Representatives of the All-Russian scientific-research institute of aviation materials (VIAM) Sergey Golynets, Vasily Listarkov, George Nuzhny, Vladimir Krylov and Alexander Ilyichev took part in the XXII International forum on material testing "TestExpo 2013" which traditionally was held in the German city Ulm on October 14 -17, 2013. The main organizer of the forum was Zwick/Roell Group, one of the world leaders on production of test equipment.