The twenty-third edition of Plast Eurasia 2013 (MacPlas is one of the overseas media partners) will take place in Istanbul from 5 to 8 December, 2013. The trade show is organized by Tuyap and Pagev (Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation) and it will be held in 10 halls at Tuyap Fair, Convention and Congress Center on a total indoor area of 90,000 sqm. The event reunites important local and international companies with industry professionals and it also steers the investments on machinery and technology as well as giving industry an access to international markets.
Over 1,100 local and international exhibitors are expected from several countries such as China, Taiwan, Egypt, Iran and Italy. Buyer delegations activities also have been on-going in cooperation with Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Economy and OAIB (Central Anatolian Exporters Union) in Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Having 1,088 companies and representatives from 43 countries in 2012, Plast Eurasia İstanbul also played a host to 38,726 visitors from 86 countries. In 2013 over 40,000 visitors are expected to attend the event.
The Turkish plastics industrialists' federation Plasfed, has recently published statistics and estimates of the industry in the final balance of 2013, stating that the production of plastic products is expected to exceed a value of 33 billion dollars, compared with just under 30 in 2012. In terms of volume, it would be 7.8 million tons, with an increase of about 9 points over last year. Good results especially for the export turnover, with an increase of 19% in value and 12% by volume, whilst the domestic market is expected to register a weaker performance, although still very positive: respectively +12% and +8%. About half of the production concerns extruded components, and a third injection molded ones. The local production of raw materials could exceed 850,000 tons, compared with foreign purchases of 6.2 million tons (10% approx.). As concerns machinery, the local production is expected to reach almost 350 million dollars share (+12% on 2012), compared with 536 million in imports (-10%) and 138 million of exports (+18%), reaching an internal market of almost 750 million dollars. The main countries of Turkish import of machinery are in order: Germany, China, Italy, Taiwan, Austria and South Korea.