Participants of the event included foreign and Russian construction equipment manufacturers, Russian mineral and chemical, construction equipment and builders associations, the Head of Automobile and Agricultural Engineering Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Timur Mikaya, as well as the press. 

The event focused on topical issues of the industry: market overview, its investment attractiveness and latest legislative changes. The participants had an opportunity to learn about activities of the Committee in 2012, its statistics programme and discuss localization experience and impact of introduction of the disposal fee on producers and consumers of the construction equipment.