More than 200 Russian companies are expected to take part in the upcoming international industrial trade fair “Innoprom Saudi Arabia”, set to take place at Riyadh’s The Arena Venue  from February 8 to 10. 

Recognised as a global B2B platform that brings together manufacturers and buyers from around the world, the exhibition is anticipated to attract numerous Saudi-based industrial enterprises, prominent local authorities and investment agencies, such as the Ministry of Investment, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Invest Saudi and Modon.

Innoprom’s exhibitory space will cover over 6,000 sq m this year. Products and innovations across various areas such as: machine building and component manufacturing, metallurgy and new materials, digital solutions, transport and energy technologies, metropolitan solutions, healthcare technologies and other key industrial market sectors will be showcased at the event.

The largest participants in the trade fair will include: Rostec, Rosatom, Roscosmos, Transneft, Callisto Vision, the Centre for the Development of Perspective Technologies, Natsproektstroy, the exposition by ‘Made in Russia’ manufacturing companies, in addition to regional booths of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tatarstan, Krasnodar, Chelyabinsk and Samara Regions, among others.

More than 10 keynote panel discussions and B2B sessions are scheduled to take place as part of the event’s Business Program, which will include its flagship plenary session – ‘Investing in the Future: Innovation and Industrial Cooperation’. 

The highly-anticipated panel session will be attended by Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia; Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia; Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia.

Since its inception, Innoprom has operated as the main industrial trade fair in Russia, which has been running annually for more than 15 years at the country’s key industrial centre, Ekaterinburg. In 2025, Saudi Arabia participated as the Partner Country, presenting an exhibition area of 1,512 sq m, which was led by Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef.

Given the strong interest from the Russian and Saudi business communities, Innoprom is being  held in Riyadh for the first time this year. The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, positioning it as an accelerator platform for developing current and new strategic partnerships and projects over the long run. – TradeArabia News Service