The Bulgarian city Plovdiv opens today its traditional international technical fair. The most prestigious Bulgarian investment goods and technologies forum is being held for the 61st time. 3170 companies from 47 countries particpate in the fair this year. The greatest numbers of foreign companies at AUTUMN FAIR 2005 are from Germany (478); Italy (372), Czech Republic (123), the USA (89), Austria (86), Turkey (76), France (71), Poland (49), etc.

Ten International Specialized Exhibitions are held within the Autumn Fair:

INFOTECH – on information technologies
PC WORLD – on software
ELTECH – on electronics and electrical engineering
AUTOTECH- on transport and service equipment
MACHINE BUILDING
STROYTECH – THE CITY – on construction and architecture
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
ENECO – on power engineering and ecology
AQUATECH – on water management and technologies
MOTOR SHOW – PLOVDIV

This year, Italy is a partner county in the organizing of the Plovdiv Technical Fair.