UTECH Middle East/Africa Foam & Polyurethane Expo 7-9 June 2022

UTECH Middle East/Africa Foam & Polyurethane Expo, the new exhibition and conference for the polyurethane industry in the Middle East and Africa, takes place next month from 7-9 June, at the Sheikh Saeed Hall 1, Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Registration for free admittance to the three-day exhibition and conference is via the event website: https://www.mefpu.com/

Organised jointly by Crain Communications and Media Fusion, UTECH Middle East/Africa Foam & Polyurethane Expo is co-located with Sleep Expo Middle East and Adhesives, Sealants & Bonding Expo, bringing the UTECH community together with two of the major end markets for urethanes.

Polyurethanes are widely used in many of today’s most advanced products ranging from automotive interiors, insulation, coatings, sealants and adhesives to medical devices, textiles, furniture and footwear. Show organisers expect visitors to UTECH Middle East/Africa Foam & Polyurethane Expo to come from businesses in Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.

UTECH Middle East/Africa Foam & Polyurethane Expo will be the first opportunity for international and local players in the foam and polyurethane industry to showcase their solutions at the only dedicated trade show in the region. Exhibitors include leading global and local polyurethane brands including Evonik, Wanhua, Sabic, Cannon Viking, Hennecke, Flokser Kimya, Foam Supplies, Recaz Chemical/Sefox Adhesives and many more. Sabic is the event gold sponsor and Honeywell is conference sponsor.

The free-to-attend, three-day polyurethane conference looks at the technical and business issues affecting a wide range of sectors including automotive, construction, flexible and rigid foam applications. The opening keynote speaker Amir Naqvi, Regional Business Leader for Honeywell Fluorine Products, Middle-East, Turkey and Africa will set the tone for the conference with his presentation entitled Sustainability: the future shaper of the polyurethane industry.

Other prominent speakers and their key papers include:

  • Recycling rigid PIR foam, phthalic anhydride and PET into commercial grade polyester polyol by Miro Donabedian, General Manager, IP Harwal Polymer
  • Design and implementation of energy efficient high index polyisocyanurate systems with sustainable blowing agents by Ilhan Kurt, Head of Research and Development, Pearl Polyurethane Systems LLC – Dubai
  • Benefits of methylal as a co-blowing agent with HFOs or HFCs: spray foams as a typical example by Michel Beaujean, Senior Scientific and Technical Advisor, Lambiotte
  • Halogen free-bio PIR sandwich panel systems by Emrah Akbaş, R&D Manager, Kimpur

Crain Communications Global Polymer Group organises some of the global polyurethane industry’s largest trade shows including UTECH Europe, PU China/UTECH Asia and UTECH Las Americas.

Visit the event website for the full conference programme, exhibitor list and to register to attend UTECH Middle East/Africa Foam & Polyurethane Expo: https://mefpu.com