Positive results of the Congress held in Zaragoza
The choice of Zaragoza as the seat of the Congress was due to the ease of access, the collaboration of its tissue industrial dedicated to the transformation of plastics, plastics companies support provided by its University, its technology centerthe TIIP and the Aragonese administration.
The industry in Aragon is growing more than in the rest of Spain (1.6 per cent compared to 0.6 per cent) and so does the industry of plastic in similar terms: growth accumulated between 2000-2003 in the Aragon plastics industry was of 21.5 percent compared to 11% in Spain. A curious fact: of the 12 members that currently has the Executive Committee of ANAIP, 4 are executives of companies located in Aragon.
32 Papers presented led to dialogue and reflection among the attendees.
In what refers to innovation, as spoken in Congress summary can be said that the world of the plastic has no limits and that it is linked to the ability to imagine of the human mind. The development of product and process requires a broad effort by the private and public sector so that our businesses are innovative and productive.
In addition, within the framework of the Congress was presented the content of the training programme, promoted and coordinated by EuPC, called Europlastic. It is a project that aims to unify training in plastics in different European countries. It was evident the divergence between business interests, requiring well-trained technicians, and the reduction in time of curricula driven by public institutions.
The quality was another issue to debate. The first Committee on certification of products that had been introduced in our country was that of plastics, why is called CTC001 and its general secretariat, by Aenor delegation was already then in Anaip. Plus, the first product certified in Spain, not only of plastics, but of all the materials, it was a PVC pipe, back in the 1970s. Also granted Anaip.
Unfair competition was also addressed in Congress. The Spanish Administration is making important efforts to defend the industry for the manufacture of bags of plastics in the complaint by low prices for imports from China, Malaysia and Thailand. It explained the different measures available to Spain and the European Union to defend themselves against unfair imports at low prices which could lead to a future with our industrial fabric.
