July 15, 2014. According to preliminary estimates, the total worth of deals signed at the international industrial exhibition Innoprom 2014 came to 50bn RUR, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. The Governor said that this figure was comparable with last year's one. 'This year, slightly over 50 contracts were captured, including 19 large-scale ones. According to the preliminary data we have, we are talking about 50bn RUR. It is possible, however, that the final figure will be either smaller or larger after all. We are interested

July 15, 2014. A new pavilion will be completed at Yekaterinburg EXPO Exhibition Center next year, in time for the Innoprom 2015 Exhibition. A new venue became necessary after the exhibition got a new partner: some 100 Chinese companies announced they were willing to display their developments at the fair, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. 'There was a group of 150 Chinese delegates at this year's exhibition, most of them were actually business people,' Kuivashev said. According to the Governor, the idea of putting up a

July 15, 2014. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), one of the world's leading OCTG producers, and LUKoil signed a program on scientific and technical cooperation in 2014-2016, TMK's press service reports. The program's primary aim is to ensure production of import-replacing and new kinds of piping products with enhanced technical and economic features that will meet the oil and gas industry's needs. According to this program, LUKoil will provide organizational and advisory support for all the R&D projects and will single out the most important scientific and technical

July 15, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific and Production Corporation presented a life-size sample of its upgraded T-72 tank and other military developments at MILEX 2014 Exhibition in Minsk. According to the corporation's press service, on the first day of the exhibition the Russian holding's stand was visited by Byelorussia's Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovitch. 'The official paid the greatest attention to a life-size sample of our upgraded T-72 tank. The corporation's special representative for military and technical cooperation Alexei Maslov told the Prime Minister

July 15, 2014. Yekaterinburg has grown into one of Russia's top cities in terms of high-rise construction over the last two decades: such was the conclusion made by participants of a discussion forum on high-rise construction in Russia as the driver of industrial growth outside capital cities; the forum took place within the framework of the 5th international exhibition Innoprom in Yekaterinburg. 'I think the fact that this topic is now under discussion in Yekaterinburg is no coincidence. Yekaterinburg is currently one of Russia's tallest cities. Moreover, it is one of the