Expoquimia, Eurosurfas and Equiplast evolve to turn into the future World Chemical Summit

Of 30 September to 3 October, Barcelona will go back to be the Mediterranean capital of the chemicals applied with the simultaneous celebration of Expoquimia, Eurosurfas and Equiplast, living rooms that will gather in the enclosure of Big Via of Fira of Barcelona the commercial offer, technical and scientific of three fundamental industries for the development of the welfare of the current society. This edition marks a turning point in his path with the aim to expand his international horizon during the next ten years and turn into the future World Chemical Summit in which they give quotes science and industry to world-wide level.

To attain this ambitious aim, whose materialisation foresees for the year 2023, the organisation of the three living rooms has designed a strategic plan that resume in the Formula WICAP (World, Investment, Cooperation, Application, Project). With his implementation, pretends to increase the degree of internationalisation, connect science and industry and attract foreign investments and projects that are developing in any country to be presented, in scoop, to the display units that participate in Expoquimia, Eurosurfas and Equiplast. In this way, the three living rooms will evolve to turn into the World Chemical Summit, a new event of world-wide reference in the chemical sectors, of the plastic and of the treatment of surfaces.

The director of the three living rooms, Pilar Navarro, affirms that “this replanteamiento answers to a deep analysis that carries us to break with the traditional paradigm for like this do us more international, since the markets are global and no of local field”.

Navarro ensures that “the process of transformation of the Meeting of the Chemicals Applied of the Mediterranean in the World Chemical Summit wants to support in the program Horizon 2020 of the European Union, that bets by the investigation and the innovation like tools to attain greater competitiveness. It is thus that look to the future, taking into account that our living rooms celebrate each three years, to achieve it.

Navarro considers that “the fortress of the mark Barcelona and the prestige of Fira of Barcelona, as it puts of self-evident with the celebration of the Mobile World Congress or the nomination of the city like Mobile World Main, does us be optimistic to the hour to be able to assume this challenge".

In this edition of 2014, the three living rooms present a series of significant novelties. Each one of them has new presidents at the head of his committees organisers. The president of the Business Federation of the Spanish Chemical Industry (Feique), Luis Serrano, chairs Expoquimia, substituting to Rafael Foguet, president from 1999 and maximum impulsor of the contest that has been appointed president emérito. By his part, the manager of Rösler Spain, Giampiero Cortinovis, chairs Eurosurfas in replacement of José Luis Diloy, the one who keeps like member consultor of the contest. Regarding Equiplast, the general director of Roegele, Bernd Roegele, is the new president, substituting to Vicenç Mateu, the one who follows like active member of the Committee Organiser.

The three living rooms, that from 2005 celebrate in the enclosure of Big Via of Fira of Barcelona, will go back to gather to the companies leaders of each one of his sectors and will present a complete program of congresses, seminars, days and conferences. Appointments like the XIV Days of Instrumental Analysis, the XIII Congress of Chemical Engineering of the Mediterranean in the frame of Expoquimia, the I Congress SPE Nanotec that will gather to cientos of skilled engineers in plastics of all the world in Equiplast or the VIII Congress Eurocar in Eurosurfas put of relief the importance of the scientific program.

Fira Of Barcelona shows his support to a sector like the chemist, strategic for the economy of the country. Composed by more than 3.000 companies, the chemical sector Spanish has an annual figure of business of 55.000 million euros, generates 11,5% of the Gross Industrial Product and creates more than 500.000 places of direct and indirect work in Spain. The chemical sector is the exporting elder of the Spanish economy, with some sales in international markets of 28.000 million euros, and the first investor in R&D.

The first edition of Expoquimia took place in 1965. In 1984, Expoquimia began to celebrate jointly with Eurosurfas, the International Living room of the Painting and the Treatment of Surfaces. Three years afterwards, in 1987, Equiplast, the International Living room of the plastic and the rubber, added to these two, giving form since, and of uninterruptible way each three years, to the celebration of the Meeting of the Chemicals Applied of the Mediterranean.