Extrusion 5-2017

The exhibition CHINAPLAS 2017 was held from 16 th to 19 th of May, in Guangzhou, on the territory of China Import & Export Fair Complex. At this exhibi- tion, which Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd ran for the 31st time, more than 3,400 exhibitors from all over the world demonstrated their products to more than 155,000 visitors. Our correspondent shared with us some of his impressions of this event. CHINAPLAS 2017 – the Key to the Chinese and Asian Markets W hen preparing to go to Guangzhou to yet another CHINAPLAS exhibition visitors usually check whether they’ve got their umbrella. But this time the Tropic of Cancer was merciful and there was no need to contend with tropical rain… Traditionally what makes CHINAPLAS unique is that it is the most notable event both for domestic trade in China and for international trade in polymer equipment and raw mate- rials. Several pavilions are taken up almost exclusively by Chinese products, and they are very crowded. Representati- ves of Chinese processing enterprises enquire about local equipment and raw materials prices, and these are quite affordable. The majority of exhibition areas was taken up by ‘foreigners’ exhibiting their more sophisticated, high-tech goods, where it was also very lively: advanced Chinese com- At the exhibition our publishing house VM Verlag concluded a mutually beneficial partnership agreement with Dalian Plastics Research Institute (China). At present, in addition to the existing mailshots to our Asian subscribers an additional run of the magazine ‘Extrusion – Asia Edition’ will be distri- buted free of charge among Chinese extrusion specialists at all the domestic exhibitions in China devoted to plastics, packaging, film and pipes. Starting from June 2017 the new Chinese partner of our publishing house will distribute the printed version of this magazine for extrusion professionals at its stands 52 CHINAPLAS 2017 – Review Extrusion 5/2017