• The 8th edition of the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2020 will take place in Berlin in November, during the European Commission’s SME Week
• The objective of the Awards is to promote best practices and highlight the best European Small and Mid-Sized Companies that have gained access to capital markets via an Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Kompuestos (Plásticos CompuestosS.A.), MAB-listed company and leader in the production of sustainable plastic compounds in Europe, has been nominated for the European Small and Mid-CapAwards 2020 in the 'Rising Star' category.

The 8th edition of the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards will be held inNovember during the  European Commission’s SME Week in Berlin, organized in collaboration with EuropeanIssuers and the Federation of European SecuritiesExchanges (FESE). The aim of these awards is to highlight the best European small and mid-cap companies that have managed to access capital markets through an Initial Public Offering (IPO), highlighting the wide diversity of European markets and boosting the stock market listing of those SMEs that have demonstrated best practices.

As highlighted by the organisation of the awards in its press release, SMEs are key to achieving the EU's objectives in terms of job creation, competitiveness and growth, and it highlights the various advantages that access to finance on the securities markets can bring to these companies. The winners of this year's European Small and Mid-Cap Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony in November.

Ignacio Duch, president and CEO of Kompuestos, stated that "it is an honour for us to be considered for an award which acknowledges the effort that we have made at Kompuestos since we started operating, and which we continue to maintain now, above all, with our new innovations: our compostable resins and Okean((R) ranges of compostable bioplastics.We want to be leaders in the circular economy of plastics while bringing value to our investors, customers and employees. This is where we have always wanted to go and we will continue to do so”.

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