The Port of Tarragona was the setting for one of the main international conferences of the petrochemical sector, organised by the prestigious consulting firm Argus Dewitt, and where the main players in the chemical and petrochemical sector on an international level meet to discuss the changes in global product flows and the integration of supply chains. This event provided an opportunity to learn about the ChemMed Tarragona cluster model, as well as the investment opportunities offered by the region.
The inauguration ceremony for the Argus Petrochemical Markets Conference took place yesterday at the Gran Palas Conventions, and was organised by Andy Nicholson, Argus’s vice-chairman of Business Development, and Josep Andreu, chairman of the Port of Tarragona and vice-chairman of ChemMed. This international conference was held at the Hotel Gran Palas Hotel yesterday, and in the afternoon the hundred or so attendees paid a visit to the maritime Port of Tarragona to see the Port installations at first hand, and the synergies of the Port infrastructure with the Tarragona chemical site.
The aim of the chairman of the AEQT and chairman of ChemMed, Josep Francesc Font, and the chairman of the Port of Tarragona and vice-chairman of ChemMed, Josep Andreu, was to emphasise the value of Argus’s international dimension, which situates the cluster in the epicentre of one of the main international events of the petrochemical sector. According to the chairman of the AEQT, it is "a forum that enables networking with key players in the sector, and at the same time puts Tarragona on the world's petrochemical map, thereby positioning the ChemMed brand internationally to attract investments"
The aim of the chairman of the AEQT and chairman of ChemMed, Josep Francesc Font, and the chairman of the Port of Tarragona and vice-chairman of ChemMed, Josep Andreu, was to emphasise the value of Argus’s international dimension, which situates the cluster in the epicentre of one of the main international events of the petrochemical sector. According to the chairman of the AEQT, it is "a forum that enables networking with key players in the sector, and at the same time puts Tarragona on the world's petrochemical map, thereby positioning the ChemMed brand internationally to attract investments"
The conference has continued today, and the talks have focused on the analysis of changes in the global petrochemical industry and their impacts on the European market, analysing product flows, investment and infrastructure. The Port’s director of corporate development and business development, Genevieve Clement, the director of the TEPSA terminal at the Port, Nuria Blasco, the production director of Repsol, Ramon Nieto, and the commercial director of Vopak Terquimsa in the Port, Josep Forcadell, are the heads of the sector in Tarragona who have participated with talks within the framework of Argus.