November 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Press Contact:

Anne Meerboth-Maltz
Tel. (312)781-5185
Fax (312) 781-5188
email:
ameerboth@mdna.com

Messe Düsseldorf North America
150 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 2920
Chicago, IL 60601


SECOND STAGING OF TIPREX ANNOUNCED

The second staging of TIPREX, Thai International Plastics & Rubber Exhibition for the Indochina Region, will take place from September 23 – 26, 2009 at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC). Visitor registration will begin in May 2009 (the show will be open to the public on September 26 only). PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2009, International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia, will be held concurrently.

TIPREX 2009 will be jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia, the Thai Plastic Industries Association and the Federation of Thai Industries – Plastic Industry Club. Messe Düsseldorf Asia is a subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf in Germany, renowned as the organizer of K, the leading international trade fair for the plastics industry worldwide. Through the Messe Duesseldorf Group of Companies global network, Messe Düsseldorf Asia is instrumental in increasing international participation in the regional trade fairs in Asia.

TIPREX 2009 will bring international manufacturers and suppliers of plastic and rubber machinery, equipment and services together with processors from across Thailand and Indochina. The Bangkok venue is ideally located in the center of the emerging markets of Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos and trade visitors from these regions will find cost effective solutions and technical expertise at TIPREX 2009 that will help them to improve their companies’ productivity and efficiency.

At the premiere staging of TIPREX in 2006, 192 exhibitors from 19 countries displayed a comprehensive range of machinery and equipment, processing solutions and services to 7,573 trade visitors from 50 nations.

For further information on visiting or exhibiting at TIPREX 2009 or PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2009, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2920, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: (312) 781-5180; Fax: (312) 781-5188; E-mail: info@mdna.com. Or visit the web site www.mdna.com or www.tiprex.com.

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