Press Release Khimia 2024

09 / 10 / 2024

Press Release

Khimia 2024

27^th International Exhibition for the Chemical Industry and Science

EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia, 21�24 October 2024

The Khimia 2024 International Exhibition for the Chemical Industry and Science is a unique event that has been held since 1965. It is a place for meeting and decision-making, and a platform where professionals and experts exchange practical experience, discuss the latest trends and new products and solutions in the industry. Here, representatives of business and government have a direct dialogue, and top executives make new promising business contacts and renew business contacts.

Dates: 21�24 October 2024

Hours: from 10.00 to 18.00 on 21�23 October; from 10.00 to 16.00 on 24 October

Venue: Pavilion No.2 (Halls 1, 2, 3, 4), EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia

Organised by EXPOCENTRE AO

Supported by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Russian Chemists Union, the ROSHIMREACTIVE Association, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Under auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Floor space: 20,000+ sq. m.

Exhibitors: about 500 companies

Countries: Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkiye, Uzbekistan

Country pavilions: Belarus, China, India

Russian regional pavilions and group stands: Kaluga, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir, Volgograd and Tomsk regions

General sponsor: Polyplast Group

Sponsor of the visitor registration: DIPAUL-Production

Show highlights

The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade will have its own stand at the exhibition. After a multi-year break, Titan Group will take part in the exhibition with a stand. Almost half of the exhibitors are taking part in the exhibition for the first time: more than 50% of the total number of exhibitors (260 companies, including 124 new companies from the Russian Federation).

The China National Pavilion is planned to occupy more than 1,700 square metres with more than 150 companies exhibiting.

Equipment and engineering are among the important topics of the exhibition and its conference programme. In addition, logistics and foreign trade will be in the centre of attention.

Khimia has become an essential component of the chemical education in Russia. Traditionally, the Centre for Science and Education will present innovative developments of such leading Russian universities as Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, MIREA � Russian Technological University, Skryabin Institute of Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry of the Komi Science Center, Devyatykh Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and others.

Conference programme

This year's conference programme includes more than 30 events. The key topic will be the New Materials and Chemistry national project. Special attention will be also paid to the human resources potential of the industry, attracting young people to the chemical industry and science, as well as to the issues of stimulating young innovative entrepreneurship.

The plenary session of the 12^th Moscow International Chemical Forum will be a centerpiece of the programme. It is expected to be attended by Anton Alikhanov, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade, and his deputy Mikhail Yurin.

Key events of the conference programme are

Panel on technological sovereignty: human resources are key
Panel on youth laboratories: specialty chemistry
Strategic session on engineering centres: transferring technology to industry
Session on chemistry and pharma: the point of assembly
General Meeting of the Russian Chemists Union
Session on investing in chemical and DeepTech startups