Trex CEO to Kick Off Principia Executive Conference

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Principia Partners, globally recognized for unrivaled wood-plastic composites (WPC) industry knowledge, will be hosting its fifth annual WPC conference on October 6 and 7, 2008 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, MD. This event draws on some of the most knowledgeable commercial and technical experts to share their perspectives and developments on a variety of business issues facing this industry.

Principia’s conference has become the leading event for executives around the globe to meet, network, conduct business, and learn about the most promising market and technical opportunities.

Steve Van Kouteren, Principal, says “We created a program that promises to be an informative conference that will provide extensive insights on the trends and developments affecting the demand for wood plastic composites, vinyl, and other low maintenance building products. We are very pleased to have Ronald Kaplan, CEO of Trex Company as our keynote speaker. His presentation will focus on how the outdoor living trend continues to transform the building products industry.”

Other speakers, to name just a few, are representing such companies and organizations as Americhem, BASF, Case Remodeling/Design, Enduris, Wolf Distributing, Underwriters Laboratories, and The Vinyl Institute. Presentations will range from trends in manufacturing and distribution of customized outdoor living products to material and processing advances to new products and markets that will dramatically change and grow the WPC and vinyl building products industry.

A focal point of Wood Plastic Composites 2008 will be a panel session with all points along the industry supply chain being represented to discuss how manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and contractors can better work together to meet the growing demand for customized outdoor products. This will then lead to a discussion from leading WPC industry associations on the benefits of establishing a deck contractor education, training and education program.

A second day panel will focus on the North American fence industry. Business leaders will present their views on the performance of new WPC and vinyl fence products that have been introduced over the past two years.

Principia Partners is recognized as the leading consultancy serving the WPC industry and the world’s preeminent source of WPC market information. Principia Partners is an international business consulting firm serving the plastics, building products, packaging, metals, and specialty chemicals industries.

For more information about the conference, visit the website at www.PrincipiaConferences.com. To learn more about Principia’s products and services, visit the company’s web site at www.PrincipiaConsulting.com.