The Plastics Design and Moulding Exhibition (PDM) has announced it will return to Telford in 2013, after two years at London’s Excel exhibition centre where it successfully attracted a new audience from the design community.
Next year’s event, to be held on 18-19 June at the newly refurbished Telford International Centre, will feature a bigger exhibition space and a raft of quality paid-for and free seminars, workshops and training opportunities. The highly specialist content for these programmes is currently being developed with PDM’s recently signed partners which include the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Gauge & Toolmakers Association (GTMA), the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3), Polymer Training and Innovation Centre, the Polymer Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMMDA) and Smithers Rapra. Home to over 100 polymer-related companies, Telford has been known for ‘plastics valley’ for over 20 years and was the venue for PDM’s debut show in 2005. The International Centre has recently undergone a £10m refurbishment programme and now offers new conference facilities, expanded exhibition space, a new entrance and public concourse. Julia Moore, CEO of the GTMA, said: “PDM12 was another successful event for us generating both new membership enquiries for the GTMA and business enquiries for UK work for our members. We are delighted to hear the new exhibition and conference format for PDM13, look forward to playing an active part in next year's event.” PDM’s event director, Steve Crowhurst, said: “An event like PDM shows the UK plastics industry off at its best and we are very excited about what we can achieve in Telford with our event partners in 2013. We are committed to delivering a fresh audience for our exhibitors and quality content for our visitors.” www.pdmevent.com
