The trip, organisedby the French Trade Commission in Vietnam (UBIFRANCE), will enable theFrench businesses to improve their understanding of Vietnam’s policiesand business opportunities through meetings with the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade, and the Plastics, Rubber and Packing Association.
Visits to industrial sites are also planned throughoutthe country, including a plant operated by the French group Arkema,near Ho Chi Minh City.
These companies are also in aposition to offer advanced technologies and services to prospectiveVietnamese partners with a series of more than 50 business meetingsalready scheduled. This will help to develop sustainable commercial,industrial and technological partnerships.
Theywill have more opportunities to make new contacts during their visit toVietnam’s 2012 Plastics & Rubber Exhibition and the 2012International Processing, Filling and Packaging Exhibition with 210exhibitors and 7,000 visitors expected.
Because ofthe poor development of support industries in Vietnam, plastics andpacking manufacturers have to import 85 percent of their materials and70 percent of the machinery. Therefore the French firms are in aposition to deliver different technologies or services, such as JmPolymers and Paprec for materials, Rep Injection, Sise and Kareville formachinery, and Wise, Mecafonction and Curtil for molding equipment.
Vietnamese companies are upgrading quickly and aiming to develop thebest technologies, mainly to get a foothold in the international market.This explains the interest in innovative firms such as Roctool orNewtec Bag Palletizing.-VNA