To strengthen its international operations, expand business relationships, and reinforce its position as a benchmark in plastic production, conversion, and recycling, Valgroup will participate for the first time in K 2025, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. The company will be featured at the Brazilian Colors and Solutions space, located at booth H30, in Exhibition Hall 8B, organized by Think Plastic Brazil — a portfolio of solutions that supports the internationalization of the country’s converted plastics sector, carried out through a partnership between ApexBrasil (the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and the INP (Brazilian Plastic Institute) — in conjunction with the ApexBrasil +Feiras Program.
“A company’s first time participating in a global trade fair of the size and importance of K for the sector can expand the international presence of its brands, showcase its competitiveness, and foster connections. It represents an excellent opportunity to build relationships, identify opportunities, and keep pace with industry trends,” analyzes Carlos Moreira, Brazilian Plastic Institute Executive Director and Think Plastic Brazil CPO.
Valgroup will showcase samples from its Industrial Films unit, along with corporate materials for visitors and potential partners interested in learning more about the company and its solutions. This initiative reflects a strategic alignment aimed at expanding the company’s presence in the European market, reinforcing the quality, innovation, and competitiveness of its products.
The company, one of the largest in its segment in Brazil, sponsored the 4th World Plastic Connection Summit®, the leading global event for the internationalization of the converted plastics sector, held by Think Plastic Brazil in April of this year. At K 2025, Valgroup will be represented by professionals from different business units, seeking to establish connections, identify trends, and explore business opportunities.
About Think Plastic Brazil
Think Plastic Brazil started its activities with 38 companies and, over the last 20 years, has expanded its participation to more than 250 companies. During this period, the Portfolio promoted the participation of 4,773 companies in the industry in 240 projects specifically for Trade Promotion, resulting in 64,366 meetings. The economic impact was significant, with more than US$1.247 billion in business generated and a total investment of US$12.338 million, achieving an impressive ROI of US$101.04 for every dollar invested.
For those interested in buying from Brazil and contacting Brazilian companies associated with Think Plastic Brazil directly, please contact cristina.sacramento@thinkplasticbrazil.com and daniela.ornelas@thinkplasticbrazil.com via email or visit the website (https://thinkplasticbrazil.com/en/home-en/). Think Plastic Brazil is a non-profit, non-commissioned organization that can facilitate your direct contact with Brazilian producers.
About INP
Founded in 1989, the Brazilian Plastic Institute – INP arises amid the process of globalization and the need to make the plastic market more competitive internationally. Its strength and representativeness are the results of the union of the Brazilian Processed Plastic and Recycling Industry (ABIPLAST), the Brazilian Association of the Chemical Industry (ABIQUIM), and the Union of Synthetic Resin Industries in the State of São Paulo (SIRESP).
As a sectoral technological body, the INP’s is to be the focal point for the entire plastics production chain in Brazil. To this end, the body maintains an extensive workforce qualification program, promotes access to the most modern technologies, especially for small and medium-sized companies, and develops Technical Standards so that products with better quality be manufactured.
About ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) promotes Brazilian products and services abroad and attracts foreign investments to strategic industries of the Brazilian economy. To reach its goals, ApexBrasil carries out diversified trade promotion actions aimed at promoting exports and valuing Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and trade missions, business roundtables, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, and visits by foreign buyers and influencers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, among other business platforms that are also focused on strengthening “Brazil” as a brand.
The agency also acts in a coordinated manner with public and private actors to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, focusing on strategic sectors for the development of the competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country.
