INNOPROM Belarus expo opens in Minsk. Key highlights

More than 160 Belarusian enterprises showcase their developments and products in Belarus’ pavilion. All industrial sectors are represented here: mechanical engineering, transport, auto components, microelectronics, petrochemicals, and others. Private businesses are also widely represented. An outdoor exposition has also been set up, covering an area of more than 3,000m2. In one day visitors can see the entire industrial sector of Belarus – from a tractor to a microchip. This year’s new products include environmentally friendly transport, unmanned systems, microelectronics, medical equipment, interactive solutions, agricultural and municipal machines and vehicles.

About half of Belarus’ pavilion at the INNOPROM Belarus expo is occupied by enterprises subordinate to the Industry Ministry. Minsk Automobile Plant will showcase a range of gas-powered and electric vehicles. BelAZ will present haul trucks powered by alternative fuels as well as an interactive workstation for remotely controlling a dump truck. A new development by MTZ will be presented – the MTZ 5425 tractor. It is one of the world’s most powerful tractors with a conventional layout. The car manufacturer BELGEE will showcase the upgraded BELGEE X50+ crossover with a four-cylinder turbocharged engine rated at 174hp. BATE, Integral, Horizont, Minsk Motor Plant, BMZ, Mogilevliftmash, Gomselmash, the Belarusian Machine Tool Company, Atlant, Amkodor, Planar, Minsk Watch Plant, Bobruiskagromash, BKM Holding, and other companies will also present their products.

Apart from that, an exposition of Belarusian light industry organizations has been set up. Participants will present advanced developments in workwear, work shoes, personal protective gear and innovative fabrics for the industrial sector.

Russian participants will showcase a wide range of industrial solutions at the expo such as a robotic quality control system with machine vision, aircraft models, an end-to-end Russian PLM solution for developing complex machine-building products, and infrastructure for managing unmanned aerial systems. They will also demonstrate optical analysis and sorting technology, a tractor unit for transporting heavy and oversized cargoes, AI assistants for designers and process engineers and many other industrial developments. Close attention will be paid to cooperation with Belarus: in particular, the first Belarusian-Russian 3D printer will be presented at the expo.

In addition to Belarus and Russian regions, stands from Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan as well as those of the new participating countries Iran and Cambodia will be presented at the expo. Foreign partners will showcase their new products and hold cooperation negotiations.

An extensive business program is supposed to take place. The central event will be the key plenary session “Production and technological cooperation: complementary partnership.” Heads of government of the EAEU countries have been invited to participate in the session. The participants will discuss areas for developing Eurasian industrial partnership, integrating production chains and launching joint high-tech projects. Other sessions of the business program will focus on developing effective industrial cooperation between regions and systemic exports, the workforce potential of the industrial sector and adapting the labor market to current realities, and developing the high-tech raw materials market.

During the expo – 30 September, 1 and 2 October – a free shuttle will run every hour from the railway station to the Minsk International Exhibition Center. The shuttle will follow the route: Railway Station – Volodarskogo Street – Svobody Square – Palace of Sports – Yubileinaya Hotel – Komsomolskoye Lake – Raduzhnaya Street – Minsk Arena – Aqua Park – the Minsk international exhibition center BelExpo. The shuttle will operate from 8:00 to 22:00.

Additional routes No.912E and No.962E have also been launched. They depart from the Akademiya Nauk metro station and the Pushkinskaya metro station every 30 minutes. They will operate from 9:00 to 18:00 on 30 September and 1 October, and from 9:00 to 17:00 on 2 October. Free parking is available for visitors arriving by car.

Visitors must register in advance on the website to enter the expo. People aged over 14 can visit the expo.