Saudi Plas 2011

Exhibition name:Saudi Plas 2011

Organiser:Riyadh Exhibitions Company (REC)

venue:Riyadh Exhibition Centre

Detail: At 40 kg, the per capita consumption rate of plastics in Saudi Arabia is higher than that of a number of Asian countries and more than double that of the Middle East as a whole. Packaging requirements for Saudi Arabia's thriving food & beverage sector and consumer & household goods, strong foreign demand, and a flurry of construction activity fuelled by a growing, increasingly well-off population are all driving growth in the kingdom's plastics industry – second only to the oil and gas industry in size. Multi-billion-dollar investments in 360 plastics factories have further fanned plastics sector activity. As plastics steadily replace traditional materials like metal and wood, demand is sprouting everywhere: Food & beverage packaging, construction materials, household and consumer goods, and furniture are all increasingly relying on plastics. An ambitious $35 billion Saudi public sector infrastructure expansion plan has provided yet more impetus. http://www.recexpo.com/recweb/show_overview.asp?id=82