ST. PETERSBURG – The 20th Automechanika St. Petersburg, taking place March 24-26, 2015, will be organized by Messe Frankfurt’s new licensing partner, Restec Exhibition Co. As one of Russia’s biggest and leading fair and exhibition companies, Restec will draw on more than 20 years of experience, giving it extensive knowledge of the business and a widespread network.
 
Automechanika St. Petersburg is aimed primarily at visitors from Northwest Russia and the Baltic States and will be held for the first time concurrently with the Autoprom Russia, St. Petersburg Technical Fair and Blech Russia trade fairs at the new ExpoForum International Exhibition & Convention Centre.
 
Michael Johannes, brand manager Automechanika of Messe Frankfurt, stated, “I am delighted that, in Restec Exhibition Co., we have been able to find a partner with whom we can further develop Automechanika St. Petersburg, which has had a fixed place on the Automechanika calendar of events since 1997. The fact that Automechanika is now to be held in association with other events for the sector will generate new synergistic effects for both trade visitors and companies exhibiting at Automechanika St. Petersburg.”
 
Serguei Trofimov, president of RESTEC Group, added, “It is a great opportunity for us to deal with such an attractive exhibition. Automechanika St. Petersburg 2015 will be joining a bunch of strong industry events with more than 6,600 square meters net space, more than 10,000 visitors and 527 exhibiting companies from 30 world countries that will demonstrate their products, services and developments, while more than 1,000 prescheduled business meetings will take place over only three days. Autoprom Russia conference and exhibition will complement the versatile event program of spring 2015 to create a platform for new business contacts between local suppliers and global manufacturers.”