POST SHOW REPORT 2018 plast alger 2018 a huge success! Record in all parameters: Visitors, exhibitors & quality plast alger took place concurrently with its partner event printpack alger 94% of the visitors plan to invest over the next 12 months!* 87% of the exhibitors and 96% of the visitors recommend the show 5,003 visitors (up 15%) from 29 countries* discussed their business with 220 exhibitors (+50%) from 24 countries 64% of the visitors were decision makers* *together with its partner event printpack alger 2018 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC Facts on plast alger 2018 according to a survey conducted among visitors and exhibitors 220 24 exhibitors (+50%) from countries 5003 visitors (up 15%) from 29 countries 87% of the exhibitors recommend the show 94% 96% of of the 88% the visitors visitors of the exhibitors are satisfied with plan to the event as a whole recommend the invest* fair* 85% of the exhibitors are satisfied with the visitor numbers and 64% of the visitors were decision makers* 79% with their quality *together with its partner event printpack alger 2018 74% find the plastprintpack industry portal helpful to promote their business and products 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC plast alger 2018 was officially opened on 11 March by: • Mr Kheir-Eddine Medjoubi, Secretary General - Ministry of Industry and Mines • Mr Andreas Fiedler, Minister Counsellor, German Embassy • Mr Giulio Bolaffi, First Trade Secretary - Italian Embassy • Mr Franz Bachleitner, Commercial Advisor - Austrian Embassy • Mr Salvador Benedito Gómez, President - Association of Plastic Producers in Valencia AVEP • Mrs Latifa Turki Liot, President - Trade Union of the Automotive and Mechanical Engineering Industry UPIAM • Mr Ahmed Omah, Editorial Director & Publisher - Nigeria Packaging & Nigeria Graphics, Executive Director - Institute of Packaging Nigeria IOPN, Board Member - World Packaging Organization WPO, 1st President-African Packaging Organization • Mrs Besma Belbedjaoui - Plasticycle Algeria • Mr Erhard Wienkamp, Executive Director Foreign Trade Fairs Division - Messe Düsseldorf • Mr Martin März, Founder & CEO - fairtrade 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC High-profile 2-day-conference & workshops "Plastics: The essential material for sustainable development" Organized by fairtrade and Messe Düsseldorf in cooperation with German Access, a high-profile 2-day-conference & workshops was running alongside plast alger 2018 on 12 to 13 March 2018 at CIC Alger. 112 participants, 6 press representatives and 24 national and international speakers attended the event. This conference provided all participants in-depth insights on current developments in Algeria and the Maghreb in comparison with the development in selected European countries. See more information here. 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC Sectors of the visitors‘ interest multiple responses possible Raw materials, chemicals & auxiliaries Plastic products & processing Machinery & equipment for the plastics & rubber industry Services for the plastics & rubber industry 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC Impressions of plast alger 2018: See more pictures here. 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC 94% of the visitors came from Algeria, 6% from other countries Origin of Algerian visitors: 38% from Algiers Number of visitors from abroad: Main other visitor cities: Sétif Blida Mostaganem 14 10 23 Oran Tunisia/Morocco/Libya Europe 135 Constantine Middle East Bejaja Ghardaia China Other 116 Tizi Ouzou Bordj Bou Arreridj Boumerdès 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC Evaluation of the visitor statistics - after the event The visitiors were asked to participate in an online survey. The following data is based on this survey. What was the main reason to visit the fair? (multiple responses possible) To get information about new products and innovations 82% To establish and expand business contacts 74% To visit the accompanying conference programme 15% 96% of the visitors recommend the fair! 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC And this is what they said ... Mr Kheir-Eddine Medjoubi, Secretary General - Ministry of Industry Mrs Besma Belbedjaoui - Plasticycle Algeria and Mines As I like to repeat, "Environment and economy make a country rich." These On behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Mines, I warmly welcome you. We are aspects of global development are now one and the same, contrary to the idea delighted that Algiers is the place for Africa's largest trade fair for the plastics that environmental values are hindrances to a country's economic and industrial industry, plast alger 2018. development. It is our declared aim to increase industrial production in Algeria and thus replace On the occasion of the fifth edition of plast & printpack alger, we want to shed light unnecessary imports. The technological leaders present at the trade fair play on these two complementary and intrinsically interrelated aspects of recycling an important role here, providing machines and systems that will enable us to and the circular economy, environmentally and socially just and financially viable. achieve this goal. At the heart of the circular economy, recycling is the main contributor to saving raw materials and reducing pressure on non-renewable resources. Finally, I wish all exhibitors and visitors a successful plast alger and a pleasant stay in Algiers. Plasticycle Algérie was born in 2012, an eco-responsible social company that treats plastic waste in order to transform it into straw and then into granules of regenerating material that can be reused by several other industries, in particular the plastic, textile and packaging industries. Last but not least, I would like to thank fairtrade and Messe Düsseldorf for bringing us together today and for setting up this wonderful exchange platform around the plastics industry. Thank you everyone and have a great show. Mr Andreas Fiedler, Council of Ministers - German Embassy Mr Piermarco Cairoli – Amaplast First of all, I would like to congratulate the organizers for having increased the The Algerian market is important for us because Italian machines for plastics and number of participants by more than 50% since the last time and for being able rubber are the second supplier to Algerian industries in the plastics and rubber to count today up to 260 exhibitors. This illustrates the importance of this sector sector. for the economy. We are looking for industrial enterprises to transform plastics and rubber into Algeria has embarked on a policy of economic diversification and national final products. production. To this end, the opportunities offered by plastics and plastics processing provide a very appropriate asset. The highlights at plast alger 2018 are the international buyers and good “new Algeria is today the largest importer of plastics in primary forms on the African comers” from all over Maghreb. continent. But it is also the second-largest importer of plastics technology in Africa and the largest importer of packaging technology. There is a dynamic that shows the willingness and potential to develop this sector far beyond the mere importation of consumption. Germany wants to be - and already is - a reliable and strong partner in this process. Our country is a key global partner in the production of machinery and chemicals. The world's leading trade fairs in the field such as "K" , "drupa" and "interpack" are all held regularly in Düsseldorf. Messe Düsseldorf is also a partner of the fair here in Algiers. Read more statements here. 87% of the exhibitors recommend the fair! 11 - 13 March 2018 Centre International de Conférences d'Alger Abdelatif Rahal CIC Exhibitor evening on 11 March See more pictures here.