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Global PET Brand Owners, Major Market Players Gear Up for MEAPET

Global PET Brand Owners, Major Market Players Gear Up for MEAPET

Into its twelfth year, the MEAPET (Middle East/Africa PET) conference is gearing up to return once more to Dubai on 14-15 March 2011. Leading brand owners, technology companies & PET preform market players are expected to share first-hand insights on emerging opportunities in Africa and ME.

SPF films conference showcases materials and technology premieres, debates sustainability issues

SPF films conference showcases materials and technology premieres, debates sustainability issues

Numerous new high performance polymers came under the spotlight at the SPF 2010 plastics films conference that took place in Dusseldorf in late October. They included latest metallocene-catalyzed polyethylenes from ExxonMobil and Ineos, high-stiffness terpolymers from Borealis, extensions to DuPont’s ionomer resin family and tie-layer resins based on new technology for multilayer films from LyondellBasell.

Caps & Closures Conference a success for SABIC

Caps & Closures Conference a success for SABIC

Aiming to position SABIC as one of the major suppliers to the Caps and Closures (C&C) industry, SABIC sponsored and attended the sixth Plastics Caps and Closures Conference held in Brussels from November 5-6.

New PET strapping technology

New PET strapping technology

The specialist symposium on "PET Strapping" held jointly by Erema, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, and their Italian technology partner Techno Plastic s.r.l., on 27 and 28 October 2008 at Erema's headquarters in Ansfelden generated enormous interest.

Bta & Hispack in Barcelona

Bta & Hispack in Barcelona

Bta & Hispack will be held from 11 to 15 May 2009 at the Fira de Barcelona`s Gran Via venue in a total surface area of 90,000 m2 and will have 3,500 exhibitors. Approximately 60,000 professional visitors from around the world will gather at this trade fair with the aim of finding out about a wide range of technology and machinery products capable of meeting those needs present in the food and beverage production chain - from the ingredient to the packaging via the production process.

The 11th PETnology Europe summary

The 11th PETnology Europe summary

The 11th PETnology Europe took place, this time in Neuss near Duesseldorf and directly prior to Interpack. Attendees, exhibitors and speakers gave highest marks for quality and organisation of the event. Mostly appreciated, however, was the fact that the conference offers the possibility of top-level discussions among the participants.