The 14th edition of the "Dubai Plast Pro" conference, held from 15-17 October 2012 in Dubai / United Arab Emirates, will focus on the changing polymers/plastics business landscape in the Middle East, offering insights into solutions, challenges and opportunities of the evolving market. Other topics of the three-day conference, organised by Maack Business Services (MBS, Zurich / Switzerland), which is now a part of IHS Chemical (Englewood, Colorado / USA; www.ihs.com), include the latest polymer technologies, processing and additive advances, markets and end-use applications.

Prior to the conference, on 14 October 2012, the organisers offer an industry training workshop on bio-based plastics and chemicals.

For more information and to register, contact Janet Morita, e-mail: janet.morita@ihs.com