AchemAmerica 2005: International Exhibition and Conferences on Process Technologies.

FRANKFURT, Germany & MEXICO CITY -- AchemAmerica 2005, International Exhibition on Process Technologies, will take place for the second time in the World Trade Center in Mexico City from 12 to 15 April 2005. It is the biggest international event for the supplier branches in chemistry and process

engineering in Mexico and Latin America. Approx. 200 international exhibitors and over 5,000 professionals are expected to attend. The largest contingents of exhibitors come from Mexico, Germany and the USA. With a total of 21 countries represented there is a perceptible increase in the internationality of the exhibitors.

Mexico's Minister of the Economy, Fernando Jesus Canales Clariond, emphasized the significance of this AchemAmerica for the international economic relations of his country and he characterized Mexico with its worldwide network of free trade agreements as one of the best locations in the world for investments and economic cooperation. The oil industry and the chemical process industries are the cornerstones of Mexico's future development. Furthermore there is a tremendous demand for technologies and know-how for the food, pharma, biotechnology and environmental sectors.

Key themes of the exhibition profile

The exhibition profile of AchemAmerica comprises all the target groups that play an important part in and around Mexico's process industry:

chemical equipment and plant engineering, process engineering, petrochemistry, maintenance and quality assurance, environmental protection, water treatment, pharmaceutical technology, biotechnology, food technology, agrochemistry, laboratory and analytical techniques, and packaging and storage techniques.

International conferences and business meetings

The Conferences accompanying the exhibition will feature current developments on all issues concerning process technologies. The main themes are "Water and Waste Water Management" and "Novel Processes for Refining, SynFuels and Petrochemistry". Business meetings and partnering workshops particularly address enterprises to promote cooperations with Mexico.

AchemAmerica is organized by DECHEMA - Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, whose ACHEMA worldwide concept provides a platform in the three foremost economic regions, the EU, the Far East and North America. ACHEMA - the major international event on process industries in Frankfurt am Main/Germany attracts over 4,000 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors from more than 100 different countries every three years.

Please note:

Opening Press Conference, April 12, 2005, 12.30 p.m.

World Trade Center, Mexico City, Filadelfia S/N, Col. Napoles, Sala de Prensa

More information: www.achemamerica.de ; presse@dechema.de