The XV Anniversary International Construction Exhibition "Cement. Concrete. Dry mixes"

The 15th Anniversary International Exhibition " Cement. Concrete. Dry Mixes", one of the largest industry events. The exhibition brought together leading manufacturers of building materials, equipment and related products.

Eduard Loginovich Bolshakov, Chairman of the Committee on Cement, Concrete and Dry Mixes of the Russian Union of Builders, spoke at the opening ceremony. He noted that traditionally the exhibition " Cement. Concrete. Dry Mixes" is visited by visitors from almost all regions of Russia, near and far abroad, the number of visitors exceeds 7,500 industry representatives from Russia, the CIS and 25 countries, and this year the number of companies represented at the exhibition increased by 10%, the exhibition area - by 15%.

Also during the opening ceremony, participants were awarded a Certificate of Honor from the Russian Union of Builders Committee on Cement, Concrete and Dry Mixes. The award ceremony was attended by: First Deputy General Director of JSC Sebryakovcement A. S. Mikhin, Professor of the Department of Cement Technology and Composite Materials of the Belgorod State Technological University named after V. G. Shukhov V. K. Klassen, Head of the Laboratory of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Research Institute of Construction Physics of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences" (NIISF RAASN) V. G. Gagarin, Head of the Laboratory of New Building Materials, Waterproofing and Anti-corrosion Protection of the Research Institute of Transport Construction (TSNIIS) G. S. Royak, Head of the Department of Construction Materials Technology and Metrology of the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering SPsUACE Yu.V. Pukharenko.

During the exhibition, visitors got acquainted with and saw in action, in addition to a large number of building materials themselves: mixers, mini-loaders, mini-dump trucks, dust fountains, gearboxes, hot air generators, concrete mixers, concrete pumps, cement trucks, analytical and laboratory equipment and much more. In general, samples of equipment and machines were presented at every third stand of the exhibition, which causes constant interest and activity of visitors.

International Construction Forum "Cement. Concrete. Dry Mixes" is not only a demonstration of industry innovations and advanced technologies, but also an extensive and up-to-date business program. During the exhibition, as part of the forum "Cement. Concrete. Dry mixes", 3 conferences were held:
- III International Scientific and Technical Conference "Industrial Housing Construction-potential of housing construction development in the EurAsEC countries-BlockRead";
- III Global Conference "Reducing Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions in the Cement industry of Rapidly Developing Countries – CemEnergy";
- XVI International Scientific and Technical Conference "Modern technologies of dry mixes in construction-MixBuild";
- III International Scientific and Practical Conference " Operation and durability of autoclaved aerated concrete structures – - ConAer.

The three days of the exhibition and its accompanying conferences were filled with exclusive and important information on current topics: business in the industry, problems and their solutions, secrets of success and the future of the construction industry. This year, more than 500 specialists took part in the forum's conferences, and more than 100 domestic and foreign participants made presentations.

A separate item of the exhibition program was an excursion to the Grad house-building plant, built by the Morton Group of Companies in partnership with the state-owned company RUSNANO, which is one of the most modern DSK in Europe and the largest in Russia.