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GPCA Plastics Summit Presentations

First GPCA Plastics Summit

Sustainable Growth Across the Value Chain

The First GPCA Plastics Summit brought together thought leaders and decision makers in the chemical, and plastic converting and processing arena. It provided a platform for Middle East and global participants in the plastics industry to exchange ideas and best practices in an age of fast-changing industry dynamics and increasingly exacting social accountability.

The high-level agenda addressed how the Middle East plastics industry is evolving to drive sustainable growth through socially responsible initiatives.

Welcome Address
Moayyed I. Al-Qurtas, Vice Chairman and CEO, National Industrialization Co. (TASNEE)
Growth Opportunities for Plastics Conversion in the Gulf
Khaled Al Mana, Executive Vice President Polymers, SABIC
Innovation in Plastic Products as an Industry Driver
Filipe de Botton, CEO, Logoplaste
Polyolefins Technology Development Fostering Innovation and Sustainability
Massimo Covezzi, Senior Vice President/R&D, LyondellBasell Industries
Strategies for Fast Moving Consumer Goods in Middle East and Africa
This session will discuss the outlook for FMCG in the region, as well as identify opportunities available for plastics and packaging in that sector from a consumer product perspective. It will also cover the challenges in growing the scale of FMCG operations in the Middle East resulting from limitations in converter and chemicals capabilities, and strategies for overcoming those limitations.
Javier Echevarria, Associate Director/Product Supply, Procter & Gamble
Requirements for Growth of the Plastics Value Chain: A Converter’s Perspective
Manfred Klepacz, CEO/Industrial Sector, Al Rajhi Holding Group
Competitiveness, Structure and Future of the Gulf Converter Industry:
Initiatives for Growth, Innovation and Education for Plastics in the Gulf
George A. Hanna, President, HIPRO Consulting
Developing a Globally Competitive Export-Oriented Conversion Industry in the Gulf: Opportunities & Challenges
Rashed Saif Alghurair , Chairman, Taghleef Industries

Day One Conclusions and New strategies to promote plastics growth and innovation in the Gulf
Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA

Day Two- Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Day Two Keynote
Plastics as a Means of Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Wilfried Haensel, Executive Director, PlasticsEurope
Carbon Management through Sustainable Chemistry: Catalytic Conversion of CO2 and CO into Plastics and Chemicals 
Jim Mahoney, CEO, Novomer
Carbon Footprint: The View from a Plastic Converters' Position
Ulrich Reiners, Managing Director, Executive Packaging
The Plastic Bag War
Hugo Verlomme, author of the Plastic Bag War
The Image of Plastics: The Real Story 
Muayad Al-Faresi, Regional Sales Manager, EQUATE Petrochemical Company
The Role of Plastics Producer in Post Consumer Waste Management
Laurence Jones, Vice President, Corporate Support, Borouge











 
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