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More than 4,300 companies will meet in Barcelona

Expoquimia is consolidated as the largest chemical exhibition in the Mediterranean

María Escribano01/10/2005

From 14 to 18 November Barcelona welcomes the joint celebration of the professional competitions Expoquimia, Equiplast and Eurosurfas Fira de Barcelona organizes every three years. On the basis of the particular characteristics of each, holding joint of the three rooms, which in this edition premiere joint location, has resulted in the meeting of the largest applied chemistry in the Mediterranean and the business platform of these three sectors towards Europe and Latin America.

The r & d will be the shaft on which the fair will be held

They claim from the organization based on data from exhibitors and contracted surface, between 14 and 18 November Expoquimia, international chemical exhibition; Equiplast, international exhibition of plastics and rubber, and Eurosurfas, international salon of painting and the treatment of surfaces will result in the biggest gathering of chemistry applied in the Mediterranean, bringing together more than 4,300 companies and offering activities 50conferences and workshops of interest to professionals.

According to recent data from recruitment, Expoquimia, Equiplast and Eurosurfas meet 1,095 direct exhibitors that occupy 66.427 square metres net exhibition space in halls 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the venue Gran via Fira of Barcelona. This data confirms the high level of participation in the contest, expected to increase by 5 per cent the total exhibition area of the last edition, held in 2002.

Equiplast increases its international character

Expoquimia

Coinciding with the celebration of his 40 years of experience, Expoquimia recorded their record of exhibition area, with more than 37,500 square metres net of distributed surface between part of the Pavilion 2 and all of the 3 palaces and Gran Vía 4. This figure represents nearly a 4.2 percent more surface area than that obtained in the same period of the previous edition.

This Hall, who moves first to the Gran via exhibition, has the direct participation of 651 enterprises. Among them the international quota amounts to nearly 50 foreign stands. In the first position is Germany, followed by France, Italy, United Kingdom and China.

One of the top innovations of this edition is Compositech, the new sector dedicated to composites that Expoquimia starts up and that will have close to 600 net square metres in Pavilion 2 of Gran Vía. This new area, which will bring together all the technologies, production processes and innovation projects relating to the composites, has the support of the technological Institute of plastics, Aimplast, and of the Italian Association of Composites and related, Assocompositi, will be present in the Hall.

Equiplast

Equiplast, international exhibition for plastics and rubber, also exceeds the exhibition area contracted over the same period of the previous call. The pageant has 316 direct exhibitors that show its products in close to 23.375 square metres NET over all 1 flag of Gran Vía and a part of number 2.

International participation in this Hall will once again become very prominent, with more than 30 per cent of foreign exhibitors and 5 percent more exhibition area contracted with respect to the latest edition. Countries with direct presence in the Hall will be Italy, followed by Germany, Portugal and Taiwan.

Equiplast will be reinforced in addition as the international business platform through the business encounter Al - Invest III, organized in collaboration with the multisectoral business, AMEC, Association and the Spanish Association of manufacturers of machinery for plastics and rubber, IMAPCon 15 and 16 November.

This day is integrated within the programme of the Commission European Al - INVEST, which aims to promote and strengthen economic cooperation between European and Latin American companies. During the two days will be organized interviews custom among companies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador and Mexico, on the one hand, and Spain, France and Italy companies.

Eurosurfas remain in this edition of participation levels very similar to the last call

Eurosurfas

For its part, the international salon of painting and the treatment of surfaces, Eurosurfas, would be kept in this edition of participation levels very similar to the last call, with some 130 direct exhibitors who will occupy more than 5,500 net square meters of exhibition area.

This fact confirms the commitment that the sector of the painting and galvanic treatments maintained with Eurosurfas, which will also demonstrate through the various workshops that were organized.

Expoquimia celebrates 40 years with a record of surface

There is much more

Apart from the exhibition offer, the meeting will offer visitors an extensive program of activities, conferences and workshops that consolidate it as a great platform for discussion and promotion of research and innovation. As a novelty, it should be emphasized the creation of the Expoquimia Award for research, development and innovation, which aims to collaborate in the promotion and dissemination of the implementation of the chemical and technological knowledge. The candidates presented their applications until 10 September last and the jury will choose the winner, who will receive the award as part of the Hall.

Officer of the chemistry day, November 15

The official day of chemistry was established in 2002, following the request made by the Royal Spanish chemical society, the National Association of chemical Spain, the General Council of official colleges of chemicals, the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicasthe Business Federation of the Spanish chemical industry, and the FIA-UGT and FITEQA-CCOO trade union organizations.

The objective of the convening organizations of the day of the chemical, every November 15, is promoting the knowledge and dissemination of chemistry, and promote the vocation, training, research, development and technological innovation in this scientific field whose contribution has been fundamental, and will remain it in the future, the development of humanity.