Issue 70 2015-01-10 Subscribe Now

Review of Arabplast 2013

Arabplast 2013 grew 34% following greater response from exhibitors and sponsors.

Arabplast is also ranked as No. 1 show in the region for plastics, petrochemicals and rubber industry.

A record number of 794 companies from 41 countries have participated in Arabplast 2013.

On display at Arabplast 2013 there were new products and technologies in injection moulding, blow moulding, wrapping and packaging, pre and post plastic processing techniques as well as raw materials, such as additives and polymers. The show covered a wide spectrum of plastic machinery, plastic/rubber processing technology, pre and post-processing systems, plastic packaging technology, injection moulding, blow moulding, wrapping technology, extrusions, chemicals and additives, semi finished goods, engineering plastics and plastic products.
Positive visitor response to high International level of participation & wide spectrum of exhibits
Approximately 33% more trade professionals came to Arabplast 2013 edition. 39% came from countries outside of GCC. The largest number of foreign visitors came from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, African countries, and India, while China, Germany, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon contributed adequately to the trade visitors. The number of foreign visitors from the Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Iran , Lebanon, & Jordan the other important foreign markets for exhibiting companies manufacturers, rose to 36% on an average basis, as compared to last edition of Arabplast.

49% of the trade visitors showed their interest for Plastic machinery & Plastic related equipments, while some 31% of the visitors expressed their interest for raw materials, & 20% of trade visitors were interested to meet participants from Thermoforming, Extruders, Packaging related companies. 67 percent of the visitors are employed as high-level management. 33% of Arabplast visitors indicated that they were influential in making their company’s investment decisions.