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SIMEXPO 2008                           October 13 - 15, 2008                   IEC Crocus Expo
                                                                                Moscow, Russia
Scientific Instrument
Manufacturing                                                                 Pavilion 1, Hall 1


Exhibitors:                 Russian and international manufacturers
                            Suppliers of instruments and equipment
                            Small and medium enterprises in the science & technology sector
                            Suppliers of parts, components, and materials for manufacturing and
                             operation of instruments and equipment.


                     98 exhibiting companies (83 Russian companies and 15 foreign companies from
Exhibitor            9 countries - Russia, USA, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium,
structure:           Belorussia, Ukraine)

Visitors             SIMEXPO is В2В (business to business) focused and was visited exclusively by
                     professionals, including top managers and specialists from scientific
                     organizations, research institutes, companies, universities and media.
                     The show provided an excellent opportunity for effective communication of
                     manufacturers and suppliers.


Visitor structure:   1023 registered visitors from 13 countries incl. Russia, Japan, USA, Korea,
                     Switzerland, Canada, Romania, Mongolia, Belorussia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
                     Estonia, Ukraine)
                     100% of them are industry professionals.
                            Russian Academy of Sciences,
Supported by:
                            Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology
                            Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research


Exhibition area:     769 sq.m.


                        FRITSCH                                     OCEAN OPTICS
Key Exhibitors
                        JEOL                                        RVS

                        Knauer                                      Scheltec AG (Perkin Elmer)

                        MS-Analytica (Thermo Fisher                 SHIMADZU

                         Scientific)                                 VARIAN INC.

                        NETZSCH GmbH

RAS Pavilion         Collective booth of the Russian Academy of Sciences

                     Space over 100 sqm, 28 exhibitors – RAS institutes

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Presentation Forum   4 companies participated in the Presentation Forum

Award                “Scientific Instrument of the Year 2008” Award.

                     32 applications were submitted from 27 organizations for the competition.

                     11 companies were selected winners in 4 nominations.

MEDIA                       General Media Sponsor – The Chemical Journal
SPONSORS                    General Internet Sponsor – RCC Group

                            IDT Publishers
                            Automation in Industry, magazine
                            V Mire Nauki (Scientific American), magazine
                            Datchiki & Systemi (Sensors & Systems), magazine
                            Publishing House Business Time
                            Mashinostroenie, Publishers
                            InfoWord, Publishers
                            The Science of Moscow and Regions, magazine
                            Nauchtechlitizdat, Publishers
                            Publishing House “New Technologies”
                            Journal of Optical Technology
                            Radiotechnika, Publishing Enterprise
                            Technosphera, Publishers & Advertising agency
                            Nanotechnologies in Russia, magazine
                            Standartinform, Publishers
                            Chemistry and Life – XXI centry, magazine

International        Succidia AG - Lab&More
Media Sponsors
                     Lab International

Internet Sponsors    www.Expotop.ru, www.nanonewsnet.ru, www.elementy.ru

Media Coverage       The 2nd largest national TV channel RUSSIA broadcast a video footage about Simexpo
                     2008 on the opening day October, 13 in its news release featuring an interview with the
                     Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Mesyaz who opened the
                     show this year.
                     http://rian.ru/video/20081014/153167048.html
                     Subtitle below:
                     Russian innovations in the field of nanotechnologies for aerospace and defense industry
                     are some of the best in the world. Some of them were presented at the show
                     SIMEXPO-2008.
                     (76 seconds/5.29Mb, viewed by: 7206)

                     Vice President Mesyaz also gave an interview to the leading publication of the Russian
                     scientific community POISK (Quest) praising Simexpo as the platform under the
                     auspieces of the RAS. (http://www.poisknews.ru/2008/10/15/tekhnika_dela.html).
Rebooking:           274 sqm were rebooked by 23 exhibitors for Simexpo 2009
                     (including RAS pavilion of 106 sqm)

Dates of next        October 27 – 29, 2009
show                 IEC Crocus Expo, Moscow, Russia, Pavilion 6, Hall 2

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                          SIMEXPO – 2008 (www.simexpo.ru).

OPENING CEREMONY

SIMEXPO 2008 was opened on October 13, 2008 by:

Gennady Mesyaz                               Vice President of the Russian Academy of
                                             Sciences, Chairman of the Scientific Council for
                                             Scientific Instrument Manufacturing,
                                             Academician

Vladimir Rumyantsev                          Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council for
                                             Scientific Instrument Manufacturing, Dept.
                                             Head for Program Research of the RAS
                                             Presidium, Academician

Anatoly Shcherbak                            Deputy Director of the Russian Foundation for
                                             Fundamental Research

Loraine Comans-Martinek                      Vice President Europe, E.J.Krause & Associates

Sergey Zhdankin                              Managing Director E.J.Krause & Associates
                                             Russia




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PRESENTATION FORUM
October 13 – 14, 2008


NTF VOLTA, St-Petersburg   SEMITEQ, St-Petersburg
SHIMADZU, Germany          BIFO Company, Moscow




REGISTRATION




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SHOW




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“Scientific Instrument of the Year 2008” AWARD




VIP visitors, networking with exhibitors




                       Internet: www.simexpo.ru




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                                           PRESS REPORTS
                                            SIMEXPO 2008




Technique of business
Every device which will be demonstrated by different Departments of the Russian Academy of Sciences during
the exhibition “SIMEXPO - Scientific Instrument Manufacturing EXPO – 2008” (International exhibition of
instruments and equipment for scientific research) has its own, unusual, sometimes even fantastic history of
invention. In a such intriguing way Gennady Mesyaz, Vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
began his speech devoted to the exhibition: “Our institutes usually get their basic funding for fundamental
researches, though instrument manufacturing is an applied branch of science”, - explains Mesyaz, who is also
the chairman of the RAS Scientific Board for instrument manufacturing. – That is why different equipment
appears as a by-product of our research activity...”
http://www.poisknews.ru/category/english/

                                  EXHIBITOR TESTIMONIALS
                                       SIMEXPO 2008


V. Mayorov, General Director, Videoscan:
We are very satisfied with the quality of exhibitors and organization of the show.
Thanks a lot to the organizers for the efficient problem solving.

T. Kuvichkina, Scientific Secretary, Institute for Biochemistry (RAS):
We liked very much the program of the Presentation Forum. Especially, presentations
by VOLTA, BIFO, and SHIMADZU. We wish show organizers further success and
growth.

S. Aleksandrov, Dept. Head, ZAO “Scientific and Technological Instruments”:
Organization of the show this year by far exceeded last year’s result. For our company
participation at this show will become annual.




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VISITOR Statistics:


                                     VISITOR POSITION

                                    Top
                                 Managem ent                                    Technical
                                    7,9%                                        Specialists
              Middle                                                              33,5%
            Managem ent
               16,3%




                   Others
                   20,3%                                           Scientists
                                                                     22,0%




                                      VISITORS PROFILE

                                     Japan    Mongolia
                            Canada                       Switzerland

                     Romania

             Korea

        Estonia

      Uzbekistan


          USA
                                                                                              Russia

        Kazakhstan


                       Ukraine   Belorussia




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                   Interest in different sections of the show

                  Ch em ist r y                                                                              39,2%

          Nan o t ech n o lo g y                                                        27,6%

                      Bio lo g y                                                       27,2%

            Sp ace Resear ch                                                          26,1%

                       Ph ysics                                             21,5%

Exp er im en t al m ech an ics                                            19,1%

                    Med icin e                                     16,5%

             Bio t ech n o lo g y                                  16,4%

                      Eco lo g y                                 15,4%

                      Geo lo g y                                 15,3%

                In f o r m at ics                            12,9%

                 Ag r icu lt u r e                6,6%

                 Ocean o lo g y                   6,6%

                        Ot h er s                        10,7%

                                0 ,0 %   5 ,0 %   1 0 ,0 % 1 5 ,0 % 2 0 ,0 % 2 5 ,0 % 3 0 ,0 % 3 5 ,0 % 4 0 ,0 % 4 5 ,0 %




                      HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE SHOW




                                          Invitation by an
                                           exhibitor 5,5%                Other 1,5%
        Media publications
              6,2%
                                                                                                      Invitation by
                                                                                                    organizers 31,2%



       References of
    colleagues, friends
           11,5%




                                                                              Invitation by trade
                                Websites 12,0%                                 magazine 13,5%




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                        TYPE OF VISITORS COMPANY


                                              Others 3,4%
                         Dealer/Distributor
                                4,6%
                                                                           Manufacturer 22,8%
        Retailer 4,6%




Government sector
      15,0%


                                                                                   End user 22,1%



      Corporate Buyers
           18,9%
                                              Scientific research
                                                institute 20,2%




                    The aim of your visit to the show


                                     Searching for new
                                     customers 14,8%                     Maintaining
                                                                      business contacts
      Purchasing of                                                         52,4%
     equipment 26,1%




Searching for new
 suppliers 26,6%
                                                                    Others 37,6%

                               Learning new
                               developments
                                   31,0%




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          Degree of participation in decision making process



                                Other 9,8%
          Take final                                    Give approval
        decision 11,4%                                     36,6%




Don’t participate
     13,0%


                            Recommend
                              29,2%




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