Post Show Report Mir Stekla 2024

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25th Anniversary International Exhibition for Glass Products, Manufacturing, Processing and Finishing Technology

Mir Stekla 2024 is one of the largest Russian trade shows demonstrating glass products and equipment for their production.

The exhibition has maintained its position as the largest glass industry event in Russia for a quarter of a century. This year it once again was held simultaneously with the RosBuild 2024 International Exhibition for Building and Finishing Materials and Technologies within Russian Construction Week 2024.

Mir Stekla 2024 has shown remarkable growth in terms of space, number of exhibitors and number of visitors.

Maxim Fateev, Acting Director General at EXPOCENTRE AO:

“The exhibitions held within Russian Construction Week 2024 have international status. In addition to Russia, RosBuild welcomes companies from China, Turkiye, Belarus and Iran, which are our main partners in the industry. Mir Stekla have foreign exhibitors from 10 countries, including not only the previously listed partners, but also representatives of EU members. These companies continue to work and strengthen their positions in the Russian market, considering it very promising.”

The format of Russian Construction Week with simultaneous major trade shows held on one platform allowed to attract more professional visitors and generate more new business contacts between manufacturers, suppliers and consumers of products of related industries.

Dates: 27 February – 1 March 2024

Venue: EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia

Organised by EXPOCENTRE AO

Supported by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Glass Union, the Russian Union of Designers, the National Association of Manufacturers of Building Materials, Products and Structures

Under auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Floor space: 8,500 sq m

Attendance: 7,775 professional visitors from 27 countries

Exhibitors: 201 companies

Countries: 10 (Belarus, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Turkiye)  

Foreign exhibitors: Bottero, Best Makina, Skill Glass, Land Glass, Windo, Car-Met, Changshu Jianhua Mould Technology Co. Ltd., Fermac srl, Horn Glass Industries AG, Iris Inspection Machines, North Glass, Shamvik Glasstech Pvt. Ltd., Techart Makina Ve Kalip San. Tic. A.S., Yuntong Glass Mech-Electro Technology Co., Ltd, Refmon ZRT, Shanghai Pony Technology, Zibo Intco Import & Export, etc.

Russian exhibitors: Aist, Gus Crystal, Evis, Plant of Microelectronic Technologies, Volzhsky Abrasive Works, Borovichi Refractories Plant, Podolsk Refractories, Red Echo, Opytny Stekolny Zavod, Style-ST, Stromizmeritel, Steklostandart, Steklopack, Sukholozhsky Refractory Plant, Belogorye Glass Design, Rusceramica, Shvabe, etc.

Newcomers: Frameless, PRO Management Company, FIMTEC, Smart Glass Company, ZM Tools, Krastsvetmet, CNC Volga

Foreign national pavilion: China (90+ companies)

Russian regional pavilions: Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod oblasts

Types of products on display:  equipment and technology for float glass production, glass containers, tools and materials, innovations, research and development, medical, interior and automotive glass, as well as art and decorative glass products, software for glass manufacturers and processors, architects, designers and contractors, R&Ds of research institutes and educational centres.

Show highlights

Vladimir oblast presented the Steklograd cluster of 16 manufacturing companies. The stand demonstrated the entire product line of local industry manufacturers from small glassware for everyday use to artistic products of Gus glass makers. There were also auxiliary equipment for glass production and glass moulding machines.

The group stand of Nizhny Novgorod oblast featured Balakhninsky Glass (production and decoration of glass bottles), Rusbutyral (film production), TS-COM (glass processing and tempering), and MVM (mirror and glass manufacturing and processing). Regional companies were supported by the Nizhny Novgorod Export Support Center within the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship National Project.

The extensive showcase of Mir Stekla 2024 presented the main trends in glazing. The first one was panoramic glazing, which is clearly visible in architecture. The second trend is safety glazing, which logically continues the previous one as the larger the area of glazing, the higher the risks of its destruction and the stricter the safety requirements. The third trend is glass panels for wall coverage, stair treads and railings, canopies, all-glass partitions, and the use of glass in furniture. This trend is not new, but it is clearly gaining momentum. The fourth trend is glass decoration including equipment for glass artwork and materials for glass colouring.

Mir Stekla 2024 offered technological tours around the showcase of leading Chinese manufacturers. The tours were conducted by Glass Institute experts Stanislav Chesnokov and Svetlana Zavarina. They told about the specialisation of Chinese manufacturers, features and advantages of the showcased products, and helped to establish contacts.

The Chinese exhibitors included leading equipment and component manufacturers such as Foshan Shunde Zhengyi Glass Machinery Co., Ltd., Fujian Baineng CNC Equipment Co., Ltd., Green Vine Machinery, Hi-tech Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd., and Qinhuangdao Green Star Mirror Co., Ltd., who demonstrated deep glass processing equipment and glass machine solutions, laser engraving machines, automatic and intelligent glass machines, glass window and door hardware, mirrors, glass, and much more.

Conference programme

The conference programme of Mir Stekla 2024 opened with the Russian Glass Forum. The event was organised by the Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House and EXPOCENTRE AO. 

The forum participants discussed the demands of domestic and foreign markets, the role of state regulation in supporting the glass industry, the staff composition of the industry, the use of new technologies in production from AI to 5G, and much more.

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The 6th Forum on Translucent Structures. Windows, Facades, Doors. Interior Solutions 2024 was held as part of Russian Construction Week 2024 and Mir Stekla 2024. It was organised by the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (the Committee on Entrepreneurship in the Construction Sector of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry), the Russian Union of Designers, the National Association of Construction Industry Participants (NOSI), ERZ.RF, and EXPOCENTRE AO.

The forum was moderated by Viktor Novoselov, President at the Russian Union of Designers, and Aleskandr Loshchenko, President at the National Association of Construction Industry Participants, President at the Union of Construction Industry Enterprises.

The participating experts discussed the regulations and technical base of the industry and proposed to develop technical regulations on the safety of construction materials to prevent counterfeit and falsified products from entering the market as they threaten safety in the construction of buildings and structures. The speakers dwelt in detail on issues related to translucent structures in architecture such as recycling, lighting, fire safety, and much more.

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One of the key events of Russian Construction Week 2024 was the 9th Russian Meeting on the Development of Housing Construction in the Russian Federation, held as part of the Building the Future of Russia Together Forum. Its participants were representatives of government and business.

The meeting was moderated by Leonid Kazinets, President at the National Association of Home Builders, Member of the Board Bureau, Chair at the Commission on Housing Policy of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and Honoured Builder of the Russian Federation.

Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia:

“Despite numerous external challenges, last year turned out to be the most successful in the history of the Russian construction industry in many respects. We have commissioned more than 110 million square metres of housing, improved the living conditions of more than 4 million families. We still have to create new quality infrastructure for our people to live, rest and work. Together we can improve the lives of the people and increase the contribution of the construction industry and the housing and utilities sector to the development of this country, but to achieve these goals we need everyone to be involved. Events such as Russian Construction Week are one of the ways to share experience and encourage a professional dialogue.”

The participants pointed out that the construction industry was one of the key sectors and a driver in the development of this country's economy. They paid much attention to support measures aimed at increasing construction rates, and also discussed another important topic for the participants which is the rehousing of people who live in dilapidated properties. Most of the industry representatives are involved in this today.

The meeting was attended by Efim Basin, Chair at the Committee on Entrepreneurship in the Construction Sector of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Honoured Builder of Russia, and Hero of Socialist Labour, Maria Sinichich, Director at the Department of Integrated Territorial Development of the Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities, Alexey Butovetsky, State Secretary – Deputy Head of Rosreestr,  Elena Nikolaeva, Chair at the Commission on Urban Planning, State Property and Land Use of the Moscow City Duma, President at NAMIKS, Alexey Panichev, Development Director at PIK, Evgeny Mordovin, General Director at UGMK-Zastroyshchik, Alexander Chaikovsky, General Director at LSR. Real Estate – M (LSR Group), Alexander Gaidukov, President at Strana Development Group, Svetlana Perminova, General Director at Unicorn (TM Ujin), Anton Glushkov, President at NOSTROY, and Maxim Fateev, Acting Director General at EXPOCENTRE AO.

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The first Russian offline show battle of new buildings between the finalists of the main nomination of TOP Residential Complex 2024 took place on February 27. Each finalist offered a show-presentation of a residential complex using artistic techniques, light, sound and music effects with modern animation.

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An award ceremony of the Top Residential Complex Contest 2024 was held as part of the plenary session. This year, 1.4 thousand nominated residential complexes took part in the Top Residential Complex Contest.

The events of Russian Construction Week and Mir Stekla also covered the topics of counterfeiting of construction materials and products, environmental requirements for real estate (watch the broadcast), an independent view of glazing quality assessment (watch the broadcast), and the main problems of the industry of dismantling and recycling of buildings and structures. Experts shared their opinions on common problems and solutions in glass production and different developments for the glass industry.

One more important event of Russian Construction Week 2024 was the 7th Conference on Low House Russia 2024. It was organised by the Russian Union of Designers, the National Association of Construction Industry Participants (NOSI), and EXPOCENTRE AO.

The conference agenda included discussion of various aspects of low-rise construction such as architecture, construction technologies, issues of common property management of low-rise residential complexes, and much more.

Its participants were Viktor Novoselov, President at the Russian Union of Designers,  Aleskandr Loshchenko, President at the National Association of Construction Industry Participants, President at the Union of Construction Industry Enterprises, Efim Basin, Chair at the Committee on Entrepreneurship in the Construction Sector of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Elena Nikolaeva, Chair at the Commission on Urban Planning, State Property and Land Use of the Moscow City Duma, President at NAMIKS, and others.

The attention of the audience was drawn to the events of the Development School, ERZ.RF and EXPOCENTRE AO, where they spoke about facade solutions and facade lighting (watch the broadcast), facade solutions in apartment buildings (watch the broadcast), apartment terraces on the ground floors, mansards, view terraces and simple balconies. Top managers and architects spoke about managing the consumer loyalty index (watch the broadcast), public spaces of apartment buildings outside the entrance groups.  

The Session on Entrances and Entrance Groups: 10 Rules of a Modern Residential Complex in 2024 was organised by EXPOCENTRE AO, ERZ.RF and the Development School. The speakers shared their experience in finishing and decorating entrances and entrance groups of residential complexes, and gave a number of practical tips, illustrating them with their own practical experience.

The experts also discussed lighting and navigation in the entrances and entrance groups of residential complexes, touched upon the topic of public spaces in the entrance groups of apartment buildings, such as the lobby, mailbox area, etc., and also spoke about the special infrastructure designed for pet owners.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the 26th edition of the International Exhibition for   Glass Products, Manufacturing, Processing and Finishing Technology – Mir Stekla 2025 – held as part of Russian Construction Week 2025 at EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds from 11 to 14 March 2025.