Events

“Waste Free Oceans” annual conference on marine litter takes place at European Parliament / Strategic alliance with Europêche

“13th Latin America PET Markets, Applications & Recycling 2015” conference held in Mexico City

PVC pipe makers target growth in China / Exhibition in Shanghai / New leadership roles at PVC4Pipes

Mega plastics fair sold out more than a year before kick-off / Special exhibit on how plastics shape our future / Science Campus

“European Food & Beverage Plastic Packaging” conference to be held in Berlin next March

“Plastics Recycling Show” held in Brussels in late November / Conference and exhibition

Moulding industry: Dispute between “Euromold” organiser Demat and Messe Frankfurt escalates

“2015 European Biopolymer Summit” to be held in London in December

Annual Petcore Europe conference to be held in Brussels in November

SPI partners engineers for plastics recycling exhibition / SPE to develop content and promote to membership

BPF and Composites UK publish programme of upcoming “Thermoplastics Composites 2015” conference

Fair expected to attract about 11,000 visitors / USA as partner country / Serial production remains a key focus

Second “3D Print Exhibition” to take place in Lyon in September

Conference on “Bioresins: Current Research and Developments” to take place in Warwick in July

Second “International Injection Moulding Conference” to be held in Aachen in late September

PIE talks to Stanley Chu, chairman of "Chinaplas" organiser Adsale / Key challenge for mega-fair is to maintain healthy growth amid economic slowdown / Revamping show's image for next year's 30th anniversary / Market sentiment generally optimistic

“ANTEC” and “PlastiCon” to merge / SPE and GPCA to jointly organise combined event in Dubai in early 2016

Upcoming MedPharmPlast Europe conference to take place in Frankfurt / Updates on EU regulatory developments for plastic medical devices and the pharmaceutical packaging industry

Plastics Recyclers Europe annual meeting held in Brussels in mid-June

EPDA annual meeting and conference takes place in Barcelona in mid-June

Messe Düsseldorf plans "interplastica" satellite fairs in Russia / Debut in September 2015 in Kazan

"Chinaplas" fair in Guangzhou booms / No progress in achieving petrochemical self-sufficiency / Slowly turning away from standard products / Calls for human safety and environmental protection becoming louder

EuPC general assembly yields “strategic alliance” for European polymer supplies / Former RPC chief executive Ron Marsh to steer efforts / Strong criticism of producers and EU's import duties on plastics

Fourth “Plasticity Forum” to be held in Portugal in early June / Focus on upstream solutions to prevent plastic pollution

Follow-up: BPF “Recycling the ‘Unrecyclable'” seminar moved to new location amid huge popularity