According to the main article of the latest issue of macplaonline, the General Meeting of Amaplast took place on June 14 in Linz (Austria), appointing the nine members of the General Board for the 2018-2020 term.
The decision to hold the meeting of the association outside Italy was dictated by the fact that an Euromap meeting had been scheduled to take place in Linz on June 15. In this way the Italian representatives were also able to attend this important event, optimizing logistics and trips.
As regards the General Board of Amaplast the following members were elected: Mauro Drappo (Amut), Maria Grazia Colombo (BFM), Gianni Luoni (Elba), Alessandro Balzanelli (FB Balzanelli), Anthony Caprioli (Macchi), Tiziano Caprara (Negri Bossi), Gianfranco Cattapan (Plastic Systems) – who takes over from Gabriele Caccia (Syncro) – Dario Previero (Previero) and Barbara Ulcelli (IMG).
Plast 2018
In his speech, Amaplast President Mr Alessandro Grassi (shown at the centre of the photo), touched on the most current issues relating to the association’s activity, and in relation to the plastics and rubber sector as a whole. Starting with some comments on the 2018 edition of Plast (the triennial international fair which recently closed its doors at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre in Rho) highlighting the fact that the exhibition has been given a new lease of life thanks to the synergy generated by The Innovation Alliance.
Following a number of editions during which the exhibition experienced a drop in visitors (even though it has been slight one, especially if compared to other similar machinery fairs), the popularity of Plast is now once again on the rise. The area occupied by foreign exhibitors increased by 20%, with approximately 63 thousand visitors (a conservative estimate, in view of the fact that that it was possible to access all five exhibitions of The Innovation Alliance with a single ticket, meaning that it has not been possible to accurately record the numbers of visitors that attended more than one exhibition) which means a 25% increase as compared to Plast 2015.
Aside from the mere figures, the quality of the buyers that attended the exhibition was of a high level, and therefore it is not by chance that several Amaplast members reported sales of machinery and plants directly at the fair. In certain cases these sales were the conclusion of negotiations already underway, while in others, the sales have been the result of the opportunities provided by the fair itself.
Talking about the results of Plast 2018, Alessandro Grassi stated: “All the members of the General Board, together with myself, have had great faith in The Innovation Alliance project; our administrative secretariat has worked very hard on this, but I believe I can say that the results are tangible.”
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