ECONOMY
Baku hosting 2nd Eurasian Cement Forum
Baku, October 21 (AZERTAC). The 2nd Eurasian Cement Forum, co-organized by the Russian Company “BusinessCem” and Azerbaijan Export & Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO), has kicked off in Baku.
The main topic of the two-day forum is the strategic, technical upgrading of the cement production at the modern stage of economic development of Azerbaijan and CIS countries.
The event brought together representatives of more than 70 leading cement producers from 14 countries.
Opening the forum, Azerbaijan`s deputy economic development minister Niyazi Safarov updated the participants on dynamic and solid development of Azerbaijan`s economy. The deputy minister pointed out the forum would contribute to expansion of economic cooperation between the cement producers.
Head of AZPROMO Rufat Mammadov highlighted favorable investment climate created in Azerbaijan, as well as large-scaled projects being implemented in the country.
AZPROMO employee Omar Efendiyev has made a report on the theme “Business climate and construction sector in Azerbaijan”.
The forum also saw presentations of representatives of another world companies, including German “Loesche”, “Mollers”, “Hazemag & EPR GmbH”, Austrian “Unitherm Cemcon”, Russian “İnkontreyd”, “FLSmidht Russia”, and “Termo Texno”.
The forum was continued with a round-table on the theme “Production of specialized variety of cement and its application”.
A specialized exhibition was organized as a part of the forum.
The forum will run till October 22.
For the first time the Eurasian Cement Forum BusinessCem Baku was held in October 2008 and gathered more than 150 specialists from 21 countries.