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BishkekBuild 2005 Became the 1st International Forum Held in Spring 2005 in the Kyrgyz Republic
On 20–22 April 2005, the Sports Palace in the city of Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, hosted the 3rd Kyrgyz International Exhibition of Construction and Interiors, Heating and Ventilation BishkekBuild 2005.
"The BishkekBuild 2005 Exhibition is the first international event held this spring in the Kyrgyz Republic. Participation of foreign construction companies in the exhibition, their coming to Bishkek is significant for us. We can say it for sure that BishkekBuild 2005 has become an event contributing to the development of the region's construction industry, attraction of investments to this sector of economy, establishment of interregional and international ties, and consolidation of our country's business authority," noted Ishimbai Kadyrbekov, First Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, at the official exhibition opening ceremony.
According to the exhibitor Mr. R. Frenz, Director of the Representative Office of Willing EuroAsia, "It was not easy for us to make the decision whether to participate in BishkekBuild 2005 or not — it was just the time when the well-known events were taking place in the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. Many people doubted. Now we can say that we made the right decision. The company has acquired about 100 new contacts, and about 40 of them are very important for us. The price of only one contract signed during the exhibition made up 10,000–15,000 Euros".
Svetlana Kazantseva, Technical Manager of the Kyrgyz company Ronas LLC, official distributor of Schneider Electric, noted: "During the exhibition we established over 300 contacts, of which about 50 are most interesting for us. We are completely happy: our stand was visited by heads of plants, designers, and engineers".
The event efficiency assessment has shown that 30% of the exhibitors made sales right at the exhibition, 66% of the exhibitors established useful contacts with 20 to 50 and more companies. It is noteworthy that 91% of the exhibitors believe to get a feedback from the contacts established at the exhibition within the next 1–3 months. 44% of the exhibiting companies and 95% of visitors have already confirmed their participation in the 2006 event. During three days, the exhibition was visited by more than 3,000 specialists, including 20% — general directors, presidents and vice-presidents of companies, 12% — deputy directors, heads of shops and departments, 11% — managers and marketing researchers, 6% — private entrepreneurs, 24% — construction industry specialists, and others.
The exhibitors of BishkekBuild 2005 included 44 companies from Austria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Switzerland. Of the total number of the BishkekBuild 2005 exhibitors — 31% are from Kyrgyzstan, 29% are Kazakhstani companies, 14% are from Russia, 7% are from Turkey, 5% are German companies, and 14% are companies from the CIS and far abroad.
This year, the Kyrgyz Republic marks a remarkable date — the 80th anniversary of the country's State Construction Committee. It was this theme that one of the exhibition stands was devoted to. Visitors were demonstrated future administrative and residential buildings of Bishkek that are planned to be constructed. Also, lively interest was aroused by the new technologies, materials and equipment presented by the exhibitors. These included, for example, a design of quick-to-raise buildings and schools, thermo-reactive paints that allow high-quality painting of both prepared and unprepared surfaces, as well as the latest finishing materials, equipment and furniture for bathrooms, and much more. All technologies and materials presented at the exhibition were in great demand not only with specialists but also with private consumers.
Official support to the project was traditionally provided by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, State Commission for Architecture and Construction of Kyrgyzstan, and Bishkek City Administration.
Information support to the BishkekBuild 2005 project was provided by the leading industrial and socio-political mass media of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and the CIS: Beton i Zhelezobeton na Ukraine (Ukraine), Stroika (Russia), Stroika-Interyer (Russia), StroiClub (Russia), Stroitelnye Materialy, Oborudovaniye, Tekhnologii XXI Veka (Russia), Obustroistvo i Remont (Kyrgyzstan), Caspian Business News (Azerbaijan), Vitrina (Kyrgyzstan), and Kazakhstani publications — Vash Dom, Nedvizhimost bez Posrednikov +, Perestroika, Stroitelnaya Gazeta, Stroi-Business, StroiInfo, StroiK, Nedvizhimost, Idealny Dom, The Almaty Herald, KazInform Agency, Zolotoi Telenok Publishing House, etc.
The event was organised by the ITE Group of Exhibition Companies: ITE Group PLC (UK), Iteca (Kazakhstan and Central Asia), IEG-GIMA (Germany), EUF (Turkey), and Iteca Alatoo (Kyrgyzstan).
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For further information about the Exhibition, visit the BishkekBuild website. |
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