16th International specialized exhibition PRIMUS: WOODPROCESSING and 8th International specialized exhibition PRIMUS: FURNITURE INDUSTRY will take place from 23rd to 27th of September 2008 in the International Exhibition Center (Brovarskoy Prospekt, 15) in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of the ALL-UKRAINIAN FORUM OF WOOD-WORKERS AND FURNITURE-MAKERS 2008. The exhibitions will feature machines, equipment, technologies and tools for forestry and woodworking, as well as materials, accessories and parts for furniture production. At the Specialized exposition UkrWoodIndustry visitors will find all to do with tree— and wood-cutting equipment, forestry, regeneration and protection of forests and much more. Business program will feature topic-based seminars, “round tables” and industry conferences on topics such as forestry and forest resources, optimization of related laws in light of entry of Ukraine into the WTO. On 24th September 2008 the 3rd International Congress of operators of the wood-processing market WOODWORKING TECHNOLOGIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY. Co-organizer of the congress is the University of Applied Sciences (Rosenheim, Germany).

Around 350 companies will be on an area of 17000 m2 in 2 pavilions of the IEC and outdoors. Visitors will be able to study products from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, India, Spain, Italy, China, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Poland, Russia, Rumania, Slovenia, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Estonia. National expositions will be shown by Italy and Turkey. Exhibitions of the Forum are unique in Ukraine. Only here will visitors be able to see the entire cycle of wood processing, beginning from growth, to harvest and processing of wood, and finishing with ready products, such as furniture. The Forum effectively facilitates the development of forestry, wood processing and furniture industries in Ukraine, and the provision of modern equipment, tools, machines and methods for Ukrainian companies.

Organizer of the Forum is the international exhibition corporation Primus Exhibitions Group. General Sponsor is company “STANKODNEPR” (Ukraine), and a Sponsor is concern “WEINIG GRUPPE” (Germany). Official support for the Forum is given by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, the State Committee of Forestry of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and the European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers “EUMABOIS”.

Autumn meeting of wood processing and furniture industries, which takes place once every two years, is acknowledged to be the most representative gathering of specialists in Ukraine and CIS-countries. This gathering, combined with a very intensive business program, is very effective for both participants and visitors, and facilitates the introduction of modern progressive technologies into the commercial forestry of Ukraine. The exhibitions create great conditions for mutual development of cooperation between domestic and foreign enterprises, exchange of latest scientific developments and investment projects. There are many large enterprises working in all regions of Ukraine that have been strengthened by equipment acquired at these exhibitions.

For 15 years exhibitions organized by Primus Exhibitions Group reflected the dynamics and tendencies of development of woodworking industries as whole, they supported healthy competition and market development – and they still do. Each new event means new contacts, new opportunities, exchange of experience, introduction of latest developments, and general progress. So there is every reason to believe that the ALL-UKRAINIAN FORUM OF WOOD-WORKERS AND FURNITURE-MAKERS 2008 will once again be the event where the best technical offers meet with qualified demand.

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