CHINAPLAS 2013 Reveals the Vitality of the Plastics & Rubber Industries in Asia

According to McKinsey's report released in June 2012, the world's economy center is shifting eastward by 140km per year from year 2000-2010. The anticipated economic growth of 47% from 2010 to 2025 comes from 440 cities in developing countries, among which half of them belong to China. The eastward shifting of economy has also been reflected in the China's plastics and rubber industries. Last year, China has accounted for a quarter of world's plastics consumption totaling 250 million tons. China has also produced over 54.7 million tons of plastic products last year, which has increased by 22% compared with 2010, and produced over 240 thousand units of plastics machine. In the aspect of rubber, China's rubber machinery market has grown continuously. Its sales income has increased 36% in 2011, occupying 31% of the world's market share. Among 30 rubber machine manufacturers with the highest sales revenue in the world last year, 14 of them were from China. Meanwhile, the plastics and rubber industries in many Southeast Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc., are developing at a fast pace along with the steadily growing economy.

Being Asia's No. 1 and world's No. 2 plastics and rubber trade fair, CHINAPLAS 2013 (The 27th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries) will return to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China and take place at China Import & Export Fair Complex on May 20-23, 2013. As the top province of plastic products industry in China, Guangdong gathers more than 3,000 large-scale enterprises and it achieved a total of over 10 million tons of plastic products production last year, occupying 20% of the total production volume of China.

The exhibition area of CHINAPLAS 2013 is expected to hit a new record of over 220,000sqm and cover total 25 exhibition halls of Zone A and B, with an increase of 22% over the last edition held at Guangzhou in 2011. More than 2,800 exhibitors from 36 countries and regions, together with 11 pavilions from Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, Taiwan, Turkey, U.K. and U.S.A will land on this extensive platform to meet the buyers. They will showcase diversified chemicals and raw materials and over 3,200 units of plastics and rubber machineries, bringing advanced technologies and revolutionary solutions for the automotive, building & construction, E&E, IT & telecommunications, food and beverage, packaging, daily chemicals and pharmaceuticals and other industries. Definitely, all these will attract more trade buyers who are interested in the Asian plastics and rubber market to visit and purchase at CHINAPLAS.

According to the organizer, many prestigious enterprises have already confirmed their participation in CHINAPLAS 2013 since the exhibitor recruitment just began. The overwhelming response greatly reflected their confidence in the exhibition and once again proved the leading position of CHINAPLAS in the industry. There are chemicals and raw materials suppliers like Du Pont, Borouge, BASF, Dow, ExxonMobil, LANXESS, etc; machinery suppliers like Haitian, Chen Hsong, Borch EDI, Ningbo Fangli, Liansu, Jwell, Jinhai, Dalian Totani, Demark, Akei, Matsui, Kawata, Wu Xi Yang Ming, Tung Yu, Zerma, Avian, Conair, etc and mould and die suppliers like Mold-Masters, Yudo, etc.

The organizer also expects to attract over 115,000 professional buyers from 150 countries and regions, in which 25% will be overseas visitors. In consideration of the large exhibition scale and the diversified variety of exhibits, the organizer has thoughtfully set up 11 theme zones which enable buyers from different industries to visit and search their interested exhibitors more effectively. The theme zones include Injection Molding Machinery Zone, Extrusion Machinery Zone, Plastic Packaging & Blow Molding Machinery Zone, Film Technology Zone, Rubber Machinery & Equipment Zone, Auxiliary & Testing Equipment Zone, Die & Mould Zone, Chemicals & Raw Materials Zone, Semi-finished Products Zone, Bioplastics Zone and Chinese Export Machinery & Materials Hall. Catering to the rapid development of the plastic films industry and the growing market demand for film products, the Film Technology Zone is a newly-established theme zone to display exhibits like extrusion line for blown films, extrusion Line for flat film and sheets, stretching lines for films, filament, slitter rewinders and winding equipment.

In order to cope with the promotion and gain more exposure for CHINAPLAS 2013, the organizer is actively recruiting travel agencies from all over the world as the strategic partners of the show. Till now, travel agencies from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Finland, India, Indonesia, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan and Thailand have been confirmed as the overseas endorsed travel agencies of CHINAPLAS 2013 and ready to provide one-stop service for overseas exhibitors and visitors on transportation, accommodation, factory visit and sightseeing, etc.

The coming edition has two different entry tickets, namely one-day pass (RMB 30) and four-day pass (RMB 50). Visitors who successfully pre-register online at www.ChinaplasOnline.com on or before Mar 15, 2013 will enjoy RMB 150 privileges including free admission with visitor badges being received in advance, plus a free coupon to redeem Exhibition Catalogue. In addition, pre-registered visitors can search exhibitors' information and personalize their own visiting guide by using myChinaplas online service and enjoy Online Business Matching service to match with their interested exhibitors.

For more information on exhibiting or visiting, please go to the official website at www.ChinaplasOnline.com.

About CHINAPLAS 2013

CHINAPLAS 2013 is organized by Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd., and co-organized by the China Foreign Trade Centre (Group), China National Light Industry Council - China Plastics Processing Industry Association, China Plastics Machinery Industry Association, Guangdong Plastics Industry Association, Messe Düesseldorf China Ltd., the Plastic Trade Association of Shanghai and Beijing Yazhan Exhibition Services Ltd. The event is also supported by various plastics and rubber associations in China and abroad.

First introduced in 1983, CHINAPLAS is China's only plastics and rubber trade show approved by UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry). CHINAPLAS has been exclusively sponsored by the Europe's Association for Plastics and Rubber Machinery Manufacturers (EUROMAP) in China for the 24th time. CHINAPLAS is currently Asia's No.1 and world's No.2 plastics and rubber trade fair.