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Satisfactory participation of Valencian companies in Plast Expo 2011

Morocco and North Africa, origin and destination of the Spanish in the plastics industry

AVEP28/04/2011

The most important event in the sector of the plastic in the North of Africa, Plast Expo 2011 closed its doors on April 9 in its Fourth Edition with a satisfactory result according to the Valencian companies and AVEP Association participating in the three-day pageant held in Casablanca.

With a total of 136 exhibitors from 17 countries, and 2.881 visitors, the increase over the previous edition was notable: 34% more exhibitors and 40% more visitors, according to data provided by the Organization of the fair.

Plast Expo exhibitors Valencian entrepreneurs.

As noted, the Valencian Association, the Moroccan market offers significant advantages to the industry of the Valencian plastic sector because geographic proximity and good tariff treatment of imported goods are a commercial stimulus for this country.

"The event was an acceptable influx and AVEP stand and the partners had a significant record of visits." "The most popular sectors were machinery, film, recycling and packaging in general," point. The satisfaction of exhibitors at AVEP with the event overall was 65.5%.

Cristina Monge, Secretary general of AVEP, Bruno Fernández, Director of the Office for economic and commercial Spain in Morocco-ICEX and Salvador Benedito, President of AVEP.

The opinion of Valencian companies participating

According to the company Vincent Zorrilla and sons-Coreplas, "the fair Plast Expo 2011 has been very positive due to the influx of visitors who have come to our booth to learn about us and, at the same time, because we helped to know the status of the Moroccan market", in concrete, the needs of existing machinery, and materials recovery of plastic modes... "Ultimately, we hope that the fruits of the fair will be soon and we can be present the Moroccan market".

For its part, the company Martínez Conesa believes positive participation in Plast Expo 2011 as when fairs are an important motor of commercial activity and a valuable instrument for the promotion of exports, which allows test acceptance of offers face to face. Expansion into Morocco account on your behalf with the geographical proximity and the need for the Moroccan economy of products and technology to consolidate.

"Morocco is a market that is opening progressively to the outside due to agreements with the European Union and the Arab Maghreb Union". The first involves preferential treatment to European business and a progressive tariff reduction for these. The second is the gateway of our products to the countries of the AMU, which leads to a theoretical potential far superior to the Moroccan market. In the end is the ideal country to enter the African market and offers the possibility to know with a high potential for consumption and emerging economies. "Not to be forgotten in this context the recent political developments posed a country risk to consider in setting corporate strategies of expansion".

Cristina Monge, Secretary General of AVEP, D. Nabil Sauoaf, General Director of AMP and D. Salvador Benedito, President of AVEP.

The fourth edition of the fair was opened on 6 April by the President of the Federation Moroccan of plastics (FMP), Mamoun Marrakchi, with the presence of the Directors-General of the Chambers of Commerce and industry in Austria MoroccoGermany, France and Italy, of the President of AVEP, as well as representatives of exhibiting companies and the Moroccan press. Throughout the inaugural tour, they approached, among others, the stands of Valencian companies to know the product you are offering to the Moroccan market and exchange impressions from the first day of the fair.

"The partnership and the exhibitors were at all times supported by the staff of the delegation of the IVEX in Casablanca, as well as receive support during the preparation of the same." "From here thanks to the delegate, Housni Hicham, all assistance", they point from AVEP.

In the previous edition of 2009, AVEP and Moroccan Association of plastics (AMP) signed a collaboration agreement to joint trade promotion action between processing companies of Moroccan plastics and Valencian. This rapprochement between the two associations, has been strengthened this year with the meeting between the director-general of AMP, Nabil Sauoaf, AVEP, Salvador Benedito, President and general Secretary of AVEP, Cristina Monge, where there was mutual interest in continuing to strengthen commercial ties between the two markets.

It also took the opportunity to visit the Office for economic and commercial Spain in Morocco-ICEX, where the Adviser, Bruno Fernández, and representatives of AVEP met on the occasion of the event. Topics such as the importance of the existence of a Spanish Pavilion supported from the ICEX in the next issue, due to the rise of the participation of Spanish companies as exhibitors.

Avep participated in second row, with several associated companies call a grouping:

Vapla, S. a.: Dedicated to the manufacture of processed and semi-processed polyethylene and prolipropileno products.
Granzplast, S. a.: dedicated to raw materials, manufacture of compounds of PVC, for any type of processing, extrusion or injection.
Inplasva, S. a.: Dedicated to the transformation of rigid and flexible profiles by extrusion.
Vicente Zorrilla and son, S. L. Dedicated to the recovery of plastics.
Martinez Conesa, S. a.: Dedicated to the manufacture of products to waste and any container of film termosoldable.
Sipem S.A.: Dedicated to the transformation of PTFE, polyethylene of high Molecular weight, as well as all kinds of plastic materials.
Jose Platero Platero, S. L.; Viplat: dedicated to the sale and distribution of systems of cleaning for all types of plastic materials and pneumatic transport for plastic, and the separation of recycled raw materials and waste.