The article outlines XIII International Specialised Exhibition Interlakokraska 2009 arranged by Maxima CJSC in the Expocentre Central Exhibition Complex, Moscow, Russia, from 10 to 13 March.
The exhibition, having an area of 10,700 m2, displayed products of 325 manufacturers and over 270 trading companies from 23 countries, including Belgium, UK, Poland, Germany, Israel, India, Iran, Spain, Italy, China, Latvia, Netherlands, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Russia, Slovenia, USA, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, France, Czech Republic, and Switzerland. Among participants were such domestic and foreign market leaders as Pigment JSC (Tambov, Russia), Zagorsk Paints and Coatings Plant CJSC (Sergijev Posad, Moscow Region, Russia), Scientific Research Institute of Paint Coatings (Hotkovo, Moscow Region, Russia) with Pilot Machine Building Plant Victoria, Zavod Kraski KVIL Ltd (Belgorod, Russia), Akzo Nobel, PPG, DuPont, BASF, Bayer, Rohm & Haas, Tikkurila, and Netzch.
A wide range of paints and coatings were presented — oil, acrylic, water-based, and alkyd products; powder materials and coatings, various raw materials, pigments, solvents, fillers, film-forming agents, stabilisers, additives; equipment for paints and coatings manufacturing and application; packaging as well as advanced technologies and innovations.