“Recycling of plastics and packaging material - Algeria on the way to a circular economy”
3,675 professionals discussed their business with 110 globally leading exhibitors from 18 countries
“Recycling of plastics and packaging material - Algeria on the way to a circular economy”
3,675 professionals discussed their business with 110 globally leading exhibitors from 18 countries
What an exhibition! After 2 covid influenced years, plast & printpack alger 2022 marked the powerful restart for the Algerian plast & printpack industry. Exhibitor Latife Karabulut of Ekin Makina expressed her satisfaction this way: “plast & printpack alger 2022, the show and the number and quality of the visitors, made us very happy. Like in the past years. We love Algeria and we love plast & printpack alger. See you in 2024!”
110 globally leading exhibitors from 18 countries presented technology innovations and solutions specifically suited to the Algerian market to 3,675 professionals from 42 countries. Exhibitors and professional visitors were eager to finally meet in person again, to tackle new projects, and to discuss business.
The exhibitors came from Algeria, Austria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.
Of the 3,675 trade visitors, 95% came from Algeria (3,484) and 5% (191 visitors) from a total of 41 countries. Particularly to mention here are Tunisia, France, Turkey, Germany, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Senegal. The largest share of Algerian visitors came from Algiers, followed by Sétif, Blida, Oran, Bejaia, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Boumerdès, Constantine, Batna, Annaba, Tipaza, Ghardaïa, Tizi Ouzou and Tlemcen.
Exceptional satisfaction rates were recorded both by exhibitors and visitors. Thus, 90% of the exhibitors declared being satisfied or very satisfied with the exhibition & conference as a whole and 96% of them wish to participate in the next edition in March 2024. In summary, the event was a great success and once again confirmed its position as the leading sector platform for Algeria.
The 7th edition took place from 16 to 18 May 2022 at the state-of-the-art CIC Abdelatif Rahal International Conference Centre in Algiers.
plast & printpack alger is being organised by fairtrade biannually since 2010, the event has once again been prominently reinforced on the organiser side with Messe Duesseldorf joining in 2017.
See full details on the 2022 event in the Post Show Report
86% number of visitors
89% service of the organisers
90% event as a whole
95% would recommend the event to their peers
96% intend to participate again
77% exportal helpful to promote business and product
97% quality of business contacts
100% would recommend the event to their peers
Sectors of interest:*
*multiple answers possible
Plastics 52%
Printing 31%
Packaging 38%
Main reason to visit:
To get information about new products and innovations 48%
To establish and expand business contacts 52%
According to the Mechanical Engineering Association VDMA, Algeria is one of Africa's & the Middle East's largest investors in plastics, printing and packaging technology. These technology imports enable Algeria to develop and diversify its own production, increase exports and substitute imports of consumables.
Against this background, plast & printpack alger 2022 plays an important role in raising awareness of environmentally friendly materials and packaging among the Algerian public and making the public increasingly familiar with circular economy.
During the accompanying conference, experts from Algerian government institutions and the private sector discussed with international experts and exhibitors on "Recycling of plastics and packaging materials - Algeria on the way to the circular economy".
See full details on the agenda, topics and speakers here:
“We are proud that since 2010 plast & printpack alger has been embraced by leading technology and raw material suppliers from around the globe as their most important business platform in the region”, says Martin März, fairtrade founder and managing partner.
“And we thank the Algerian government as well as Algerian, Maghreb, European, Middle Eastern and Asian embassies, institutions and associations for their unmitigated and ongoing support.”
“For the 7th edition of plast & printpack alger we are delighted to welcome global technology leaders” emphasises Petra Cullmann, Executive Director at Messe Duesseldorf.
"We are particularly pleased that our exhibitors will be presenting innovations specifically suited to the Algerian market."
Since a few years, Algeria heavily invests in the production of plastics raw materials to be able to gradually reduce such imports. Consumption and imports of plastic raw materials have increased by 10% per year over the last 14 years, from 304 kt in 2007 to well over a thousand kt worth over US$2 billion in 2021, making Algeria the second largest importer of plastics in primary form in Africa and the Middle East, after Egypt and ahead of Nigeria, UAE, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Iran. (EUROMAP)
“When it comes to plastics technology” outlines Thomas Franken, Project Director K with Messe Duesseldorf, “Algeria’s investments amounted to 91 million euros in 2020. This makes Algeria the fourth largest investor in plastics technology in Africa.
Algeria's main suppliers are China, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Spain and Turkey. (VDMA)
Again, according to VDMA, Algeria’s investments in packaging technology reached 136 million euros in 2020. This places Algeria in fourth position on the African continent. Italy, Germany, France, Spain, China, Turkey and Austria are Algeria's main suppliers.
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