Russian Automotive Forum

The premier international gathering for the Russian automotive industry

19 - 20 March 2019

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Now in its 22nd year, the Russian Automotive Forum is the meeting place for the automotive industry in Russia, attracting in the region of 300 senior level participants each year.

This high profile gathering brings together top executives from the leading
international and Russian OEMs, component suppliers, government officials and industry experts, providing an outstanding opportunity to network with all of your clients and future business partners within the space of three days.

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Uludag Automotive Industry Exporters’ Association (OIB)

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Turkish Exporters Association

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Turkish Exporters Assembly

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Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade

Pens & Pads Sponsor

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LLC “Coskunoz Alabuga”

Associate Sponsors

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Dassault Systèmes

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Lukoil Lubricants

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SIKA AUTOMOTIVE

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LLC "CONSTRUCTOR RUS"

Relaxation zone Sponsor

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Supporting Organizations

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National Association of Automotive and Passanger Transportation Companies (NAPTA)

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NAPI (NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION AGENCY)

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CAI SR (Cluster of Automotive Industry of Samara Region)

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Trade Delegation of Russian Federation in the UK

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Media Partners

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The Uludag Automotive Industry Exporters' Association (OIB) was formed in 1991 under the title of Uludag Vehicle and Auxiliary Industry Exporters' Association (UTAYSIB) with 246 members and exports of $163 million under the umbrella of the Uludag Exporters' Association. As of 2019, OIB has 5.400 active memberships and it is the sole export representative of the automotive industry, the locomotive of the country's total exports. All exporting main and supplier industry companies in the automotive sector in Turkey are members of OIB, which is a union of coordination for automotive sector exporters. Continuously active for 28 consecutive years and with an exports level of 31,6 billion dollars by the end of 2018, OIB's share in the total exports of UIB is 87% and as such, it continues to be a determined leader in exports, a status it has maintained for many years. As the export champion of the last thirteen years and Turkey's largest export sector, the automotive industry is in second place in commercial vehicle manufacture in Europe.

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LLC “Coşkunöz Alabuga” is the first company established outside Turkey by Coşkunöz Holding in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation for manufacture of steel pressed sheet parts for the automotive sector. LLC “Coşkunöz Alabuga”, which started production in the second half of 2014, was declared the winner in the nomination "Investment Project of the Year - 2013" at the Russian Automobile Forum.

Automotive manufacturers such as Ford Sollers, KAMAZ, Mercedes-Benz and PCMA Rus are some of the main customers of LLC “Coşkunöz Alabuga” which is located in SEZ (Special Economic Zone) Alabuga, one of the largest economic zones in the world.

The company, which has a production capacity to process 50 thousand tons of sheet a year in about 60 thousand square meter facility with a 20 thousand square meter indoor area, manufactures vehicle body parts. Apart from this LLC “Coşkunöz Alabuga” also exports pressed sheet parts to Ford Romania factory.

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Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its world leading solutions transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported.

3DEXPERIENCE® platform solutions unify and standardize quality management, enable lean manufacturing, and enhance global/local execution. They deliver accurate and timely details with the granularity and context required to empower better, faster decisions and ensure that performance targets are achieved.

Dassault Systèmes’ collaborative solutions foster social innovation, expanding possibilities for the virtual world to improve the real world. The group brings value to over 190,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries.

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LUKOIL is the leader of the Russian lubricants market. The Company controls the production of more than 40% of all lubricants in Russia. LUKOIL sells its oils in more than 100 countries, and its production involves 8 own plants, 2 manufacturing facilities of its joint ventures and 24 third-party plants, located on 5 continents.

A wide range of high-tech LUKOIL lubricants and greases is approved by the world's leading automotive and equipment manufacturers, including MAN, Porsche, Cummins, Renault, Mercedes, Danieli, Voith, BMW, ABB.

LUKOIL has achieved great success as a supplier of first fill and service fill oils for car manufacturers. The largest domestic and foreign producers in Russia, such as Volkswagen, Ford, Renault, MAN, GAZ and many others, choose LUKOIL lubricants for the first fill.

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DLA Piper is a global company with offices in more than 40 countries throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

In Russia we operate through the offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg; our practice is unique due to its comprehensive approach: we deliver legal solutions for business coupled with a deep regulatory analysis and tax planning.

Our automotive experience embraces all the legal and regulatory issues that may arise during the production and development. We advise on any corporate, tax, foreign trade and IP matters ranging from strategic planning and investment agreements to assistance with subsidizing, licensees and customs administration (customs value, goods' classification and customs inspections), registration of trademarks, patents, commercial disputes and disputes with the federal executive authorities.

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PwC provides industry-focused assurance and advisory services, as well as tax and legal services for public and private clients.

As a member firm in PwC’s global network, PwC Russia abides by its quality standards, business rules and brand-building guidelines. PwC helps companies in more than 10 industries develop their business both in Russia and abroad. Over 3,000 companies in Russia are clients of PwC, more than 290 of which are in the Expert 600 rating.

Drawing upon our vast experience in the market, PwC Russia’s Automotive practice provides a full set of services for businesses. PwC Advisory offers a full range of comprehensive services, as do PwC’s Tax practice and PwC Legal.

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K&K was established in 1991 as a joint Soviet-German enterprise. K&K is the largest producer of light-alloy wheels in Russia with low-pressure casting technology to date. K&K manufactures light-alloy wheels from 12 to 20 inches over the full technological cycle. Products are represented by our own brands: K&K, Rapid, Replica, iFree. Sales are made through a well-developed distribution network in Russia, the CIS countries and the EU.

K&K manufactures custom-made wheels for X'trike, KESKIN, VIPER, delivers wheels to the assembly lines of the world's leading automakers (AVTOVAZ - RENAULT - NISSAN alliance, GM - AVTOVAZ, UAZ), and also produces wheels for Arctic Trucks, the local off-road vehicle brand, for Russian executive class vehicles AURUS, for ATVs of the Russian STELS brand.

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SKAD is one of the leading Russian manufacturers of aluminum alloy wheels for passenger cars. The plant was founded in 2002 in the city of Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region. SKAD has a full technological cycle of production: from the preparation of liquid melt to painting, packaging and shipment of finished products to consumers. SKAD offers consumers a product line of cast alloy wheels under the brand SKAD and a replica brand KL.

The product range includes over 100 design options. SKAD supplies wheels to leading automotive manufacturers such as VW, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Peugeot. One of the new promising areas of development is special projects with Alcar companies (brands AEZ, DOTZ, DEZENT, ENZO) and Momo Italy.

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item Industrietechnik GmbH is a leading specialist in lean production applications and work benches. As supplier of aluminum profiles to the Automotive Industry item has nearly 40 years of experience in developing and distributing single components as well as complex solutions – a single system offers endless solutions. This way customers can flexibly and cost-effectively build up their equipment for any production requirement and provide their employees with ergonomic work stations to increase productivity and decrease the rate of sick leave. Item is headquartered in Solingen, Germany, but operates worldwide and provides local support to its customers.

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Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the world and manufactures in over 200 factories.
Its more than 19,500 employees generated annual sales of CHF 7.09 billion in 2018.

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KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 153 countries and have 207,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

KPMG has been working in Russia and the CIS for more than twenty-eight years and now has 24 offices, employing together more than 5,500 people.

Since 2009, KPMG has been rated the No. 1 Audit firm in Russia*.

Our purpose and aspiration is to turn knowledge into value for the benefit of our clients, our people, and the world’s capital markets.

* RAEX (Expert Rating Agency), Largest Audit Groups by Audit Revenue in 2009 – 2017

The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

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Stena Line is one of the largest ferry companies in the world, operating 38 vessels on 20 different routes. The company has over 30 terminals, most of which are owned or operated by Stena Line. It has a significant market share in the cargo shipment-and passenger carriage sectors. In 2017, 2.1 million freight units were shipped over the main areas of Russia’s international economic activity.

The Stena company was founded in 1939, and today it is an international group of companies that operate all around the world. Its areas of focus are ferry routes, shipping, offshore drilling, private property management, investments, and finances, as well as recycling, ecological services and sales.

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The “FAM-Robotics” was founded in 2010. It is engaged in automation of production processes and optimization of in-plant logistics with application of industrial robots, Lean production systems and Kaizen solutions, and officially represents well-known manufacturers: Kawasaki Robotics, Toshiba Machine, Shibaura and Universal Robots, SUS Corporation in the Russian Federation and CIS countries.

Basing on a customer’s technical specification, specialists of “FAM-Robotics” will prepare design documentation, assemble equipment and auxiliary facilities, execute connection, provide warranty and post-warranty service. Besides industrial robots, karakuri, gravity racks, trolleys, assembly tables, modular constructions and original spare parts, the Company offers software, vacuum and optional equipment, positioning devices.

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Company “IREQ” was founded in 2011. It produces smart solutions for industrial logistics "turnkey" and material flow/storing from individual project development to producing and installation of collapsible structures, gravity racks, trolleys, assembly tables.

A wide range of components allows you to perform tasks of varying complexity and create any kind of products, including non-standard.

The developed technology of production of tubular systems, fixtures and fittings combines the reliability of both pipes and connectors.

All products are highly resistant to humidity and other negative environmental influences. The quality of components has been repeatedly confirmed by successful testing.

Versatility and interchangeability with components from other manufacturers is another important advantage of IREQ’s products.

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LLC "CONSTRUCTOR RUS" is a part of Gonvarri Material Handling (Constructor, Kasten and Dexion), a leading European provider of storage solutions for various industries, warehouses, logistics centers, archives, offices, museums, libraries and others. Equipment produced by Constructor has been successfully used in Russia since 1993. In 2008 the company invested in the construction of a factory in Kirovsk. As soon as production in Russia was opened, "CONSTRUCTOR RUS" started offering European quality racking equipment at a competitive price, ranging from very simple storage solutions to fully automated storage systems. In addition, the company provides a full range of services, including consulting, planning and maintenance, regardless of whether it is warehouse equipment or shelving storage solutions in retail industry, manufacturing or automotive industry.

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The YAMAGUCHI company is the largest supplier of massage equipment for professional and consumer use. Due to the wide product portfolio, the high-quality materials, the effective chain of the distribution channels, the shortest delivery time service, the participation in the different fairs and shows and the high standards of customer service the YAMAGUCHI company today is a leader of professional massage equipment market in Russia since 2008.

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Live data and actual information on the situation in the automotive market, your competitors, your customers, as well as position of your company among others are essential for your daily decision-making processes. This information enables you to define your development strategy and decide how to push up sales and provide solid growth of your business.

AUTOSTAT analytic agency has been assisting top managers and key specialists of over 2,000 companies in Russia and abroad in these processes for more than 15 years. We are the leading analytic agency in the Russian automotive business statistics and analytics and provide complete and actual information on it.

We are competent in preparation of live data on vehicle production, automotive market, parc, import and export. The agency carries out surveys of car owners and automotive business experts, prepares marketing reports on different segments of the Russian automotive market, organizes conferences and training seminars. Our specialists are experts at automotive forums and mass-media.

Today we have in-depth information on the markets of all vehicle types. These databases enabled us to develop global system for analyzing, forecasting and evaluation of major parameters of regional automotive and automotive component markets.

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The National Industrial Information Agency is a developer of geoinformation systems for spatial data analysis. Twenty-year experience in analyzing industrial markets allows us to offer customers unique geoinformation solutions that can be used in various fields.

Our approach to the development of geoinformation products is competent solutions and accurate data. Features of our products:

full coverage of the entire territory of Russia
unified data structure for all detail levels
unified classifier of object designations corresponding to the all-Russian standard
the most detailed databases
monthly data update

Used geographic databases are based on the digital topographic maps of appropriate scale obtained from the copyright holder. NAPI is licensed to use maps within the contract term.

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The Industrial cluster - set of industrial stakeholders in the field of industry, linked in this area due to the proximity, functional dependence, and located in the territory of the Russian Federation or in the territory of several subjects of the Russian Federation.

The purpose of industrial cluster creation – creation of community of industrial stakeholders, linked together due to the proximity, functional dependence and located in the territory of the Russian Federation or in the territory of several subjects of the Russian Federation, producing industrial products.

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The Trade Delegation of the Russian Federation in the United Kingdom as a governmental body is acting on the basis of the bilateral intergovernmental agreement and representing economic interests of Russia in this country.

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Finam Holdings is a financial services company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It is the parent company of Finam Investment Company. In April 2017 it was the third largest brokerage firm in Russia, and ranks second among providers of individual investment accounts in the country.

Finam’s subsidiaries operate on all major stock, bond, options and futures exchanges, and offer trading on Forex and CFDs. Additionally, Finam runs a number of mutual funds and offers trust management services for assets, pension fund accruals and reserves.

Finam’s subsidiaries also include CJSC Finam, Asset Management Company Finam Management, Investment Fund Finam Global, WhoTrades Ltd., Finam Bank, Finam Training Center and Finam FM radio station. Finam pursues an active direct investment policy focusing on acquisition of high-tech projects.

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Cornerstone was founded in 1993 and now it is one of the leaders of the Russian consulting services market in the area of human resources management.

Our mission is to find the best specialists, help them to reveal their career potential to the greatest extent, and thereby substantially increase the efficiency and value of our clients’ businesses.

Cornerstone clients are world renowned largest Russian and international companies which are leading the market in their own segments.

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Acuris is a media company specialising in high-value content for financial professionals.

Acuris is a media company that provides specialist news, research, analysis and data on financial markets. It is owned by BC Partners, a private equity group. Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited has a minority stake.

The company has 1,300 staff, including 600 journalists and analysts, in 67 locations around the world, with headquarters in London, New York and Hong Kong.

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M&A intelligence, data and research.

In M&A, information is the most valuable currency. Mergermarket reports on deals 6-24 months before they become public knowledge, giving our subscribers a powerful competitive advantage. With the largest network of dedicated M&A journalists and analysts, Mergermarket offers the most comprehensive M&A intelligence service available today. Our reporters are based in 67 locations across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

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