Middle East & Africa PET Markets, Applications & Recycling
19-20 Mar, 2018 - Casablanca, MOROCCO
Sofitel Casablanca Tour Blanche
Middle East & Africa PET Markets, Applications & Recycling
Sofitel Casablanca Tour Blanche
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"Realising NEW Markets for PET & RPET in fast growing |
With recent alert on PET resin shortage - brand owners, convertors and traders are scrambling to restock their PET resin supply as prices are expected to hike in the coming months.
Growth of PET capacity in the Middle East and Africa are led by Pan-Asia Resins (Saudi Arabia), Crystal Industries (Tunisia), Engee (Nigeria) and Hosaf (South Africa).
CMT’s 19th MEAPET brings together industry panel to elaborate on the PET & polyester market in the region as well as global PET supply and demand trends, upstream developments and impact on PET markets. Pan-Asia Resin’s polyester manufacturing complex is the first in Saudi Arabia and it will benefit from proximity to raw materials, with a large p-xylene facility under construction at Jazan, and from proximity to markets in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Mideast & Africa region sees more PET projects with:
Rise in consumerism and middle class population in the region has led to parallel increase in investment projects to innovate not only into PET preforms but also into fast growing sheet thermoforming packaging. More portion-controlled and on-the-go foods are being packaged into thermoform formats. The sheet sector is creating attention on the need forsustainable solutions and advancements of recycling of PET trays and thermoform products. CMT’s 19th MEAPET details on latest PET Packaging trends of trays, bottles, films and jars.
19th MEAPET will also address on Innovative Fabrics from RPET. Apparels and textiles are part of Morocco’s culture and its neighbours’ key sectors. Will the region consider more RPET inclusivity in transforming its plastic wastes into carpets and textiles? How can they further develop its regrinding market while capitalising on the strength of its textile sector?
Another trend is the 4.0 era and smart manufacturing. Companies are keen to simplify their manufacturing processes while minimising costs. The 19th MEAPET will address latest user-friendly solutions that combines performance and flexibility in PET preforms manufacturing and approaches towards a Smart Factory concept for full factory integration.
Key Sessions by leading panel including :
Other sessions include:
Into its 19th consecutive year, CMT's MEAPET is the platform for engaging presentations from industry speakers, extensive networking opportunities! This is a must attend annual event for those involved in the PET packaging industry in the Middle East & Africa.
Register your interest with grace@cmtsp.com.sg
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Site Visit to Moroccan Company for Recovery and Recycling / SMRR ( 20 March, 14:00 - 17:00 Hrs )
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CMT PET Conference Series |
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CMT PET Conference series offer up to date business information on regional PET Resin & Packaging markets in Asia (PET Asia Outlook), Europe (GEPET), Middle East & Africa (MEAPET & MENAPET), Latin America (LAPET), South/Central Americas, Andean & Caribbean (SAPET & SCAPET), North America (NAPET), Japan (JPET) and now recently Iran (IRANPET).
Our program incorporates latest market and technological developments in the entire PET Value Chain, from PET Resin and Raw Materials (PX/PTA/MEG), to PET Preform and Packaging Productions, to Recycling.
Past Events
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18th MEAPET (Middle East & Africa PET Markets, Applications & Recycling) | 21-22 Feb 2017, Dubai
Helpful to my understanding of the PET market and meeting key leaders of the PET industry from all over the world.
Best networking platform and informative conference.
Great conference, keep it up!
Great opportunity for networking and exchange of ideas and views of latest PET packaging.
Good Conference.
Very good experience.
A well-arranged event where you can gather valuable market intelligence.
Excellent conference, thank you CMT!
It was fantastic!
It was a very informative session with good opportunity to meet industry leaders. |
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01 Mar, 2018
14 Feb, 2018
Austria’s Alpla-Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG is expanding its presence in Africa with latest acquisition in South Africa.
It acquired South Africa’s Boxmore Packaging – that “is seen as the market leader for PET preforms and bottles as well as closures” in South Africa. Africa is an attractive packaging market and the new acquisition is expected to help Alpla gain strong foothold in the region.
Based in Samrand, near Johannesburg, Boxmore operates nine manufacturing plants and supplies to 20 African countries as well as islands in the Indian Ocean. Its manufacturing plants are located in South Africa, Zambia and Mauritius. The company specializes in manufacturing PET preforms, PET bottles and closures.
Alpla already has presence in other parts of Africa – it has been operating a production plant in Johannesburg since 2014. It took over the Egyptian facility of Argo SA in El Obour at the end of 2015. In March 2016, the Alpla set up a JV with Egypt’s Taba Group to strengthen its market presence in North Africa and the Middle East. Beginning this year, Alpla is operating as Alpla Taba in Africa. It also opened a new production site in Ramadan City, Egypt, as part of its African growth plan. The acquisition of Boxmore is said to be the biggest in the Alpla’s history.
Earlier in 2017, the Austrian company acquired Italy’s Propack and a former Gehl Foods plant in West Bend, Wis as well as two other acquisitions in Romania.
Get to know more about PET packaging markets in Africa at CMT’s 19th MEAPET in Casablanca, on 12-13 March, 2018.
For more information, contact Ms. Grace at grace@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9147.
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02 Jan, 2018
China’s PET bottle supplier - Pan-Asia PET Resin (Guangzhou) Co. plans to build a petrochemical project in Saudi Arabia at a cost of $3.8 billion.
To be located in Jazan Economic City in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the facility will have an annual production of 2.5 million metric tons of PTA, 1 million tons of PET, 200,000 tons of engineering plastic, 200,000 tons of thin film, 200,000 tons of polyester fiber and 5,000 tons of heavy equipment.
The ground breaking is scheduled for March 2018, while the first phase of the complex will be operational in August 2020.
The project is expected to benefit from the proximity to raw materials – especially the large paraxylene facility operating in Jazan Economic City.
The plant will also have good markets in the Middle Eastern market – that alone imports 3 million tons of PTA annually, mainly from East Asia. Saudi Arabia currently has no PTA production and the new facility in line with Saudi Vision 2030, a blueprint announced by the government of Saudi Arabia earlier this year, which aims to reduce Saudi economy's dependence on oil and turn the kingdom into a global investment powerhouse. The new plant will also be able to target markets in North Africa.
More on the PET markets in Middle East and Africa at CMT’s 19th MEAPET (Middle East & Africa PET Markets, Applications & Recycling) in Casablanca, MOROCCO - on 19-20 March, 2018.
For more information, contact Ms. Grace at grace@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9147.
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