plast alger 2012… … builds on the success of plast expo 2011 in Casablanca, Morocco and plast alger 2010 in Algiers. With 2,881 trade visitors (+40%!) discussing business with 137 exhibitors from 18 countries (+34% compared to 2009), plast expo 2011 in Morocco confirmed its status as the Maghreb’s major and highly efficient business-to-business event with a clear focus on quality attendees. The first plast alger in Algiers in 2010 was a promising kick-off towards a future with great opportunities in the Algerian plast market with valuable contributions to the conference “Technological challenges for the plast industry on the way to a sustainable development”. For interviews with exhibitors, please see the plast alger 2010-daily. For photos of the trade fair and the conference, please view the gallery. plast alger 2012 focuses on a B2B-audience of professionals from all over Algeria. With up to 70% c-level attendees (CEOs and GMs; commercial, purchasing and technical directors; engineers), the event provides best possible opportunities for business! Participating at the event is your opportunity to extend business contacts, highlight and introduce new technologies and services, build your customer base, generate new business leads and cultivate existing customer relationships. The Algerian plastics industry… … is one of the fastest growing and most important sectors in Algeria. The sector’s annual growth rate amounts to 4 to 5% in these past few years. Its growth is driven manifold: by huge governmental projects and infrastructural investments (hydraulics, building and construction, energy, agriculture, gas tubes for Sonelgaz, etc.), as well as by industrial sub-contracting and the demand for packaging materials. The Algerian plastics industry consists of some 2 200 enterprises, among them subsidiaries of heavyweights such as Sonatrach, Enip, Iap, Enpc, but mostly of small and medium sized private enterprises. Around 40% of them are active in injection, 20 % in extrusion, the rest in the fast-growing packaging and plasticulture sectors. The workforce stands at around 20,000. With an annual consumption of 1 million tons, half of which being imported from Asia and Europe, the Algerian plastics market has an enormous potential. The per capita consumption is between 8 to 10 kg.
