São Paulo – ArabPlast, the biggest plastics, petrochemicals and rubber industry exhibition in the Middle East and North Africa, will run from January 8 to 10 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported this Monday (26).
The exhibition will feature products and technologies in injection moulding, blow moulding, wrapping and packaging, pre and post plastic processing techniques, and raw materials such as additives and polymers. It will also cover plastic machinery, plastic and rubber processing technologies, pre- and post-processing systems, plastic packaging technologies, injection moulding, blow moulding, wrapping technologies, extrusions, chemicals and additives, semi-finished goods, engineering plastics and other plastic products.
“The challenge is getting more amplitude every time and producing larger echoes. We provide a platform for the main players in this industry to showcase their products and exchange expertise and best knowledge. For the 2017 edition, companies from India, Taiwan and Germany have confirmed their participation,” said Satish Khanna, general manager of Al Fajer Information and Services, which organizes the event. China will be represented by 175 exhibitors.
Gulf plastics industry data shows that production capacity has tripled in the past 10 years in the region, reaching 26.2 million tons in 2015 and grossing US$ 32 billion in revenues.
“It is a fact that this sector has been impacted during this year by the falling oil market prices and rising feedstock costs. This is one of the challenges that the participants will have to discuss during the three days of ArabPlast 2017 and develop beneficial strategies that target the local and international industrialists and decision makers,” Khanna said according to WAM.
The last edition of the biennial exhibition, in 2015, featured 906 exhibitors from 41 countries, and welcomed 27,268 visitors from 119 countries.
Quick facts
ArabPlast
January 8 to 10
Where: Dubai World Trade Center
Admission is free. Prior registration required. Go to www.arabplast.info/page/show/11
*Via the Emirates News Agency (WAM). Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum