After six years of absence, the annual event of the industry - "CHINAPLAS International Rubber Exhibition" will return to Shanghai with a heavy weight, and will bloom from April 23 to 26, 2024 at the Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center (Hongqiao). The opening ceremony is approaching, and the "International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition Returns to Shanghai and Sails" will be held in Shanghai on March 28th. More than 160 industry representatives offline and over 10000 industry professionals online will witness and welcome the upcoming return of the exhibition to Shanghai, embarking on a new journey of riding the wind and breaking the waves, and jointly "shaping" the future.

More than 160 industry representatives offline and over 10000 industry professionals online jointly witnessed the "International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition Returns to Shanghai and Embarks Ceremony".

Liang Yaqi, General Manager of Yashi Exhibition Services Co., Ltd., the organizer of the exhibition, said, "The scale of this exhibition has reached a new high. The number of exhibitors has historically climbed to 4420, an increase of 12% compared to the 2018 Shanghai exhibition. The total exhibition area reaches 380000 square meters, highlighting the strong demand of the industry for technological innovation, cost reduction, efficiency improvement, energy conservation, and carbon reduction. The exhibition closely focuses on" circular economy "," innovative materials "," digital and intelligent manufacturing ", and" high-end technology made in China ", presenting the top intelligent achievements of" hot and hot "rubber and plastic technology. It has become a vivid display of the upgrading of the rubber and plastic industry and the development of new quality productivity, and has accumulated strength to promote upstream and downstream collaborative innovation to accelerate the development of new quality productivity."

△Liang Yaqi, General Manager of Yashi Exhibition Services Co., Ltd., delivered a speech.

Fully loaded with new quality productivity, heading towards a new path of high-quality development

New productive forces play a leading role in innovation, breaking away from traditional economic growth methods and development paths of productive forces. They possess advanced productive forces characterized by high technology, high efficiency, and high quality, and are in line with the new development concept. The formation of new productive forces cannot be separated from the continuous breakthrough of technological innovation. CHINAPLAS International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition launches high-quality innovative rubber and plastic solutions and concurrent events to help the industry explore the "new productivity" in the rubber and plastic world.

On the upcoming rubber and plastic giant ship "CHINAPLAS 2024 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition", leading enterprises bravely stand at the forefront, while small and medium-sized enterprises strive to be the first, constantly emerging with specialization, refinement, and novelty. Leading exhibitors such as BASF, DuPont, Covestro, LG Chemical, Evonik, Mitsubishi Chemical, Baoli Plastics, Liande Bassel, Boru, Klein, Sinopec, Wanhua Chemical, PetroChina, Sinochem Plastics, Jinfa, Watt, Abbott, Bruckner, Engel, Zhenxiong, Haitian International, Yizhimi, Jinwei, Bochuang, Shaanxi Beiren, Liansu, and Terui have all showcased their "flagship products" to showcase their hard power. Among this year's exhibitors, over 800 have been awarded the title of "specialized, refined, unique, and new" enterprises, with over 250 being recognized as "little giant" enterprises. These rubber and plastic "star" forces have successively displayed their "golden signboards", showcasing advanced rubber and plastic machinery and innovative material solutions developed locally, and pushing "high-end technology made in China" to the world market.

At the same time as the exhibition, the "Global Rubber and Plastics Industry Development Trends and Technology Summit Forum" will be held, focusing on emerging industries such as new energy vehicles, photovoltaics, wind power, lithium batteries, hydrogen energy, energy storage, packaging, and electronics and electronics, exploring hot topics such as "Global Rubber and Plastics Industry Outlook: Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges", "Digital Empowerment of Industry Transformation and Sustainable Development", "Innovative Technology Application: Green Energy", and "Innovative Technology Application: Electric Vehicles". Representatives from authoritative associations in the rubber and plastic industry from China, Germany, Italy, the United States, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Brazil, and other countries, as well as industry leaders, share the development trends, opportunities, and challenges of global key and emerging markets, and work together to promote the commitment of technology to guide the upgrading of the rubber and plastic industry and promote sustainable development.

In addition, the "Technology Forum" focuses on five main themes: advanced packaging solutions, environmental protection solutions, automotive plastic solutions, 3D printing, and 2024 rubber and plastic new materials, and releases over 30 updated, more popular, and more breakthrough cutting-edge technologies.

Anchoring the direction of intelligent green, new quality productivity moving towards the new direction

New quality productivity is both intelligent productivity and green productivity. The exhibition will set up a dedicated area for injection molding machinery and intelligent equipment, auxiliary equipment and testing instruments, 3D technology, etc., showcasing AI intelligent plastic molding, machine vision and AI, AI visible light sorting machines, robot technology and automation, high-speed and strong stability robots, digital platforms, solutions for fully automatic interconnection of multiple production processes, digital twins and other "digital and intelligent manufacturing" technologies, vividly demonstrating how digitalization can improve the efficiency and productivity of the production process.

New environmentally friendly plastic materials and processing technologies, including post consumer recycled polycarbonate, sustainable TPE, CO ₂ based multifunctional plastics, bio based, biodegradable plastics, bottle and chip sorting machines, chemical recycling technologies, and innovative materials for optical storage and charging, will compete in the theme zones related to "circular economy and sustainable development", such as the recycled plastics zone, bioplastics zone, recycling technology zone, and recycling technology zone.

Around the three main themes of "plastic recycling and fashion trends", "recycling and recycling and new plastic economy", and "industrial linkage and low-carbon in all fields", the organizers will also hold the "Plastic Recycling and Recycling and Recycling Economy Forum and Exhibition". Government officials, industry organizations, brand merchants, material and machinery suppliers and other outstanding enterprises from around the world will be invited to attend and give speeches, discussing the macro trends and hotspots of the global circular economy, including international trends and policy guidance of plastic recycling and recycling, regional recycling classification experience, innovative ideas and achievements in recycling and utilization, etc.

Talking about the Four Major Trends, Innovation and Technology are Ready to Launch

In the journey of the new era, China's manufacturing industry is standing at the forefront of transformation and upgrading. At the "International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition Returning to Shanghai and Setting Sail Ceremony", Zhang Yan, Project Director of the Business and Marketing Department of Yashi Exhibition Services Co., Ltd., shared the highlights of the "CHINAPLAS 2024 International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition". She mentioned that "circular economy", "innovative materials", "digital and intelligent manufacturing", and "high-end technology made in China" are not only important development trends in the current industry, but also the focus of this exhibition. From the sharing of well-known exhibitors and audience representatives at the opening ceremony, we can see a glimpse.

△Zhang Yan, Project Director of the Business and Marketing Department of Yashi Exhibition Services Co., Ltd.

BASF Sustainability and Innovation Application Market Manager Lu Jianbo mentioned in his speech that through ChemCycling ® BASF plans to expand the use of raw materials for chemical recycling of plastic waste with partners, and has announced the upcoming display of "Quality Balance PA66 Containing Asian Post Consumer Plastic Waste" at the CHINAPLAS 2024 International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition.

△Lu Jianbo, Market Manager for Sustainable Development and Innovative Applications at BASF.

Xu Bin, Deputy General Manager of Haitian Plastics Machinery Global Industry Line at Haitian International Holdings Co., Ltd., believes that with industrial upgrading, the necessity of intelligent injection molding machines is becoming increasingly high. Focusing on the new future of injection molding in China, Mr. Xu introduced Haitian's 5th generation technology, including injection compression technology, optical grille low-pressure injection molding process, polyurethane in mold spraying process, in mold electronic process IME process, micro foaming lightweight technology, and other innovative applications in automotive display screen protective films, interior and exterior decorations, battery racks, etc.

△Xu Bin, Deputy General Manager of the Global Industry Line of Haitian Plastics Machinery Co., Ltd.

Xu Mingxian, Chief Technology Officer of Modan Intelligent Manufacturing (Taicang) Co., Ltd., shared Modan's digital auxiliary machines. Compared to traditional plastic processing and production methods, they help products reduce costs, save energy and consumption, and have better process control without reducing quality. This new interpretation of how Modan's rapid digital strategy can help enterprises develop.

△Xu Mingxian, Chief Technology Officer of Modan Intelligent Manufacturing (Taicang) Co., Ltd.

Wang Shaojie, Application Development Manager of Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd., brought innovative applications of high-performance materials such as PA12, PC, PMMA, POE, etc. in the fields of automobiles, home appliances, and circular economy, driving the high-quality development of the plastic industry.

△Wang Shaojie, Application Development Manager of Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.

The buyer representative analyzes industry trends and market demand from an application perspective. Chen Si, Director of Business and Sustainable Development at AMCO (China) Investment Co., Ltd., provided insights on the sustainable development industry trends of flexible plastic packaging and shared solutions such as high-performance single materials, food contact packaging with added PCR materials, RFID packaging, AR augmented reality interactive packaging, etc.

△Chen Si, Director of Business and Sustainable Development at AMCO (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Sun Zhejun, the procurement manager of SAIC Volkswagen Co., Ltd., discussed the impact of cost control and environmental requirements on the selection of raw materials for OEMs, as well as the new opportunities for cooperation between raw material suppliers and OEMs. Manager Sun mentioned that the replacement of traditional processes with new materials can reduce material costs and improve production efficiency. He looks forward to working closely with raw material suppliers through shorter information links to jointly build a stable and agile supply chain system.

△Sun Zhejun, Procurement Manager of SAIC Volkswagen Co., Ltd.

Seizing New Opportunities in Foreign Trade, Overseas Audiences Expected to Increase Significantly

High quality "introduction" and high-level "going out" will promote the development of new productive forces. In 2023, the total exports of China's "new three types" - electric passenger vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells - exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time, with exports growing by nearly 30%. "Going abroad" has become one of the key words for the development of Chinese enterprises at present. Against the backdrop of overall weak global economic recovery, Asia remains a bright spot for global economic growth, with emerging markets and developing economies in Asia growing by 5.40% in 2023. In addition, many enterprises are accelerating their transfer to developing countries such as Southeast Asia and Latin America due to factors such as costs and international environment, winning the initiative and seizing opportunities in the global industrial and supply chain changes. China's rubber and plastic machinery and materials, which continue to innovate in technology, have seen an increasing competitiveness in overseas markets year by year, and have also experienced an acceleration in going global, laying a solid foundation for inviting overseas visitors to the CHINAPLAS International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition.

As of early March, China has signed visa exemption agreements with 157 countries covering different passports, simplified visa procedures or arrangements with 44 countries, and achieved comprehensive visa exemption with 23 countries. With the continuous expansion of China's visa free "circle of friends", the "CHINAPLAS 2024 International Rubber Exhibition" has increased the invitation efforts for foreign visitors.

Currently, viewers from over 120 countries and regions have completed pre registration. Among them, the pre registration volume of overseas buyers accounted for about 25%, a surge of more than 175% compared to the same period last year (as of March 24), and it is also the highest in the same period of history, showing a continuous growth trend. The exhibition will welcome more than 360 visiting groups, more than 70 of which are overseas visiting groups, including the Malaysian Manufacturers Association, the Indonesian Packaging Federation, the Vietnam Plastic Association, the Pakistan Plastic Manufacturers Association, the Thai Automobile Parts Manufacturers Association, the All India Plastic Manufacturers Association, the Türkiye Plastic Industrialists Association, the Polish Recycling Association, etc. It is predicted that the number of domestic and foreign visitors to this exhibition will reach 270000.

Jointly witnessing the strong return of "CHINAPLAS International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition" to Shanghai

"The 'CHINAPLAS International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition' has been growing and maturing with the vigorous development of China's rubber and plastic industry, promoting and witnessing the growth process of China's rubber and plastic industry continuously integrating and innovating with the world's rubber and plastic industry. In the event speech, Chen Guokang, Vice President and Secretary General of the Shanghai Plastics Industry Association, said," At each exhibition, we can see the new highlights that lead the rubber and plastic industry. It is expected that this exhibition will once again present a long-awaited rubber and plastic industry grand event to the industry. "

△Chen Guokang, Vice President and Secretary General of Shanghai Plastics Industry Association, delivered a speech.

The prelude to the return of CHINAPLAS International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition to Shanghai after six years has gradually begun. Hand in hand, set sail with the wind. The pre registration for the exhibition is in full swing. According to relevant regulations, all visitors are required to register in advance and schedule an exhibition date, and enter according to the scheduled date. Click here now for pre registration. The pre registration ticket price is RMB 50. Upon completion of pre registration, you can obtain an electronic visitor pass (for mainland Chinese visitors) or an electronic confirmation letter (for overseas visitors). Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis and are sold out.