The International Expo “Entertainment Industry” took place in Kiev from 15th to 17th of September.
It is the 11th expo that is held annually. Every year the hosts of the show are doing their best to improve expo organization. Last year companies-participants with their booths had to be squeezed into a narrow Sports Complex, but this year Expo was held in a convention center and looks more like Moscow’s EELEX.
The exposition was mostly presented by Russian and Ukrainian gaming system operators, however, there were many representatives form other countries as well. The biggest booths belonged to big and well-known companies like Extrema-Ukraine, IgroService Corporation, Fair Play, R.Franco, Odrex, Casino Technology, Stella Ukraine, Villart, Fun Game.
Ukraine was presented by IgroService (one of the leaders in production of gaming and entertainment machines), "Odrex" (the distributor of "Electrocoin" products in countries of the former USSR), «Extrema-Ukraine», "Club-2005", "Megaimpex", "Kupidon", "Magistr", "Nowoslot", "Royal" (the distributor of “JMP” products in Ukraine), "ASQ", "Master Games", "Maxima", "Alpha-Roulette" (the distributor of "Alpha Street" products), Association of Corporative Enterprises "Alpha-Group", "Alliance Games&Amusement", "Vegas", "Biakom Ltd" (delivering parts for production and repair of gaming and merchant machines), Jam, Dinaris&K (producing and installing full range of standard and custom made equipment and accessories for casinos), Ukrainian-Polish company "Eurofun", "Slavutich-Inter", "Eldorado", and others.
Russia was also represented by famous companies like Alliance Gaming Services (distributor of slot machines by Aristocrat (Australia), UDN (Japan), and Casino Austria Research and Development products), Care Technology Co. (manufacturer and distributor of gaming machines), Fulham (distributor of gaming equipment by Konami in Russia, countries of the former USSR, Baltic countries), Unicum Group of Companies (the leading supplier of equipment for gaming business and leisure and entertainment industry in Russia and former USSR countries), "Sunrise Inter", "Creative Management", "Vec-Company" (offers full range of casino equipment and accessories), "Villart Industrial Group", "IGC", "O.D.A.", "Gem" (production of casino equipment), GPT, "Fortuna Game".
Latvia was represented by "Avantime Amusement Technology" (design, development and manufacturing of slot machines), "ÑÅÑ Holdings" (manufacturing of the full range of casino equipment), "DLV" (one of the biggest Latvian companies making gaming equipment), "Favorits Favr" (working in Ukraine and Byelorussia as well), "Planeta Nevada".
There were also representatives of Polish, Canadian, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovenian, Taiwan, Turkish, Japanese, Spanish companies attending the expo. This gaming show was very successful for magazine “Gaming Business”. Many contracts were signed and as it appeared to be the magazine mostly devoted to the Russian gaming business is popular in Ukraine. Well… we shall write about the Ukrainian gaming business with great pleasure!