We had a tough time picking our top five stories from September because the last 30 days have been so exciting for Middle Eastern plastics, with event news coming from across the region and major international companies making their mark on this burgeoning marketplace.
Istanbul
Plast Eurasia 2015 'ready to break records'
Plast Eurasia organisers have said that December's outing in Istanbul, Turkey, is gearing up to break records. The exhibition space for the four-day event, which runs from December 3rd-6th 2015, has been extended from 98,000 to 120,000 m sq, and in the first six months of the year 80 per cent of exhibition space has been already sold.
Mold-Masters expands to improve service to India
Milacron Holdings Corp, a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing industry, has announced the completion of the expansion at its Mold-Masters hot runner facility in Coimbatore. The 10,000 ft sq site in Chinnavedampati is 4 km away from the existing manufacturing facility and about 8 km from Mold-Masters’ head office in Saibaba Colony. This facility will predominantly manufacture the Mold-Masters’ automotive and large part focused hot runner system – Fusion G2.
1st Sidel Matrix project for UAE sets efficiency benchmark
Leading global provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging Sidel will be introducing its ultra-cost effective and high-performance Sidel Matrix Combi system in the UAE for the very first time, after the system was selected by Dubai Crystal Mineral Water and Refreshments LLC.
Sidel
Global sustainability and connectivity order of day at GMIS
On September 1st 2015, the UAE played host to the Global Announcement Ceremony for the biennial Global manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS), which will take on a sustainability and connectivity theme in 2016.
GMIS
GMIS 2016 Activation Ceremony at Strata Manufacturing PJSC Facilities in Al Ain UAE 1 September 2015.
IRAN PLAST welcomes into Messe Düsseldorf plastics event family
Messe Düsseldorf has announced its partnership with IRAN PLAST, adding the Tehran-based event to its portfolio of high-profile industry events including K Show. Messe Düsseldorf with joint-manage the event with the Iranian National Petrochemical Company NPC.
