Extrusion International 4-2018

15 Extrusion International 4/2018 In recent years, economic and trade cooperationbetweenChina and Italy has grown deeper. According to the China Plastics Ma- chinery Industry Association, plastics machinery exported to Eu- rope from mainland China has been growing both in numbers and in value since 2015. In 2015, 44,681 units of Chinese plastics machinery valued at US$203.12 million were exported to Europe. In 2016, the export volume increased to 127,399 units, and the val- ue increased to US$226.11 million. In 2017, the numbers further climbed to 288,217 units, amounting to US$315.05 million. The number and value of China’s import of plastics machinery from Europe also showed a general uptrend. In 2015, China im- ported 2,062 units of machines from Europe with a total value of US$602.68 million. In 2016 and 2017, the numbers of plastics ma- chinery imported were 3,058 and 2,588 units respectively, and the values were respectively US$551.51million andUS$639.72million. Imports from Italy alone has been going in a similar direction – from233 units in 2015 at US$73.52million to 331 units at US$79.18 million in 2017. These figures are demonstrative of the deepening in economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe. Adsale Exhibition Services is the organizer of CHINAPLAS. Apart from organizing about 20 exhibitions in China every year, Ad- sale also proactively promotes China’s enterprises and industry to the international market by organizing China pavilion in vari- ous shows overseas. After successfully organizing a China pavilion for Plastindia in February 2018, Adsale once again led Chinese enterprises to the international market at the end of May. As the agent of PLAST 2018 for China and Hong Kong region, Adsale or- ganized the largest ever China Pavilion in PLAST 2018. 80 Chinese enterprises were invited to participate and the area of the pavilion reached 1,610 sqm. Compared to the last edition of PLAST in 2015, Adsale Exhibition Services Limited www.ChinaplasOnline.com Largest ever China Pavilion at PLAST 2018 the number of Chinese exhibitors increased by 57% and the area increased by 76%. Ada Leung, General Manager of Adsale Exhibition Services, ex- presses her pleasure in seeing the close cooperation among the plastics industries in China, Italy, and other parts of Europe. She explains that cooperation between CHINAPLAS and PLAST has been long established. AMAPLAST, the organizer of PLAST, is also the organizer of the CHINAPLAS Italian Pavilion. At CHINAPLAS, the size of the Italian Pavilion has ranked the second among the European pavilions for many years, only after the German Pavil- ion. It is hoped that Adsale and AMAPLAST, can strengthen the bond and relationship, further promoting trade development of the Chinese and Italian plastics industry. Adsale brought 80 exhibitors to join PLAST 2018, organized the largest ever China Pavilion Latest Technological Developments at Rubber Tech China In 1892, the German engineer Paul Troester started building machines which could process unvulcanised rub- ber and guttapercha. 126 years later in 2018, TROESTER GmbH & CO. KG is well known as a reliable extrusion part- ner and source of know-how for all major tire companies, as well as a favorite choice for medium-sized and local tire producers.TROESTER of- fers a wide range of stan- dard and custom-designed systems related to tire profile manufacturing. Their innova- tive extrusion lines for tread, sidewall, innerliner, apex and other profiles are also available as turn-key systems in- cluding downstream equipment and line control. In China TROESTER is represented by TROESTER Machin- ery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. which is responsible for the sales, after sales service but also for customized design and pro- duction in the domestic market. A team of specialists will be present at Rubber Tech China 2018 to explain the lat- est technological developments. Rubber Tech China, Shanghai, 19.09. - 21.09.2018, Booth No. 1A159, Hall 1A TROESTER GmbH & Co. KG, TROESTER Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. www.troester.de