(Turkmenistan.ru) As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan.ru reports, nearly 30 publishing houses and printing centers, biggest printing houses and polygraphic companies, newspaper and magazine editorials from 16 countries of the Eurasian continent are participating in it, reports Trend.
The publications of various types and new books published by the leading printing houses of Central Asia, Great Britain, Belarus, Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, China and other countries are exhibited in the Exhibition Palace of Ashgabat. The technological stands, at which polygraphs may carry out post printing processing of production demonstrating all subtleties of their work, attracted special interest of visitors.
During the exhibition, presentations of the printing products of different publishing houses and book shops are being held. Writers, poets, historians, literary critics and journalists from European and Asian countries invited to the Turkmen capital will talk about the most common trends of development of the modern printing industry at their meetings.
Turkmenistans printing production is widely displayed too. Most of the production is published on paper turned out by Yashlyk Pulp and Paper Complex. The countrys central Publishing center and regional printing centers represent the publishing service of the state. There is also big diversity of production represented by private publishers.
A special exposition displayed on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of releasing Rukhnama book by President Saparmurat Niyazov tells about the traditions of the ancient Turkmen people, cultural and spiritual revival of the nation after the country gained independence.
As the State News Service (TDH) reports, the head of Turkmenistan congratulated the organizers, participants and guests of the international exhibition of polygraphic production on convening the event. In his address the President stressed that the radical transformation has taken place in the publishing system of the country in the years of independence reaching high levels in the short time.
According to the Turkmen leader, from the first days of independence the decision to comprehensively develop publishing service and set up national paper production industry was taken. The production of the operating Pulp and Paper Production Complex boasts high quality and meets the world standards. It is able to satisfy demands of consumers of not only Turkmenistan and the whole region.
The technological peculiarity of this complex is that paper is produced from local raw materials cotton lint mixed with wheat straw, the President said. As far as quality is concerned, paper produced in our complex can compete at any international contest.
In previous years the reconstruction and modernization of the countrys Publishing Center, Ashgabat and provincial printing houses were carried out. They were equipped with the state-of-the-art printing equipment and modern technology.
Saparmurat Niyazov expressed confidence in the exhibitions success set to promote further development of the publishing industry in the country.
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