OREANDA-NEWS. February 6, 2009. The Exhibition Centre in Ashgabat receives the large-scale international forum – Ashgabat Eхpo Build 2009 specialized exhibition showcasing the achievements of the Republic of Turkey in building and construction materials industries. The representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, cabinet ministers, high-ranking officials of the national ministries and departments, public organisations – members of Galkynysh National Movement, diplomats accredited to Ashgabat and journalists took part in the exhibition opening ceremony.

The exposition organized by MERIDYEN International Exhibition Company and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan had brought together dozens of the companies and firm from Antalya, Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Trabzon and other regions of Turkey. The representative delegation led by Chief of the Department for Foreign Trade of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Tucer Kayalar arrived in Ashgabat on this remarkable occasion.

Focusing on the significance of the forum in his welcoming statement to organizers and participants of Ashgabat Eхpo Build 2009 President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said that this exhibition providing vast opportunities to expand traditional Turkmen-Turkish cooperation in building industry would promote enhancing age-old friendship and fraternity between two peoples.

The largest Turkish companies and small and medium-scale producers including ARMA, Dizain group, Meka muхendislik, BASF YAPI IMYASALLARI, Assan panel, MAKEL, Kale kilit, Kalekim, Silksoat arrange their pavilions at the Exhibition Centre. Turkey’s building industry widely presents its achievements and potential: state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, latest finishing materials, electrical systems, draft designs of the interiors of buildings.

Expressing keen interest in intensifying mutually advantageous cooperation with Turkmenistan the Turkish companies offer their advanced technologies to Turkmen partners. These include – coloured polyurethane foam sandwich panels instead of heavy roof and facade covering, plastic pipes instead of cast-iron and metal pipe

Pursuing the policy of fundamental social reforms and relaying on renewal and technology modernization of the domestic economy Turkmenistan is interested in attracting the best international expertise and advanced technologies. In this regard Turkmen and Turkish builders have much to discuss. In recent years dozens of the large-scale construction projects – from apartment houses to industrial enterprises have been implemented in collaboration with the contractors from the friendly country in Turkmenistan. 

Therefore, the building exhibition in Ashgabat is of profound interest to the specialists as well as people and guests of the Turkmen capital. The business talks were held already in the pavilions of the Exhibition Centre on the first day of Ashgabat Eхpo Build 2009. Such forums are of profound practical importance providing potential partners with the opportunities to search for new ways of collaboration, new ideas which could be transformed into future real projects.