TEKHNODREV Network
Technologies, Equipment and Tools for Woodworking and Furniture Industry
3 years work report

Main goal of the woodworking network establishing is to contribute to the process of the industry improvement and modernization, to develop interregional connections, to create an integrated forestry complex community of suppliers and consumers.

Main aim of TEKHNODREV Network is to promote state-of-the-art technologies and innovations for logging, woodworking and furniture industries in the Russian forest industry market.

The International Specialized Exhibition TEKHNODREV being annually held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the International Forestry Forum: Forestry Complex of Russia in the 21st Century has made a base of the Network Project establishing. For the 10 years of work we have advanced all the technologies of organizing a congress exhibition event which could cover a full package of complex services to promote the event's participants.

The Woodworking/TEKHNODREV Exhibition (lately named as TEKHNODREV Ural. Volga 2005) which had been successfully held in June 2005 in Perm became a pilot project of the TEKHNODREV Network Pilot Project.

Every project within the TEKHNODREV Network, being an integrated part of the all-Russian Network of Woodworking Exhibitions, covers:

• Common standards for complex advertising and PR campaigns in the leading industry and business editions.
  
• Congress program covering industry conferences, round table meetings, workshops on the forestry complex current issues.
  
• Business program covering Business Contacts Exchange, the TEKHNODREV Club and presentations.

Main Profile

• Technologies and equipment for woodworking industry
  
• Technologies and equipment for furniture production
  
• Constituent parts, tools and equipment for woodworking and furniture factories
  
• Packaging, transporting and warehouse equipment
  
• Software for woodworking and furniture factories
  
• State-of-the-art developments of the industry, engineering
  
• Investment and leasing companies, banks

The Russian Federation, possessing the 4th of the world forest reserves, shall take the leading position among world timber-processing goods suppliers. To implement this goal we should develop regional industry markets – what is covered in the Exhibition Congress program on forestry complex according to the international standards.

The leading Russian exhibition operators having combined to establish the all-Russian Network of Woodworking Exhibitions took part in creating its program. Exhibition Company RESTEC headed the Network Project.

To implement the network project we have chosen the major centers of the Russian regions which have economic background (resources, production capacity, personnel, transport connections) for successful development of forestry complex, where active investment projects are in process and leading exhibition companies operate.

1. TEKHNODREV Far East

is held in April, in Khabarovsk. The first Exhibition of the Network Project was held in 2007.

Khabarovsk Kray is a constituent unit of the Russian Federation which is situated in the Far East of Russian and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District.
Its total area amounts to 788 600 sq. km. that makes it the 3rd largest constituent unit of the Russian Federation.
The population – 1 405 000 people.
The administrative center of the Region is Khabarovsk with its population of 578 00 people.
Wood resources area (main wood spices are Dahurian larch, Ajan spruce and Mongolian oak) takes half of the territory of the Kray.

Significant potential of wood resources as well as unique geographical location - its proximity to the most actively developing forest products markets of the Asian-Pacific Region – open new possibilities for the Far East forestry complex development. The wood resources of Khabarovsk Kray amount to 43% of the total wood area and 33% of the total timber resources of the Russian federation. 43% of the total forest area and 33% of timber resources of the Russian Federation belong to the Far East. However, the Far Eastern Federal District possesses only 2% of the total production capacity on milling in the Russian Federation. The main objection set by the Government of the Russian Federation to the region is to provide conditions for environmentally friendly forest utilization, namely to build timber advanced processing mills for producing paper, wooden boards, furniture, glued constructions, etc.

The Exhibition is held with the support of the Khabarovsk Kray Ministry for Economic Development and External Relations, the Ministry for Forestry as well as the Administration of Khabarovsk.

The main objectives set by the organizers of the Exhibition Khabarovsk International Fair and RESTEC™ Exhibition Company are to secure promotion of efficient technologies, equipment and tools for woodworking sector to the regional market, to establish new and cement old international and interregional relations, to bring together manufacturers and potential customers and to encourage production of competitive high-technology products.

The priority goals for TEKHNODREV Far East are forestry, lodging and primary woodworking.

In 2006 was held the 11th International Specialized Exhibition Forest and Woodworking being participated by 139 companies of Russia.

In 2007 was held the 1st Exhibition of the Network Project TEKHNODREV. Among exhibitors there were companies and enterprises from Japan and China, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kovrov (the Vladimir Region), Maloyaroslavets (the Kaluga Region), Perm, Novokuznetsk, Ussolye Sibirskoe, Angarsk, Chelyabinsk, Twer, Bratsk, Izhevsk, Tomsk, Barnaul, Ussuriisk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Birobidzhan, Sovetskaya Gavan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

162 companies took part in the Exhibition. Total net area of the Exhibition amounted to 3 000 square meters.

Over 20 central specialized editions of 26 local and 10 regional Mass-Medias enlightened all the arrangements and work of the Exhibition.

Over 70 delegates from the Far Eastern, Siberian, Central and North-Western Federal Districts took part in the business program of the International Specialised Exhibition TEKHNODREV Far East 2007. Over 4 000 forestry complex experts from Far East and Siberia have participated the event within 4 days.

In 2008 JARTEK GROUP became an official sponsor of the TEKHNODREV Far East Exhibition, which was participated by over 80 companies from 14 Russian regions. Over 6 200 forestry complex expert from Far East and Siberia have participated the event within 4 days.

2. TEKHNODREV. Ural. Volga Region.

The exhibition is held in Perm in June. The pilot exhibition of the Technodrev network project took place in 2005. The exhibition originated in 1998.

The Perm Territory is the subject of the Russian Federation being the part of Volga Federal District.
Population – 3,268,000 people.
Total area – 193,500 square kilometres.
Regional centre – the city of Perm, population 1,260,000 people.
The Perm Territory is situated in the eastern periphery of the Russian Plain and on the western slope of the Middle and North Ural, at the joint of two parts of the world – Europe and Asia. The region is like an eastern "outpost" of Europe, the 99.8 % of which belongs to Europe and only 0.2 % belongs to Asia. The Perm Territory is one of the most developed regions of Russia. It takes the leading place in the national industrial production. It plays considerable role in the process of formation of the federal budget being the part of donor regions. Significant forest resources of the Perm Territory give the region the status of one of the leading timber and harvesting bases of Russia. The companies of pulp and paper industry produce around 20 percent of paper of the total volume of its production in Russia. The Perm Territory is one of the largest Russian exporters of newsprint paper.
Transcontinental railway tracks, motor roads and air lines crisscross the Perm Territory. The Perm Territory has water-way to Northern and Southern Europe, oil and gas pipelines crossing through it.

By the number of participants and their presentability, offered variety of exhibits, geography of visitors, the Perm exhibition "Tekhnodrev. Ural. Volga Region" is the most remarkable exhibition project in the forestry field in Central Russia.

In 2006 exhibitors represented 20 regions of Russia (including Voronezh, Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Kirov, Moscow, Nizhni Novgorod, Samara, Saint Petersburg, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk), as well as the companies from Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Ukraine. The out-of-town and foreign participants made 70 % of the total number of participants. Almost one third of exhibitors, including 8 foreign companies, participated in the Perm exhibition for the first time.
Within the framework of the exhibition "Tekhnodrev. Ural. Volga Region 2006", Perm had the field exposition arranged for the first time. Facilities, equipment and tools for preparation, transportation and primary processing of wood were represented on the forest plot. Demonstration of new technologies and equipment in real conditions of production provoked lively interest among the visitors.

In 2007 91 companies from 25 towns of Russia and companies from Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy took part in the exhibition. The portion of regular participants was 75.7 % of the total number of exhibitors. More than a half of all participating companies were immediate producers of products and equipment. The poll showed that visitors of the exhibition were largely interested in equipment for woodworking and in harvesting facilities. These were the trends widely represented by the exhibitors.

In 2008 the total net area of the exposition was around 2,000 square metres. With years the exhibition has become a significant and prestigious regional project constantly attracting more and more participants and interested visitors. For four days of work the exhibition was visited by 2,000 persons. 126 companies participated in the exhibition. The percentage of companies from the regions of Russia, as well as from the CIS and non-CIS countries, has increased as compared with the previous year.

The companies from 7 countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, Finland, Poland, the Netherlands, Russia) took part in this year exhibition. For the first time ever the exhibition represented harvesters and forwarders, services of monitoring of forest resources, including workable specimen of pilotless aircraft.

The general sponsor of the exhibition was LESPROMINDUSTRY Company. The official sponsor of the exhibition was JARTEK Company.

3. Tekhnodrev (Saint Petersburg)

The exhibition takes place in Saint Petersburg since 1997 within the framework of the International Forest Forum in early October. It is the only profile exhibition in the North-Western region of the Russian Federation.

11 subjects of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Karelia, the Republic of Komi, the Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov regions, the city of Saint Petersburg, the Nenets Autonomous District, comprise the North-Western Federal District (NWDF).

The area of the territory is 1,687 thousand square kilometres, which is 9.9 % of the country.

9.7 % of country GDP (5th place among the districts) fall on the NWDF territory. The district takes 3rd place by GRP rate per capita.

In 2007 the portion of industrial production in the structure of Gross Regional Product exceeded 34 %. In the industry-specific structure of GRP prevails processing production producing 77 % of industrial products (in Russia – 66 %). The contribution of the NWDF to the volume of production in Russia differs by types of activities: mining operations – 5.9 %, processing productions – 13.4 %, energy sector – 12.5 %.

Centre of federal district – city of Saint Petersburg
Area – 1.4 thousand square kilometres
Population (as of 01.01.2008) – 4,568,000 people
Distance to Moscow – 651 kilometres
Saint Petersburg is the second significant after Moscow industrial, scientific and cultural centre, the largest traffic centre. Moreover, this is the northernmost city in the world with population over 1 million people.

Tekhnodrev traditionally joins producers and suppliers of woodworking, drying machinery, power complexes and equipment for furniture production in the single exhibition area. Forest mechanic engineering companies, scientific centres, production associations, design and project organisations of the industry, specific mass media take part in the exhibition, as well.

The programme of exhibition events contains international specialised exhibitions such as Tekhnodrev, Transles, Derevyannoye Stroitelstvo [Wooden Construction], The Regions of Russia. Investment Potential of Lumber Industry exhibition and the IPPTF Forum.

In 2007 over 250 companies from 14 countries of the world took part in the exhibition programme, over 14,000 experts from 52 regions of Russia (North-Western, Central, Southern Russia, Volga Region, Ural, Siberia, and also from the CIS and non-CIS countries: Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States, Germany, Finland, Sweden) visited the exhibitions. The exhibition programme covered all trends of the lumber industry: woodworking industry, transport and logistics for the lumber industry, timber house building, and gave the opportunity to the participants of the industry-specific community to exchange experience, to determine ways of interaction concerning urgent problems, to establish new business contacts. Since 2007 the Tekhnodrev Exhibition contains the specialized section of Primary Woodworking demonstrating current achievements in the field of primary woodworking.

The companies from the People's Republic of China, Brazil, United Kingdom, and Romania took part in the exhibition for the first time. Today many woodworking companies of Russia consider the opportunity of opening plants to produce pellets.

2008 – The specific feature of the 12th International Specialised Exposition TEKHNODREV was the demonstration of facilities and equipment for woodworking in full. The official partner of the Tekhnodrev Exhibition was JARTEK.

For four days of work the exhibition was visited by over 14,000 experts of the lumber industry from all regions of Russia.

The total area of the exhibition exceeded 3,000 square metres

4. Tekhnodrev Siberia

The exhibition takes place in Krasnoyarsk in November and covers the Siberia Region of the Russian Federation. The first exhibition of the network project was held in 2007.

The area of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is 2339.7 thousand square kilometres, or 13.8 % of the whole area of the country. The Krasnoyarsk Territory is located in Eastern Siberia, in the Yenisei river basin.

The Krasnoyarsk Kray is one of the most "forest" regions of the Russian Federation. It has 14.5 % of forest area and 2.5 % of world reserves of forest. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory the lumber industry takes the fifth place in the structure of industrial production of the territory. The share of forest industry in the structure of industrial production of the Kray is 3.8 %.

The lumber industry holds one of the leading places in the economy of the Siberia Federal District, since Siberia contains almost 40 % of forest reserves of Russia.

The concepts and major trends of development of forest industry in the territory are developed up to 2015.

The population of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is 2,890,300 thousand people. It makes 2 % of the population of Russia. Density of population is 1.2 persons in 1 square kilometre.

The political-administrative centre of the Krasnoyarsk Kray is the city of Krasnoyarsk with population around 1,000,000 people.
The forestry industry of the Siberia Federal District contains all main sub-industries: lumbering, woodworking, paper and pulp industry, and forest chemistry.

In 2006 the Forest. Woodworking Exhibition took place. 202 companies from 26 regions of Russia, as well as companies from the CIS and non-CIS countries took part. The principal concept of development of the forest industry is mainly the emphasis on the high-level milling, which is reflected in this exposition.

2007 – Over 260 participants from 23 regions of Russia, 10 foreign delegations, a number of domestic wood companies participated in the exhibitions: TECHNODREV Siberia 2007 and Furniture Salon.

The exhibition was visited by over 2,000 experts and managers of companies; 30 agreements of intent were reported to be concluded; the number of visitors of specialised exhibitions – TEKHNODREV Siberia 2007 and Furniture Salon - exceeded 7,000 people.

Among the priorities, except for the pulp-and-paper plants in Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk and Tomsk, the building of chipboard production plants is required. The important task is to motivate structural transformations due to the fact that in current Russian conditions small and medium businesses are involved in this industry.

Over 100 companies from 5 countries of the world and 16 regions of Russia representing harvesting and timber-hauling equipment, tools, technologies and machines for primary and high-level milling, manufacture of furniture, utilisation of offal timber, took part in the TEKHNODREV Siberia exhibition. The exhibition is characterised by a large number of innovation developments.

In 2008 the exhibition will take place in November 11-14. The leading associations: Italian ACIMALL and German VDMA will participate in the exhibition together with the extensive list of participating companies.