Mar 25 2011
Every day we all read the latest statistics in how exports of the leading petrochemical commodities produced in the Middle East are set to boom as capacity increases and major regional projects progress.
The stand out statistics are:
- $100 billion investment planned for Saudi transports and logistics
- $7bn investment in the Saudi Landbridge rail project
- Over 20 new intermediate specialty products to be produced in the GCC, requiring specialist handling
- $510 million - new Red Sea Gateway terminal in Jeddah
- Share of Gulf producers in global chemicals production capacity increasing to an estimated 16% in 2015 and 20% by 2020
By popular demand, Logichem is bringing an international audience of global supply chain directors to the Middle East, to network, share knowledge and be made aware of the key developments within the industry.
LogiChem Middle East will take place in Dubai, 24-25 May and will deliver a high-level conference for international petrochemical and chemical supply chain directors and the wider global supplier community.
The speaker faculty for LogiChem Middle East consists of over 20 first-class chemical supply chain experts, who will give real-life case studies and debate new ideas for efficient supply chain strategies.
The list of speakers includes
LogiChem Middle East has been developed with the support of an advisory board of supply chain experts including:
- Saeed Al Badi, Deputy VP Supply Chain, Borouge
- Robert Blackburn, Senior VP Supply Chain, BASF
- Mark Appleyard, Regional Director Middle East and Africa, Agility
- Sukumar Narasimhan, Sr VP Supply Chain, Reliance Industries
- Alex Borg, Regional Director, CILT UAE
- Suresh Krishnan, Supply Chain VP Asia and Africa, Dow
The key areas of discussions at LogiChem Middle East will be by:
- Theo Zwygers, VP Supply Chain Europe, Asia and Middle East, LyondellBasell discusses the transformational impact of Middle East petrochemicals - supply chain implications
- Alastair Port, Director Middle East, Huntsman presents an overview on setting up a new downstream chemical joint venture in Saudi Arabia and the challenges on supply chain infrastructure
- Robert Blackburn, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain at BASF will speak about spearheading BASF's supply chain best practice across the Middle East
- Sukumar Narasimha, Sr VP Supply Chain, Reliance Industries Ltd assesses the beat way to achieve supply chain optimisation: achieving continuous improvement across your supply chain
- Plus, don't miss Booz and Co's interactive benchmarking survey - improve the performance of your end-to-end supply chain and align delivery with the world's leading players