In the exhibition landscape of Russia and the wider CIS region, ITE Group is a name that simply cannot be overlooked. Its story reads like a condensed history of global business transformation.

Founded in London in 1991, ITE spent the next three decades growing into a London Stock Exchange-listed company and the largest and most influential international exhibition organizer in the high-growth markets of Russia, the CIS, Central Asia, and Turkey. Flagship events like Pharmtech & Ingredients (Russia's largest pharmaceutical exhibition) and MosBuild (Eastern Europe's largest construction show) became, through ITE's hands, the essential gateways for global enterprises entering the Russian-speaking markets. For Chinese companies expanding into Russia during those years, ITE was almost an unavoidable name. ITE entered China in 2005, establishing offices in Beijing and Shanghai, and in 2008 founded ITE China Exhibition Services Co., Ltd. From a modest Chinese pavilion of just tens of square meters, it grew to over 1,000 square meters at its flagship events, accompanying and witnessing the rise of "Made in China" in the Russian market.

Then came 2022. Following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, everything changed. As a mass exodus of Western companies began, the then-British parent company, Hyve Group plc, announced the divestment of its Russian operations, legally separating itself from its assets in the country. But that was not the end of the story—the core management of the Russian business executed a management buyout, taking over all exhibition projects and operational entities.

So today, the entity organizing Pharmtech, MosBuild, and other events in Moscow—"ITE Group Russia"—is a Russian-registered entity fully independent from the British Hyve Group in terms of legal status, equity, and capital. It has retained the original team, the original portfolio, and the original operational systems, and continues to use the "ITE" brand name, which carries over three decades of industry reputation. In a sense, it possesses a unique "dual identity": it retains the international operational DNA of a British exhibition group, while also enjoying the policy adaptability of a Russian local company—unaffected by sanctions, enabling smooth RMB settlements, logistics, and local operations. This is precisely why, when the Wujiang District government organizes training sessions for companies exploring the Russian market, ITE is still invited to share its insights.

ITE's story is not the end of a "UK company that left Russia," but the rebirth of a local enterprise with British exhibition DNA, deeply rooted in the Russian market.