More than a hundred of participants joined the 5th Central & Eastern Europe Nuclear industry Congress in Prague. The event intended to provide opportunities throughout the entire nuclear power plant life cycle, but it switched to a patchwork of infomercials, government reporting generalities, planning and achievements.
The Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) organized the 14th Arab Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in the paradise of Sharm El-Sheikh, in the South Sinai. The event was sponsored par Rosatom, Atomtex and the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR). For 5 days, around 190 presentations and papers were shared by the experts from almost all Arabic countries (the UAE did not come, and Saudi Arabia only sent one person from the military side). Rosatom network is well established. The director for Middle East and Africa, Alexander Voronkov introduced in perfect Arabic the group and then indicated the strategy in… read more →
Bringing the suppliers to the buyers, especially when this is Rosatom, quite a great positioning for an exhibition. The location was ideal, close to the Red Square and the trendy district of Moscow. Moreover, the content of Atomex would potentially attract any supplier: Training to become a supplier of Rosatom, participation in various workshops, B2B meetings with the buyers (AOS, AEM, TVEL…), and the possibility to have a booth in order to show your products to the audience. The first discussion was right on the spot: Atomstroyexport and Raos described in detail the process to become a supplier, whether you are Russian or foreigner. There was a comprehensive overview of… read more →
For its third edition, WNE changed its location to Paris Nord. In the last two editions, most of the critics targeted the French focus of the event. This time, the organizers attracted more foreign companies to make WNE a symbol of the nuclear world. The big ones More foreign companies came to WNE, but WNE still does not reflect the world of nuclear. The Chinese had the most impressive booth among the foreigners, including a specific space for the HPR1000. The Russians had a large space, but the representatives were young and despite the visit of Alexei Likhachev, there was no illustration of the Russian Technological capability. The Second League The… read more →
PowerGen used to be ten years ago a respectable exhibition with tenths of manufacturer, operators, engineering companies. In the last session organized in Vienna, under the strange name of “Electrify Europe”we witnessed a Zombie event. What is a Zombie event? It looks like it is alive, but it goes nowhere, and the place is unexciting. Despite worthy ideas, Electrify Europe , or Powergen was dying in Vienna, and we received such feedback from desperate exhibitors. PowerGen has everything to succeed in Vienna: a great location, many interesting exhibitors, some speakers, and even a free open bar! Why was Powergen so boring? Why this exhibition will merge with the Utilities next… read more →
What can we say about Achema? We have been waiting three years to get back in Frankfurt for the best event in the word. Chemical sounds definitively like Germany. We can even add that Achema is a German showcase, then the rest of the world.This session in June had the same quality, public and outcome than three years ago. The event was a frenzy, business focused with a German touch. During this week in Achema, we were able to deal with all our favorite fields: chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, nuclear, science, engineering, networking and digitalization. We were surprised by the lack of attendees from China and India, which indicated clearly their… read more →
The International Nuclear Power Plant Summit was held between March 6-7 in Istanbul. For the fifth year, around 500 persons came to this burgeoning market to understand what is possible to achieve. This year, the exhibition revealed several properties of what is to expect in Turkey: The large number of Turkish exhibitors: compared to the last two events, the number of domestic exhibitors increased, largely due to the arrival of new comers in the industry, from the civil engineering sector. Most of the companies interviewed told us the reasons for their participation is the discovery of the opportunities, the approach of new clients, the meetings with new clients, and to… read more →
During the INPPS summit, only two companies were interviewed by the national media: KSG Makina (KSG), a private company based in Adana (Turkey) and Ateliers de la Meuse (ALM), a joint venture between a private investor and the government of Belgium. If KSG Makina is a company focused in the construction, renewable energy and steel structure sectors, ALM is several hundred years old and specialized in the nuclear cask transport, space, science and medical. Both factories decided to create a consortium to support the localization of the Turkish industry, for the needs of Akkuyu and Sinop. Beside Akkuyu and Sinop, what’s next? Why both companies are willing to work with… read more →
The 23rdInternational Energy & Environment Fair & Conference (ICCI) was held on May 3-5 in Istanbul. The event was partially acquired by Penwell (the organizer of Power-Gen) and that was obvious in the show. From several dozens of small booths and irrelevant companies in 2016, this event features bigger companies, bigger booth and optimized space. We mostly went to the event to assess the Turkish industry involvement in the domestic nuclear projects. We saw mostly companies involved in renewable power, since the government is investing in large projects for wind and solar. But we were surprised by the number of companies that are already acting to become suppliers in the… read more →