Anniversary Khimia is open

The 28th edition of the International Exhibition for the Chemical Industry and Science – Khimia 2025 – has opened at Timiryazev Centre, Moscow. The show is organised by EXPOCENTRE AO with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Russian Chemists Union, the ROSKHIMREACTIVE Association, the Chemical Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, and under the auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.   

This year, Khimia celebrates its 60th anniversary. The first edition of the show took place in 1965 in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park. The next two editions were held in 1974 and 1977 at the same place. It was Khimia that was the first Russian trade show that received a logo of UFI – the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry in 1975 to recognise its high international status.

Khimia 2025 occupies a total area of 18,000 square metres and welcomes 516 exhibitors from 8 countries: Russia, Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkiye, and Uzbekistan. Russia is represented by 274 companies. Belarus, China, India, and Iran have national pavilions.

Thanks to the assistance of regional business support centres, companies from Kaluga, Leningrad, Ryazan, Samara, Tomsk Oblasts and Stavropol Krai participate within their respective regional group stands. There also group stands of the Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod chambers of commerce and industry.

According to Maxim Fateev, Director General at EXPOCENTRE, Khimia is becoming the main platform where government, business and science can have a constructive dialogue. “It is the place to present innovative solutions, discuss state support mechanisms, and sign contracts. In fact, Khimia 2025 is an indicator of how ready the industry is for a technological breakthrough," says Maxim Fateev.

The conference programme opened with the Plenary Session on Technological Leadership in the Chemical Industry: Challenges and Accomplishments. The session is a key event of the 13th Moscow International Chemical Forum and a platform for discussing activities within the New Materials and Chemistry national technological leadership project, which was launched in early 2025.

The session participants discussed the current demand for Russian technologies and new materials in Russia and abroad, technological leadership, promotion of breakthrough developments, and human resources in the chemical industry.

The session was attended by Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia, Denis Sekirinsky, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, Igor Kobzev, Governor of Irkutsk Oblast, Maria Vasilkova, member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade, Chair at the Expert Council for the Development of the Chemical Industry under the Russian State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade, Viktor Ivanov, President at the Russian Chemists Union, Mikhail Karisalov, Chair of the Board and CEO at SIBUR, representatives of different research institutions and major businesses.

The conference programme will include different panel discussions on the development of industry infrastructure and digitalisation of production, sessions on the state and prospects of the international chemical market, and an assembly of the Russian Chemists Union.

Khimia 2025 is open until 13 November.

Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO