South African Partners
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At 120 locations in 80 countries around the world, the members of German
Chamber Network (AHKs) offer their experience, connections and services
to German and foreign companies. AHKs are located in all countries which
are of special interest for German companies.
AHK's are closely connected to the Chambers of Industry and Commerce
(IHKs) in Germany. Together, they support German companies with building
up and extending their business relations to foreign countries.
Trade Fairs
We are your one-stop-shop solution on trade fair participation overseas,
especially Germany, and increasingly in other Southern African countries.
If you require more knowledge about the Southern African market we can
provide compact but comprehensive market overviews, or decisive sector
profiles. We regularly prepare individual market studies.
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PACKAGiNG & Print Media is a vertically-integrated monthly magazine
serving both packaging printers/converters and packaging end users in
the FMCG industries. To provide readers whether packaging,
printers and converters, or FMCG manufacturers with the most up-to-date
information on technological developments affecting their businesses;
keeping them abreast of worldwide and local trends in all aspects of
packaging, printing, design, materials usage, and other
relevant technologies.
Regular editorial coverage includes
• General industry news; people on the move; etc
• Association News
• Prepress and repro for packaging printers
• Packaging printing & converting for producers of
• Corrugated packaging,
• Folding cartons,
• Flexible packaging,
• Rigid plastics packaging,
• Glass packaging,
• Metal packaging,
• Labels (self-adhesive,
wet-glue, shrink labels, in-mould labels)
• Printing industry advancements
• Flexography,
• Gravure,
• Sheet-fed offset litho,
• Letterpress,
• Screen
printing,
• Digital
• Inkjet,
• Press ancillaries (vision
control, colour control, etc)
• Inks and coatings
• Packaging Line Developments
• Filling,
• Packing,
• Labelling,
• Coding & Marking
• End-of-Line Developments
• Palletising,
• Logistics,
• Distribution
Periodic coverage also includes
special reports on
- Food Packaging,
- Beverage Packaging,
- Drug Packaging,
- Cosmetics & Toiletries Packaging,
- Household Products Packaging,
- DIY/Automotive Packaging
Circulation
PACKAGiNG & Print Media’s circulation list includes senior
management at all packaging printers and converters throughout Southern
Africa, as well as packaging line managers/packaging specifiers and
buyers at all FMCG companies throughout Southern Africa. The journal’s
circulation is in excess of 4 000 copies/month – giving it the
highest circulation (by 1 000 readers) than its closest industry competitor.
Advertisements in P&PM reach a QUALIFIED readership among your target
audience and the magazine offers undisputed leadership in its field
with its superior circulation figures.
afrimold International Tradeshow for Mouldmaking and Tooling in South Africa

August 16 – 18, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
DEMAT GmbH now launches its successful concept of EuroMold in Africa.
Following the proven EuroMold model established by our event partner, DEMAT, "afrimold" will include a tradeshow floor, technical conference and networking opportunities all dedicated to advancing business and technology in tooling, moldmaking, design and development.
International Partners : Plastics Publications and Online
Plastics Media

BRITISH PLASTICS & RUBBER MAGAZINE ON-LINE,
Plastics Industry News and Events, Reference, Industry Links, and Company
Directory.
Free2Learnit
A new concept in interactive learning. A website dedicated to the free
download-ability of interactive educational programs for the plastics
industry. – It’s a new way of information exchange! In today’s
fluctuating world economics, how does your plastics manufacturing company
stand – is your organization competing in the global market, or
is it struggling against foreign competition? You need to keep your
work force up to date on the latest technology and manufacturing practices.
Here you will find the tools you need to bolster and keep the edge that
you need to succeed. You will find: free, interactive, computer-based
training (CBTs), covering a variety of topics of concern to plastic
professionals. Thanks to our sponsors, approximately every 6 weeks a
new training will be available for download for you to use.
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Joining Plastics - German Plastics Publication + Online
Plastics are today an indispensable part of our everyday life. During
their manufacture and assembly, ever more significance is being attached
to the joints in this case. JOINING PLASTICS – FÜGEN VON
KUNSTSTOFFEN takes account of this development and, as a bilingual title
(German/English), deals exclusively with the title subject.
Application-oriented specialist articles indicate the newest developments
and the state of the art for series welding and for the joining of plastics
in pipeline and tank construction and apparatus engineering. Furthermore,
the reader learns everything important from the sections entitled companies,
quality management and standardisation, research and development as
well as safety at work and environmental protection. Register now and
get a sample copy for free!
Target group:
JOINING PLASTICS – FÜGEN VON KUNSTSTOFFEN is intended for
specialists involved in joining plastics, especially for machine setters,
foremen, technicians, engineers and scientists, design and engineering
offices as well as companies dealing with mechanical joining, bonding
and laminating.
Kunststoffe international is published monthly starting January
2007 as the English edition of Kunststoffe – Europe's leading
plastics magazine.
With topical articles from Kunststoffe, Kunststoffe international competently
provides information in English on technical developments and industry
trends. One trade mark: the exclusive insider reports - they form the
profile of the magazine as a trend-setting information carrier for the
increasingly global performing plastics processors.
Kunststoffe international is published by Carl Hanser Verlag - the number
one worldwide for literature on plastics - and is complemented by an
online-portal with extensive offers in English.
Modern Plastics
The Global Plastics Magazine, offering supplier database, Online magazine,
Market Updates, Technology Trends etc.
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The Plastics News Global Group — owned by Detroit-based
Crain Communications Inc. — encompasses three print publications,
three Web sites, five e-mail newsletters, two trade shows, more than
a dozen conferences, and two industry award programs.
NORTH AMERICA: Plastics News
PRINT: The group's flagship publication, Plastics News, is a 60,000-circulation,
weekly newspaper serving primarily the North American market. Founded
by Crain in Akron, Ohio, in 1989, it covers the business of the global
plastics industry. Plastics News focuses on commercial, financial, legislative
and market-related developments worldwide that affect North American
plastic product manufacturers and their suppliers and customers. The
publication's mission is to report completely, promptly, fairly and
accurately, and to provide plastics industry officials with the market
information and competitive intelligence they need to do their jobs
more effectively.
PU2PU - Polyurethane Online Information Website, Company Directory,
News, Technical Centers, Technical Publications, Networking Plastform
for the Polyurethane Industry.
Plastics Information Europe
Your personal information portal
Stay a step ahead of the competition. At www.pieweb.com, for subscribers
only, you will find all the facts and details you are looking for, quickly
and efficiently, whenever you need them.
Daily news and market data
Polymer prices
Personal archives
PIEWeb offers its subscribers a number of individual features. Compile
price charts according to your own preselected parameters or sign up
for the e-mail newsletter to get the news fast. The competence and expertise
of PIE’s editors assures quality and accuracy.
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Plasteurope.com is an English-language information platform for the
European plastics industry. It is part of Kunststoffweb GmbH, the leading
internet content provider for the plastics industry in German-speaking
countries, based at Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt).

Plasticker - The Home of Plastics
Market place for the Plastics Industry - German Plastics Online Website
Plasticker wurde im September 2001 aufgebaut, um die Kunststoffbranche
mit Informationen zu versorgen und den Unternehmen und Personen der
Branche eine Plattform zur Vermarktung ihrer Produkte zur Verfügung
zu stellen.Seitdem verzeichnet Plasticker eine stetig wachsende Zahl
zufriedener Nutzer und wir freuen uns über die positiven Reaktionen,
die uns erreichen.
Polymerupdate has grown to become a preferred destination for
global players seeking plastics and petrochemical intelligence. Swiftly
emerging as a world renowned provider of real time news and price alerts
spanning a whole spectrum of products, polymerupdate now has a leading
industry presence. Products covered include Crude oil, Naphtha, Aromatics,
Olefins, Polyolefins, Commodity Polymers, Feedstocks and Petrochemical
Intermediates. Unbiased and independent reporting has helped attract
subscribers who include most of the regions leading resin producers,
processors, traders, consultant firms, investment bankers, credit rating
agencies, as well as front runners in international information services,
news and media companies.
MatWeb, Your Source for Materials Information
What is MatWeb? MatWeb's searchable database of material properties
includes data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as
ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene;
metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel,
superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors,
fibers, and other engineering materials.
It’s K time! The course is set for 2010
What will our everyday life look like in 20 years’ time? What
contribution can plastics make to solving important problems? Which
potential applications that still appear visionary today will already
have been introduced in two decades? These questions will be at the
heart of the special presentation at K 2010 in Düsseldorf from
27 October to 3 November 2010. Titled “Visions in Polymers”,
the presentation will show with reference to examples from different
areas of life what development trends can be discerned and what innovations
the industry has in store. Special consideration will be given in this
regard to the topics of energy efficiency and resource conservation.
BASF - Your partner for packaging solutions
Learn more about products, solutions, and innovations from BASF as the
raw material supplier of choice for the packaging industry. Whether
food, beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals need to be packed, using
paper, cardboard, carton, metal or plastics: BASF creates value for
its partners at all levels of the value chain, from raw material suppliers
to consumer brands.