Russia lights the way for Abacus
Nottinghamshire exterior lighting specialist Abacus Lighting has revealed more details about its plans to expand into Russia. Abacus is to build a plant in St Petersburg and open an office in Moscow.
It discussed its intentions at the Interlight conference in Moscow this week and comes as Russia is lining up several construction projects in preparation for the Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and the 2012 international APEC summit.
Andrew Morris Richardson, board director of Abacus, said: "Abacus is looking at how we can best support exciting developments in Russia including the Olympics and the 2012 APEC summit in Vladivostok.
“As world leaders in lighting, we manufacture lights and lighting structures for projects ranging from road schemes, retail, airports and major sports grounds so we’re well placed to help the Russian government strengthen the infrastructure in these areas.”
Abacus opened an Russian office in St Petersburg in March this year and says it will open a Moscow office in the first quarter of next year.
Abacus says the move into Russia is an "important staging post for the lighting firm’s global ambitions" as it hopes to develop further into Eastern European markets.
