a space of a few days, and we are very satisfied.”

“We use this opportunity to introduce our new products, to meet existing and potential clients, because as you know, we have a lot of clients from many different parts of Russia, and all of them come to MosBuild, so this is our opportunity to meet them all in one place.”

“We have been exporting pretty much all over the world, but this is the first time that we have entered Russia, looking for new partners here. Our European clients have recommended MosBuild as the first step to entering this market, so we had no personal experience if indeed this is the best exhibition in Russia, but we have had great interest in totally natural stone, great interest in our products.”

“We are here in MosBuild for the first time, introducing our products to the Russian market. As the economic crisis is affecting most of the European countries, we are trying to enter new markets, have new clients and not depend only on the domestic market. Though we are conscious it might affect us as any other company, we are very positive as we’ve had great interest in our products, we are very satisfied.”

“Economic crisis is not a problem for us, I think it’s an opportunity to develop into new markets. I think it’s in bad times that you need to increase your market share.”“Russia is a new market for us, there is a lot of potential here and a big demand for high quality parasols. Our aim here (at MosBuild) is to develop distributorship and a warehouse in Russia, establish trade with smaller dealer and smaller developers in the area. And so far it has been excellent, it seems we have a picked a good time to enter this market.”

“This is the fourth MosBuild that we are participating at. The first three years we exhibited with the help of our Russian partner, and this year we’re exhibiting on our own, because in the next 3-4 months we are opening an office here in Moscow. Our business has grown, we’ve had a big interest in our products and we would like our annual turnover to increase even more. And the only way to do this is to open a warehouse here, have some of our production here, have a showroom – this is our main target for this year. We’re very optimistic about the future – Russian market is very important to our company.”

“The reason I feel Russian market is desirable is because despite the financial crisis, the future demand is still incredibly high. In our windows business, looking at the recent trends and statistics, there are still only 20% of existing windows in Russia that are modern and up to today’s standard, so a certain financial breakdown in November 2008 does not represent the real demand. That’s why in the near future, I believe there will be a turnaround point, a certain light at the end of the tunnel, and the demand for windows will pick up very fast. And as a windows business we are here and ready for that moment!”

“The reason we came here to MosBuild is to present our new products to the Russian market and also to launch a representative office here, to show that we are here, strong as a company, with our own office, our own service people, our own installation and so on. Russia is well-known for its wealthy people, that is who we’re targeting with our products, and that’s why we are here.”

“Before MosBuild we were a little concern about how the financial crisis might affect the industry, but actually, it was excellent, I haven’t met any customers complaining about the crisis, on the contrary, everyone was positive and ready to make investments for the future. Russia has been growing for the past 10 years, so today it’s one of the best markets.”

“We’ve seen some architects, some designers, but those customers that are really interested are the blinds manufacturers from all over Russia. We’ve seen people from Sakhalin Island, from St. Petersburg, from Rostov-on-Don, and actually that’s why MosBuild is so important to us because people from all regions of Russia come here.” 
(Mary Lynn) “MosBuild has been very good for us.  We’ve had a very enthusiastic response to US products and I think there’s tremendous interest. I was exhibiting here in 2004, and there’s been a remarkable development in the sophistication and taste, as well as the level of expertise in importing. It’s been a very good show for us. ”

(Bill Calhoun takes over) “My first trip to Moscow, my first exposure to the Russian market, very pleased with the calibre of people, the interest in the product has been excellent, look forward to much success here.”

“Economic crisis seems to be more on the minds of many other countries than here. I’ve been very impressed by the fact that no one has mentioned the crisis, only the newspapers, but everyone that we have talked to seem to be sure that there’s plenty of opportunity, so we feel very comfortable and optimistic, it’s been wonderful.”

“For us, MosBuild is traditionally the place where we meet our clients from all over Russia, because everyone from Moscow to Vladivostok comes here to have meetings, to show our company achievements, to show our products, to increase our brand awareness – that’s the main purposes.”

“Russian clients have very good taste for beauty and quality products, they understand what Sicis is about. We are here in MosBuild because of the importance of Russian market, it was a strategic decision. There are a lot of architects and designers that come to the show, so we are able to explain all the characteristics of our mosaics.”

“Russia is extremely important, it was the largest export market for us for the last 10 years. The volume is a major reason, but also we can see that our product integrates well into the Russian construction market – we want to maintain that presence.”

“The economic crisis does have an impact on our industry, but in no way, shape or form that we are going to seize our operations here – we are going to continue our business and get through the difficult period.”