MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) - Motor Show 2005, Moscow's ninth international car show, will feature vehicles from more than 1,000 companies representing 28 countries, an event organizer said Wednesday.
Alexander Kovrigin, chairman of the board of directors of Avtoselmash holding (ASM-Holding), said 650 Russian companies would present the latest developments of national auto industry at the August 24-28 show at Moscow's Expo Center.
"Such countries as Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland, and South Korea will present their products for the first time," he said.
Nikolai Sorokin, deputy chairman of the industry department of the Russian Industry and Energy Ministry, said the country's auto market, which totaled $18 billion in 2004, "is oriented to international standards."
Kovrigin said he expected a series of international auto manufacturing contracts to be signed. "Russia's RusPromAvto company plans to sign a contract on producing Ural autos in India."
Motor Show-2005 is organized by ASM-Holding and ITE Group, an international exhibition company, and sponsored by the government and the Ministry of Industry and Energy.
