The 22nd International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries ("Chinaplas 2008"), the World's No. 3 and Asia's No.1 plastics and rubber trade fair, will be held on April 17-20, 2008 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, Pudong, Shanghai, PR China. Highly recognized in the plastics and rubber industries, 1,700 overseas and domestics suppliers had frequent discussion with the show organizer over the past few months on the availability of exhibition booth, aiming at seizing this golden opportunity to introduce their innovative technology and new products' features to over 60,000 worldwide visitors.

Mr. Stanley Chu, Chairman of Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd, organizer of Chinaplas, expressed at the press conference held this afternoon that Chinaplas 2008 has achieved a brilliant record of show scale. 11 exhibition halls plus additional 10,000sqm of temporary halls have all been confirmed or reserved. Mr. Chu pointed out that the staging of Chinaplas in Shanghai this year together with its record-breaking scale of 130,000 sqm will help to promote the development of plastics and rubber industries in Shanghai and East China.

Ms. Liu Jingfen, Vice President and Secretary General of Shanghai Society of Plastics Industry, stated that a continuous strong growth in plastics industry has been achieved in East China and Shanghai in 2007. She anticipated that output of plastic resin and copolymer will reach 12.93 million tons in 2007 while the output of plastics machinery will be 0.544 million tons, up to 74.5% of the national output. All in all, Shanghai and its regions contribute half of the total national output of plastics products in China. On the other hand, the rubber industry has also noted a sharp growth in China and forms gradually industrial clusters. The production lines and sales market of rubber products mainly concentrate along the coastal area of East China. For example, from the area of Yangtze River Delta to the East China region, industrial clusters of rubber tires, rubber ingredients and skeleton materials have already been formed.

Chinaplas 2008 continues to highlight the theme of "Bringing Innovations to Life, and Success to Your Business" and the show will display over 1,800 sets of machines plus a wide range of chemicals and raw materials for various industries. With the rapid development of plastics technology and plastic's high flexibility in nature, plastics can be applied to many industrial sectors, including automotive parts, building materials, information technology & telecommunication, packaging, electronics & electrical appliances, hardware tools, medical equipment etc.

Mr. Miao Gen, Secretary General of Shanghai Household Electric Appliance Professional Association, said, "In the coming years, household appliances in China will enter a stable growth stage. The growth rate of new products will reach 15%. Currently in China, the ratio of plastics applying to household appliance is 60% in vacuum cleaner, 38% in refrigerator, 34% in washing machine, 23% in television and 10% in air conditioner. Growing with new plastic materials and process technology, plastic household appliance will become the trend in the industry, which will generate increasing demand for plastic materials. The market will request for higher quality and environmental friendly plastic materials for household appliances. Furthermore, recycle of abandoned household appliances will be forecasted as a potential business."

Mr. Gao Ming, Secretary General of Plastics Piping Sub-Committee, Shanghai Chemical Building Material Trade Association, expressed that plastic piping usage remains a speedy growth in 2006. The national output of plastic piping increases 20% to above 2.9 million tons comparing with 2005. In view of the staging of World Expo in 2010 and city reformation in Shanghai, Mr Gao anticipated plastic piping will extend to new market and has a remarkable development in the coming 3 years.

Chinaplas 2008 has received confirmed participation from numerous market leaders, as well as pavilion groups from Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, Taiwan Province of PR China, UK and USA. The market leaders include suppliers of chemicals and raw materials, such as BASF, Bayer Material Science, Dow Chemical, Sumitomo Chemical, Du Pont, Exxonmobil Chemical, SABIC; Suppliers of equipment, such as Husky, LS Machinery, Demag Ergotech, Krauss Maffei, Chen Hsong Group, Mold-Masters, ENGEL, Coperion Keya, Netstal-Maschinen AG, Zerma, Piovan, Conair, Matsui Machinery, Hasco, DME, DMT, Nissie ASB. Along with domestic enterprises' increasing awareness towards brand building, number of domestic exhibitors grows every year. Local giant exhibitors include Liansu Group, Ningbo Haitian, Zhejiang Jinhai Plastics Machinery, Jiangsu Lianguan, Hangzhou Chinasia Textile, Guanzhou Borche, Dailian Sunlight Machine, Guanzhou Hauyan, Zhejiang Honghua Machinery, Changzhou Hengli Machinery, Dong Feng etc.

Adsale anticipated not only a record-breaking number of 63,000 visitors to Chinaplas this year, but also a higher level of internationalization of visitors. Up to now, around 50% of pre-registrants are overseas visitors coming from over 70 countries or regions. Besides, delegations from Germany, UK, Taiwan Province of PR China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore South Africa, Brazil etc will be organized to visit Chinaplas 2008. One of the key factors contributing to the continuous internationalization of Chinaplas is the partnership of Adsale with Messe Dusseldorf China Ltd (MDC) who has become one of the show co-organizers starting from 2005. With Messe Dusseldorf GmbH's successful experience in organizing K Fair, the world No.1 plastics and rubber show, together with their know-how and network, MDC helps to promote Chinaplas worldwide, leading to a 3-win situation.

To welcome the staging of Beijing Olympic 2008 in August, the show will incorporate sport's elements. A series of concurrent activities under the theme of "Innovative Plastics and Rubber, Sports without Limit" will be organized, such as conference, performances and interactive activities. These activities will demonstrate new concepts of plastics and rubber application to sports ware and stadium facilities. Besides, Adsale will join force with China Plastics Processing Industry Association and The Society of Plastics Industry Inc. to organize the "China-US Plastics Industry Summit". The summit will fully addressed on the topics of Sino-US market development trend and exploration of bilateral trading opportunities.

Chinaplas 2008 continues to be the World's No 3 and Asia's No.1 plastics and rubber trade fair. The achievement relies on the unfailing supports from co-organizers and sponsors - China National Light Industry Council - China Plastics Processing Industry Association, China Plastic Machine Industry Association, Messe Dusseldorf China Ltd, Shanghai Society of Plastics Industry, International Trade Promotion Corporation, Plastics Industry Association of various Provinces and European Committee of Machinery Manufacturers for the Plastics and Rubber Industries (EUROMAP) who has continuously sponsored the show for 19 editions.

Chinaplas 2008 is open for the trade visitors only. Admission fee : April 17 & 18 (RMB20 yuan or US$3), April 19 & 20 (free admission). Trade visitors who pre-register online at www.ChinaplasOnline.com will enjoy free admission during the entire show period and special privileges including free copy of show catalogue (US$4).


Guest Speaks at the Press Conference.
Photo from left:
Mr. Gao Ming, Secretary General of Plastics Piping Sub-committee, Shanghai Chemical Building Material Trade Association
Ms. Liu Jingfen, Vice President & Secretary General of The Plastic Trade Association of Shanghai, Co-organizer of Chinaplas
Mr. Stanley Chu, Chairman of Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd, Organizer of Chinaplas
Mr. Tony Fung, CEO of Messe Dusseldorf China Ltd. Co-organizer of Chinaplas
Mr. Miao Gen, Secretary General of Shanghai Household Electric Appliance Profession Association

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