International commercial vehicle auto salon COMTRANS/2013
The hugest 2013 international commercial vehicle auto salon COMTRANS took place from 10 through 14 September in IEC Crocus Expo (Pavilion 2/hall ¹6, Pavilion 3/halls ¹¹12, 13, 14 and 15).
The salon organizers: NP OAR (Association of Russian automakers) and MEDIA GLOBE (the hugest independent Russian exhibition operator – an organizer of the leading exhibitions in the commercial vehicle and construction equipment industry).
On the 9th day of September, within the official press-day there were three awards ceremonies in the commercial vehicle industry:
- Best commercial vehicle of the Year in Russia
- Truck of the Year
- Van of the Year
The winners of the annual competition Best commercial vehicle of the Year in Russia of 2013 were:
- VOLVO FH – Best truck of the Year in Russia
- GAZel NEXT – Best van of the Year in Russia
- GolAZ-5251 – Best bus of the Year in Russia
- Ford-Sollers – Special award / Success in market development
- Tatra Phoenix – Prospect of the Year
Awards ceremony official partner: Mobil Delvac
The winners of the European competition:
- VOLVO FH – Truck of the Year
- FORD Transit Connect – Van of the Year
On the 10th day of September at 12:00 in the hall of the Pavilion 3 of the IEC Crocus Expo there was an official opening ceremony of the commercial vehicle auto salon in which the following chief executives of the leading ministries and institutions, representatives of the relevant associations and unions took part:
- Kogogin Sergey Anatolievich – Chairman of the NP OAR board, General director of OJSC KAMAZ;
- Rakhmanov Aleksey Lvovich – Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation industry and trade Ministry;
- Frank Shauff – General director of Association of European business in Russia;
- Kogogina Alfia Gumarovna – RF State Duma deputy, Chairman of Expert Council of the Industrial policy and innovative development of auto industry and special equipment committee;
- Minninkhanov Rustam Nurgalievich – President of the Tatarstan Republic.
Within the salon the following major world-known companies demonstrated their achievements: DAF, MAN, VOLVO, SCANIA, MERSEDES-BENZ, RENAULT TRUCKS, IVECO, FORD, ISUZY, PEUGEOT, SITROEN, VOLKSWAGEN, HYUNDAI, HINO, FIAT, NISSAN, RENAULT in Russia (Avtoframos), FUSO, SCHMITZ, KROHNE, ROLFO, GRUNWALD, KASSBOHRER, MEILLER, KOGEL, NOVTRAK, MAZ.
The native industry was presented by KAMAZ, GAZ Group, NEFAZ, VOLZHANIN, TONAR, Chayka-NN, Kominvest-AKMT, etc.
The speakers were:
- Nikolay Asaul – Deputy Minister of the RF Transport Ministry;
- Jörg Mommertz – General director MAN&BUS RUS;
- Andrey Sokolov – Deputy General director Mosgortrans;
- Albert Yagudin – General director of Mitsubishi-Fuso Truck&Bus Russia
The exhibition organizer – Media Globe – Hannover Expo express gratitude to their partners for support in arranging and holding the International vehicle auto salon COMTRANS/13.
We are waiting for you at COMTRANS/15 that takes place on 15-19 September, 2015 in IEC Crocus Expo.
Exhibition: COMMERCIAL AUTOTRANSPORT 2013