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dmg Events Middle East, Asia & Africa Acquires Coatings for Africa

dmg events - Middle East, Asia & Africa, a prominent worldwide exhibits company, has acquired Coatings for Africa, the largest and longest-running occasion for its industry on the continent.

Coatings for Africa will currently be organised by dmg events, beginning with the following edition in Johannesburg in June 2018. The new procurement will certainly sit within the company's growing Coatings profile, which includes the Middle East Coatings Program happening in Dubai on March 13-15.

The biennial Coatings for Africa event will preserve the South African Paint Manufacturers Organization (SAPMA) and the Oil and Colour Chemists Association (OCCA) as partners, with both associations pledging their lasting assistance. SAMPA participants make greater than 90 percent of all layers made in South Africa, while most of the individual drug stores and technologists that go to the event are OCCA participants. As Africa stands for 28 percent of the world's layer production by quantity, and South Africa is the continent's largest producer, there is no better place for the region's vendors of resources and tools to fulfill their market.

" Africa is just one of one of the most amazing and rapidly creating continents on earth," stated Ian Faux, Vice President-- Coatings. "In addition to supporting the local markets, we are confident that our worldwide customer base, accustomed to our events in Asia and the Middle East, will certainly be keen to relocate with us right into this brand-new region and take advantage of the incredible possibilities readily available below."

The occasion will see senior supervisors and engineers from across the paints and finishings industry come trying to find a mix of the most up to date products, technologies and solutions. At the very same time, they will certainly be able to take part in an establishing education programme, which will certainly include a three-day conference, plus interactive zones for workshops and live product demonstrations.

Deryck Spence, speaking in support of SAPMA and OCCA specified "Both of our organizations are extremely excited regarding our partnership with dmg occasions. It is a perfect marital relationship in that we share the vision of uplifting Coatings for Africa as the front runner shows on the African continent and in doing so expand the proficiency of the Coatings industry in South Africa, which we stand for."

Coatings for Africa joins a coatings-specific profile of occasions that currently includes Dubai's Middle East Coatings Show the Asia Coatings Congress, the East African Coatings Congress, the Central Asia Coatings Program, the Asia Pacific Coatings Program and Cairo's Middle East Coatings Program. The established event additionally joins a broadening portfolio of exhibitions being produced for the African market by dmg occasions' recently opened South African procedure, set up in July of 2016.

" The acquisition of Coatings for Africa is the current in a series of tactical actions by dmg events as we increase our business right into key markets on the continent," said Matt Denton, President of dmg occasions. "We have currently successfully released The Big 5 East Africa and INDEX North Africa, while a 3rd geo-cloned occasion - The Big 5 Construct North Africa - will debut in April 2017."

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