As Asia’s first and the world’s second largest plastics and rubber trade fair, this year’s edition of Chinaplas, to be held 20-23 May, 2015 at China Import & Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, China, will bring in an array of concurrent events at the fairground to help industry professionals stay close with the market trends,according to the show organiser, Adsale Exhibition Services Limited. The upcoming Chinaplas will spotlight three events, namely, Design X Innovation, Industrial Automation – Robot Parade & Smart Production, and Medical Plastics Conference.
The show’s highlights will complementthe faster pace of change in global manufacturing, according to the organiser. With increasing customer expectation and stiffer competition, the past era of production emphasising on heavy capitalisation and economies of scale is over. Automation, innovative manufacturing technologies such as robots, vision and sensing systems, software technology, and good product design are now the hot topics of all industries. “New era manufacturing” will be about how to produce effectively with the least resources, and to manufacture unique products that can bring sustainable business.
Chinaplas 2015 will feature more than 3,100 exhibitors from 40 countries and regions, unveiling the latest plastics and rubber technologies and services across 15 product theme zones that will take up 26 exhibition halls; 13 countries and regions including Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, the UK, USA, PR China and Taiwan will participate in international pavilions.
Highlights of the concurrent events
- Design x Innovation : Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd joins hands with BASF, the world's leading chemical company and player in Performance Materials, to demonstrate how plastics combine with creative design can provide sustainable and innovative solutions and help solve real customer problems. The event will showcase well-designed industrial products made of BASF advanced materials including auto parts, building materials, consumer goods, apparels and housewares. Open Forum on the topic of “Design & Innovation” will also be held and chaired by internationally revered engineering and product designers to share their award-winning works and experiences. “Design x Innovation” will be at two spots of the fairground respectively, at booth A21 in Hall 13.2 and at Viewing Deck outside Hall 9.3 in Zone B.
- Industrial Automation - Robot Parade & Smart Production: The Industrial Automation Zone will be set up at Hall 4.2 to feature an array of tools and technologies such as robotics, automation systems and peripherals, remote control systems, drives, sensors, arm tooling and software, etc. that help turning the production lines to be more automated, smarter and efficient ones. The Zone rallies market leaders from all over the world such as top robot makers, ABB and WittmannBattenfeld, automation technology leaders Honeywell and Rockwell from the US, Siemens from Germany, Mitsubishi Electrics and Shini from Japan and Taiwan respectively. “Robots Parade and Smart Production”, a fascinating live demonstration of robotics and fully automated production lines, will be held at the fairground to illustrate the functions, preciseness and flexibility of robotics, as well as the manufacturing advantages brought by clever automation technologies
- Medical Plastics Conference: This isa two-day conference held during the show, and will present hot topics in the medical plastics field such as the latest developments in the global and regional markets,the special requirements for polymer production, additives use, moulding technologies, post-processing and medicine packaging, with a view to unlocking future business potential for market players. Leading materials and technologies providers, influential associations and research units will unveil their breakthroughs, analyse the market trends and share their experience on product designs. Healthcare brands will also share their success stories over product development. The Conference is free to admit and will provide a much focused platform for suppliers and engineers from medical devices manufacturers, OEMs, end-users to share their latest technologies and to network with professionals.
Ada Leung, General Manager at Adsale comments, “CHINAPLAS is not simply a procurement and networking platform, but a place to enrich professional knowledge. We are always sensitive to the market movements and bring in new elements each year to keep visitors staying on the top of the market. No matter what sectors they are from and which positions they are in, our visitors can find the practical solutions and inspirations from our show”.
In addition to the concurrent events highlighted above, there will also be over 50sessions of technical seminars being held during the exhibition period.
For more details, please visit the official show website at www.ChinaplasOnline.com
(PRA)
