The international specialized exhibition Budpragres 2008 will be held in Minsk September 9-12, BelTA was told in Minskexpo, the organiser of the event.

Taking part in the 16th exhibition Budpragres 2008 will be major companies and organisations of Belarus, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

This year Belarusian producers will account for 90% of the participants. The biggest booth (300 sq. m. inside and 200 sq. m. outside) will be organised by the Ministry of Architecture ad Construction of Belarus.

This year Budpragres will occupy 15,000 square meters. The expositions will be organised in the football manege. Lift-and-carry equipment and other construction vehicles will be exhibited outside (the area of more than 2,000 square meters). More than 30 companies will present their products in the open air. They will be Belavtodor department, Belrosagroservice, Sfera-SK, Construction Equipment Company, Stroimash, office of Sermac S.p.A. in Russia and CIS, Technoremake Plus and Modostr firms.

Budpragres is the largest exhibition of the construction industry in Belarus. More than 400 companies from 10 countries took part in the event in 2007.