About IDEB 2008

Held for the second time in Bratislava, IDEB 2008 has lived up to its expectations, confirming Bratislava's advantages in terms of its location and infrastructure, as well as those of Incheba's exhibition premises. The new polygon area has fully supported the demonstrations of the Slovak Armed Forces' equipment as well as the exhibitors' individual presentations. Similar to those of other Central European defence exhibitions, the results of IDEB 2008 rank this defence exhibition to the leading ones. IDEB 2008 has surpassed all 2006 statistics. The satisfaction levels of the participating exhibitors have reached a record high (90%). This was evidenced by visits and negotiations that continued well after the official end of the fair.

Participating countries
Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA

IDEB is an important International Defense Exhibition in Europe, Army Recognition Defense Magazine cover this event as the Official Online Show News Daily IDEB 2010.

IDEB 2010 is well justified insofar as it allows individual countries to show their defence industries’ technological advances, thus creating the conditions for gaining a wide spectrum of specialist information, which is essential to making decisive decisions with regard to modernisation and offset programmes. International cooperation in making joint purchases of diverse defence commodities and sharing specifications of individual types of military equipment are linked for the Slovak efficient provision of military capabilities and knowledge in the areas of our engagement abroad. In this regard, the Slovak Governement ensure that his servicemen and women are equipped with adequate military gear, and it's a priority to modernise the Slovakian army.

Defence industry, being an integral part of the existing industries, as well as other industry branches, have not been left untouched by the crisis. The European defence policy has pushed for more consolidation so as to create a unified European market and an integrated defence industry. Tendencies of this kind are an underlying feature of the so-called great political and economic partnership. This move culminated in the establishment of the European Defence Agency (EDA), with Slovakia being one of its member states.

To promote defence equipment and services exports and to improve the coordination, decision-making process and promotion there of abroad, the Economy Ministry, in cooperation with the Slovak Defence Industry Association and the Slovak Defence Ministry, has played a role in collecting and publishing the profiles of Slovakia's highly competitive defence industry products. The defence catalogue will be used by consular officers, foreign trade advisors and ministry clerks for forging potential cooperation links between the Slovak Defence Industry Association and foreign partners.