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Intermolde 2004 increases exhibitors and surface by 30% compared to 2002

05/04/2004

on April 5, 2004

The 12th edition of the Salon of the mold. Solutions integrated of plastics, to be held in the framework of the Alicante trade fair institution from 14 to 17 April, included in this Edition, as a great novelty, the first Hall of the Integral outsourcing. Intermolde 2004 will have 97 exhibitors and more than 4,400 square meters of exhibition, which has led to an increase of almost 30 percent in both of these parameters from the figures achieved in the previous edition. Growth which still has more value if you consider that the 2003 Edition also won an increase of 30% over the previous year.

These data demonstrate that Intermolde, in his tenth Second Edition, has not only reached maturity, but it has been able to adapt to the changes in the sector so that it has continued to grow since its birth in the trade fair institution Alicantina in 1992. Intermolde 2004, meeting point for companies in the sector metal - plastic, with the inclusion of the Hall of the contract will flow to companies covering all the production process, from design to final production and for different markets.

News from transformation of plastics and moulds sectors will be presented during the technical conferences. In addition, this activity will be an opportunity for the meeting between companies involved in the outsourcing of products and/or services from the metal - mechanic - plastic, where you can exchange knowledge on technological advances and make contacts or meetings of these sectors.

Here are the program of the Conference Intermolde techniques:

on April 15, 2004: plastic-material and its manufacturing processes

17'00 h. new technical polymers for replacement of metals
Jacques Gerard - Solvay and Luis Urrutia - Polymerland Guzman

17'35 h: new generation of machines of shell. Ricard Artigas Actronic Billion and Luis Urrutia Polymerland Guzman

18'10 h. monitoring of production of plastic processing companies. Johan Krus / María Puy

18'45 h: bi-material injection. Peripherals to convert their conventional fuel transfer and obtain pieces bicolor or bimaterial - Albert Soriano - Cronoplast, S.L

19'20 h. Symposium and questions

on April 16, 2004: molds, technologies and processes of transformation and management

17'00 h. 3D scanning, reverse engineering. Miguel Angel León - Aiju

17'45 h. applications of virtual reality in product development. Ignacio Segui - Aiju

18'15 - ERP software for the management, planning and cost control for workshops of moulds and dies. Christian Liepert

19'00 h. discussion and questions.

In the field of internationalization of the contest, and with the target firm enhance business contacts and increase the volume of business with regard to the previous edition, the trade fair institution Alicantina works together with different institutions and agencies of foreign promotion as the Valencian Institute of exportChambers of Commerce and foreign chambers of Commerce in Spain to enable exhibitors to establish new contacts with businessmen of France, Germany, Poland and Algeria by the visit of the latter to the pageant on favourable terms.

More information:www.feria-alicante.com