The EPDA sponsors an Annual Conference with educational programming, networking opportunities and tabletop exhibits, as well as various other meetings. Companies attend to share business insights and promote the growth of the plastics distribution industry in Europe.
The EPDA Annual Conference is the place to build your business, network with your colleagues, educate you and your employees and join forces with your peers to grow the plastics distribution industry. You are invited to do it all in the charming city of Brugge, Belgium!
The future holds numerous challenges and opportunities for the plastic stock shapes and pipe, valves and fittings industries, and EPDA will connect you with other industry leaders to address these issues at the EPDA Annual Conference. Use this conference to learn and grow as a company, and you will return energized, informed and ready to build your business!
Conference Speakers:
Professor Dr. Michael Koch
Chair for Polymer Technology, Technical University of Ilmenau Competitive Differentiation in Times of Economic Turmoil Keynote Speaker
Kevin Short
Laird Plastics
IAPD Environmental Committee Chair
IAPD's Environmental Initiatives
Albert Lueghammer
Technical Manager, AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH Pipe Rehabilitation with Plastic Piping Systems
PVF Meeting and Presentation
Michael Prinz
Head of Segment Management Universal, BASF Challenges in a Disruptive Environment
Implications on the Front End of the Plastics Value Chain and Potential Answers
Resin Manufacturer View Point
Fredric Petit
Director Sustainability, DSM
Bringing Sustainability to Life
Resin Manufacturer View Point
About EPDA
Established in 1975, the European Plastics Distributors Association (EPDA) is comprised of companies engaged in the distribution and manufacture of plastic sheet, rod, tube, pipe, valves, fittings, film and related products, and whose goal is to establish a leadership role within the plastics industry.EPDA members manufacture and distribute plastic-oriented products: plastic semis and/or plastic pipe, valves and fittings. These products come in a wide range of shapes, colours, forms and materials. The main shapes include sheets, blocks, rods, profiles, tubes, pipes, valves and fittings. The successful integration of these materials into the marketplace is a common concern among the members of EPDA.
EPDA members maintain large inventories, and most offer sophisticated cutting services and stock auxiliary products, such as welding equipment and cements or plastic fittings and valves. It is not only the immediate availability of a large variety of plastic semis that characterises the activities of the members of EPDA. The day-to-day contact with the major players in the industry provides EPDA members with access to the most up-to-date information. This detailed and thorough knowledge of materials and their applications is available to fellow members and to all fabricators, whatever the activity.
