Press Release
ExpoElectronica - 2016
On 15-17 March the 19th International exhibition of electronic components, modules and systems "ExpoElectronica" was held at Crocus Expo, Moscow, Russia.
"ExpoElectronica" is the largest international exhibition of electronic components, modules and systems both in terms of the number and importance of its exhibitors in Russia and Eastern Europe.
"ExpoElectronica" exhibition holds the title of the "Best exhibition in Russia" on the subject of electronics and accessories in all categories according to the Russian National exhibition rating.
In 2016, 325 companies from Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, UK, USA took part in the exhibition. Among the exhibitors there were joint expositions of the Department of Radioelectronic Industry of Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation; Rostec Group of companies, RUSNANO, State enterprise of Moscow city "Corporation of Zelenograd Development".
The only in Russia International exhibition of technologies, equipment and materials for the electronic and electrical industries ElectronTechExpo was held alongside with "ExpoElectronica". 11 110 people from 35 countries and 64 regions of Russia visited the exhibitions within three days.
The following persons took part in the exhibition official opening ceremony: Pavel P. Kutsko, Deputy Director of the Department of Radioelectronic Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation; Maxim V. Grishin, Head of Department of Federal State Budgetary Institution "46 Central Research Institute" of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; Alexey V. Kondratiev, Adviser to the Chairman of the Commission on Defense Industry Complex of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; Arseny V. Brykin, Deputy General Director of the holding company Ruselectronics; Victoria A. Shelepova, Technical Director of "RT-INFORM" company; Alexey V. Gostomelsky, Managing Director of the Department of Strategy Implementation Infrastructure Development and Engineering Companies Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programmes "RUSNANO"; Alexander N. Polyakov, Head of the Directorate of Development and Cooperation Control of the company "Defence Systems"; Alex Chen, Director of the Economic Department of the Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation; Boris N. Avdonin, Advisor to the General Director of Central Scientific and Research Institute "Electronica"; Alexander S. Kurlyandsky, General Director of "ELINT-SP company"; Irina A. Liubuna, General Director of "PRIMEXPO" company.
"ExpoElectronica" visitors got acquainted with novelties in modern electronic components for computing machinery, intelligent control systems, security and protection systems, consumer electronics, microelectronics, illumination engineering, industrial automation and other application areas in various industries (automotive, aerospace, nuclear, railway, electric power, military industrial complex, medicine, telecommunications and other).
The Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programmes, which is part of RUSNANO Group, presented on its stand a new communication platform StartupZONE, where entrepreneurs could showcase their projects in the field of new electronics and intelligent systems.
The exhibition business programme started with the round table Electronic industry: the import substitution policy, problems and development prospects of the electronic component base. Participants discussed issues of the single approach to import substitution and unification challenges in the field of electronic components and equipment; import substitution of electronics packaging, semiconductor electronics, power and microwave electronics; possibilities of the university science in microelectronics; import substitution management approaches amid limits of the domestic electronic component base, and etc.
Within the framework of the exhibitions business programme were also held:
- Seminar "Guide to the world's electronic components" (L. Shapiro);
- 32 seminars and presentations of exhibitors;
- The Day of LED technologies: technical seminars and presentations of the leading developers, manufacturers and distributors of LED products, components and solutions.
For the third time within the exhibitions the IPC Hand Soldering Competition was held by PRIMEXPO and IPC Association.
The Gold Partners of the competition were the following companies: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OSTEC, NCAB, DIAL; TERMOPRO became a Silver Partner; Bronze Partners were ELECTROLUBE and GLOBAL ENGINEERING.
33 contestants were struggling for the title of the best radioelectronic equipment installer, 15 of which have managed to complete assembling within 60 minutes. Except for professional installers, students of Moscow College of space device engineering (under the leadership of Laboratory Chief A.A. Kovalev) took part in the competition for the third time.
The judges assessed assemblies for compliance with standard IPC-A-610 (class 3) and awarded the premier place to Tatiana Andreeva (Nizhny Novgorod), the second place to Alexander Struchkov (Moscow), the third place to Daniel Shemenev (Moscow). The winners were granted with hard disks given by sponsoring company NEW TECHNOLOGIES (St. Petersburg). Contestants taking the 4th - 9th places received consolation prizes from ELECTROLUBE and DIAL.