MAKS – 2009
		The Russian Union of Composite Manufactures together with the Exhibitional company Mir-Expo in the frame of the IX International Air-Space Salon “MAKS-2009” are hold the conference “Application of composite materials in civil and military aircraft industry”  on the August 21, 2009 in Zhukovski, Moscow region, Russia. MAKS is held in the town of aircraft science and technology - Zhukovsky - at the airfield of the major national testing facility - Gromov Flight Research Institute.

The International Aviation and Space salon MAKS is a rightful occupant of a leading position in the ratings of major world aviation forums. The very idea of the MAKS lies in demonstrating Russian high technologies and domestic market openness to joint ventures with the use of foreign partners' cutting-edge advances.

MAKS-2007 gathered 787 companies among them 540 Russian and 247 foreign ones from 39 countries. The ground exhibition featured over 260 aircrafts of different types.

High on MAKS agenda are scientific conferences and symposiums. The conference “Application of composite materials in civil and military aircraft industry” will be important event of the scientific and working program of the Salon showing progressive technologies and materials for aviation industry needs.