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2nd International Forest Summit Interles-Lisino
13th International Specialised Exhibition INTERLES
Technologies and equipment for forestry, logging and primary woodworking in the forest
June 23 – 25, 2010, Lisino-Korpus town, Leningrad region, Russia

The 2nd International Forest Summit Interles-Lisino and the 13th International Specialised Exhibition INTERLES will be held on June 23-25, 2010 in the historic center of the Russian forestry – Lisino Forest college (Lisino-Korpus town, Leningrad region, Russian).

The exhibition features a rich range of technologies and equipment for forestry, logging and primary woodworking in the forest. INTERLES is the only Russian exhibition where exhibitors can demonstrate machines and equipment for logging, forest fire extinguishing and  forest revitalization works in action in real conditions. The exhibition program includes machines and equipment shows of machines and equipment in action, master classes and presentations which  will be held on a specially equipped grounds, traditional Plant a Tree action – forest seedlings planting. The event will be closed with the Iron Lumberjack prize awarding – a sign of recognition of achievements in forestry machines and equipment.

The 2nd International Summit Interles-Lisino organised by the Russian Federal Forestry Agency will be participated by heads and experts of forestry enterprises, unions and associations of the Russian forest industry, foreign investors, the industry research and educational institutions, representatives of the Russian federal agencies.

The exhibition and summit organisers: RESTEC® Exhibition Company and Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian federation.

Organising Committee: RESTEC® Exhibition Company

12, Petrozavodskaya Str., St. Petersburg, 197110, Russian
Tel.: +7 (812) 320-9684, 320-9694
Fax: +7 (812) 320-8090
E-mail: woodsales1@restec.ru




INTERLES-LISINO SUMMIT

12th International Specialized Exhibition
INTERLES
Technologies and equipment for forestry, logging and primary woodworking in the forest


24-27 June 2008
Lisinsky Forest College, Lisino-Korpus Town, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast

The INTERLES-LISINO SUMMIT, a very important event for forestry complex, was held on June 24-27, 2008 at the territory of Lisinsky Forestry College. The Summit featured an exhibition, rich congress program as well as government and industry awards ceremonies in the domain of forestry, woodworking, logging and mechanical engineering. Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation and RESTEC™ Exhibition Company with the support of the Government of Leningrad Oblast were originators of the event.

Interles is the only in Russia demo-event of forestry complex which enjoys active support of the Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation which this year has also become the organiser of Summit's congress program. Due to its new multi-purpose venue with convenient infrastructure, training and production facilities, demonstration woodlots and also to a rich business program with participation of leading Russian and foreign forestry experts, the INTERLES-LISINO SUMMIT has become the new meeting point for all participants of Russian forest industry. Officials of the subjects of the Russian Federation, representatives of Russian forestry unions and associations, foreign investors, representatives of forest management and logging companies, industrial research and training facilities have gathered for discussion of forestry complex potential.

Summit was opened by A.I. Savinov, Head of the Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation; N.P. Churkin, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Nature Management and Environmental Protection; M.A. Dedov, Chairman of the Leningrad Oblast Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

In their addresses they again brought relevance of events and objectives of the industry into focus, emphasized the planned changes in the forest legislation as well as noted high potential for forest sector development and intention to expand the exhibition at the chosen venue.

For the first time the Exhibition featured Government Awards Ceremonies. The Honorary Order of Friendship was awarded to Anatoly Petrov, Provost of the Russian Institute of Continuous Education in Forestry, Professor. The Honored Forester of the Russian Federation Award went to: Mikhail Kobelkov, Director of Rosleszashita Federal State Institution; Vladimir Kresnov, Director General of the Roslesinforg Federal State Institution; Marina Aristarkhova, Head of the Sub-Department for Forest Resources Accounting, Inspection and Reforestation of the Forestry Department of the Administration of Vladimir Oblast.

The new venue has opened up new possibilities for specialists: conferences, round table meetings and seminars covering relevant issues of forest industry were held at the Lisinsky Forest College located in the Lisino-Korpus town. Among these events was the conference on information support of federal executive agencies and on quantitative and qualitative features of Russian forest fund where the main topic for discussion was state forest inventory and which featured presentation of original methods of state inventory of Russian forests offered by experts of the Federal Forestry Agency.

Considerable attention was paid to issues of forest education. Events program featured the Forest Education and Career Round table meeting which was dedicated to discussion of issues and search of solutions including the issue of establishment of continuous education system.

Rich events program of the Summit offered specialists a great opportunity to discuss issues of forest plan development (within the framework of the Round Table Meeting: Improvement of forest legislation. Forest plan of the subject of the Russian Federation: experience, perspectives, problems), implementation of the model forests program on the territory of the Russian Federation, issues of forestry sector organisation and use of forests in the light of new lease relations, application of distant methods of detection and registration of changes in condition of forests, Scandinavian forest management technologies and other pressing problems of forestry complex.

Business Contacts Exchange was especially popular and featured participation of representatives of regional delegation of Vladimir, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhegordsky and other Oblasts, leading logging and woodworking companies as well as Canadian Association of Business Partners.

In 2008 the Exhibition has gathered over 50 exhibitors for Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany and USA - leading companies working in the domain of forestry technologies and equipment, such as Komatsu Forest, Petroscan, John Deere Forestry, Volvo East, Minitex Forest, Ponsse, V-CRAN, HSM Petersburg, HUSQVARNA, LOGMAX, QUINTMADI SPB, AVK-AVTO, Podyomnye Mashiny (Lifting Machinery), Zeppelin Russland, Forest-service, WARATAH, Leskhozsnab and many others. The Komatsu Forest Company (VALMET) was the General Sponsor of the Exhibition.

The Exhibition was held outdoors which enabled its participants to demonstrate operation of their machinery in real conditions. The other outstanding event of the Exhibition was the model extinguishing of conditional low fires by air and land forces, from detection to assessment of damage.

Expert Committee of the Annual Iron Lumberjack Industry Award chaired by Andrey Gosudarev, Chairman of the Board of the Union of Lumbermen of Leningrad Oblast, has awarded the Grand Prix and diplomas in 5 nominations to the following companies: KOMATSU FOREST, MINITEX FOREST OOO, FOREST-SERVICE OOO, VOLVO EAST ZAO, NORD-WEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OOO, AVIALESOKHRANA FEDERAL STATE INSTITUTION, UFA CIS OOO, WARATAH FORESTRY ATTACHMENTS, HSM PETERSBURG OOO, PONSSE OOO, PETROSCAN OOO, ZEPPELIN RUSSLAND OOO.

The INTERLES-LISINO SUMMIT has become the key venue for serious dialogue between participants and government officials, establishment of business contacts in forest sector as well as has aroused vivid interest of experts and investors. This year the Exhibition was visited by over 3000 people.
The Exhibition enjoyed information support of the leading printed publications that cover issues of forestry mechanic engineering development, primary woodworking, forestry technologies and equipment: Derevo.ru, LesPromInform, Lesnaya Industriya (Forest Industry), Les I Business (Forest and Business), Lesnye Novosti (Forest News), Delovoy Les (Business Forest), Lesnoy Ural (Forest Ural), AvtoTransInfo, M&T Consulting ltd as well as Websites: woodbusiness.ru, lesprom.ru, specserver.com, spindle.ru. The Lesnoy Expert (Forest Expert) Magazine was the General Information Sponsor of the Exhibition.

We are happy to invite you to take part in the 13th International Specialized Exhibition Interles and the Interles-Lisino Summit on 23 - 26 June 2009!

Organiser:
RESTECT Exhibition Company
St. Petersburg
Tel./fax: +7 (812) 320-96-84, 320-96-94
Fax: +7 (812) 320-80-90
E-mail: interles@restec.ru




12th International Specialized Exhibition
INTERLES
Technologies and equipment for forestry, logging
and primary woodworking in the forest

24-27 June 2008
Lisinsky Forest College, Lisino-Korpus Town, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast

Press Release

The Annual INTERLES Exhibition of technologies and equipment for forestry, logging and primary woodworking in the forest will be held on June 24-27, 2008, at Lisinsky Forest College (Lisino-Korpus town, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast) in 70 km from St. Petersburg.

For the first time INTERLES will gather not only logging operators and machinery manufacturers but also other participants of forestry processes: federal and regional officials, investors, industrial research and educational establishments.

There is no doubt that this year the INTERLES Exhibition will gain new birth and will not only change its permanent venue, but will also become a new large-scale meeting point for all those who participate information of Russian forest industry.

INTERLES 2008 will feature:

  • A state-of-the-art multi-purpose exhibition venue which has necessary infrastructure, training and production facilities and forest demonstration sites that create best conditions for running of the Exhibition on a higher and qualitative level as well as most comfortable atmosphere for efficient work of exhibitors.

  • Demonstration of logging machinery in operation.
    Manufacturers of logging machinery will demonstrate forestry and primary woodworking technologies and equipment in operation at the special forest demonstration sites within the frameworks of the Exhibition. This year the Exhibition will for the first time feature demonstration of tree-planting machinery and equipment for forest road building.

  • Leading industry companies will take part in the Exhibition (over 50 exhibitors from 11 world countries): John Deere Forestry, Zeppelin Russland, Ponsse, Volvo-East, Minitex Forest, LogMax, TIGERCAT, Quintmadi SPb, Maykop Machine-Building Plant, CHETRA, Abakan Experimental Mechanical Plant, Waratah Forestry Attachments, Logset, Sampo Rosenlew, Silvatec, Avantec, Avialesokhrana, Leskhozmash Belikoluksky Plant and many other companies.
    The Valmet is the General Sponsor of the Exhibition.

  • Topical business program. Congress program of the Exhibition will feature such events as a Conference on Forest Plan of the Subject of the Russian Federation: experience, perspectives, problems, Conference on Information Support of the Federal Forestry Agency; Monitoring of Illegal Use of Forest Fund Lands with Use of Distant Methods, Seminar on Model Forests: legislative, financial and organizational problems, Seminar for Tenants of the North-Western Federal District, Round Table Meeting on Forestry Education and Career, Seminar on Forest Management. It is planned to hold meetings of expert groups in the domain of Forestry, Bioenergy and Russian Forest Technology Platform.

  • Demonstration projects: Model Forestry and Model Fire Extinguishing in the Forest.

  • Career Fair that will be held within the frameworks of the Exhibition for the first time, will become the venue for establishment and development of partnership between intermediate vocational education establishments of the Federal Forestry Agency and employers interested in professionals and skilled workers for forest sector.

  • Business Contacts Exchange, an efficient platform for business networking, meetings with government officials, business colleagues and partners as well as for discussion of pressing problems and their solution.

  • Cultural program which will feature tours for exhibitors and visitors to the Lisinsky Forest College Museum of Nature and History of Russian Forestry, planting of a young grove at the territory of the main cathedral of all Russian foresters - the Church in Honor of the Procession of the Venerable Wood of the Life-Creating Cross of the Lord, the IRON LUMBERJACK Awards Ceremony.

This year the INTERLES 2008 Exhibition will once more feature demonstration of logging machinery in operation in the forest!

We invite you to the INTERLES Exhibition on June 24-27, 2008!

For more information, please, contact the Organizing Committee of the Exhibition:
Tel./fax:+7 (812) 320-96-84, 320-96-94
Fax: +7 (812) 320-80-90
E-mail: interles@restec.ru
www.restec.ru/interles




11th International Specialiszd Exhibition
INTERLES
Technologies and equipment for forestry, logging
and primary woodworking in the forest

6-9 June 2007
Leningrad Oblast, 64 th km of Scandinavia Highway (E18)

At the support of the Federal Forestry Agency of the Ministry for Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and the Government of Leningrad oblast

Post press release

On June 6-9, 2007 the 11th INTERLES International Specialized Exhibition of technologies and equipment for forestry, logging and primary woodworking in the forest was held in Leningrad Oblast at the 64th km of Scandinavia Highway (E18). The Exhibition organiser is RESTEC™ Exhibition Company.

Annually participants from Russia and abroad take part in the Exhibition. This time the Exhibition united over 55 companies at one exhibition ground. The exhibitors showcased logging machinery, equipment for forest fire extinguishing, equipment for primary woodworking in the forest. They visually showed all advantages of their products to potential customers at the open ground. Much attention was paid to forestry development and reforestation. The Exhibition participants and guests were given an opportunity to multiply forest resources of Leningrad oblast - to plant a plantlet of a pine or a fir-tree personally.

From year to year the active support for the Exhibition is rendered by the Federal Forestry Agency of the Ministry for Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and the Government of Leningrad oblast. V.V. Abramov, Head of the Forestry Department of the North-Western Federal District, M.A. Dedov, Chairman of the Committee for Natural Resources and Nature Conservation of Leningrad oblast, V.A. Saykovsky, President of the Confederation of Associations and Unions of Forestry, Pulp and Paper, Woodworking and Furniture Industries Non-Profit Partnership participated in the Exhibition opening. V.V. Abramov emphasized in his speech at the official Exhibition opening ceremony that the Exhibition was demonstrating adequate objectives in equipment and technologies development in the entire spectrum of the forest fund use and reproduction issues, and also was presenting the perfect platform for constructive discussion of problems, being in the focus of forestry experts' attention.

INTERLES is the only Russia's exhibition project, where leading logging manufacturers demonstrate capacities of their forestry machinery on the specially equipped demonstration grounds in the forest. John Deere Forestry, Waratah Forestry Attachments, Ponsse and many other companies took part in the demonstration events in 2007.

The official INTERLES opening ceremony and the "Iron Lumberjack" award ceremony were held on 6 June. The Iron Lumberjack Prize is established by the Organizing Committee, represented by the Office of the Russian Federation President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Western Federal District, Federal Forestry Agency of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and Restec Exhibition Company. The Prize is a sign of recognition and evaluation of the forest branch leading companies' achievements.

The Iron Lumberjack prize-winners are chosen by the expert jury, which consists of delegates from education, science, projecting organizations of the forest branch, leading forestry enterprises and social institutions. In 2007 the Iron Lumberjack laureates were: Minitex Les LLC, Industrial and Trade Company Ugleprom LLC, Barrier 2000 LLC, Forest-Service LLC, Velikiye Luki Factory LesHozMach OJSC, IlimSIbLesTechno LLC, Waratah Forestry Attachments, Lesnye Machiny LLC, Zeppelin Russland LLC, Kalancha LLC, Avialesokhrana Federal State Institution, Podyemnye Machiny HC.

For visitors and participants of the INTERLES Exhibition the vast congress program was held consisting of: the discussion on "The use of the new Forest Code regulations in the operation of logging enterprises of the Northwest" with the participation of A.B. Gosudarev, Chairman of the Union of Lumbermen of Leningrad oblast, V.V. Abramov , Head of the Forestry Department of the North-Western Federal District, M.A. Dedov, Chairman of the Committee for Natural Resources and Nature Conservation of Leningrad oblast. In the course of the discussion many issues were touched upon. Experts explained and discussed the regulations of the new Forest Code and decentralization of the forest management, forest control and monitoring. Summarizing the results of the discussion the briefing: The forestry complex in the light of the Forest Code adoption and the resolution of the Government of the Russin Federation. Problems and ways of their solution was held. One of the raised questions was the issue on the Russian Government policy implementation concerning the round timber export decrease. The congress programm was also supplemented by round table discussions, seminars, Business Contacts Exchange.

About 3150 visitors- forestry experts from 12 regions of Russia: Northwest, Central Region, South of Russia, Volga Region, Ural, and Siberia as well as from abroad: Ukraine, Belarus Baltic countries, Germany and Finland visited the INTERLES Exhibition.

For further information, please, contact the Organising Committee of the Exhibition:
Phone/fax: +7(812) 320 9684, 320 9694
fax: +7(812) 320 8090
E-mail: interles@restec.ru
Internet: www.restec.ru/interles