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panies (and there are many of these) want to buy expensive innovative equipment, as do numerous visitors from abroad. Besides really enormous numbers of exhibitors from main- land China, the following were well represented: Taiwan (132 stands), Korea, Japan and India. Among Western com- panies Germany led as to the number of exhibitors (138 stands). There were numerous stands of companies from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, UK and the US. Among well-known foreign exhibitors of extrusion equip- ment at CHINAPLAS 2017, one could mention, for example, BUSS, Brückner, Entex, KraussMaffei Berstorff, PLAS MEC, Zambello, Tecnomatic, Davis-Standard. What is characteris- tic is that many manufacturers of fairly expensive European controlling and automation extrusion equipment were represented by impressive expositions (iNOEX, Zumbach, Sikora, Process Control, Kündig). Probably, these companies see good prospects for the sale of their equipment in China. It should also be noted that exhibitors from Europe or Taiwan were frequently represented not only by sales mana- gers but by company heads and even owners, which clearly shows the large share of China’s orders in their portfolios. For numerous foreign exhibitors China is the largest and the most important buyer of their products. As for Chinese exporters of equipment it is noticeable that many of them, especially the major ones, are gradually be- coming international players. The quality of their products is improving, professional marketing after sales support is being put in place, the external appearance of their equip- ment is more attractive as is its ergonomics. Chinese and Taiwanese companies were in particular interested in visitors from India and Russia who came to this exhibition. They ex- pect a growth in demand for this equipment in the above countries in the near future. “The Chinese extrusion giant Jin Ming has been very prominent on the market in recent years”, said Evgeniy Kolerov, representative of ‘Polymerser- vice’, Jin Ming’s dealer in Russia. “As one of world leaders in the niche market of multilayered film manufacturing equip- ment Jin Ming took part in К 2016 exhibition where it had a very large stand. Focus on Innovation – is their motto at this exhibition. The task facing us now is to enhance the positi- on of this company in Russia in expectation of growth,” he added. There was a lot of working equipment at the exhibition so the pavilions were not only crowded but at times quite noisy. CHINAPLAS 2017 organiser Adsale continues to promote and advertise high-tech solutions, as well as equipment cor- responding to the concept of Industry 4.0. And so there was a special separate pavilion 4.2. ‘ Smart Manufacturing Tech- nology Zone ’, and a special guide published for the visitors ‘ Intelligent Manufacturing – High-tech Materials – Green Solutions ’. There was a wide programme of conferences and seminars and these also, as a rule, with an emphasis on high-tech. Exhibition organiser took good care of the visitors. Special thematic guides were published and distributed free of charge to visitors from the packaging industry, the recycling industry, to those involved with medicine, construction, tele- communications and automotive industry. Based on the reactions of the exhibitors their expectations from participating at CHINAPLAS 2017 have been justified. Toni Bernards, CEO of battenfeld-cincinnati (China), noted the buyers’ significant interest in the acquisition of high quality pipelines: “Potential buyers have serious intentions. Many accepted the invitation to see our plant while visiting the exhibition and to get acquainted with the whole range of our products and manufacturing conditions. Even on the final day of the exhibition the meeting activity at our stand was high.” Exhibition organiser, inspired by the success of this event, has already opened stand booking for the next exhibition CHINAPLAS 2018 , which will be held next year from 24 th to 27 th of Apri l. ➠ www.ChinaplasOnline.com 53 Extrusion 5/2017