On October 22, at the Kazanskaya Yarmarka exhibition center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in a solemn opening of the XVI specialized exhibition "DorTransExpo-2014".

The event will be attended by about 56 companies from Kazan, Tatarstan and 10 Russian regions. Road construction and utility special-purpose machinery, road infrastructure facilities and research developments are displayed at the exhibition. Also, a professional skill competition meeting the World Skills standards will be held within the framework of the show.

Welcoming participants and guests of the event, Ildar Khalikov congratulated road workers on their professional holiday and thanked them for effective work. “All the tasks set by Tatarstan President have been completed in due time and with high quality,” he said.

He continued that it would have been impossible to accomplish such ambitious tasks without modern machinery and technologies. “The preparation for the Universiade showed that only modern technologies enable us to provide the proper quality and speedy execution of all works. And today's exhibition is one more opportunity for our road builders to see all the industry's latest developments," Ildar Khalikov said.

He also noted with satisfaction that it has become a good tradition to hold a contest of professional skills at the exhibition. According to Khalikov, this contest will be one more step to holding the World Skills competition in Kazan.

Minister of Transport and Roads of the republic Lenar Safin handed in awards to the winners of the contest "Best Product of the Exhibition" after which the honoured guests cut the symbolic ribbon and looked around the exposition.