Against the backdrop of a growing economy in Indonesia, Plastics & Rubber Indonesia and ProPak Indonesia will be staged from 10-13 October 2012 at the Jakarta International Expo Centre, Kemayoran, Jakarta. With five halls covering over 14,500 sq m of exhibition space, the organiser PT Pamerindo Indonesia says it will be the largest ever staged event of its series.

With over 600 participating companies from 37 countries expected, the show will host group pavilions from Austria, China, Germany, Italy, Korea, Netherlands , Singapore and Taiwan.

The Austrian pavilion will feature companies like Engel Austria, Erema Engineering, GMT, Grubber Group and Oskar Karla . Showcasing Italian technologies will be Amut, Bausano, IPM and Torninova at the Italian pavilion.

As the largest group pavilion at the event, Taiwan will converge over 35 companies presenting a diverse range of production solutions from injection moulding to extrusion lines and more.

Strong presence from China continues this year, establishing another record participation benchmark with over 40 exhibiting companies. The companies exhibiting include; ATA, Guangdong Designer, Ruian Hengfeng, Shangtou Jinxing, Shanghai Jwell, Tech Long, Tederic and Zhejiang Demark.

The complementary ProPak Indonesia show will highlight solutions and technologies for food and pharmaceutical processing as well as packaging, attracting participation from companies such as Global Internusa, International Machinery, Jayatama Teknik, KHS, Meaf Machines, Trijaya Usaha Mandiri, Tech Long Packaging, Thermoware and Zi Tech Asia.

Both events are open strictly to trade only and are expected to gather 15,000 trade and industry professionals over the duration of the events.

US firm Huntsman Corp. has acquired the remaining stake of Huntsman NMG, its Russian PU joint venture with NMG, the manufacturer of PU in Russia and other areas of the former Soviet Union.

Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Elastomers, a 50:50 joint-venture between Chinese firm Sinopec and Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals, will build an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPT) production plant in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park

Swiss speciality chemicals group Clariant is acquiring the remaining 40% share of a joint venture between Alvigo and Chemie.

Belgian firm Solvay has started up its EUR21 million speciality polymers compounding plant at Changshu, targeting the electronics, automotive, consumer and industrial applications markets.

German automotive Tier 1 supplier Faurecia has opened a major R&D centre in Pune, India. Employing 800 automotive engineers, the facility will serve interior systems, automotive seating and automotive exteriors.

US international aerospace and industrial manufacturing and service provider Barnes Group will acquire privately held hot runner maker Synventive Molding Solutions for US$335 million.

US firms Bermis has tied up with Norwegian Thin Film Electronics to develop the Bemis Intelligent Packaging Platform for the commercial development of functional sensor labels manufactured from new and emerging printed electronic technology made from Thin Film’s propriety read/writable printed memory and programme logic

Not only did German robot maker Krauss-Maffei Automation celebrate its 30th anniversary since its foundation, it also marked it with its 1,000th robot delivery from the “robot wharf” of its branch in Schwerin.