ARKA News Agency
Sept 14 2005

FIFTH UNIVERSAL REGIONAL TRADE, INDUSTRIAL EXPO-FORUM “ARMENIA EXPO
2005” OPENS IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, September 14. /ARKA/. The fifth universal regional trade and
industrial expo-forum “Armenia EXPO 2005” opened today in Yerevan.
Chairman of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia
(UMBA) Arsen Ghazaryan said at the opening ceremony that this forum
testifies economic achievements of our country. “In fact, we not only
demonstrate the qualitative progress, but also the potential to
establish new companies”, he said. He reported that this is the fifth
exhibition and every time more and more companies participate in the
exhibitions. This testifies about country’s development, creation of
new resources. “Armenian has become the regional center of
coordination of business-contacts”, Ghazaryan said.
Expo-forum will last till September, 17, 2005 and includes six
parallel exhibitions – “Industrial Armenia EXPO 2005”, “Construction
EXPO 2005”, “Trans EXPO 2005”, “Food and Beverage EXPO 2005”,
“Polygraphy. Publishing. Advertisement EXPO 2005” and “Comp EXPO
2005”. The Armenian – Russian “Cooperation 2005” business meeting
will be held within this forum, with participation of businessmen
from Moscow and other regions of Russia. The Business Days of US,
China and Russia, as well as competition in the nomination “High
Quality” will be held on September 15-17, 2005.
Over 180 companies from 15 countries participate in Armenia EXPO 2005
– from Armenia, Russia, US, China, Iran, Georgia, Turkey, Syria,
Ukraine, UAE, states of Western and Eastern Europe. The space of the
expositions makes about 1,520 sq m.
Armenia EXPO 2005 has been organized by LOGOS EXPO Center with the
official support of RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, RA
Foreign Ministry and the UMBA.
LOGOS EXPO Center is the first private exhibition company in Armenia,
and it was founded in 1999. The Center organized over 45 exhibitions
since it operates. A.A. -0–