The purpose of my stay at the exhibition is to get acquainted with the exhibition itself, as well as to communicate with representatives of companies that are also participating. We cooperate with Kazakhstani companies, build a business based on our activities — in-line diagnostics of the market.

The goal is to learn about new equipment, plants. We have already managed to exchange contacts, see who we will cooperate with in the future. Our company is engaged in drilling, major underground repair of wells. We are from Aktau, Mangistau region. We have been on the market for over 20 years, we have a very large company. All the giants of the oil industry are here and offer new equipment and new technologies. It is important to be informed.

I came to research the market, to see new niches, so to say, market ones. We are manufacturers of batteries for all kinds of applications, uninterruptible power supply systems for oil and gas. For example, compressor stations, energy, telecommunications, that’s why we came here. We want to establish connections, and of course, to see if it makes sense for us to exhibit next year, take a stand, and so on. The oil and gas industry is very interesting to me, in particular, the Kazakhstan market is very interesting.

I came from Almaty. I represent an Italian company producing fans for industrial facilities and for residential premises. We are looking for partners, we are looking for potential customers. In principle, in a couple of hours of being on the site, I have already found the necessary and useful contacts.

The main purpose of the visit is to see what manufacturers are on the market in the field of lighting, which of our potential customers are visiting this exhibition. I would also like to establish networking, ties, connect with all the right people. I would like to hear from potential customers, what wishes and comments they might have on our equipment and what they would say. I visit the exhibition every year, the organization is very good this year, I see a lot more attendance than last year, in my opinion. Plus, I see a lot of suppliers from China, who were not there last year, I see suppliers from Russia too, I saw our local friends who are also exhibiting here. It is nice and interesting.

Many people say, "Why do you need to go to exhibitions? "All you need to do is google it". I agree, but you can't talk to Google there, all questions have to be written down or dictated. And wait till you know what people are going to propose. And here you can talk to professionals about the issues you're interested in, as well as potential ones. There was a revival of longstanding relations, I met people I hadn't seen in years at the exhibition. I talked to two people, they have already changed the area of interest to the one I am interested in. Exhibitions move business forward!

I am a regular visitor to this exhibition. Our company is a very large supplier of pipes and fittings. We supply pipes for European and American standards. And accordingly, we would like to find potentially new customers at this exhibition, and we intend to supply our products to Kazakhstan. We already have our own regular customers in the market of Kazakhstan, and as we are developing, we would like to find more. In my opinion, it's great to have so many companies gather together, and you can get to know each other and learn about each other's activities, rather than learn about them separately in some other place.