Business & Money | Thursday 5 March, 2015 8:11 am |

Saudi Plastic & Petrochem 2015 and Saudi Print & Pack 2015 successfully concluded the three-day run with an attendance of more than 9,700 trade visitors. The shows, which were organized by Riyadh Exhibitions Company and held at the Jeddah Center for Forums & Events, witnessed the participation of more than 300 companies from 19 countries.
During the two simultaneous events, the participation of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) particularly stood out as the company showcased a wide array of applications and solutions from their latest most innovative product offerings — keeping in line with their commitment for a more sustainable future.
Saudi Polymers, which had a recognizable participation, showcased its “innovative” products in order to contribute to the growth of the industry. PetroRabigh as well participated in the Saudi Plastic & Petrochem 2015 and Saudi Print & Pack 2015 exhibitions.

The exhibitions were opened by Undersecretary of the Industry Affairs Saleh Al-Salmi and were held with the support of Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al-Rabiah.
The shows shed light on the significant investment opportunities being offered by the industry’s sector in the developing local markets. Exhibiting companies confirmed that a number of deals worth billions of riyals were signed during the event.

The two events attracted an array of professionals from various industry backgrounds, engineering, petrochemical, plastic, and other sectors. All attendees explored cutting edge, innovative, and best of breed technologies, services, products, machinery, equipment, supplies and solutions within the petrochemical, plastics, print and packaging industries.

The shows offered visitors the chance to see a variety of products, solutions and equipment. The Saudi Plastic and Petrochem exhibition featured products from raw materials, chemicals, basic ingredients, plastic injection mold tooling, to casting molds, health related solutions and plastic pipes.
The Saudi Print and Pack exhibition focused on offerings that ranged from pre-printing and pre-press solutions to stitching and glazing machines, direct digital printing and silk screen printing. Also on show were auditing equipment, paper and other print accessories.