Why attend?
The Global Tape Forum (GTF) is a not-for-profit, international organisation created by the global adhesive tape industry for the industry. Its mission is to enhance the worldwide adhesive tape market by providing a global forum for all tape trade associations, enabling them to add greater value to their memberships.
GTF members:
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Afera, The European Adhesive Tape Association
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CATIA, The China Adhesives and Tape Industry Association
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JATMA, The Japanese Adhesive Tapes Manufacturers Association
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PSTC, The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (North America)
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TAAT, The Taiwan Regional Association of Adhesive Tape Manufacturers
The GTF’s objectives are to increase the demand for adhesive tapes everywhere; to harmonise key adhesive tape test methods; to establish a database of environmental and regulatory trends per region; to gather top-level production data according to agreed-upon categories; to share an open calendar of global adhesive tape educational events, encouraging cross-participation; to hold biennial meetings hosted by member associations on a rotating basis; to establish a small shared fund for running costs; and to appoint a fixed team of volunteer delegates, plus a secretariat, from each member association to serve a three-year term.
The GTF holds its meetings biennially at the annual or technical conference of one of its members. The Association also includes the Global Test Methods Committee (GTMC), the worldwide adhesive tape technical body which usually meets at the same event at which the GTF meeting takes place. Hosted by CATIA, the 7
th GTF and GTMC meetings will take place on 24-26 April 2024 in Shanghai, China. Before this, a set of pre-meetings hosted by Afera were held in April 2023 in Brussels, Belgium, preceding Afera’s 10
th Technical Seminar.
More information?
Contact - Tel: +31 (0)70 312 39 16; Email id: mail@afera.com; Website: www.afera.com