What make CHINAPLAS so irresistible?

Apr 13, 2015

CHINAPLAS 2015 (The 29th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries) will be held on 20-23 May 2015 in China Import & Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou. Over the years CHINAPLAS grows with China and has now ascended to Asia's largest plastics and rubber trade fair. This year, CHINAPLAS once again breaks its past records, with the exhibiting area reaching 240,000sqm and exhibitors exceeding 3,200. 

There are many reasons to make CHINAPLAS an unmissible event, visitors can gain insights of market's present and future trends and witness the newest technologies of the year should be one of those. CHINAPLAS this year will spotlight several areas that the market is much-needed such as industrial automation, new manufacturing technologies and a board range of materials with special functionality. 

Plastics and Rubber Machinery 
Currently, the automation level of manufacturing in many Chinese firms is still low. Cutting edge automation technology that can provide more stable work force and proven production efficiency caught the attention of many Chinese enterprises, as well as companies around the world. In this light, CHINAPLAS has set up a new zone - Industrial Automation Zone, designed to showcase the latest robotics and automated solutions from global leading companies such as top robot makers, ABB and Wittmann Battenfeld, automation technology leaders Honeywell and Rockwell from the US, Siemens from Germany, Mitsubishi Electrics and Shini from Japan and Taiwan respectively. 

Plastics mold is also one of the important branches from automated machinery. Hot runner system is now in fame because it has many advantages over the traditional cold runner molds, such as shorter molding cycle, less raw materials and energy consumption, higher efficiency and fewer subsequent processes. CHINAPLAS will bring together the world's leading suppliers of hot runner systems, including Mold-Masters, HASCO, SYNVENTIVE, YUDO, SINO and MOULD-TIP. The booming automotive industry in China also pushes up the demand on high-end molds and molding tools. In order to better serve the downstream market of automotive sector, SYNVENTIVE and Mold-Masters have established new factories in Suzhou and Kunshan, China, respectively. 

With the rapid development of the packaging industry, film technology has caught the limelight. Multilayer film-forming technology has become increasingly popular as this technology not only can effectively save energy, extend the product's shelf life but also appeals to consumers' aesthetic sense. In response to the market needs, Han King launches its FFS three layout co-extrusion heavy duty bag machine. Austrian SML will present its new 1.5 meter wide stretch film production line - MiniCast, which suites the smallest space requirement while delivers the excellence in winding process and film quality even in small batch production. 

Chemical & Raw Materials 
In recent years, local manufactures in China are ramping up their research and development efforts in a bid to enter to the high-end plastics market, which has long been monopolized by foreign companies. Among them are some rising stars. Polyrocks will display its environmentally friendly flame retardant Polypropylene 5000(+) HFFR V0PP. Its flammability can reach UL94-V0 (0.75m), and meet the glow-wire test GWIT:775℃/3.0mm and GWFI:850℃/3.0m. Chongqing Polycomp's gross CPIC thermoplastic fiberglass not only enhances the tensile and impact strength of its kind, but also improves the gross and reduces the warpage of the finish surface. Malion New Materials will also debut its self-developed high-end black masterbatch to compete in high-end market dominated by overseas suppliers. This product has excellent dispersion property and can be widely applied in high speed production of cast film and thin film for packaging, construction, cables and pipes industries, etc. 

Bioplastics is another rapidly expanding segment of the plastics in China. JinHui ZhaoLong will bring its completely biodegradable PBAT to the exhibition. These high performance film features 120% tear resistance and 130% impact strength compared to polyethylene. Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials will showcase its sustainable plant-based polylactic acid (PLA). PLA has excellent biodegradable property while maintains basic characteristics of general macromolecule materials and its mechanical property. 

High-Performance Materials 
The stiffer competition, lower energy cost and falling materials price in local market has made many Chinese firms face the perils of overcapacity. Rather than blindly increase the production capacity to meet the bottom line, many plastics manufacturers today eye at more profitable and promising areas such as modified plastics, composite and high-performance materials. In response to the trend, a new theme zone called Composite & High Performance Materials Zone will be set up, at which Korean Hyosung will present its self-invented carbons based engineering plastic - Hyosung Polyketone. PPG and Taishan Fiberglass will feature their long fiber glass thermoplastics and Japan's Kaneka will bring in the synthetic fiber and thermal conductivity engineering plastics compound to the fairground. 

The highlights above are just a fraction of the exhibits in over 3,200 sets of machinery and a board range of chemicals and raw materials of the show. There is plenty of room to explore more. To facilitate visitors to find their right suppliers efficiently at the huge fairground, the organizer advises visitors to pre-register at www.ChinaplasOnline.com and receive a password to access the Interactive Floor Plan for visiting route planning. 

The entry tickets have two types, namely one-day pass (RMB 30) and all-day pass (RMB 50). Admission on Saturday (23, May) is free. Pre-registration is now open until 14 May, 2015. Visitors who successfully pre-registered atwww.ChinaplasOnline.com/prereg will enjoy free and speedy admission to the fair. They can also use the function of "My Exhibitor", which is available at the official website, mobile website and smartphone apps to mark their interested exhibitors and make notes of each.

Over 120,000 professional buyers are drawn to the show to learn about the latest trends and advanced technologies offered by CHINAPLAS. 

For details, please visit the official show website at www.ChinaplasOnline.com