The following figures prove that plast alger & printpack alger are becoming ever more important for the Algerian plast print & pack industry:
- number of trade visitors up 91% during the first two days to 2,127 from 18 countries in 2014, compared with 1,110 visitors in 2012
- number of exhibitors up 54% to 161 exhibitors from 24 countries in 2014, compared with 104 exhibitors in 2012
This, however, comes as no surprise as Algeria has confirmed its position as one of the top four importers of plast print & pack technology and of raw materials for the plastics and packaging industry on the African continent.
Strong Italian presence
The country with the largest participation is Italy with 26 exhibitors. The visit of the Italian Ambassador Michele Giacomelli and of Guiseppe Agostinacchio, the Director of ICE - the Italian Trade Promotion Agency in Algeria underlines the strong presence of one of Algeria's closest European neighbors.
Mr Michele Giacomelli, Ambassador of Italy: "With more than 6 billion US Dollars Italy is Algeria's 3rd most important supplier. Main export items are mechanical engineering products and consumer goods. The excellent historical relations between our two countries are confirmed by the extremely strong presence of 26 exhibitors at plast & printpack alger 2014. This exhibition has become ever more import for a regular exchange between Italian companies and their Algerian partners."
This is what they said:
Mr Ertugrul Haseki,
ERHAS – Mechanical Engineer:
ERHAS has been active in Algeria for over 20 years as a supplier of high quality plastics machinery from Turkey. We already have many customers in this prospering country and we will continue to develop the market for PE bag converting and thermo forming, FIBC and recycling. We are very satisfied with the quality of trade visitors and especially happy that we could establish new contacts with high potential for sustainable partnerships.
Mr Reza H. Farzad,
PCCI Petrochemical Commercial Co. of Iran – Commercial Expert Polymers Dept.:
PCCI is relatively new to the Algerian market as we started doing business here just a year ago. The target for our participation at plast alger 2014 is to find new and reputable clients and international trading companies to cooperate with.
Dr. Ravindra N. Goel,
Chemline – Managing Director:
Chemline is an important manufacturer of adhesives. North Africa is a growing market and needs quality suppliers other than Europe and China. We started exporting to Algeria five years back and found that Algerians appreciate products from India. We hope that printpack alger will continue to grow as we had good visitors.
Mr Azedine Benighil,
SPPF - Ingénieur technico-commercial:
SPPF is active in Algeria since 2008. We are looking for new contacts and like to continue to do business with our traditional clients. With the quality of the professional visitors we are satisfied.
Mr Mark Summers,
Webtech – Sales & Marketing Director:
Webtech is a specialist in flexible packaging. Our headquarters are in Northern Ireland. We are active in Algeria since 2013. Our "Americk Packaging Group" has grown into Europe and we regard Algeria as the gateway to trade in North Africa. At printpack alger 2014 we have met many visitors with a large variety of products and requests for innovation from a professional supplier and we are pleased to assist with their enquiries.
Mr Hichem Lemmache,
EMBAG – Société des Emballages et Arts Graphiques:
EMBAG is a leading Algerian packaging company created in 1978. We participate at printpack alger 2014 to increase our market share and to introduce our innovations.
