March 21–22, 2018 in Moscow, «Crocus Expo», the 5th anniversary International Exhibition of Contract Manufacturing and STM  IPLS 2018 will take place.

In 2018, a record number of exhibitors will take part in the exhibition - more than 160 manufacturers of food and non-food products will present their stands. 

IPLS – the only exhibition on STM in Russia and the CIS. More than 2,000 professional visitors are planning to come to the event. Russian and foreign retailers will get acquainted with new products that may appear under their own brands on the shelves of multi-format and specialized retail chains, pharmacies, fashion retail stores, DIY, household and computer equipment, as well as children's goods in the coming year.

Within the exposition of the food sector, visitors will be able to find manufacturers of beverages, groceries, ready meals and national cuisines, canned goods, confectionery and bakery products, animal feed, frozen foods, meat, dairy, fish and low-fat products, natural, dietary and functional products, snacks and chewing gums, vinegars, sauces, seasonings, tea and coffee.

Among the participants of the non-food sector IPLS 2018will be presented suppliers of auto chemicals and cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and food additives, household chemicals, perfumes and cosmetics, personal hygiene, pet products, packaging.

The premiere of 2018 will be a new sector of goods under license and its own original project – OEM/ODM. The exhibition will feature stands of international and Russian companies in the segments of DIY, repair goods, pharmacy goods, furniture and home textiles, clothing, shoes, accessories, children's goods, toys, household goods, kitchen, office, sports and tourism, electronics and household appliances.

Such major market players as COTTON CLUB, ECO Meat Processing Plant, POBEDA CF, Instant Rus, Galil Chemicals, Vneshtorg Pharma, will present their products and novelties.Bytplast, Wilsen Group, Tiernahrung Deuerer GmbH, Beta Food Industry and Trade Inc., Partner in Petfood, Constell Group and many others.

Manufacturers from Turkey will be represented by a single national pavilion at IPLS. 23 Turkish companies present their best products for STM and contract production. The National Pavilion is organized jointly with the Turkish Association of Own Brands PLAT.

For the second year in a row, the IPLS will host the International Summit of Suppliers and Retailers Retail Connect, which combines a conference on STM, master classes on creating first-class, competitive brands in retail, presentations of suppliers' products for retail chains, as well as a series of two-way meetings between representatives of retail chains and manufacturers of goods under the STM, organized with the help of an exclusive online planning system. The sponsor of the Retail Connect Summit is Constell Group.

At the end of the year, the most responsible retail chains and manufacturers will receive awards in various categories for achievements in creating high-quality and affordable STM for consumers at the III International Private Label Awards Private Label Awards. Thus, the exhibition and the award are intended to become a mechanism contributing to the development of the culture of the private label market in Russia. The applicants for the award in 2018 were international, federal and regional multi-format retail chains, in particular: 36,6, Fix Price, HOFF,Leroy Merlin, PRISMA, Westfalika, Zenden, «ABC of Taste», «Alpari», «AUCHAN», «Vitalur», «Drogeri Union», «Europe», «IRIS», «Commander», CookHouse, «Ribbon», «L'etoile», «Crossroads», «Real», «Rigla», «Sambery», «Sangi Style», «Construction Yard», «Rainbow Smile», «Federal Procurement Union», «Eden», «Erkafarm», «Yulmart». The sponsor of the Private Label Awards is Bureau Veritas.

The STM products and lines nominated for the award, which have been successful in 2017, will be presented to the general public by federal and regional networks in the special STM gallery Private Label Gallery, located in the heart of the exhibition IPLS.

The exhibition is held under the patronage of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, with the support of Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, as well as specialized unions and associations: GBU "Small Business of Moscow", Association of Companies Retail Trade (ACORT), Rusprodsoyuz, the Russian Perfumery and Cosmetics Association (RPKA), the Association of Internet Trade Companies (AKIT), the Union of Independent Networks of Russia (SNSR), the Russian Association of Retail Market Experts (RAERR), etc.

In the fifth anniversary year, another high-profile premiere is planned at IPLS, the opening of the exhibition Retail Hub 2018, which will be held on a single platform with IPLS. The new project will unite suppliers of commercial equipment, technologies and solutions in the field of marketing and design of the client space with retail representatives for the effective development of trade.

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