The first edition of Plastprintpack Africa debuts in Ghana

According to the VDMA, the German Association of Engineers, the exports to west Africa, of plastics, material form and machinery for the container and the packaging, have increased in the 2011 in a 75 percent. With this background curtain, the centre of international conventions of Ghana, will open the doors of the first international living room plastprintpack of the 3 to 5 December 2013. The contest organises it the German specialist in fairs, fairtrade Messe, represented in Spain by the company Ana Mamarbachi-International Business.

Because of his political stability and economic Ghana belongs to these countries of Africa Subsahariana whose gross inner product (GDP) is growing in 7% in the last years. This growth is due to several sectors of the industry. By a part, the strong growth of the private investments in the sector of the gas and of the oil, as well as minería, agriculture, feeding and his industrial processes, industrial outsourcing and renewable energies. And, on the other hand, the public investments, no less important in big projects. This does that Ghana, was in the last 5 years, the hub of distribution for west Africa.

According to Martin März, general director of fairtrade, Ghana is the ideal platform to llevar businesses with the countries colindantes and of the west Africa.

According to the study llevar by GTAI, the demographic growth, translates in a growth of the consumption. And because of the big distances that exist between west Africa and Europe or South Africa, create a local market does each more indispensable day and more interesting. These tendencies are supported by the study that has realised the VDMA in the sector of the plastics, material form and machinery for the container and the packaging.

The increase of the imports in the sector of the plastic from the year 2010, is of the 37,7 percent happening of 96,9 to 133.5 million Euros. And an increase of 36,7 to 64,5 million euros, that is to say a 75,7 percent more in the imports of material form and machinery. It fits to say that during the same period of time, the imports in the sector of the plastics in the countries of west Africa, has increased a 52,1 percent representing like this 223,3 million Euros.

The experts agree in saying that this is not a punctual thing, but rather a tendency that goes in increase. “I am convinced that in the next 10 years, will be the witnesses of the African boom. For then, the importance of west Africa for us that work in the sector of the plastic, will be the same that the one of Asia nowadays”, commented Friedbert Klefenz, President of Bosch Packaging Technology and Adviser in the Association VDMA of the part of plastics, packs and packaging.

The specialist in fairs fairtrade Messe, recognises his potential and launches for the first time plastprintpack West Africa. It will be the first international contest for plastics, Chemists, Material printed matter & Solutions of Packs and Packaging, that will celebrate of the 3 to 5 December 2013 in Accra, Ghana. According to his organisers, primtplastpack will be the 'place-to-be', ideal place to llevar businesses from west Africa speak also with the leaders of Europe, Asia and America. Two decades of experience and a strong local partner as it is the Camera of Trade and German Industry in Ghana (AHK) does that this aim was totally realistic.

To create positive synergies, so much for display units as for visitors, the fair printpackplast West Africa will celebrate in parallel to the living room agrofood West Africa, the first International contest of Agriculture, Feeding, Drunk & Technology of packaging for Feeding, Drunk and Hospitality.