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AT FULL DRIVE	DEFECTOSCOPY 2001 Participants
The 2nd International Exhibition on Non-Destructive Testing Equipment and Devices DEFECTOSCOPY 2001 took another big step forward on September 3-6, 2001. The exhibition, held under the patronage of the Russian Society for NDT and Technical Diagnostics (RSNDTTD) in St. Petersburg historical building of Mikhailovsky Manege, displayed almost the whole range of equipment and materials presently available on the Russian market. In this big show 53 companies presented NDT products of 32 Russian and 36 foreign manufacturers of 13 countries. In comparison with 2000 there is a 20 % increase in number of exhibitors. In the opening ceremony participated the Vice-President of RSNDTTD A. Gourvitch, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economical and Industrial Politics of St. Petersburg Administration V. Barkanov, Chief Engineer of the Oktiabrskaya Railway V. Gapanovitch. The organizer Restec Exhibition Co. and NDT WORLD Review registered more than 2,000 NDT specialists (3 times more than in 2000) from 95 cities & towns of Russia, and also from Belarus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Ukraine, USA. The exhibition visitors represented all the main industries, namely aerospace, automotive, engineering, mining, oil and gas, petrochemical, power generation, steel, ship-building, supply, etc.; as well as construction; transport. Among the visitors one can see mostly top managers and leading specialists (63 %) and engineers (25 %). Many of them took a serious examination of the products on show, having worked at DEFECTOSCOPY during all four days. The great attention was given to the seminar "Industrial Application of X-ray Television Systems" and the round-table meeting "Ultrasonic Testing in XXI Century: Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers", organized by Neva-Roentgen and Nordinkraft Company.	Agat, Russia Agfa-Gevaert, Belgium Avangard, Russia Alpha-Akonis, Russia Alkor, Russia Altek, Russia Altes, Russia Belfi, Russia Eltest, Russia Echo+, Russia FOMA Bohemia, Czech Republic Galex, Russia Hank, Russia Indicator, Russia Institut Dr. Foerster, Germany ITConcepts, USA-Russia Introscop, Moldova Konstanta, Russia Krautkraemer, Germany Luch, Russia Magnet Plus, Russia Metkatom, Russia Neva-Roentgen, Russia Neftocombiservice, Russia Nordinkraft Company, Russia North-Western Technologies, Russia Olympus, Japan Optimed, Russia Polytest, Russia Pergam, Russia Radian, Russia Radioavionics, Russia RDM, Moldova RI of Bridges and NDT, Russia Rich.Seifert &Co, Germany Sherwin, USA S-Instruments, Russia Spectroflash, Russia Spectrum, Russia Starmans Systems, Russia Syntez, Russia Technics Heatvision Medicine, Russia Technological Apparatus, Russia Test, Belgium Testing. Measurement. Diagnostics, Russia Testron Group, Russia Tvema, Russia Ultratest, Russia VAST, Russia Vigor, Russia Votum, Moldova Vzljot, Russia Zond, Russia Exhibition hall in Mihailovsky Manege.
DEFECTOSCOPY 2001 was supported by the Ministry of Railways of Russian Federation. A large number of NDT specialists from 15 railways of Russia and 11 railways of Belarus, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Ukraine attended the show. In the exhibition framework there was a seminar "Technologies and Instruments for Non-Destructive Testing within World Railways" with 26 papers presented, and 236 NDT practitioners and 14 manufacturers having participated. St. Petersburg State University of Railways as an organiser; Altek, Vigor, Padioavionics, RDM, Tvema as sponsors. All the registered specialists received free an exhibition catalogue, a copy of NDT World Review, other exhibition output. DEFECTOSCOPY 2001 was headlined by 40 mass media. Fine weather, interesting voyage on board a comfortable river boat, and certainly plenty of new contacts became a basis for establishing a good exhibition atmosphere. DEFECTOSCOPY exhibitors marked the high level of the show organisation. In the opinion of exhibitors and visitors DEFECTOSCOPY 2001 was productive and should be held in September annually. Next show will be held on September 10-13, 2002. By now 20 exhibitors of DEFECTOSCOPY 2001 have already informed of their intention to come and participate in DEFECTOSCOPY 2002.
Participants' comments Balteau NDT SA For Balteau NDT SA, member of the Sonatest Group, represented in Russia, SPb, by Ultratest, O.Kozulin, it has been a priority to take part to this year exhibition. Knowing the high level of the NDT Field in this country, we can see that our range of products is well adopted to all main national parts of economy such as oil&gas and shipyard industry, for example. I have been impressed by the interest of many visitors, as well as by the beauty of the city. We are looking forward to contribute to the Russian NDT life through our Distributor, providing services and modern products with high quality standard. Michael Blech, Sales Representative Cofar Srl Thanks for the good organization of this interesting event and for bringing so many people and exhibitors all together. It has been a real pleasure to have the opportunity to meet so many people. I hope this will be the first of a successful business relationship between our company and some interesting Russian company. Looking forward to seeing you next year once again. Thanks. Silvano Succetti Kodak Ltd A good exhibition, with a wide range of products and technics on show. A chance to meet new contacts and share views. Would like to see the exhibition grow over the years. Tom Gilks, Special Products (NDT) Manager Sonatest PLC Sonatest is very pleased and happy to be associated with Ultratest and to have taken part in the Defectoscopy 2001 exhibition. Ultratest has been able to show our new range of thickness gauges and flaw detectors along with Sonatest X-ray equipment by Balteau NDT. Sonatest PLC has recently acquired Balteau NDT and Dakota Instruments of the USA, enlarging further Sonatest expertise of which Ultratest has access to. Sonatest has been very impressed with the high numbers of visitors to the Defectoscopy 2001 exhibition along with the high level of NDT knowledge and understanding of the visiting engineers. Sonatest looks forward to a long and happy relationship with our Russian colleagues. Tim Berry, Area manager Zetec Having entered the Russian market in December 2000, I am encouraged by the level of activity and progress. We are very pleased with the work of our Zetec representative Pergam and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship. I feel we are at the beginning of a long growth trend for NDT in Russia and as such Zetec is prepared to invest time and money to explore these opportunities. Zetec has for many years been the benchmark in the nuclear inspection industry and is now making inroads in aerospace, component test and the industrial segment. Zetec international sales are on the increase and we look forward to supplying our current and future Russian customers with quality products and service support. Johan Victor, International Sales Manager
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