Office Supplies Expo Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

The leading Russian information agency, Business Inform, celebrated its 20^th anniversary during its annual, international office equipment, supplies, and parts exhibition in Moscow.

73 companies from Russia, China, USA, Japan, Germany, Australia, Iran, Singapore and Lithuania attended the exhibition. The event attracted buyers mostly from Russian distributors and resellers, accounting for 34% of the visitors. The expo also saw many visitors from Russian buyer-companies, making up 24% of all its visitors. Most of the visitors came from cities and towns within Russia.

The expo was held at the same time as the FOCUS on QUALITY International Conference. At the event, experts from Static Control, Delacamp, CET Group, Integral, APEX, VTT, provided insight with 250 industry specialists attending the presentations. Hot button issues of the industry were discussed between the leading experts and the delegates.

During the event, the organizers handed out “FOCUS on QUALITY!” awards to 15 companies and 3 specialists. The winners of the three categories were:

• Most Popular Brands were CACTUS (1^st place), NV Print, and Golden Print.
• The Highest-Quality Brand awards went to G&G (1^st place), Hi-Black, and 7Q.
• The Best Price-Quality Ratio Brand awards were given to UNITON Premium (1^st place), ProfiLine, and Colortek.

Further, a special Focus On Quality diploma was awarded to David Gibbons, Director of Recycling Times Media. RT Media is the event’s co-organizer.