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EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS CONFERENCE BREAKS VISITOR RECORD
Monday 16. November 2009 - Bioplastics continue on the road to success
The industry conference on bioplastics took place for the fourth time in Berlin on the 10th and 11th of November. Despite the difficult financial situation the event set a new visitor record. 380 visitors and 27 exhibitors attended the conference hosted by the European Bioplastics Association. Experts still expect continued growth in the field of compostable and biobased materials.
“Where will the industry be in five years’ time?”, “What are the trends?”, “Which materials will dominate the market?”, “How can we communicate the advantages for the environment and what are the optimum utilisation fields for bioplastics?” 28 speakers and 380 participants dealt with these and other questions during the two-day bioplastics conference in Berlin. Altogether 237 companies from 27 countries attended the event. Approximately 78 percent came from Europe, 16 percent from Asia and over five percent from North and South America.
The European Bioplastics Conference is now in its fourth year and has become an established industry event. “To have broken attendance records, in spite of the difficult economic background is extremely heartening. Market interest and uptake is very real and bioplastics producers continue to increase both capacity and the technical capability of their materials”, cheers Andy Sweetman, Chairman of the board of European Bioplastics.
Speakers:
Dr. Alexander Schwartz, McKinsey; Peter Schintlmeister, Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour; John Williams, NNFCC; Harald Käb, European Bioplastics; Erika Mink, Tetra Pak; Jens Boggel, VICTOR Güthoff & Partner; Christophe Lacroix, Arkema; Thomas Werner, DuPont; Atussa Sarvestani, BeOne; Toshiyuki Asakura, Toray; Mori Tomoyuki, Mitsubishi Chemicals; Cees van Dongen, Coca-Cola; Andreas Künkel/Stefan Koch, BASF; Frédéric van Gansberghe, Futerro; Patrick Piot, Bioamber; Rui Chammas, Braskem; Andy Sweetman, Innovia Films; Stefano Facco, Novamont; Gianmari Peretti, Unicoop, Dr. Stefan Ross; Alesco, Patrick Zimmermann, FKuR; Mark Vergauwen, NatureWorks; Dr. Kurt Stark/Michael Schumann, Huhtamaki; Ruud Reichert Purac/Jan Noordegraaf, Synbra; David Bargery, Kreyenborg; Udo Mühlbauer, Uhde Inventa Fischer
Exhibitors:
Alesco, API, BASF, BioPlastics, Biosphere, BKG, Braskem, Din Certco, Fachhochschule Hannover, FKuR, Futerro, GraceBio, Huhtamaki, Innovia Films, Kaneka, Kingfa Sci & Tech Co., Limagrain, NaturePlast, NatureWorks, NIA, NGR, Novamont, PolyOne , Purac, Vincotte, VTT, Zhejiang Hangzhou Xinfu Pharmaceutical Co.