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StocExpo Announces New Women in Tanks Initiative StocExpo has announced its next new 2021 event in Antwerp (Belgium) – Women in Tanks – to promote diversity in the industry and highlight the women working in the tank storage sector.
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tocExpo, the world’s leading bulk liquid storage event has
have been the only woman in a meeting now, there are now others.
announced its next new focal point for the 2021 event in Antwerp
StocExpo 2021 will be held between 29 June -1 July in Antwerp,
– Women in Tanks – to highlight the women working in the tank
Belgium.
storage sector. To secure the future success of the tank storage sector, the industry
About StocExpo and Easyfairs
needs to attract the right people and to retain a diversity of talent,
StocExpo is the largest and longest running international bulk liquid
skills, experience and thought. For this reason, StocExpo is promoting
storage event, and is going back to Antwerp in June 2021 to inspire,
diversity in the industry as well as celebrating what a great sector this
connect and share knowledge within the tank storage community.
is for both women and men to work.
Thought leaders from across the world gather alongside exhibitors
Rikki Bhachu, StocExpo Senior Marketing Manager, says: “This new
and visitors to discuss the future of the bulk storage industry.
addition to StocExpo will be packed with the most inspiring women in
Easyfairs currently organises 200 events in 14 countries (Algeria,
the industry, where every story and experience, every new initiative
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,
and talk is relevant and every piece of advice another crack in the
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United
glass ceiling.”
Kingdom) and manages 10 event venues in Belgium, the Netherlands
1 in 8 engineers are women and are hugely successful, and we want
and Sweden (Antwerp, Ghent, Mechelen-Brussels North, Namur,
to encourage more women to join the sector. Women in responsible
Gorinchem, Hardenberg, Venray, Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm).
positions in the tank storage industry are still a relative rarity but
In 2018 Easyfairs was named Belgium’s “Entrepreneur of the Year®”
slowly growing, as Women in Tanks representatives Margaret Dunn
and earned recognition as a Deloitte “Best Managed Company” and
and Elodie Zausa note.
a “Great Place to Work”. For the second year running, Deloitte has
Dunn revealed: “When I joined the industry 15 years ago there were
conferred “Best Managed Company” status on Easyfairs in 2020.
very few women in the sector. I’m pleased to see the numbers slowly increasing, but there’s still work to be done.”
For further information:
Elodie Zausa said in a recent interview that where once she might
www.stocexpo.com/en/about/women-in-tanks
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